Lunch time meeting - 12.55pm - Jean Haughey and Kay Johnson Vocationals

On Thursday 13th April 2023 President Brian Johnson took the meeting as he welcomed 18 Rotarians to this our lunch time meeting held at the Gilvenbank Hotel, Glenrothes.

President Brian Johnson advised that the Race night held at Gilvenbank Hotel last Friday 7th April with the main recipients being Fife Gingerbread and Autism Rocks raised £2583. Thank you to all who came and supported the event as well as our Sponsors, Home Sweet Home Estate Agents Fife, Big Stevie's Entertainments, The Gilvenbank Hotel, Fife Gingerbread Autism Rocks (Fife), DM Hall Chartered Surveyors LLP, Innes Johnston LLP, Solicitors & Estate Agents, Graham + Sibbald, Brighter Futures Health Hub, Cadham Pharmacy Health Centre and Travel Clinic, Fennes Jewellery, Rollos Page Financial.

Wilna Roger mentioned the forthcoming Muirhead Outreach Rainbow run and advised that Iain Oates would participate in the 5k run.

Two of our more recent Rotarians Kay Johnson and Jean Haughey gave very interesting vocational talks. Jean Haughey was born in Ballingry in 1947, her dad being a miner and mum a French Polisher. She left school and went to Cowdenbeath Technical College for shorthand typing and Economics and ended up getting a job there as a junior clerkess. She then moved on to Central Farmers (seed Potatoes) and from their as a Senior Clerkess at Lauder Technical College. She married in 1968 and had her first son Owen in 1970 and a few years later Matthew was born. She was involved in Invigilating at Glenwood High School. She is a keen Archer and Jean brought along a bow and arrows to support her talk. During the talk Linda Ballingall related to some of Jean’s story as it appeared they had lived only 3 doors from one another when children, but they can’t remember one another but did remember a lot of the people Jean was talking about.

Kay Johnson was born in Boston Lincolnshire in 1954, her dad a Milkman. She had two sisters and a brother. At the age of 19 she met President Brian and then got married in 1974 when he was studying at university. Kay worked as a stock control clerk in a dried food factory and then as a receptionist in an Opticians and then a local hotel. They bought their first house in Lincoln and in 1979 her daughter Rebecca was born and three years later in 1982 their son Peter was born. After a few house moves they located to Scotland where they set up Genesis Composites and Kay started working in the Social Work department in 1994 where she worked for 25 years retiring in 2019. Since then, she has volunteered at the Foodbank and love Oliver and more recently taken up Bowling at Leslie Bowling Club. They have 4 grandchildren.

This week Thursday 20th April 2023 arrival by 12.45pm commencing at 12.55pm our speaker will be John Helliwell speaking about Marys Meals.

If you were interested in supporting the community and international projects get in touch by Private message on The Rotary Club of Glenrothes Facebook page. Like so many organisations we are always looking for new members whether Business owners or those already working in the community everybody will be made most welcome.