The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, October 13, 1949

O f H C M P U R i F a n O N Of M i ^ ^ M V A M ^ O M ^ y CtUB PLACE STAMP HEKE )NT6RNAT)ONAL OFFtCERS President—Percy Hodgson Eck Hiestand, Governor District No. 160 3636 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, 5, Calif. LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB Club No. 1401 Chartered April 5, 1923 Membership July '49—94 OFFtCERS President—Leonard Fayle Secretary—Allye Lawson Treasurer—Harry Allen Director: John Beville Cart Hyde Paul McDermott J im Shaver John Beville Rotary "Whee!" Staff "Pop" Squires, Editor J im Shaver, Bob Gatewood, Reporters MAKEUP Boulder City, Nevada Wednesday, 12:15 PT Caliente, Nevada Friday, 12:15 MT Tonopah,Nevada Tuesday, 12:15 PT St. George, Utah Monday, 12:15 MT Kingman, Arizona Wednesday, 12:15 PT Barstow, California Wednesday, 6:30 PT Needles, California Tuesday, 12:15 PT FACTS ABOUT OUR TOWN Elevation, 2,038. Founded 1905. Population, 25,000, of trading area 45,000. Situated on U. S. Highways 91 and 95. Serviced by- Union Pacific R.R. Greyhound, Burlington and Las Vegas-Tonopah & Reno Stage Lines, also Sun Valley (Phoenix) Bus Line. And Bonanza, United, Trans World Airlines and Western Air Lines. Hub of West's Most Scenic Country, Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion Parks, Death Valley, Boulder Dam and Lake Mead, Mt. Charleston, Valley of Fire. Page 2 WHEEL OF ROTARY OCTOBER 13, 1949 TODAY'S PROGRAM V e m Willis, on whom the duty of providing programs for the current quarter has been placed by Ed Con-verse, chairman of the program com-mittee, announces that today's pro-gram speaker will be A1 LeFevre, Boulder City Rotarian, who will dis-cuss the work of the Civil Aeronau-tics Authority. * * * * * * * * * * * LIBRARY. NEXT WEEK Next week's program will be con-ducted by Paul McDermott, who will appear in behalf of the local Library Committee. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LAST WEEK George Franklin, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, was our program speaker last week...The speaker took what, at first glance seemed to be a dry subject, and i^ade it of high interest to every member present.... Eis analysis of county income and the manner in which it is spent was most interesting to all taxpayers. Especially interesting was his discussion of the McCarran Field airport which, he declared, will soon be operating at a profit. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * STILL ONE HUNDRED % Weary Wilson, with all his far travels, is still ONE HUNDRED PER CENT in attendance, having visited Rotary Clubs in King City, California Washington, D.C.; Mount Vernon, Vir-ginia, and London and Chatham,Canadi BUCKAROO RONNOW Our ex-President, Lorin Ronnow (Buckaroo Ronnow to yr*u) is up again. We are glad you are OK again, Lorin, and able to make up your attendance. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ATTENTION, FRANK CASE President Len, his son Ed and Secretary Allye, installed one new sign on Tonopah Highway Saturday last. (At last reports, it was still standing.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VISITING ROTARIANS We enjoyed the presence of the following visiting Rotarians last week: JIM FARQUAR AL MILLER ANDY LATHAM R. V. SPRAGUE GEO. CAMPBELL H. H . LYON JOHN MANIS LOU MISHER DON BELDING ALBERT EDWARDS DR. JOHN COONS HARRY HUNT JIM COSTELLO CHARLES EMPEY LES BURT us, Huntington Beach Arcadia, Calif. Boulder City Boulder City Bolilder City Boulder City Boulder City Boulder City Boulder City Boulder City Lebanon, Ind. Corona, Calif. Los Angeles Ogden, Utah Caliente, Nevada We enjoyed having you with fellows. Come again, often. WHEEL OF DIRECTORS' METING The meeting of the Board of Direc-tors was held at the hoiae of Secretary Allye Lawson, Monday evening, October 10th. Director Carl Hyde was the only member absent. Our new member, Jack Young, sat in with the group so that he might learn how the business of the club is car-ried on. Present also was Tex Blackman, Chairman of the Committee on Classi-fication. He discussed the problem of properly classifying some of the mem-bers in their newly acquired vocations. A delightful supper was served by Rotary Ann Virginia, which included, among other things, smoked fish recent-ly caught in Ensenada, Mexico, by Allye and President Leonard. SPORTS Our sports editor interviewed Bob Russell early yesterday morning. Bob had on his red jacket and red cap and was starting after 'em. Bud Bartlett reports that eighteen persons have checked in with deer the last few days—but as yet no Rotarians. Will Bob break the spell? Lorin Ronnow broke about everything else! By the way, we are mighty glad that Lorin was able to make up yesterday at Boulder City. RIDES PLANES Ed Converse was reported as riding in his Bonanza Airlines planes yester-day. A good example for other Rotar-ians to follow. ROTARY Page 3 ARE YOU AN ACTIVE MEMBER? Are you an active member, the kind that would be missed? Or are you just contented that your name is on the list? Do you attend the meetings, and mingle with the flock, Or do you stay at your office and criticize or knock? Do you take an active part, to help the work along. Or are you satisfied to be a man who *?just belongs?" Do you work on committees, to see there is no trick. Or leave the work to just a few and talk about the clique? So come to all the meetings and help with hand and heart; Don't be just a member, but take an active part. Think this over, brother - you know right from wrong '-* Are you an active member, or do you just belong? —Governor's Monthly Letter Harrison Cort, District 290 A HEW WAY OF SAYING IT Governor Frank Crane, Santa Ana, California, U.S.A., says, "It's not the number of fellows in Rotary that counts, but the amount of Rotary in fellows." ATTENDANCE Our September attendance was 93.26%. Not too good, is it? We had gocd programs and still 22 fellows had absences not made up! Some had THREE! IWAL'ITAGIRL I want a girl, just like the girl That married dear old Dad. She was a pearl and the only girl That Daddy ever had, A good old-fashioned girl with *heart so true, One who loves nobody else hut you. I want a girl, just like the girl That married dear old Dad. * * * * * * * * SWEET ADELINE Sweet Adeline (Sweet Adeline), My Adeline (My Adeline), At night, dear heart (At night, dear heart), For you I pine (For you I pine). In all my dreams (in all my dreams) Your fair face beams (Your fair face beams). (You're the flower of my heart, Sweet Adeline). . LA j- - ^ ORIGIN Al-ID GROWTH OF ROTARY The first Rotary Club in the world was organized in Chicago, shortly after the turn of the century, by Paul P. Harris, a young lawyer. He wanted to organize a club which would band to-gether a group of representative busi-ness and professional men, a club where the members might recapture the friend-liness, comradeship and understanding of the small-town life many of them had known as youngsters. On February 23, 1905, the Club's first meeting took place, and the nuc-leus was formed for the thousands of Rotary Clubs which were later organ-ized throughout the world. Paul Harris named the new organization the "Rotary Club," because originally the members met in rotation at their various places of business. Membership in this new Club grew rapidly. It soon became too large to meet in the places of busi-ness of the members, and the Club be-gan to meet once each week around the luncheon table. These weekly meetings, in connection with a luncheon or din-ner, are now held by Rotary Clubs all over the world. Each of the men who joined with Paul Harris in organizing this Club was engaged in a different type of service to the public. This basis of membership—one active member from each business and profession—became one of the cornerstones of the Rotary movement.