Charles Craw, a Rotarian for many years, guided the Lafayette Club very successfully. At the beginning of the year he charged us all to
"Kindle the Spark Within in order to Light the Path of Service in Yourself, your home, your Club and your Community."One of our unusual meetings at the beginning of the year was a conducted tour of the
Lafayette Journal-Courier, with Jack Scott as our host.
Ralph Morris was congratulated on the arrival of his third child, a son, Ralph Lee, on August 30th.
Harold Amrine was elected to the
Board of Directors to succeed Dan Cooper, who resigned as a result of moving to Ann Arbor to be associated with the University of Michigan.
Rotary and Kiwanis held their annual joint meeting during
Thanksgiving week. This year it was in the Purdue Union Ballroom with an excellent musical program provided by the Jefferson High School Madrigal Singers.
Pete Kettelhut announced the birth of a second daughter, Ann Marie.
D. D. Ewing, a dedicated Rotarian for some 20 years passed away in February.
Congratulations were extended to Robert Verplank on his
marriage to Marcella Smith.
Programs throughout the year varied from Paul Chenea advising the Professional "Don't try to know everything; don't assume that knowledge acquired long ago is still good;
associate yourself with your learners; become acquainted with new areas of knowledge" to Joe Bannon discussing his trip to Africa as a member of a Trade Mission for the U.S. Department of Commerce, to a report on the
proposed Wildcat Creek Dam and Reservoir near Lafayette by an Army Engineer from Louisville.
New directors elected were Nelson Parkhurst, Irvine Wilson, Y. B. Hall, and George Needham. They will serve from
July 1,1963 to June 1966.
4-H Adult Leaders' Day took place at Lafayette Rotary on March 5th, 45 leaders from 6 counties were with us for lunch. Ed Ragsdale was in charge and Harold Taylor was on the program.
Purdue News Reel No. 8 was extraordinary. Leading roles included Hovde, Freehafer, Mallet, Stewart, Al Wright, Moriarty and Parkhurst to name a few. Eth Baugh made arrangements for the film.
Our club expressed sympathy at the passing of Rotaryann Hazel Harriman.
Al Stewart and his Purdue Glee Club pleased an audience of 440 Rotarian and Rotaryanns in the Memorial Union. Members from some 19
different clubs were present.
Those with perfect attendance records for this year and consecutive years were; Bachman (2), Eth Baugh (9), Covey (5), Craw, Edstrom, Gibson (2), Y. B. Hall (4), Hostetter (8), Lane (2),
Lee (4), Roy McQueen, Porsch (4), Frank Riedel (45), Robertson (2), Siskind (2), Steele (9), Williams (8), Wilson (26), Ev Wright (9).
Charles Craw closed his year as President In expressing his
appreciation to all of his officers, committee chairmen and members for their cooperation. Charlie in turn was congratulated for his leadership. His devotion was evident at all times and his ability at guiding the club
was outstanding.
