Beach boys celebrate Independence day at Juvenile Home, Marikunnu

International visitor Capt. Roger Townsend interacts with Beach boys

Dermatology camp at Marad Inauguration of Onam celebrations at Mental Health Centre, Kuthiravattom

Presidents message… Dear Beach Rotarians,

Hope you all enjoyed your Onam celebrations. Let me express my heartfelt thanks to

all the Rotarians and their family members who were present for our Club’s Onam

celebrations at the Exclusive Club and made the function very lively. In Rotary, September is

the month of New Generation. I request all members to sensitise the new generation about

the history of Rotary, the present activities and the future goals of it. Hope more and more

young people come into the fold of Rotary, attracted by its motto of service above self. Let

us make all efforts to satisfy the Rotarians in the club, especially the young ones, so that

they remain in the club and involve more vigorously in the club activities. 11th

September is

the World First Aid day and in connection with this we plan to donate first aid kits to

schools of the city. To keep fit and to have a healthy heart, it is better to walk at least one hour

per day. On World Heart Day on 26th

September this year, a ‘rally on foot’ is being

organized in the city, from 7 am to 8 am. All Rotarians should be an example to the public

by participating in the rally, keeping fit and living with a healthy heart. If we go ahead

united, we can achieve a lot. Expect your complete cooperation to build communities and to

bridge continents,

Jai Hind. Jai Rotary. Thanking you Yours in Rotary Rtn. Dr. K. V. Prabhakaran

Secretary’s Report This month was really eventful. We had a handful of good projects. On 05.08.10, we had a speaker meeting. Lifeguards from US visited our club on that day and Miss. Jessica Silvertooth, the leader of the team was the speaker. The project of lifeguard training for selected volunteers was conducted at the Rotary swimming pool, Kozhikode from 06.08.10 to 08.08.10. The project was a joint venture with the Trauma Care Society, Kozhikode. We issued participation certificates to the 100 volunteers who underwent the training. The session was really useful. On 09.08.10, a Dermatology Camp was arranged at Marad, in association with IMA, Kozhikode. Our president and other doctors actively participated in the Camp. The Camp was very successful. On 11.08.10, we participated in the Onam celebrations at the Mental Health Centre, Kuthiravattam. We donated a music system worth Rs.8000/- to one of their wards. The Hon’ble District and Sessions Judge Mr. M.P. Ismail was the Chief Guest of the function and The Hon’ble Chief Judicial Magistrate Mr. John, Dr. Santhakumar, Former Supt. of the Centre, Dr Mukundan, Supt. and our President spoke on the occasion. The function was attended by our members also. Since this function took place on 11.08.10, the regular meeting on 12.08.10 was cancelled. On 15.08.10, we celebrated our Independence Day at the Home for Mentally Deficient Children at Marikunnu. We distributed sweets to them and enjoyed their cultural programs. After the function, all the members who were present there shared the same feeling that, this is the proper way to celebrate National days. On 19.08.10, we had a Board meeting. The meeting was sponsored by Rtn. Satish Charlie and The President. The Club celebrated Onam on 26.08.10 with family members. The function was held at The Exclusive Club, Kozhikode. Rtn. Vinod took care of the entertainment. Rtn. Jeesh, Rtn. IPP P.M. Harris, Annet Taenaz Shakir, etc. were the stars of the day. This month, we decided to provide a helping hand to “Anudev Sahaya Samithi”, a committee constituted to help a child who is aged only 4 years suffering from Cancer. We decided to contribute Rs.1000 to Sukritham every month towards sponsorship of a female child inmate, for which each member will contribute on turn basis. With the socially committed activities of the month, I personally feel that we are on the right track and hope we’ll remain so in the coming months too. ‘A month of celebrations and activities is over which shows us the way further’ Rtn. Adv. V.P. Radhakrishnan, Secretary, Rotary Calicut Beach.

