The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 30, 1954

a OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA ROTARY CLUB MEETS HOTEL LAST FRONTIER THURSDAYS, 12:15 P. M. INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS President—Herbert J. Taylor Governor—H. T. 'Mick' Michler District No. 160C 103 Bonita St. Arcadia, Calif. LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB Club No. 1401 Chartered April 5, 1923 Membership June '54—118 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS President—George Boman Secretary—"Scoop" Garside Treasurer—Spence Butterfield John Beville Walter Hunsaker Paul McDermott Tommy Underhill ROTARY "WHEEL" STAFF Ray Germain, Editor John Beville Mike McNamee Allye Lawson Reporters MAKEUP Boulder City, Nevada Wednesday, 12:15 PT Henderson, Nevada Friday, 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 MT Barstow, California Wednesday, 6:30 PT Needles, California Tuesday, 12:15 PT FACTS ABOUT LAS VEGAS Founded 1905. Elevation 2,033. Population, 40,000, of trading area 70,000. Situated on U. S. Highways 91, 93, 95, 466. Served b y - Union Pacific R. R. Greyhound, Burlington, Las Vegas-Tonopah-Reno, Sun Valley (Phoenix) Bus Lines. 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 WHEEL OF ROTARY Page Three DECEMBER 30, 195k TODAY One of the nation's great story tellers, Chet Lauck (Lum of the en-tertainment team of Lum and Abner), is the featured speaker for today's program. Program ehairman for the day is one who perhaps knows Chet as well as anyone, his brother, Dud, a member of the club.... Chet's talk today is expected to be on the in-formative side since he recently re-turned from Yugoslavia where he spent three months shooting scenes for a series of TV shorts to be released soon. It is expected that he will describe in detail his impressions of the methods and operations of the Communists in Europe and what America can expect from that political theory. The speaker is no stranger to Las Vegas as he has owned a ranch near here for many years and is a frequent visitor to the area. * ic * NEXT WEEK Dr. Richard F. Pedersen, a mem-ber of the United States Embassy staff at the United Nations will be the featured speaker at next week's meeting Dr. Pedersen is the son of Ralph Pedersen, Las Vegas direc-tor of the YMCA The speaker is expected to portray with words the action of past months in the United Nations and what this country can ex-pect in the months ahead, particular-ly with reference to the Communist bloc. LAST WEEK The annual Christmas party of the club was held last Thursday with the a//. Rotaryanns as the honored guests. The luncheon attracted an overflow crowd /Alt and was considered one of the best in jf; / the long history of the club. Partic-^-~' ular praise for the splendid program goes to the committee in charge which was headed by Allen Bunker. The Rev. Walter Hanne, a club mem-ber, delivered an inspiring Christmas message, interspersing his talk with humor which marks the genial attitude of Walt. Mrs. Marjorie Dickinson, Las Vegas school music instructor, presented several of her students in a series of ^ vocal numbers all with a Christmas mo- ^ tif. The entertainment portion of the i, day's program was well received and club members were unanimous in express-I ing thanks to the young students and(vf)j Mrs. Dickinson for their efforts. I ' Past President Wayne Kirch provedN( to be the outstanding Turkey-weight guesser, and under the guidance of Les Edwards, also a past president, won a large "bird". Attractive combination compacts were presented to the Rotaryanns bj0 * "Santa's helpers" as the enjoyable * meeting concluded. -x- -x- HERE and THERE PAST PRESIDENT ALLYE LAWS ON, x*ho suffered a severe heart attack Tuesday afternoon during the unusual and unex- P " 7 d,drenching of the Telephone ^om- '-Str^^of f ice, ported as resting easy when The Wheel went to press. ALLYE is a patient at Las Vegas Hospital but the "No Vistors" sign is expected to be on the door for a couple of more days. Les Edwards re-ported that the friends