AFVOA Newletters of Year 2003

Page 134 of 170 The forms continue to be available with the Station Headquarters. Members who have not collected the same, may do so now. It is worth mentioning that at the last Meeting, about sixty of our officers had given the draft affidavits, so that they could be notarised by a Notary Public. This has since been done. Others who are keen to have it notarized may still give the details as given out in page 11 (affidavit) of the Application form. In addition to the details mentioned in page 11, members should also mention the following: Name of the father of the Applicant: Age of the Applicant: Residential address of the Applicant: The details of all the PPO’s: Identification marks of the dependent(s) {as given out in the Passport}: Passport size photographs of the dependent(s), unsigned: Residential telephone number: It has been decided that the charges for getting the Affidavits done will now be Rs 100.00 for Members and Rs 150.00 for non members. The draft Affidavits and the amount mentioned above, should be handed over to the Treasurer Lt Col M Narayanan. Lt Col A S Rao, the officer who is dealing with the receipt of completed ECHS forms is available on the telephone at Office: 2567 0722 and Residence 3103 1052 ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ ˵ You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ~ Les Brown Octogenarians Sqn Ldr K V Pillai An alert and active nonagenarian Usually, as Julie Andrews sang it in the song “DO RE ME” from the famed musical “The Sound of Music”, we start at the very beginning. In chronicling an exemplary life, the AFVOA newsletter also sticks to convention, though not always. Squadron Leader KV Pillai, the 92 years and something veteran, whom we had the proud privilege of honouring two meetings ago, leads a life today, and that at his age, which deserves a reversal of convention. His alertness and continued activities spanning a wide variety of interests would do a very much younger person quite proud. His “today” bears ample witness to his “yesterdays”, and no one can be left in doubt as to what it is in these souls that makes them role models for all of us who aspire not to end up senile at any advanced age, leave alone prematurely. He IS an avid and voracious reader of books on subjects as diverse as philosophy, the scriptures, science, gardening, and of short stories. He has marvelous power of recall of all that he reads, to the extent that he can reproduce and teach others whatever he learns (and that is a lot). He is a kind hearted and community service oriented homoeopathic physician. His habits arid thinking are clean and clear, denoting his positive outlook. His other hobbies are numismatics and philately. He loves animals. Before donning the uniform Born on the 19 th of June in 1911, KV Pillai was an advocate in the High Court at Trivandrum, while already a registered homoeopathic practitioner. He was an active participant in state politics and was a founder member of the State Congress, travelling all over the state to address political rallies and meetings. He also found the time and energy to