May 31, 2013

Finest Hour 116, Autumn 2002

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CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 22ND

Chicago Friends join those in Anchorage and Boston in celebrating Winston Churchill’s 128th birthday at the historic Union League Club of Chicago. Their guest was Her Majesty’s Consul General Robert Culshaw. Churchill spoke at the club, in the same building, in 1932, while visiting Chicago on a cross-country lecture tour. Chicago’s Britannia Club and English-Speaking Union are being invited. This is a “must” event for Churchillians throughout the Midwest. Please contact Phil and Susan Larson at [email protected] or 708-352-6825.

CHARTWELL BULLETIN RETURNS

MILTON, MASS., AUGUST 21ST-— Suzanne Sigman,director of New England Churchillians, has contacted all active Churchill Center events organizers in the United States and Canada in order to share ideas and approaches.

2025 International Churchill Conference

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2025 International Churchill Conference

Mrs. Sigman has compiled addresses, including e-mail where applicable. She suggests exchanging newsletters and invitations between regions, and meetings of regional heads at international conferences. The first of these was held at the Virginia conference.

To promote local activity and provide CC news, the Chartwell Bulletin (our “irregular quarterly” which appeared last year”) wll be issued more frequently. The next Chartwell Bulletin will accompany our annual Heritage Fund appeal. Later editions will brief members on business before The Churchill Center and its Board.

Herewith an updated list of North American contacts; we urge you to get in touch with them. If there is no local group in your area, consider organizing one. Address labels for local mailings are available from our membership office (see inside front cover).

NORTH AMERICAN CONTACTS

Alaska: Judith & Jim Muller ([email protected]), 1518 Airport Heights Drive, Anchorage AK 99508; days: (907) 786-4740, eves: 272-7846.

Br. Columbia: Chris & Dorothy Hebb (cavell_capital@ telus.com), Suite 1700, 1111 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4M3; days: (604) 209-6400.

California North: Michael Barrington ([email protected]), 34263 Eucalyptus Terr., Fremont CA 94555; days: (925) 825-4700, eves: (510) 791-2305.

California South: Jerry Kambestad ([email protected]), 1172 Cambera Lane, Santa Ana CA 92705; days/eves: (714) 838-4741.

Chicago: Phil & Susan Larson ([email protected]), 22 Scottdale Road, LaGrange IL 60526; days/eves: (708) 352-6825.

Detroit: Gary Bonine 9000 E. Jefferson, Apt. 28-6, Detroit MI 48214; days/eves: (313) 823-2951.

Florida: Merlin Olson ([email protected]), 213 Celebration Road, Celebration FL 34747; days/eves: (407) 566-0422.

Georgia: Gary Garrison ([email protected]), 2364 Beechwood Drive, Atlanta GA 30062; days: (770) 378-8389, eves: 509-5430.

New England: Suzanne Sigman ([email protected]), 42 Dudley Lane, Milton MA 02186; days/eves: (617) 696-1833.

New York: Rita & Yale Kramer ([email protected]), 320 Central Park West, New York NY 10025; days/eves: (212) 787-3741.

Ohio North: Michael McMenamin ([email protected]), 1300 Terminal Tower, Cleveland OH 44113-2253; days: (216) 781-1212.

Texas North: Paula Restrepo, 4520 Lorraine Avenue, Dallas TX 75205; days/eves: (214) 522-7201.

Toronto: Norm & Jean MacLeod ([email protected]) 16 Glenlaura Court, Ashburn ON LOB 1AO, Canada; days/eves: (905) 655-4051.

Washington Society for Churchill: Caroline Hartzler ([email protected]), 5956 Coopers Landing Court, Burke, VA 22015; days/eves: (703) 503-9226.

NEW ENGLAND

QUINCY, MASS, MAY 16TH— Forty CC members and friends enjoyed a sumptuous buffet supper in the wardroom of the historic Sixth Fleet flagship, USS Salem, followed by an address by Dr. Christopher Bell of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island: “Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy.” Chris, who recently published The Royal Navy: Seapower and Strategy Between the Wars, traced Churchill’s naval career, and engaged in a lively Q&A session afterward. USS Salem (CA 139) is a Quincy built, Des Moines class heavy cruiser, launched in 1947. She had a distinguished career with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Second Fleet in the Atlantic. USS Salem was also the “star” of the movie, “Graf Spee.”

BOSTON, AUGUST 30TH— Forty gathered to hear a team of scholars—Michael Moses, Clifford Orwin and Mark Blitz —examine Churchill’s The River War. The question before the house was: how relevant is this tale of war with fanatical Muslims relevant to our present predicament? The moderator was the editor of Finest Hour, who as usual tried to put the panelists on guard and get them to argue with each other. But most of the arguing was by a serious young man who inquired if World War II had been worth fighting, since “we ended up bombing innocent civilians just like the enemy.” (This reminded us of Churchill’s remark when asked the same question in 1940: “If we left off fighting you’d soon find out!”)

That evening at the Harvard Club of Boston, CC members and friends gathered to hear Professor Patrick Powers of Magdalen College, New Hampshire, speak about Savrola, Churchill’s only novel, which is also to be published next year in a fine new edition, through the efforts of The Churchill Center and St. Augustine Press.

NORTHERN OHIO

CLEVFLAND, OCTOBER 1ST— Carol Breckenridge, who has interviewed Lady Soames on the subject, led a book discussion of Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchills, at Terminal Tower this evening. The usual selection of sandwiches was on the menu and the wine was still free! For future Cleveland events, or if you want to stage one, call Alexis at Michael McMenamin’s office: (216) 928-2947.