Golf Tournament Attendance Best In The Last Three Years

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Golf Tournament Attendance
Best In The Last Three Years
By Al Shearer—Editor/Publisher
It could have been a disaster.
One hour before scheduled tee-off
times it was pouring rain, the sky
was black and there was a heavy
wind. But after a slight delay, the
rain was down to a light drizzle
and by mid-afternoon the sun was
out and it was warm.
For this, the last Retiree Club
golf tournament, 66 golfers and an
additional 11 for dinner only
helped to make this the best
tournament in the last few years.
Winner of the Hugh Braid
Trophy for low gross was the
foursome of Kathy Wakeman,
Bernice Lilley, Kelly Wilson and
Adrian Laman.
Kel l y Wi l s on and K at hy
Wakeman, two of the trophy
winners.
The trophy, named after the
late Hugh Braid, Mr. Honeywell
to the booming Hamilton steel
industry of the time, was first
presented in 1968. The winner
was the late Bud Stacey.
Other prize winners included:
longest drives (upper course)
Kathy Wakeman
and Mike
Robertson (who donated his
prize
to
GUNTER
JACKSCH*); longest drives
( va lle y co ur se) L ynd a
Antoniadis and Steve Major;
closest to the pin (upper course)
JOE CALDERONE; closest to
the pin (valley course) Ron
Nicholson.
The putting contest was won
by AUDREY SEDGLEY and
Bob O’Shaughnessy, each with a
score of 30. The 50/50 draw,
worth $218, was won by Geoff
Pleavin and two prizes worth
$292 each of a round of golf for
four, including carts (donated by
Remington Parkview Golf and
Country Club) were won by
LINDA MATTHEWS and
Marlin Tillaart.
This year’s tournament was
blessed wit h a generous
abundance of prizes.
Those
donating included:
Kelly
Wilson, Steve Major, Janet
ADDRESS LETTERS AND COMMENTS TO:
Honeywell Retiree Club, 85 Enterprise Boulevard, Suite 100,
Markham, ON L6G 0B5. Or phone 289-333-1214 or e-mail us at
[email protected]
A Newsletter for Honeywell Alumni
Volume 26 Number 8, September, 2015
Wallace and Lori Hunter from
Honeywell; Herb Sage, JIM
H A R P E R ,
R O N
CUNNINGHAM, AUDREY
SEDGLEY, Total Contracting
Group, MARG MATHIES,
MIKE WILSON, Wayne Walker,
Nick Price, TOM DOYLE,
BARRY TUCKER, FRANK
DALGARNO, Geoff Pleavin,
TOM MATTHEWS and Brent
Larouche.
This day could not have
happened without the outstanding
efforts of five people.
RON
CUNNINGHAM, who moved
our tournament to Remington
Parkview and who negotiates all
the arrangements with them, JIM
HARPER, who spends countless
hours arranging the draw and
dealing with cancellations and last
minut e changes, ADEL
SHEARER and JUDY
CUNNINGHAM who also spend
countless hours arranging the
prize table, and GUNTER
JACK SC H, o ur o ffic ia l
photographer and putting contest
boss.
It was great to see the following
Retiree Club members: RICK
and VICKI BABCOCK (all the
way from Calgary!), BARRY
TUCKER (all the way from
Picton!), and BRUCE GIBBON
(all the way from Seguin and
Mayor of that township!).
(* Retiree Club members names in
bold face capitals)
Make your newsletter more fun by
sending your contributions. Don’t
worry about writing ability. Just send
your stuff. We’ll do the rest.
P ag e 2
A Letter From The
President
by John MacMillan
it under her pillow then waited,
expectantly, for the dollar bill in
the morning. There being no
such reward, hence her tears.
My 51-year-old daughter will
probably never speak to me again
but an article I read in Canada’s
national newspaper about the
“tooth fairy” reminded me of a
traumatic event she experienced
when she was around six years
old. Now, as you can see, I
enclosed the words “tooth fairy”
in inverted commas to indicate the
mythical status of such a person,
but, to many kids of her age, the
tooth fairy was very real. Perhaps
there was some self-interest at
play?
