HOUSE OF ENGLAND. House of Pacific Relations 2191 W Pan America Rd, San Diego, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA MEMBER NEWS

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1 President Fran Weekley Vice-President Rachel Adams nd Vice-President Hosting coordinator Eileen Ford Secretary Hilary Lafoe Treasurer (Assistant Webmaster) Melvin Weekley Trustees Steve Gonzales Arya Zeighamnia Membership Terry Carpenter HPR Delegates Fran Weekley Mel Weekley HPR Alt. delegates Rachel Adams Arya Zeighamnia Linda Stolliker Webmaster Richard Steadham Assistant Webmaster Jennifer Bridges Newsletter Editors Frances & Melvin Weekley HOUSE OF ENGLAND House of Pacific Relations 2191 W Pan America Rd, San Diego, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA NEWSLETTER- June 2014 NEXT MEETING: Tuesday June 3, :30PM at Hall of Nations. Food and fun! Come see the slide show pictures of the village fete. They are great! Fran will be out of town so Rachel is in charge! Selina and Betty will be serving food and Margaret is bringing door prizes. PLEASE PLAN ON PURCHASING PASTIES, SAUSAGE ROLLS AND SHEPHERD S PIE AT THE MEETING-all proceeds will go to offset EFF expenses.. LADIES AUXILIARY LUNCHEON: Wednesday June 11, 2014, noon, at the Hall of Nations, hosted by House of Peru. Men invited too. Cost is only $4 per person. It is always a great meal and good fellowship. MEMBER NEWS News of members: Jean fell while staying with her daughter in Texas-will be returning June 15 th. Beryl broke her foot in April and is due to have other surgery on May 29 th. (Beryl said this is the first time she has missed an EFF in 30 years-we missed her potato chip cookies). Meeting minutes: The May minutes have been mailed or ed with this newsletter to save time. Please read so that they can be approved (with any corrections needed) at the June meeting. Birthdays for June: Margaret, Bill, Karen Anniversaries for June: Roy/Eileen= 57 years. New Cottage Displays: Hadrian s Wall by Dottie. Beatrix Potter by Meegan. Stop by the cottage to see! Take the British Invasion Quiz with Fran! Ethnic Food Fair report: Great food, great crowds and excellent volunteer help but unfortunately not great sales in the booth. Food left over was frozen right away and will be on sale at the June meeting. Big thanks to all the members that came to help with baked goods, setting up, serving, greeting, taking photos, and putting things back in cottage afterwards. June 14 th : JASNA meeting on the USS Midway. Contact Jeanne Talbot at jeannecat@aol.com or call Fran for details. This will be a great event. Refrigerator purchase: Done! Mel had to remove doors to get it installed. Got it in place in time for EFF- working great. Village Fete and Lawn Program were GREAT SUCCESSES. Thank you to all of you that came to help make it work so well. Best volunteer turn out ever!!! Excellent baked goods donated. St. George s Day at St. Paul s cathedral: Will carried the flag and Fran/Hilary/Arya carried the House of England banner in the parade. Service was very interesting and high tea was outstanding. San Diego County Fair 2014 is FAB FAIR - celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the British Invasion by the Beatles see page 6. New Member: Beatrice Anita Shekleton has joined us. She lives in Oregon. Parents Jack and MaryAnn Shekleton used to be members. Page 1 of 10

2 HOSTING AND HOSTESSING AT THE COTTAGE Thank you to our volunteers. Call our hosting chairperson, Eileen Ford to volunteer for future dates Commitment is from 12 noon to 4PM, providing light refreshments and milk (teabags and sugar are provided) and chatting with the visitors. Donations are accepted for upkeep of the cottage. (Cottage must have the doors open a minimum of 4 hours between 12:00 noon and 5:00pm) May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 Steve, Mike, Fran Dottie and Fran Margaret,Annette,Nancy,Fran ETHNIC FOOD FAIR June 1 Steve G, Mike S June 8 Fran and Mike H. June 15 Meegan and Fran June 22 Dottie and Fran June 29 Roy and Eileen PLEASE VOLUNTEER-CALL EILEEN! Fran will work with anyone hosting for the first time to show how we do it! Reminders: It is acceptable to take $10 per host from the donations towards cost of milk and foodjust let the Treasurer know for accounting purposes. Also, please let Fran know if you notice that any supplies need replenished. House of England Lapel Pins: These are on display at the cottage. If a visitor donates to obtain one, please let Mel know when turning in the donations money. (Pins are $4 each). HPR 75 th Anniversary Lapel Pins: On sale now in the cottage- $4 each-money goes to HPR. Interested in joining House of England? Print a membership application from the website ( or get one at the cottage on a Sunday afternoon and mail with check for $12 made out to the House of England to membership chairperson, Terry Carpenter, 3955 Violet Street, La Mesa, Ca KUDOS TO MIKE AND MEL: Facades were too heavy and too long to transport with the van. Now they are easier to handle! Big thanks to Mike and Mel. Page 2 of 10

