The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, November 24, 1976

Special Guest At Rotary Club Meet The Las Vegas Rotary club was espe-cially honored last Thursday with a special guest. Mrs. Freda Ostermiller, mother of our very efficient secretary, visited the club and was introduced by President Shaw. The club also paid tribute to those dentists who were here for the con-vention and many of those among the 30,000 delegates present were also members of Rotary clubs scattered around the nation. - Rl - Birthday Table Is Quite Well Filled The birthday table was well popu-lated last Thursday and those at the board were greeted in the usual man-ner by the membership. Those celebrating their natal dates in November included: Mark Mielke, Mink Dixon, Bob Cole, Harley Harman, Ward Wengert, R. Julian Moore, Ralph Litton, Dick Relyea, Ray Stauffer, Vern Willis, Lew Whitney, Bob Brown, Fred Mittendorf, Wayne Zeiger, Bert Purdue and Bob O'Connell. - R i - tas Vegas Rotary Has High Standing Dave Welles, president of the Las Vegas Rotary club, returned from the presidents' advance meeting, which was held in southern California re-cently and reported to the board of directors that the Las Vegas club has a high standing in District 530. He explained that those attending the meeting voted to attempt to set up a special train from southern Califor-nia to San Francisco for the Rl conven-tion which will be held in the bay community June 5-9 next year. Discussion at the board meeting in-dicated some trend toward chartering buses to take the southern Nevada delegates to the affair and, if enough interest is displayed, a plane might be chartered for the trip. It was pointed out, however, that there might be some problems with room reservations unless those expect-ing to attend express their desire for rooms early. Dave pointed out that rooms for the delegates are extended clear down the peninsula to San Jose and Palo Alto and early reservations will provide rooms within some short distance of the convention site. President Dave also indicated there was much support for a zone confer-ence in Las Vegas next January and there would be between 450 and 500 in attendance. The board also named Bert Purdue as chairman of the committee to ar-range for a Four Way Test speech con-test which would be held among the school youngsters later in the year. - Rl - 25 Club Tourney Is Huge Success The 25 Club golf tournament, which was held on November 7 at the North Las Vegas golf course, was a huge success in every area, according to Dr. Craig Hamilton and Frank Shattuck, who were in charge of arrangements for the affair. Perry Lieber carried off first place honors for the men, with Dr. Lee Lo-vaas second, and Eileen McGrew was the women's winner, with Melinda Kroplin in second place. After the tournament dinner was held at the Heritage Square south club-house and prizes were awarded. - Rl - Wehner Is Back From SKAL Meet Walt Wehner has recently returned from Florence, Italy, where he attend-ed the annual convention of SKAL. Walt reports that there were 10 rep-resentatives from Las Vegas and it was the second largest group attending. SKAL is composed of people en-gaged in the travel business and is the largest group of its kind in the world with membership in practically every country. The 1977 convention will be in Buenos Aires and the 1978 in Singa-pore. fy&p M/i The Wheel ' Mill® LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING 12:15 THURSDAY LANDMARK HOTEL LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Mailing Address - P. O. Box 15152, Las Vegas, Nevada 89114. Phone 870-6363 MAKE-UP DAYS AND PLACES MONDAY — Southwest — Charleston Bowl WEDNESDAY — Boulder City — Railroad Pass TUESDAY — Henderson — Eldorado Club WEDNESDAY — Paradise — Showboat FRIDAY — N o r t h Las Vegas — Silver Nugget WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1976 The Wheel "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA JOHN BEVILLE and JOHN F. CAHLAN Co-Editors SHERWIN GARSIDE Publisher COVER — The cover of The Wheel is a repro-duction of a painting made of the old Las Vegas fort by F. S. Dellenbaugh, pioneer painter who came to Las Vegas with John Wesley Powell. The picture shows the old fort as it was in 1876 when Dellenbaugh made the painting. Welcome Kiwanis Today, the day before Thanksgiving, the Las Vegas Rotary club breaks bread with the original Kiwanis club. It is a practice which was born many years ago when Las Vegas was much small-er than it is today, and there was only one club of each faith in the commu-nity. Over the years the annual Thanks-giving festival has been a sacred tradi-tion to the two organizations involved and it is hoped that it will continue to be down the long corridors of time. The festivities of the pre-Thanksgiv-ing date officially usher in the holiday season to Las Vegas and reminds us all that another year is rapidly moving toward a close. The history of both organizations has been tied closely to the history of the community for it has been mem-bers of each group who have written, in bold letters, the achievements of which Las Vegas has been so proud. This holiday season