    

ROTARY INFORMATION   

The origin of the 4‐Way Test.   

The 78 year old 4‐Way Test is still young and vibrant as it was in the thirties. Hebert J. Taylor propounded this24 words magic test in 1932 not to present in any thesis or in any speech but to save his own ailing company.Nor had he the faintest idea that his brainchild would soon become popular the world over.   

The young businessman, Herbert Taylor was taking a daring step when he left his executive position in a food company to take over a sinking cooking utensil firm.   

Adventure  in Service, an R.I. publication gives an  idea of  the  times  thus: “The  times were bleak.  It was  thedepth of the great depression  in the United States. Factory chimneys were smokeless and the dole was themain support of literally millions of people. Fear gripped the land.”   

A personal bank loan to Herb prevented a total collapse of the company. The impending disaster disturbed hismind continuously. Quality of the product alone could not prop up the sagging sales as his competitors were also quality conscious. Herb knew that a new strategy and an appropriate policy framework were the need ofthe hour.   

The Rotarian of October 1982 wrote: “A man who prayed daily, Herb leaned over his desk, rested his head in hands and meditated. The answer came to him in a few moments and he hastily jotted down these 24 wordson an index card.   

1 Is it the truth?   2 Is it fair to all concerned?   3 Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4 Will it be beneficial to all concerned?   

The 4‐Way test was born. Herb wanted every single practice of the company to be put to this test. Wheneverany practice failed to elicit affirmative answer, the practice or policy was suitably modified. Superlative claimson  the  products  and  unnecessary  comparison  with  products  of  competitors  were  eliminated  fromadvertisements. Slowly things changed. Herb could resurrect the company. The test could laurels and respectfor  the  company.  Rotarians  liked  the  test.  They  accepted  it  as  a  basic  tool  of  Vocational  Service.  Its propagation around the world was natural and fast. The 4‐Way test sign boards started appearing in schools, airports, at strategic locations in cities and the sides of highways, in practically all languages .The 4‐Way test plaques  found pride of place not only on  the desks of Rotarians, but of non‐Rotarians  including  legislators. Essay competitions were arranged on the test in schools and colleges.   

In  1954‐55,  when  Herb  became  R.I.  President,  he  presented  the  copyright  of  the  4‐Way  test  to  Rotary International.   

According  to  the Rotary Manual of Procedures,  the 4‐Way  test should be  reproduced only  in  the  following form: The 4‐Way Test   

of all things we think, say or do   

1. Is it the TRUTH?   2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?   

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?   4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?   

(Courtsey: Know Your Rotary by Rtn. PP N. Bhaskaran Pillai) 

The finest speech ever…… Gettysburg Address, famous speech delivered by United States President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863. He presented it at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, on the site of the previous July’s battle. The brief discourse followed a two-hour oration by Edward Everett, one of the most famous speakers of the time. In the contemporary newspaper reports of the dedication ceremonies, Everett’s remarks were lauded highly and given prominence on the front page. Everett however was sufficiently moved by the simple and sincere eloquence of Lincoln to write the following note to him on the day after the dedication: “I wish that I could flatter myself that I had come as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.” Today, the Gettysburg Address is universally recogonised not only as a classic model of the noblest kind of oratory but also as one of the most moving expressions of the democratic spirit ever uttered. The text follows. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedication to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any other nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate – we cannot consecrate – we cannot hallow – this ground. The brave men living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or distract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Courtesy: Microsoft Encarta

 

Birthdays   

15th Aug – Ann. Kiran Gupta 

25th Aug – Rtn. Mohamedali N. Cheriya 

01st Sept – Rtn. Sathish Charley 

14th Sept – Ann. Rathna Girish 

15th Sept – Rtn. Srinath Girish 

18th Sept – Rtn. Arshad Abdulla 

 

 

 

Wedding Anniversaries 

25th Aug – Rtn. Sathish Charley & Ann. Margaret 

01st Sept – Rtn. T. Raghavan & Ann. Kalanidhi 

10th Sept – Rtn. Arshad Abdulla & Ann. Tanuja 

16th Sept – Rtn. Danesh Gupta & Ann. Kiran 

    

 

MIRTH   

Due to inherit a fortune when his sickly, widower father died, Charles decided he needed a woman to 

enjoy it with.   

