The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, 1960s-1970s

Wheel Editor Errs Again, Revealed It has been brought to our attention that our editor in chief has erred again. It is said that to error is human, but to forgive is divine so I hope the Rotary club will assume the role of divinity by forgiving the slip. In the item last week chronicling the story in The Rotarian, official magazine of Rl, we said that this was the first time the Las Vegas Rotary club, or any other in the state of Ne-vada for that matter, had been rec-ognized by the printed word in the magazine. Vern Willis corrected us, and the minute he spoke the words, we knew we had goofed again. The first (and only) time, to our knowledge, the Las Vegas club was given attention in the publication was when Fother J. J. Lambe wrote an article for the magazine on "What It Means to me to Be a Rotarian." For those of you who did not know when Father J. J. Lambe wrote an joys of Rotary, as well as civic life. He was the senior pastor of St. Joan of Arc, the first Catholic church in Las Vegas, and an outstanding citizen. He served as a chaplain in World War II and was known all over the south-west. His fame was rivalled only by that of Father Manogue, the first Cath-olic priest in the state of Nevada, who was stationed in Virginia City during the boom days. We are very happy to make this apology. - Rl - Ed Tabor Confined In Sunrise Hospital Ed Tabor, our radio representative in the Rotary club, is reported as progressing nicely from the results of a heart attack recently. Ed is in Sunrise Hospital and has been released from the intensive care ward where he spent several days last week. It is expected that, with all things being equal, he may be able to leave the hospital in the near future. Rotarian Absences For September 9 There were a whole slew of Ro-tarians who failed to make up their absence on September 9, according to our secretary Jan. Those on the list include: Barry Becker, Tex Blackman, David Boyer Sr., Bob Cannon, Larry Carter, Jim Cashman Sr., and Junior, Doc Cherry, Mink Dixon, Frank Ellis, R. Guild Gray, C. Harris, Hi Heiman, Frank Sala, K. Kroplin, Darrell Luce and, Dr. Grant Lund, Bill McGrew, B. Miller, Frank Mitrani, R. J. Moore, Bert Purdue, Tom Isola, Ed Tabor, George Tate, Dave Welles, Peter Wilson and Phil Youngblood. Some of you guys will be hearing from the attendance committee. - Rl - Rotary and the Future Of the World "Man will not be able to save him-self without meditating seriously upon his future. Rotary clubs, through their humanitarian and civil concerns, have done much to make communities more livable. In the future, they must con-tinue to discover new ways of service and of working together on what is really human and valuable." (From The World of Rotary) - Rl - Jim Joyce Is Said To Be Improving Jim Joyce, who has spent the last several weeks in the hopsital follow-ing an automobile accident in Reno, is reported to be progressing nicely and hopes to be out of the hospital in the next few weeks. Jim suffered fractures of both legs and other injuries which required some extensive care and he was brought down from the north, shortly after the accident, for treatment here. Reports from Sunrise Hospital indi-cate that Jim is conducting some busi-ness from a wheel chair and is look-ing forward to the time when he can go home. He would welcome visi-tors. Two Girls State Participants Speak Two of the young women whom the Las Vegas Rotary club sponsored for the Girls State program provided the organization with resumes of their experiences while at the convocations. Susanne Lucas and Susan Voorhart were the speakers and they provided very interesting talks on their experi-ences. Dean Cummings was program chairman and introduced the two young ladies. Susanne spoke f i r s t and explained the Girls' State program which was, as usual, held in northern Nevada. She said that because of the Bicen-tennial, the boys and girls attended the same conference and worked to-gether during the time they were in the conference. She told the Rotarians there were three girls from each county with 150 in attendance at Lake Tahoe, in the Clear Creek area. She said the whole experience was beautiful and she learned a great deal about how the state government operates. She explained that the attendants formed their own government and elected their own officers and then went to Carson City where they stepped into the state officers and sat in the chairs of the Assembly and Senate during their session. They also held their own inauguration cere-monies. She said that all of those attending learned a great deal and that she was certain the affair did a great deal for all in attendance. She thanked the Rotary club for sponsoring her. Susan said that it was reassuring that clubs like the Rotary were taking an interest in young people and that it would pay dividends in the future. She told of the operations of Girls' Nation in Washington, D.C., a ses-sion which lasted for three weeks and which brought a great deal of know-ledge about the nation to all who at-tended. A regular political campaign was held and all of those who attended were active. President Ford and his wife spoke to the group from the Rose Garden at the White House and everyone was extremely co-operative. She said that a regular legislative session was held by those in attend-ance and some 300 bills were intro-duced. Only 10 of them passed how-ever. Among those passed were a right-to-work bills and an abortion bill for the youth of the nation. She said she, and she was certain the others who were there, became more aware of what is going on in their governments and she was sure that all had benefitted immensely. As far as she was concerned, she said, she now is reading the news-papers more thoroughly and is attend-ing meetings of the school board, com-missioners and other agencies in order to learn more about the system. She was high in her praise for the program and wished it could be ex-panded so that more young people could participate. - Rl - Visiting Rotarians Peter Marley was the visiting Ro-tarian from the furthest point away from Las Vegas and was awarded one of the club banners at the meeting last Thursday. Marley is a past president of his club in Paris, France, and is an optician by trade. He was here for the conven-tion which is being held in Las Vegas. The second furthest visitor was Jack Moxen, from Edmonton, Alberta, and both he and Marley gave the Ro-tarians a little information about their home clubs. The visiting group was made up of another Canadian, this one from British Columbia and others from clubs around the nation. - Rl - IF YOU FIND MISTAKES IN THIS PUBLICATION, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THEY ARE THERE FOR A PURPOSE. WE PUBLISH SOMETHING FOR EVERY-ONE, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MISTAKES!