We are extremely fortunate to have as our guest speaker for the Club AGM, the Reverend Canon Dr John Searle OBE. That full title hints at John’s life-long participation in Medicine, the Hospice movement in Exeter and the Church. With such a breadth of life experiences, his talk promises to be a fascinating, and at times light-hearted one, as he tells us “Tales of a young Doctor”.
Garry Adams, our Chairman and Treasurer, tells me he intends to keep the formal business to the necessary minimum, so giving time both for our speaker and our socialising. This is a not-to-be-missed event, so, even if you have never attended a meeting of the Club before, why not get the Booking Form off to Lynne Ring now? We would be delighted to see you.
Also in this issue, Les Rendell gives the answers to his last brain-teasing Quiz.
Elsewhere, Les also offers practical steps you can consider taking if your Will is affected by the recent Barclays changes.
You may be wondering what became of those Questionnaires you were kind enough to fill in for us. Well, your Committee have now looked at every single one, and we plan that your responses make for an even better programme of events in the coming year. Watch this space….
Andrew Green, Hon. Secretary
Annual General Meeting
The Club’s Annual General Meeting takes place on Thursday, 9th March 2017 at 10.45am in the Mews Suite at the Exeter Golf and Country Club, Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 7AE. There is plenty of parking available in the two car parks situated in the grounds and disabled parking is at the entrance to the second parking area – you can take your car to the entrance (paved area) and then have it moved to a suitable bay. If you would like to come but need a lift, please contact one of our Welfare Officers who will do their best to find a lift for you.
Access will be available for (free) coffee/tea and biscuits from 10.15am and we would ask that you are in your seats prior to the start of the meeting at 10.45 am so that there is no distraction whilst we remember those who are no longer with us.
We have saved some costs by not including the Agenda with this newsletter, planning to distribute on the day, but if any would wish for a copy prior to this, in print or electronically, we shall be happy to oblige.
Functions
AGM Luncheon
The Annual General Meeting will be followed by lunch. Menu/booking form is enclosed and should be returned to me with your cheque by Monday, 20th February 2017. Cheques will be banked on Thursday, 23rd February. No refunds will be given after this date. The cost per head for members is £12.50 or £25.00 per head for non-members. The cost includes a glass and a half of wine OR a glass of orange, apple or grapefruit juice.
Please also let me know when replying of any special dietary requirements you may have, e.g. if you do not want sauces or gravy.
The lunch will be in the Duckworth Suite. Please try to collect your booking form from me, showing your food choice, if possible before the AGM, to place on your chosen table; remember we do not have a seating plan for this event.
The restaurant staff will take a note of your food selection around 12.40pm so please do not move your place setting after this time.
Bars in the Mews and Duckworth Suites will be available from approximately 12.15 pm and lunch will be served at 1.00pm.
Future dates for your diary:
Tuesday, 11th April 2017 free Coffee Morning, 10.15am – 12 noon
Froginwell Vineyard, Woodbury Salterton
Thursday, 11th May 2017 Lunch
Deer Park Country House Hotel, Weston, near Honiton
Thursday, 29th June 2017 free Cream Tea, 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Froginwell Vineyard, Woodbury Salterton
September/October free Cream Tea
Date and venue to be confirmed
November free Coffee Morning
Date and venue to be confirmed
Thursday, 7th December Christmas Lunch
Victoria Hotel, Sidmouth
Further details in subsequent Newsletters.
Lynne Ring, Committee Member
01392 879446
Is Barclays your Executor in your Will?
You will have previously been advised that the Bank has withdrawn its 100% discount for acting as Executor with effect from 31st December last. This means that a discounted service fee only, probably 70% of the Standard Service Fee, will be made if the Bank acts in the future even where the wife or husband is the principal beneficiary. Whilst the fees chargeable will depend on the size and complexity of the estate, you should now consider appointing someone else to act, perhaps a son or
daughter or both, or a solicitor who should provide an estimate of their own costs. Having a family and/or local Executor is probably better anyway though the service the Bank provides is a good one.
You do not need to prepare a whole new will. A short codicil is all that is necessary referring to the will (This is a codicil to my last will dated……), altering the Executor (I revoke the appointment of Barclays Bank Trust Company as Executor to my will and appoint….) and confirming the rest of the will. This has to be signed, dated and witnessed by two independent people and the codicil placed with the original will. If in doubt, your solicitor should be able to this relatively cheaply. Where both
spouses are still alive then two codicils may be necessary if the Bank is appointed under both wills.
If, sadly, a death occurs before the will is altered, the Bank will be sympathetic to requests for them not to act and to stand aside but it is best to act now (if you wish) so that the situation does not arise.
If you have any questions about this I am happy to help.
Les Rendell, Committee Member
Tel: 01884 254375
Email: lesrendell41@gmail.com
Answers to the Christmas 2016 Quiz
1. Which carol is often referred to by its Latin translation “Adeste Fideles”?
O Come all ye Faithful
2. In which carol is a London football team named?
We Three Kings of Orient Are
3. “Begin and Never Cease” is the LAST line of which carol?
While Shepherds Watched
4. ICUTMC are the initials of the first line of which carol?
It came upon the midnight clear
5. Which Cornish village is named in a popular carol?
St. Agnes (Good King Wenceslas -“by St.Agnes fountain”)
6. “Slightly on in the Thing” is an anagram of which carol’s first line?
Silent Night, Holy Night
7. In which carol do we find the “Odours of Edom”?
Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (“Say shall we yield him in costly devotion, Odours of Edom and offering divine”)
8. Who “sleep while angels keep their watch of wondering love”?
Mortals (“O Little Town of Bethlehem”)
9. What are sages invited to leave in a well-known carol?
Contemplations. (“Angels from the Realms of Glory”)
10. “Did the Guiding Star Behold” is the SECOND line of which carol?
As with Gladness Men of Old