On July 1st, the
first meeting of the new year, at the Lafayette Country Club, in the evening, with the Rotaryanns and guests present, President Fred delivered his inaugural address.About once each year for the past four
years some Rotarian forgets to "brake" his car. Last year it was Elmer Waters' car which slipped across the North River road and into the Wabash River. To celebrate his boss' first meeting at Lincoln Lodge, W. R. Smith
let his car cross the road in front of a speeding tourist, miss two trees by a hair and dive into the Wabash mud.
The District Assembly was held at Kokomo in July with Past President Eth on the program, and
with "Chuck" Beese, Sam Souders, and the Secretary attending. The District Conference to be held at Marion on May 11th and 12th, but this not to be a Joint meeting with the 154th District as of last year at Lafayette.
In October President Fred and Rotarians Baugh, Devol, Fried, Marshall, Stemm and the Secretary spent a pleasant evening at the Inter-city meeting of eight clubs at the Frankfort Country Club.
During the year the improvements at Rotary Park were completed. This included electrification of the building and grounds, the digging of a deep well and the installation of a water system. Insurance was increased from
two to six thousand dollars.
As was done last year for the first time, the Club again paid the expenses of four volunteer leaders of the 4-H Clubs to the training course at Indianapolis.
One of
the Club's most interesting meetings was held at the Purdue Memorial Union Cafeteria followed by a visit to the Hall of Music where Spotts Emrick showed the members "the greatest band music library in the world"; the
silent room; the first to ever be constructed "mixing bowl for band music", and other features of that wonderful new addition to the University's plant.
Perhaps outstanding in President Fred's
administration was the action of the Club in taking for one of its fine civic efforts the Sponsorship of the Purdue University Glee Club. The expression of appreciation from the Director of the Glee Club and from its
members made the Club realize that this was a definitely good project.
At Brazil, Indiana, 555 Rotarians and guests sat down to a turkey dinner in the High School gymnasium one Wednesday night in February.
The Stemms, Jordans, Josselyns, and Rotarians Fried, Baugh, Reser, Riedel and Souders met and enjoyed International President Annando de Arruda Pereira of Sao Paulo, Brazil. And now on April the 30th the Club celebrates
its Silver Anniversary. President Fred is in the Chair; twenty five tables of Rotarians and Rotaryanns, each table presided over by a Past President or a representative are enjoying a pleasant evening, and Past Governor
Edgar G. Doudna of Madison, Wisconsin, is the speaker of the evening. Another twenty-five years, what will it bring?