offers the Ro-tary club the opportunity to offer its congratulations to the Kiwanians for the part they have played in making the city what it is today. We of Rotary are proud of the parts we both have played in writing the saga and wish the Kiwanis club the season's best with the hope that our continuing efforts will produce an even better commu-nity in the future. Skiing Weekend Is Planned For Rotary Plans for a skiing weekend at Brian Head in the middle of January are be-ing outlined by the committee in cnarge and an elaborate affair is ex-pected to be forthcoming. Scott Wallace is the chairman of the committee and has set the dates for January 21-23. Buses will depart Las Vegas at 6 o'clock on Friday evening and there will be an open bar aboard as well as snacks enroute. The group will stay at the Town and Country Inn, one of the Best Western motels. There will be a ski school for those desiring it on Saturday and Sunday and rental equipment will be avail-able. Slalom races will be held on Satur-day and those who are able will at-tend the awards soiree on Saturday evening. Nonskiers are welcome and Scott promises an eventful affair for those who attend. He urges those who might be interested to sign up now so that some idea of those interested can be had. The total cost for the trip, including ski equipment rental, will be $91.30 per individual or $182.60 per couple. - Rl - New Rotary Club Is In Prospect A new Rotary club for the southern Nevada area is in the works, it was re-ported at the last meeting of the board of directors. The new organization would be es-tablished in Moapa Valley but, as yet, the sponsor has not been announced. There has been sufficient interest in the formation of the club, and an or-ganization meeting is expected to be held in the near future. If the new club is organized, it will join those already existing, including Las Vegas, Southwest, North Las Ve-gas, Boulder City, Henderson, Caliente and Paradise. _ D| _ Screen door: something kids get a bang out of. Two Rotarians Are Given Harris Awards Harvey Luce and Walt Wanner were given trie hignest honor a local Rotary club can provide when they were both presented to tne club as the newest Paul Harris Fellows. The presentation was made last Thursday with Irwin Kishner acting as program chairman. Kishner lauded tne pair for exempli-f y i ng the motto of Rotary — "Service Above Self" — and called the mem-bers' attention to the many fine things the pair have contributed to the club over a period of many years. The club also honored those previ-ous Paul Harris Fellows, including the only woman member of the group — Mrs. Ruth Ferron. Mrs. Ferron is the widow of one of the local club's founders and its second president and has been quite a supporter of the Ro-tary Foundation over the years. The others who have been so honored in-clude Marion B. Earl, Bill Southard, Wayne Kirch and Leonard Fayle. At the conclusion of these rites, Stan Warburton, a former lieutenant gover-nor, saluted the Las Vegas club for the pace it has set in district 530 during the recent years. He said that good news comes from the things done in Rotary and pointed out that most of the money which the Foundation receives comes from the clubs within the fold and is dispensed by a board of directors composed of 11 members. He told the members that Rotary, through the Foundation, had helped some 1,400 young people from around the world and these youngsters have proved to be ambassadors of good will from the countries they represent. " I t is a dynamic program," he said, "and it is geared to a changing world. This year the board is seeking out members of the media as possible re-cipients of the fund and it is hoped they will spread good will not only in America but to the home folks as well." He traced the life and deeds of Paul Harris and explained the program which has been expanding through its HARVEY LUCE years of existence since 1917 when it was organized. District 530 is a 1100% contributor to the fund, he said. - Rl - Roster Supplement Is Available Now The 1976-77 roster supplement has been completed by the committee headed by Dr. R. Guild Gray and is available from Secretary Jan. The new publication brings the roster up to date, as of September. Dr. Gray reports the supplements will be available from the secretary for the next four meetings and he advises everyone to secure same because after that they will be withdrawn. - R i - tas Vegas Rotary Assists In Naturalization Fete The Las Vegas Rotary club provided the program for the November class of newly naturalized citizens in the court room of Federal Judge Roger D. Foley last Thursday. There were 50 new citi-zens from 14 different countries who received their papers. President Dave gave the invocation, John F. Cahlan the main address, with the Rev. Joel Rivers delivering the benediction. This was the first time the Rotary has participated in the rites. - Rl - As the ship was sinking rapidly, the captain called out, "Anyone here know how to pray?" One man stepped forward. "I do, sir." "Good," said the captain, "you pray. The rest of us will put on life pre-servers. We're one short." WALT WEHNER