Welcome to the
Guelph Wellington Men’s Club
Retired Men Engaging in Lifelong Learning, Friendship, and Fellowship
President: Nick Harris, Vice President: Jim Lefler, Treasurer: Brian Magee, Secretary: Ron Dolynchuk
June 16 - John Bullen
Volunteer Tour Guide &
member of Speakers Panel;
Canadian Warplane Heritage
Museum
Canada’s WW2 “Aircrew Factory”
Overcoming significant hurdles, Canada
trained over 130,000 Commonwealth
aircrew in over 100 airports scattered
across the country. This “aircrew
factory” played a critical role in the
outcome of WW2.
Ret’d Senior Manager in Ontario
Government; interest in aviation from
late Uncle who was WW2 Harvard
Flight Instructor.
June 23 - David Connolly
Artistic Director, Drayton
Entertainment
The Drayton
Entertainment Story
How community engagement is a pathway
to sustainability.
David is the recipient of the 2024
Canadian Actors’ Equity inaugural
Change Maker Award, a proud disability
and inclusion advocate and the first
amputee to have performed on Broadway.
June 30 - Hal Finlayson
Retired Administrator
and Project Manager, Health
Care
Yaw, pitch & roll; the backstory of the
Wright Brothers.
Renowned for inventing powered flight,
the Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville,
were ignored in the US until they became
a sensation in France. They
subsequently became a sensation in
their home country and were bestowed
with significant honours.
Armed with a BSc, MBA, Hal spent his
career in health care as an administrator,
project manager and consultant in IT. He
worked in teaching hospitals, home care
and public health.
June 9 - Phil Allt
Councillor, Ward 3, Guelph
The Challenges
of Municipal Politics
Issues Facing Candidates and Members of
City Council.
Water, affordable housing, development,
provincial direction, and legislative
changes.
Not enough hours in the day.
June 2 - Tom Locke
Author & Musicologist
The Evolution of Rock & Roll and Its
Impact In Business & Society.
An interactive Road Show on the
evolution of Rock & Roll featuring
Moments in Time: Stories About Artists
and Songs from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Co-founder of Rainmaker Digital
Pictures Corp, 20 years on the board of
the BC Sports Hall of Fame & Museum,
author of award-winning book
“Moments in Time: Stories About Artists
and Songs of the 50s, 60s & 70s. For
Fans of Music……From a Music Fan”
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