Officers James D. Hoffman, President Wallace D. Wolfe, Vice President Ernest R. Brown, Secretary Paul A. McLeod, Treasurer Simeon Wolever, Sergeant-at-Arms Directors Charles A. Burnett William Wallace Paul A. McLeod James Phelan Robert Ferriday International President Donald A. Adams New Haven, Connecticut International Convention Denver, Colorado District Governor Benjamin Sherwood (20th) Bedford, Indiana District Convention Muncie, Indiana February 22-23, 1926 New Members George P. Gregory Harry Hollis Franklin A. LeMaster Sam Loeb David D. Robertson Ernest H. Schilling Rudolph C. Eisenbach Ed. L. Erickson Bert V. Force Edward A. Shriner Roger Wood With three hundred new clubs this year the number throughout the world had reached twenty-four hundred, fifty-seven of these being in Indiana. A group picnic at Lebanon was well attended; and then there was the Christmas party with "Sam" Souders a real Santa Claus creating much fun. One day Dean Coulter, Stanley we should say, presented Levi Oppenheimer with a cake and a Rotary pin, symbolic of his "steenth" anniversary and of his good attendance at Rotary; and a few weeks later Levi returned the compliment by distributing neckties to the Rotarians. Throughout these first ten years of Rotary life at Lafayette Stanley Coulter had stood out as one of the most active members, and in his interpretations of Rotary's ideals and aspirations he had done much, very much for the Club. To do him honor the Club made him an honorary member. That Rotary Park was being used extensively is evidenced by a report in the late summer which showed that twenty-two groups totaling over five hundred children had been at the camp. A letter from the Tippecanoe Tuberculosis Association to President Hoffman thanking the club for the use of Rotary Park stated that the average gain of the thirty-two boys and the twenty-seven girls at the camp for a three week period was five and one quarter pounds. A good delegation, led by Ed Pottlitzer, Group Representative of State Group Number Five reported the Muncie 20th District Conference one of the best in Indiana Rotary's history. The Club staged a Lafayette-Tippecanoe County Centennial dinner in the Fall, attended by Centennial officers, presidents of the various luncheon clubs of the city, and Rotarians and guests from out of town. Dr. Moran introduced several distinguished guests, among them Indiana's Governor Ed Jackson, U.S. Senator James E. Watson, U.S. Representative W. R. Wood and ex-Govemor Chase S. Osborn of Michigan. Dean Coulter introduced a number of "old timers," among them Mr. C. C. Digby and Dr. J. W. Digby. Harry Schilling was Chairman of the Program Committee of this affair with President Hoffman presiding. Some one must have attended the Denver Convention for we found a torn letter addressed to Robert Ferriday, a letter with the following story but with the signature gone:  "There was a great spectacle in the Stadium with over two thousand participants˜Zuni, Navajo and Blackfoot Indians; Boy Scouts; a great chorus from many local clubs; high school cadets; and the United States Cavalry and National Guard mounted troops. Those of us who saw the Black Horse Troop and the Mounted Band file down the mountain side, and sweep up to the stands with their sabers drawn and yelling as only troopers of the West can yell, and then the field all darkened˜well, we'll remember it as long as we live." Copyright © 2000 Lafayette Indiana Rotary Club. Please contact Webmaster with any technical comments or questions about this site.