Seniors club closes after six decades
CREWS finish work on the Western Port Highway. Picture: Supplied
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE Frankston Senior Citizens Club is closing down after 65 years. The club was founded by James Servan in 1957. After six decades, five homes, and countless memories, it has held its final event. Frankston Senior Citizens Club president Josie Underwood said that dwindling membership numbers and piling responsibilities had made the future of the club “untenable”. “It was a lovely club, a friendly club,” she said. “There are lots of reasons for closing down. Some of our members had to get two buses from Seaford, and a lot of them had dropped out due to age or gone into nursing homes. It became too much for me, and with the decline in members it was untenable. Every year we said we would do one more year, and this year we decided it wouldn’t go on
any longer.” Underwood said some of her fondest memories involved the club’s Songbirds group. The group would perform for people in aged care, who would come in on buses for a fun day out. “The Songbirds became a really good show,” Underwood said. “A few years back an aged care group came down to see how we are going and the lady said it was lovely entertainment. She suggested bringing a bus of people to the show, and from then on it was really good. They put it on their noticeboard and the visitors would get afternoon tea, a show, and a raffle ticket for four dollars. I remember lovely people who couldn’t usually get out much who came because they were picked up at the door.” The club held a farewell event last week to thank past members and share memories. The lunch was well attended, and flowers were exchanged to thank those running the club for their years of service.
FRANKSTON Senior Citizens Club president Josie Underwood (right) and Ron Lennane at the club’s farewell event. Picture: Gary Sissons
Works on Western Port Highway done WORK on the Western Port Highway upgrade is coming to an end. The road has been closed in sections between 1 December and 11 December to allow for crews to apply the finishing touches. Parts of Ballarto and Cranbourne-Frankston roads also closed overnight last week to allow for crews to undertake work.
Asphalting was completed last week while the roads were closed. Major Road Projects Victoria program director Brendan Pauwels said that the work meant that the project was nearing its end. “Final asphalting works on the Western Port Highway Upgrade have started, signalling the completion of works
to upgrade this vital south eastern road corridor. We thank the community for their patience while we’ve completed these critical works,” he said last week. The Western Port Highway is used by around 25,000 motorists a day. The completed upgrade allows for the road to be upgraded to freeway standard sometime in the future.
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Frankston Times
13 December 2022
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