3 House of England Out and About! House of England Display at Seniors Center International day with Audrey Selina s son, Alfie, and his classmates came to the cottage on a field trip. Fran did a presentation then Selina headed up a Sports Day great fun! Egg and Spoon Race Three Legged Race Relay Page 3 of 10 Sack Race

4 NEW EXHIBITS AT HOUSE OF ENGLAND Hadrian s Wall by Dottie Beatrix Potter by Meegan Page 4 of 10

5 This and That at House of England! Louis and cage House of England (A gift from House of England to help Louis Past Presidents Plaque updated while filming the Lawn Programs a thank (Some served consecutive years for filming our programs) but only listed once) Harry & Mary Rose Re-bloomed! (First blooms died in the very hot weather) (TTFN = TaTa for now from Winnie the Pooh) Mel got refrigerator installed and Mel painted the bathroom and cottage walls. Page 5 of 10

6 San Diego County Fair 2014: THE FAB FAIR! The month-long fair will feature British music, pop culture and several exhibitions, including two Beatles photo exhibits. The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes is a collection of 80 never-before-published photos of the band s first U.S. performance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964 and the 20-city tour that followed, which included San Diego in Give Peace a Chance commemorates John Lennon and Yoko Ono s bedin for peace in Both exhibits will make their California debut during the fair. The fair will feature eight stages of entertainment, including 24 days of Beatles music with acts such as The Fab Four, a California-based tribute band paying homage to The Beatles. The fair opens June 7 and runs through July 6. Daily admission is $14 for adults, $8 for children ages 6-12 and $8 for adults 62 and older. Children 5 and younger receive free admission. A season pass is $24. Fab Four will be at FAB FAIR on June 26 th - BE THERE!!!! St. George s Day at St. Paul s Page 6 of 10

7 Prince George has been honoured with this pretty daffodil, called Georgie Boy. Twiggy at the show Yes, Queen Elizabeth II very unusual outfit for her. Old Age Pensioners Page 7 of 10

8 D-DAY : Remembering the Battle that Won the War - 70 Years Later The world still owes a great deal to those who sacrificed so much. Page 8 of 10

9 On 6 June 1944, a date known ever since as D-Day, Allied troops crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France, and took back Western Europe from Hitler s Nazi regime. Code-named Operation Overlord, this endeavour involved more than 5,000 ships and was the most massive amphibious assault that the world had ever seen. The landings were conducted in two phases: an airborne assault and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France. First, an attack force of 24,000 American, British, Canadian, and Free French airborne troops filled the night skies above southern France. Then, on five wind-swept Normandy beaches code-named Sword, Juno, Gold, Utah, and Omaha, over 160,000 troops came ashore. The airborne assault into Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion was the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the US 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, and other attached Allied units took part in the assault, flying from bases in southern England to the Cotentin Peninsula in approximately 925 C-47 airplanes. US General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on the eve of giving the D-Day order on June 6, 1944: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-inarms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Winston Churchill addressing the House of Commons on the day it was all happening: what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever taken place. It involves tides, wind, waves, visibility, both from the air and the sea standpoint, and the combined employment of land, air and sea forces in the highest degree of intimacy and in contact with conditions which could not and cannot be fully foreseen.. It is, therefore, a most serious time that we enter upon. Thank God, we enter upon it with our great Allies all in good heart and all in good friendship. Page 9 of 10

10 QUEEN QUESTION: George III lived for 81 years, 239 days and reigned for 59 years, 96 days. (Longer than any predecessor) Queen Victoria lived for 81 years, 243 days and reigned for 63 years, 216 days She outlived and out-reigned George III-to become the longest reigning monarch. Queen Elizabeth II has outlived her- will she also out-reign her? Feb 6, 2014= reigned 62 years April 21, 2014= Birthday-88 years old June 2, 2014= 61 years since coronation June 14, 2014=Official birthday celebrations Although she was actually born on April 21, the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II is celebrated each year in the UK on a weekend in June for purely practical reasons. The day usually presents more acceptable weather for a public party! This year, watch for all the official pomp and public festivities to take place in London on Saturday, June 14, 2014 In the UK, the most important and watched event related to the day is the lively and historic military ceremony known as Trooping the Colour - with a parade down The Mall to Horse Guards Parade, including a fly-past of military aircraft - as well as gun salutes fired at noon at Hyde Park. If you're not in town on the big day, the festivities are traditionally aired live, all or in part by the BBC. As well as in London, events related to the Queen's Birthday are scheduled throughout Great Britain, in New Zealand (first Monday in June), Australia (second Monday in June), Canada, (on the last weekend in May on Victoria Day) when schools are usually closed and bank holidays called to celebrate a nice, long three-day weekend! Last time the queen rode a horse for Trooping the Colour was 1986, after which the Queen's horse, Burmese, retired. The horse was not replaced, as the Queen decided to ride in a phaeton (carriage) and review the troops from a dais, rather than train a new charger. Page 10 of 10