ASHEVILLE-BLUE RIDGE
TORCH CLUB

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The  ASHEVILLE-BLUE RIDGE
T O R C H   C L U B

 

      [TORCH LOGO]

Welcomes People Who Enjoy

--Discussing Important Views

--Sharing What They Know

--Speaking and Writing

--And Making New Friends.
WE MEET

--For Dinner
--Nine times a year
--September Through May
--Every First Thursday
--5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
--at The Marriott Renaissance Hotel
  (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/avlbr-renaissance
-asheville-hotel/
in Asheville)
--Coats and Ties for Men.
--Reservations Required.

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Who Is At Home in a Torch Club?

--Sociable Women and Men
--Active and Retired Professionals
--All People With Developed Skills
--Who enjoy meeting over good food
--With ample time to hear subjects
--Of the evening speaker's choosing.

--Members and guests then mount
    Informed, friendly discussions.

Whom might you meet in Asheville club?

--Pediatrician, YMCA Executive, Physicist,
--Renaissance Historian, Diplomat,
--Newspaper Editor, Engineer, Art Docent,
--Financial Advisor, Mathematician, Investor,
--Multi-Level Marketer,  Civil Servant,
--Environmental Activist, Linguist.


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OUR PROGRAMS

5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Time for Socializing.

6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Dinner and Table Talk.

7:00 to 7:30 Remarks or Paper by Member,
  (occasionally by outside speaker)

7:30 to 8:00 Replies to Speaker. Questions.
General Discussion.
OBLIGATIONS of MEMBERS

--Initiation Fee ($10.00)

--Annual Dues: $60.00, including
THE TORCH, Three Times Yearly
  Publication of The International
  Association of Torch Clubs

--Your Meals: Ordered from a menu
  and paid for individually.

--Presenting Papers or Talks:
  all members are eligible. No one is
  compelled.

--Your Attendance: Much Appreciated
  but not compuslory.

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SOME PAST PRESENTATIONS
  OF ASHEVILLE TORCH CLUB

Why the South Seceded
  The Da Vinci Code Novel
    Putin's Russia
    How Old is the Universe?
Anne Hutchinson
  Public Management of Water
    Islam's War With the West
    Moral Hazard and Political Policy
Future of Small Political Parties
  Good Village v. Evil Village in Literature
    Academic Freedom and Its Enemies
      Blacks and the Confederacy
Tips on Acting
  Freud's Vienna: Austrian Identity
    Political Minorities: Some Paradoxes
      Origins of Conservative & Liberal Values
Other Nearby TORCH CLUBS

North Carolina: DURHAM
South Carolina: GREENVILLE
Tennessee:         KNOXVILLE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS.

For more information or to attend a meeting
Phone President Don Yelton at 828-645-7213
or Secretary Patrick Killough at 828-669-0838.

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Bethlehem, PA 06/24/2006/
Revised Blk Mt, NC 09/08/2006/updated 02/27/2010
TPKillough