Hawick's Rotary Club meets each Thursday in the Buccleuch Hotel, Trinity Street, Hawick at 7 pm for 7.30 pm. A meal is usually followed by a guest speaker and then by items of club business, including reports on members' visits to other clubs and updates by the conveners of club subcommittees.
Enquiries regarding membership or from Rotarians visiting from other towns should be made to the Secretary, George Rennie, on the telephone number or at the e-mail address above, or by e-mail to neilsons@tiscali.co.uk
The objectives of the Club are
- to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise
- to develop acquaintance as an opportunity for service
- to encourage high ethical standards in business and the professions
- and to advance international understanding and peace
Funds are generated to promote club, community, vocational and international activities through the fellowship of Rotary.
President Keith Bird welcomed Professor Ronald Speirs as guest speaker at a recent club meeting. He was born in Glasgow, educated in Carlisle, and graduated in Physiology at the Medical School of the University of Durham. He became Professor of Physiology at the London Hospital Medical College and was later appointed Senior Tutor to the Royal College of Surgeons. He was then appointed Examiner for the Royal Colleges of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. He is now retired but still very active and has been Chairman of Lawrence Home Nursing, an organisation providing medical support and help for people whilst enabling them to remain at home instead of being in hospital. He is a Past President of the Chipping Norton Rotary Club, and the Chipping Norton Probus Club. Professor Speirs is an accomplished artist particularly using pen and ink drawing, and is now much in demand as a public speaker. Professor Speirs gave a resume of his medical experiences at home and abroad, with the title of “Traveller’s Tales” detailing many humorous incidents that had occurred in a number of countries. His services had been used many times as an official Examiner for the medical profession, and his pawky, and down to earth personality went down well with club members. Past President Andrew Suddon proposed a vote of thanks.
