Haddonfield 65 Club New Zealand - Fred Willis

Saul Resnick

introduced Fred Willis

who gave us a tour of New Zealand:

Some Interesting Facts

§New Zealand is composed of two islands which equal the area of Colorado

§It lies 1000 miles east of Australia and is in the  first time zone.

§It is about 1000 miles long and lies between the 30 and 45 degree latitude. This is Maine to Florida.

§Seasons are reversed. It is a temperate climate

§It is an agricultural exporting country, sheep, wine,  farm products with tourism becoming its largest economic aspect.

§Maori’s, a Polynesian race, arrived about 1300. It was uninhabited before then.

§NZ was discovered by the Dutch in 1642 and the English in 1769.

§European settles began to arrive in 1820.

§The Maori’s were a waring, cannibal people but reached a peace settlement with the British in 1840.

§The population is 4.8 million.  The Philadelphia area has 6 million

§70% European, 15% Maori, 15% other

§Auckland – 1.5 m, Wellington -  490 K,  Christchurch – 400 K

§Per capita income US $62,000, Australia $56,000, NZ $41,200.

§Cost of living in NZ is about 10% higher than in Australia.

§There are no liability laws. 

§There is a 100% tax on automobiles.

§Parliamentary System of Government

§NZ was isolated from the world for several hundred million years and developed unique wildlife and  fauna.  This is similar to Australian history.

§ When the Maori’s arrived it was a bird paradise with most birds walking around because there were no predators.  There were about six types of reptiles on the islands. 

§The Maoris hunted birds and made at least one species, a 12 tall land bird, extinct.

§The British brought mammals which ate bird eggs and greatly changed  NZ wildlife.

§Possums are deadly for native birds. Sheep, cattle, bison, rats, mice affect native birds.

§Native trees lacked strength and were replaced with non native forests.

§While native fauna and birds still exist, the current NZ has changed 

WELLINGTON

Marlbourgh

Te Anau

Queenstown

Auckland

65 Club At Lions Club Flea Market

The Annual Lions Club Flea Market is always a great social and fellowship events for the town and for the 65 Club.

We started at weeks before collecting items for sale. These are collected by our members and a few days before they are priced. The Friday afternoon before, we load our vehicles  so we are ready to unload and set up early on the day of the flea market starting at 6 AM.

As always, we have a good crew who enjoy the give and take of 'selling' to the attendees of the flea market. It is always a fun time. We make money, the buys save money, we redistribute items that the owners no longer need.  everybody wins!!!

The interactions with the crowds keep all of us energized all through the day. Even at the end, we make some great sales as we pack up. Then the real negotiations start.

Here are some photos of some of our intrepid crew.

Four Phases of Haddonfield, John Reisner

John Reisner carefully assists individuals in preparing estate plans and administering estates of loved ones. He also helps individuals with buying and selling residential real estate.

For today, John talked to us about the 4 Haddonfields.  They are 4 distinct periods of time.

The First was the Colonial Period. The intersection of the road from Cooper's Ferry in Camden and the Kings Highway that ran from Burlington to Salem. The road end here. The Cooper river was navigable up to this point as well, so a town formed here and was named for John Haddon.

The Second was the Market Center from the mid 1800's to the early 1900's.The town had all of the important stores, plus trains to Philadelphia and Medford. So people came to shop, for food, and other things. they could also get to and from Philadelphia easily. Churches grow. In  1890 Haddonfield becomes an independent borough. With the advent of Malls, the 

The Third was the Suburban period. In the mid 1900's the street plans were filled out with houses

The Fourth period is now. We are evolving, so it is not yet finished. This phase is up to us and our friends .