October 2013
EDITOR’S CORNER
Inside this issue:
President’s Pages
p3
CEO
p4
Pensions
p5
Australian War Memorial
p6
Women’s Auxiliary
p7
Legacy Week 2013
p8-9
Beware of Scammers
p11
Lunches
p12-13
Pensions
p14
Torch Bearers for Legacy
p16-17
Commemorations
p18
Junior Legacy Speaking Awards
p19
Technology Advice
p20-21
Book Review
p22
Cook’s Corner
p23
Sydney Legacy Bulletin, published monthly, is the
newsletter of Sydney Legacy. The Bulletin is edited by
Legatee Audrey Flood.
Letters to the Editor and other contributions are
welcome.
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QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING
NSW 1230
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Bulletin.
ABN 22 000 048 868
First Published 1 December 1926
Sydney Legacy
October 2013 is certainly a time of
anniversaries and celebrations for Legacy
and the Forces. Congratulations to all
involved in organising these events.
This is being written from the Moss Vale
Legacy Holiday House where it is warm
inside but decidedly chilly outside. The
second group of Widows, grandmothers
and children for this school holiday period
is enjoying a week at the Moss Vale Legacy
Holiday House where Meg Hickey and her
team is filling us with great meals and ?Bob
the bus driver‘ (Robert Dures) drives us
safely to Ten Pin Bowling, the Movies,
Mowbray Farm and many other activities.
On Thursday, while Legatees and
volunteers were out with the children for
most of the day, the mothers and
grandmothers had a day of ?pampering‘
with massages, facials and manicures
before being taken out by Kay Sheekey for
a splendid dinner. All the little ones had
been fed and were in bed when they arrived
home and the older ones were glad to hear
about their mother's night out.
Some evenings, when the children are all in
bed, several mothers settle down for a few
hours around a difficult jigsaw puzzle and
this is a great time of sharing between
young women who have been through a
unique experience.
I know that this is just one period in the
many of Moss Vale Legacy Holiday House
holidays but it is good to remember the
earlier Legatees and members of the
Women's Auxiliary, especially Mrs. Doris
Lazarus whose initiative and foresight
when President of The Women's Auxiliary
in 1944, first perceived the need for a
holiday home for Legacy Widows and
children. They had the vision and all who
those within Legacy who followed, have
continued to support this wonderful
resource.
L/AG FLOOD
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