Going to a singles bar, he spotted a woman whose beauty took his breath away. “I’m just an ordinary 

man,“ he said, walking up to her, “but in just a week or two, my father will die and I’ll inherit 20 million 

dollars.”   

The woman went home with Charles, and the next day she became his stepmother.   

 

KUDOS

Rtn. A.R. Vinod did the co-ordination and man management in the creation of the largest Flower Carpet in the world (Snehappookkalam) arranged at Calicut by the Calicut District Administration during Onam. The event is slated to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.  

         

  

COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH 

SCREWDRIVER   

Requirements: 60 – 70 ml 

Vodka Orange Juice Ice cubes 

To Make: Put ice cubes into a 

tall glass. Add vodka. Fill with 

orange juice and stir.   

Did you know that….   

 1. Fish have the same number of scales during their entire lifetime.  2. The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons.  3. Flying a national flag upside down at sea is a signal of distress.  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt were first cousins.  5. The eyes of an elephant are only slightly larger than the eyes of a man.  6. A swarm of fifty thousand bees weighs only about ten pounds.  7. German silver does not contain any silver at all.  8. Whales cannot breath underwater. They have lungs instead of gills.  9. King Henry VII was the most married English King having had six wives.  10. The skin of a hippopotamus is two inches thick in some places. 

Look for more facts in the coming issues of ‘Baywatch’…………… Rtn. Dinky 

Editor

President Warren G. Harding of U.S.A., addressing a Rotary Convention at St. Louis,

Missouri, U.S.A. way back in 1923 said “If I could plant Rotary in every community

throughout the world, I would do it, and then I would guarantee the tranquility and the

forward march of the world.” I for one, see the great faith President Harding had in the

Rotary movement, for him to utter those words with such conviction. Our R.I. President Ray

Klinginsmith has also envisaged the potential of the Rotary movement in Building

Communities – Bridging Continents. Thus his theme. September is New Generation month.

Let’s do all we can to instill Rotary values in the next generation – after all they are great

values to live by and the next generation is going to inherit the earth from us. August was

Membership & Retention month in Rotary. Rotarians the world over are expected to

recognize men and women of good standing with ‘Rotarian’ values in their community and

invite them to join the Rotary movement. This is because we need more Rotarians to carry on

the good work being done to alleviate the hardships and suffering of the under-privileged in

society. Rotary has chosen the month of August to highlight this expectation from Rotarians.

We should always be on the lookout for men and women who will make good Rotarians. A

common malady in Rotary Clubs today is the loss of members. Some, after joining Rotary are

soon disillusioned and leave. The fault may not be with the individual concerned. Most often

it is the Rotarians in the club to blame. The Club may have made him a Rotary member but

failed to make him a ‘Rotarian’. Once a Rotarian, he or she will always remain a Rotarian. It

is the values you imbibe and adopt, not the membership of a Rotary club that makes you a

Rotarian.

E.K. and I have received kind words of appreciation from a few Beach Boys in response to

our appeal for feedback on the last ‘Baywatch’ issue. The rest we hope share similar

sentiments. We look forward to receiving contributions form you for publication in the

bulletin. Don’t miss ‘The finest speech ever…’ in this issue. I wish I could get it across to

some of our ‘very eloquent’ Rotary speakers. Quality has got to be better than quantity any

day.

Dinky

Our President distributes sweets at the Juvenile home, Marikunnu

Student Life guards from Swim International, USA at our meeting

Our President speaks at Mental Health Centre, Kuthiravattom

Dermatology camp at Marad