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Preface to the first edition<br />
As amember of the Probus Club of Perth since 1996, Iam<br />
particularly grateful to Wilf Parry and his small group for their<br />
remarkable vision and hard work in bringing Probus to Perth. For<br />
some time, Ihave thought some of the history of the Club<br />
should be put on paper. The purpose would be to provide<br />
information that would undoubtedly impress new members with<br />
what we have done over the past years, while simultaneously<br />
allowing “old” members to recall who they heard speak and<br />
where they had travelled. So in 2002, as Past President and not<br />
being required to do anything specific or important, Ithought I<br />
should, with the blessing of the Management Committee, try to<br />
pull together asemblance of aClub history. Now this history<br />
has been updated for our tenth anniversary.<br />
For the greater part, this task would not have been possible<br />
without The Probian,our monthly newsletter,and its forerunner,<br />
the imaginatively named Probus Club of Perth. (As an aside, the<br />
name The Probian was suggested by Maurice Hallett, and first<br />
appeared on the masthead of the January,1999 newsletter.) We<br />
owe avery large vote of thanks to our editors who have<br />
patiently captured our history in detail.<br />
Igratefully wish to acknowledge the assistance of Wilf Parry,<br />
President, 1996-1997, and the 2002-2003 Management Team<br />
who provided information and assistance in preparing this<br />
history of Probus, Perth. Carol Trischuk provided layout and<br />
production assistance.<br />
~ Bob Black<br />
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