Bulletin 15.12.08.

The Call of the Cuckoos Tent presents LAUREL and HARDY Film Show at the 68 Club 7 Brown Street, Port Glasgow On Friday 9th January, 2009 Commencing at 7.00pm All ages welcome Netherlands restaurant back in business The Laurel and Hardy Restaurant in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, which was mostly destroyed by fire in early August, has reopened. The restaurant was filled with some wonderful Laurel and Hardy collectibles and memorabilia that were destroyed. Thanks to the generosity of many Sons who donated memorabilia, the restaurant again displays some great collectibles for patrons to enjoy. I was told the restaurant is more beautiful than ever. I had the pleasure, along with a number of other Sons, of visiting the restaurant in July 2008. Ron, the owner and also an Ollie lookalike, was such a gracious host -a true Son of the Desert. We all wish Ron well. Gino Dercola Cincinnati Tent foundered I am very pleased to announce that the very first meeting of the new Cincinnati Tent (to be called The Chimp Tent) of the Sons of the Desert was successfully held on 6th December. There were twenty persons in attendance and they were treated to a cartoon, the Little Rascals' Beginner's Luck and Laurel and Hardy in Big Business (with live keyboard accompaniment), Hog Wild and Dirty Work. An added bonus was the screening of the "106 Clip" by Jimmy Wiley, which was featured at the 2004 International Convention in Columbus. Cincinnati is now on the map and we look forward to continuing contributions to the memory of Stan and Ollie. Gene Sorkin Dwain recovers Dwain Smith was in hospital for a few days towards the end of November, for open-heart surgery. Dwain says, "Well, I made it! All went well. Four days after the surgery I was discharged from Winthrop Hospital." We are glad to hear that you are OK, Dwain. Christmas Brats The Brats Tent had a super Christmas meeting on 8th December. John Burton says there was a good turnout and "the bring a prize, win a prize raffle worked well again!" Bonnie Scotland Tent at Christmas Janice Hawton (above) was, as usual, in charge of proceedings when the Bonnie Scotland Tent held its Christmas meeting in Paisley on 5th December. There was a quiz and a raffle, films included Big Business and The Fixer-Uppers and the buffet went down well.