Churchill Memorial Gala

It is that time of year when we like to get our 'glad rags' on and celebrate Sir Winston Churchill with the Churchill Memorial Gala at the Union Club. (Black Tie or business dress please.)

And this year we have a real treat that will appeal to historians, detectives and those of us who just love a good story. Author Lynne Olson published her latest book in March called "Those Angry Days", a chronicle of the debate over American intervetion in World War II -  a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the American nation!

The Churchill Memorial Gala will be held on Thursday June 13, starting with a cash bar at 6 p.m. followed by a three course dinner and glass of wine at 7:00 pm and Lynne Olson's presentaiton and book signing at 8:00 p.m.

The cost per person is $75, with a $5 discount for members who will pay $70 and a $15 discount for students who will pay $60. This year for the first time, there is a group rate of $60 per person when a table for 6 is booked for 2 members and their guests.

For more details go to the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Vancouver Island website.

Register for the AGM

Tuesday March 26, 2013

NOTICE OF THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SOCIETY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATION VANCOUVER ISLAND.

Place:  Victoria Golf Club
           1110 Beach Drive  Victoria, BC
Time:   7:00 pm registration and cash bar
             followed by Dessert Buffet
             7:15 pm Joint AGM
             7:30 pm Sidney Allinson
Topic:  CHURCHILL THE PAINTER: IN PEACE AND WAR


Cost: $35 non-members, $25 members | Register by March 24, 2013 
Send cheque by mail to: SWCSVI: 405-3989 Quadra St
                                         PO Box 30125, Victoria BC V8X 5E1 
Or pay online via paypal at www.churchillvictoria.com

MEET Winner of CFVI's Aleck Trawick Scholarship in Political Science

It gives us great pleasure to share with you this year's winner of CFVI's Aleck Trawick Scholarship in Political Science: Tara Paterson.

Tara Paterson is in her final year of an honours degree in Women’s Studies and Political Science at the University of Victoria. She is the 2013 recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship for BritishColumbia. Paterson has played an active role on campus and the community. From 2011 to 2012 she was the Chairperson of the University of Victoria Students’ Society where she undertook many new campaigns and initiatives. In the summer of 2012 she travelled to Manila, Philippines to intern with the Women’s Global Network of Reproductive Rights. Paterson also volunteers locally with UVic’s Anti-Violence Project, AIDS Vancouver Island, Women’s Studies Equity and Outreach Committee, the Homospun Collective, and the Student and Youth Reproductive Justice Network. In the fall of 2013 she will begin graduate work at the University of Oxford.

Tara is available to have lunch with members and debaters before the 3rd Annual Youth Impromptu Speaking Competition at the Victoria Golf Club (1110 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC).  Meet on Saturday March 9 at 11:30 a.m. for lunch.  Order from the a la carte menu and have a great chat with Tara.  Then stay and enjoy the afternoon Speaking Competition that starts at 1 p.m. If you can join us, please email Mayo at cfvi@shaw.ca so we can reserve a good sized table!

Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace

Author David Dilks who brought us The Great Dominion: Churchill in Canada 1900-1954 has a new book out Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace. It delves into the relationships and personalities behind the decisions.  Churchill Admirers: If you have read this book, we'd like to post your comments here!

Toasting Dr David Rodger at Churchill Tree Ceremony

Once again Les Leyne, of the Times Colonist newspaper, hosted a wonderful Winston Churchill Tree Ceremony at Beacon Hill Park at the hawthorn that Winston Churchill planted in 1929.  It was a dry and sunny day and about a hundred people showed up for the ceremony. Les brought a selection of Churchill memorabilia for prizes and all had a great time. Chris Gainor made an excellent 'Winston' offering many quotes from the great man during the ceremony!

A highlight of the occasion was the toast to the memory of Dr David Rodger (Sep 10, 1910 to Jan 9, 2013).  David was an enthusiastic member of the SWCSVI and the CFVI and was a director for several years. He made a point of attending the Tree Ceremony right up until he was 100 years of age!  On behalf of the CFVI, volunteer Executive Director, Mayo McDonough, read aloud this quote from Winston Churchill:

• Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
  
  
  
  Thanks to Andrew Ireland and Bob Ferguson for the photos.
  Thanks to Heather Travers for getting the bubbly!