New Hamburg ROMEOS Calling: Romeo Lunch, October 3, 2013

New Hamburg ROMEOS Calling

The original purpose of the group was to bring together new neighbours who had moved from other parts of the Province of Ontario and also from other Provinces of Canada to our community of New Hamburg.

Initially the group was only composed of men from one street of the community but it has expanded to other areas as the need required. Initially the ROMEOS were run as a unique and isolated entity because the members had not been exposed to or were aware of the Organization's history and development. It only adopted the ROMEO name when it was found and referenced in a novel read by a member's wife.

The founding members then proceeded to allocate 'call signs' to each new participant based upon the Greek alphabet, Alpha to Omega, and grant a scroll to the new members.

Presently, we have 20 members as of January 1, 2013. This reflects a fluctuation of new and removed members from our inception. We may have to find a new alphabet very soon to maintain newer 'call signs'!!

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Member's Romeo Scroll

******By the Order of the ROMEO's******

Be it known that the benevolent ROMEO Order

has granted a vacant and non-important position

******************to********************

********The Honourable Member*********

***************John Doe**************

Thru due diligence, attendance and paid up

membership this honouree will henceforth be

referred to with the quasi distinguished title of

******************'Greek Call Sign'******************

Signed by order of the ROMEO Presidium

Signing Members:

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

***************

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Romeo Lunch, October 3, 2013

Hello Fellow Romeos and Guests,

The Committee has concluded that it is in the best interest

of the Chapter members to lunch at the Waterloo Arms in

New Hamburg this Thursday, October 3, 2013.

Check out the location and menu by accessing:

Menu

Please advise if you can join us and whether you can provide transportation.

To make reservations for a group, it assists knowing the above by Tuesday.

As usual, we will advise of the car pooling for those attending by Wednesday.

Be ready for pickup by 11:15am on Thursday.

We would expect to return by 1:30pm.

Guests are welcome to join us, but be advised that a code of silence exists.

We look forward to seeing as many as possible for lunch, jokes and gossip.

We drove to the Waterloo Arms in 2 cars with 9 members in all.

Once there we were seated at the reserved table for nine as arranged.

After our drinks were served a toast was made to all there.

After a brief chat and a good sip, Dennis started to tell the story about the fellow who had severe headaches and finally went to the doctor.

At this point another member arrived and the tale was stopped. Carl had arrived in his wheel chair, courtesy of Norma. The table was still large enough to seat Carl and once he was in place, Dennis recapped the story to date and proceeded to tell the rest of it; however in a matter of minutes another member appeared and the telling of the tale was stopped once again. At this time the table was not large enough to accommodate another member, so we reconfigured more tables to satisfy the seating. Only then did the story resume for what we hoped was worth waiting.

Now having 11 members to serve, our waitress did an outstanding job.

With the regular menu and lunch specials available, there was plenty from which to chose.