After taking a while to calm
her down, I asked her “You
realize the tooth fairy isn’t real,
don’t you?” She admitted that
she knew that and then said, with
a hint of more tears on the
horizon, “If I tell you that I also
don’t believe in Santa Claus will
I still get my Christmas
presents?”
Like good parents, we always
encouraged our daughter to take
her tooth which had fallen out and
hide it under her pillow before
going to sleep. Then we would
sneak in while she was asleep and
exchange the tooth for a dollar bill
(no loonies or toonies in those
days!). The system worked and
everyone was happy. Then it
didn’t!
by Adel Shearer
Margaret and I decided to go
away for a couple of days and
asked some good friends if they
could babysit our kids. They were
pleased to accommodate us and
off we went. When we returned
we found our daughter had been
in tears for most of the morning
and our friends were at a loss to
understand why.
I took my daughter aside to try
to ascertain the reason for her
unhappiness. Speaking eventually
through her tears she managed to
tell me that one of her teeth had
fallen out and, without telling our
friends, she had, dutifully, placed
Kids!!
July Event Held At
Woodbine Racetrack
Another successful day for
some was held at our annual Day
At The Races July 24.
Thirty-seven members and
guests enjoyed a beautiful day of
sunshine, camarader ie,
exceptional food and lots of
laughs. Nice to see the usual
stalwarts and some new faces.
The modus operandi consisted
of complicated equations,
decisions made by the jockey’s
colours, stable owners, expert
picks and just plain guesses.
Can’t tell you what method was
most successful...winners are
pretty closed-mouthed.
One participant played the
slots prior to lunch and came out
with $$$$$ after a mere five
minutes.
A most enjoyable day. Thanks
to our inimitable convener BILL
SEELEY.
We Heard From...
In the previous issue of the
newsletter there was notice of the
death of Sam Longwill. The
notice had just his name and no
further information.
BILL
M CAFEE called fro m
Gooderham, Ontario, with the
following message:
“Sam was with the Commercial
Division. He left the company for
a period of time but came back.
He was a President Club winner.
Sam and Mary spent three years in
Saudi-Arabia with Honeywell.
“As far as my first day at
Honeywell is concerned, it was
1944. Len Wills was the general
manager. The war was coming to
and end. I was applying for the
job of assistant stockroom boy.
Dick Morgan arranged a
clandestine interview at 9:00 pm.
The job paid $90 a month.
“When I arrived I was told
‘you’re the new office boy’ as the
previous one was fired Friday.”
ART ROBINSON received the
following e-mail from CARLOS
DIAZ:
“You have not heard from us for
quite a while. We decided to
spend January and February this
year in Chile and we got away
fro m a nast y wint er.
Unfortunately, ELIANA got sick
towards the end of our vacation
and we ended up coming back a
week earlier.
After Eliana
recovered she had surgery here
and fortunately she is doing very
well now.
“I cannot say the same for
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myself. Since the middle of May
I have been hospitalized three
times (the third time I had
surgery). The ordeal caused me to
lose a lot of weight and once
recovered from the surgery I have
a long way ahead of me to regain
not just my weight but also my
strength.
“For these reasons, we have not
been able to participate in any of
the Club’s outings and will not be
able to participate in the ones
already planned including the
final dinner. We were also very
sorry to hear that this would be the
last year for the club.
“I hope you are all having a
great summer and I wish you all
the best.”
(Editor’s Note: We wish Carlos a
speedy and complete recovery.)
Earlier this year, Club President
JOHN MACMILLAN sent the
following email to Wayne Kent.
Wayne is the new Vice President
and Regional General Manager,
Honeywell Building Solutions
Canada.
“I’m the President of the
Honeywell Retiree Club in
Canada. Our Club has been in
existence for 25 years with
excellent support from Honeywell
including subsidizing our annual
banquet, providing office space
for our data entry people, meeting
rooms for our Board and Social
Committee, printing and mailing
services and donations to our
annual golf tournament, for all of
which we are deeply grateful and
appreciative.
“The purpose of this email is to
inform Honeywell, through your
ausp ices, t hat , aft er 25
successful years, this will be the
final year of the Club’s
existence. The membership of
the Club consists of people who
worked for what we call ‘legacy
Hone ywell’, t hat is t he
Honeywell that existed prior to
the amalgamation with Allied
Signal. Consequently, as our
members have aged, perhaps
with some health issues, we have
seen a substantial reduction in
our membership numbers in the
past few years, with fewer
people attending our events.
Our final event will be in
October but we would like to
retain our office space until the
end of the year to finalize
paperwork and tie up some loose
ends.
“Again, we would like to
express our appreciation for
Honeywell’s support.”
John’s email brought the
following response from Wayne
Kent”
“Appreciate the note and
update. Great to hear you have
had some good support from the
company over the years and I
wish you and the team all the
best with your final event in
October.”
Final Event L o o k s
L i ke I t Wi l l B e
A To ta l S el l o u t
Registrations for the Retiree
Club’s final event, the Fall
Banquet October 1, are arriving
in the Club’s office at a steady
pace.
If the rate of return
continues, it’s likely the event
will be sold out. Quite a number
of members and former members
who have not attended events for
some time have signed up.
There will be no keynote
speaker at this year’s banquet.
Instead, a number of long-term
members have been asked to share
their reminiscences about the
Retiree Club and their years at
Honeywell. This promises to be a
very entertaining evening.
If you haven’t registered yet,
please see the attached flyer and
registration coupon, send in your
booking and don’t be
disappointed.
Please come and share your
reminiscences with friends and
colleagues and celebrate the
Retiree Club’s very successful 25year history.
We constantly hear about how
the Canadian Pension Plan is
going to run out of money. How
come we never hear about
welfare running out of money?
What’s interesting is the first
group worked for their money,
but the second didn’t
******
Did you know a jiffy is an
actual unit of time? It is one one
hundredth of a second.
Did you know dreamt is the
only English word that ends in
the letters mt?
Did you know it’s impossible
to sneeze with your eyes open?
Did you know the cruise liner,
Queen Elizabeth II, moves only
six inches for each gallon of
diesel fuel that it burns?
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2015 Honeywell Retiree Club Golf Tournament
Photographs by Gunter
Jacksch
ac
The Honeywell Retiree Club Presents
The Fall Banquet
Thursday, October 1 at the Thornhill Golf and Country Club,
7994 Yonge Street, Thornhill
RECEPTION AT 5:00 PM—DINNER AT 6:00 PM
Members $25—Guests $30
Conveners—John MacMillan (905) 632-7197 & Al Shearer (416) 291-4750
The Fall Banquet will be the Retiree Club’s very last event. Please come and help us
celebrate the Club’s 25 year history. Some long-time members will entertain with their
reminiscences of their times at Honeywell and at Club events. The evening starts at 5:00
pm with cocktails. This will be followed at 6:00 pm by Thornhill’s always excellent dinner
with a menu consisting of roasted Butternut Squash soup, Caprese salad with slices of ripe
tomatoes, creamy bocconcini, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil, grilled Atlantic salmon
with lemon dill sauce, or surf and turf with a four-ounce beef tenderloin (cooked medium)
topped with two grilled tiger shrimp (both entrees with fresh market vegetables and roast
potatoes, or grilled vegetable towers served over red pepper coulis, and for dessert homemade lemon sorbet served in a vanilla wafer garnished with fresh berries. There will be a
cash bar before and after dinner, and wine with dinner is included in the cost.
Reserve your space now as this final event could be sold out. Complete and mail the
coupon below. Please make sure to mark your choice of meal (fish or meat or vegetarian)
on the coupon. If no indication is made, beef tenderloin will be served.
Registration/Cancellation Deadline is Thursday, September 24
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Please reserve a space for me/us for the Fall Banquet, October 1, 2015
SURNAME_____________________FIRST NAME______________fish□meat□vegetarian□
PHONE (
)______________SECOND PERSON______________fish□ meat□vegetarian□
If you need assistance (wheelchair, special seating, transportation, etc.) check here □
Cheque enclosed for ____members at $25 each = Total $____________
_____non-members at $30 each = Total $_________
Return to Honeywell Retiree Club, 85 Enterprise Boulevard, Suite 100, Markham, ON
L6G 0B5
Remember to mark the name of the event on your cheque and please don’t postdate