of Allye who had inquired of his condition virtually swamped the hospital telephone lines. R. JULIAN MOORE and his Rotaryann Fran, along with District Judge Frank McNamee and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Coulthard, are visitors in Old Mexico. They expect to be back in Las Vegas by Monday. PRESIDENT GEORGE announces the regular meeting of the Board of Direc-tors for next Wednesday, January 5th, at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Spence Butter-field. ..... It's great grandchild number ele-ven for POP and MOM SQUIRES. A daughter xras born last week to Mr. and Mrs. John Doherty (John is their grandson) in Carson City. BUS JOHNSON has been confined to his home this week by a painful ear in-fection, Past President WAYNE KIRCH was called to Portland, Oregon, this week by| the death of his father-in-law, Barney Voltz, father of Mrs. Kirch. Funeral _ services were conducted Tuesday. PRESIDENT GEORGE says his program « cXcalls for at least two one hundred per, "Vcent meetings during February. Club members observing their birthdays during December include DON O'CONNOR, CYRIL WENGERT, 0. K. ADCOCK, JIM CASHMAN, SR., NELSON CONWAY, WALTER HANNE and ED CILIAX. ABSENTEES BOB CARDINAL - NELSON CONWAY JOE CONROY DWIGHT GRAVETT ROY QUENZER BOB SCHMUTZER OTTO UNDERHILL CROSBY LOVETT MADE UP: Boulder City it n' it n Berkeley, Cal. Felix Allen, Tex Blackman A1 Cahlan, Tom Campbell Cliff DeVaney, Andy Rafael Tom West, Dick Stadelman Las week, in addition to the Rotaryanns, the club had eleven visiting Rotarians and nineteen guests. Las Vegas Rotary Members and Classification of Each NAME O. K. Adcock Hardy Allen "Felix" " H a r r y Allen William E. Baker "Bake" Byron E. Bartlett "Bud" John M. Beville, "Johnny" Alfred W. Blackman "Tex" George M. Borrian Edward W. Borsack "Ed" Z. C. Boyer James H. Bradford fed H. Brandt B Mahlon Brown "Mahlon" Harlan Brown B. Allen Bunker "Allen" Spencer L. Butterfield "Albert, E. Cahlan 'Al" Thomas A. Campbell "Tom" Robert O. Cannon "Bob" Walter H. Capps, Jr., "Howard' James Cashman Sr. "Jim" James Cashman Jr. "Jimmy" Dr. J. C. Cherry "Jack" Eugene C. Christian "Gene" * * Edgar D. Ciliax " E d " Richard H. C1ough "Dick" Joe W. Conroy Michael E. Cole "Mike" Al Corradetti James Costello "Jim" Ernest W. Cragin "Ernie" Dan Crane Jerry Crowe Ray Culley John J. DeLuca Clifford De Vaney "Cliff" " M a r i o n B. Earl " L e s l i e W. Edwards "Les" Leo A. Elkins "Leonard R. Fayle John Fenley " W i l l i am E. Ferron 'Bill" Roy B. Flippin Edgar W. Fountain " E d " Merle Frehner Frank Garside Sherwin F. Garside "Scoop" Dr. Robert H. Gatewood "Bob' Raymond Germain "Ray" E. J. Gildner "E.J" " A r c h i e C. Grant Dwight H. Gravett Guild Gray Lionel N. Grindell "Grindy" Rev. Walter W. Hanne "Waif Dr. Stanley L. Hardy "Stan" George E. Harris "Early" J. Kell Houssels "Kell" Walter S. Hunsaker "Walt" " Past President ••CLASSIFICATION Honora?^ Men's Clothing, Retailing Electric Light & Power Service Airline Station Management Hardware, Retailing Office Equipment, Retailing Accounting Service Feed & Grain, Retailing Bag & Case, Retailing Past Service Perlite Manufacturing Drugs, Retailing, Add'l. Active Renting, Proprietary Civil Engineering Funeral Directing Banking, Add'l. Active Newspaper Publishing Real Estate Agency Resort Hotels ' Golf Instruction Senior Active Automobiles, Retailing Physician Restaurants Groceries, Retailing Renting, Proprietary Oil Distributing, Wholesale Passenger Agencies Honorary Senior Active Motion Picture Theatres Barber Shops Plumbing & Heating Supplies Airline Station Man., Add. Ac. Wholesale Liquor Distributor Dude Ranching Civil Law Practice Hospital Administration Outdoor Advertising Past Service Agriculture Extension Service Drugs, Retailing Trade Associations Television, Retailing Garages Past Service Printing Dentistry Printing, Add'l. Active Jewelry, Retailing Senior Active Investment Banking School Adm., Add'l. Active Lime Manufacturing Senior Active Obstetrician Public School Administration Capital Investments Apartment Management NAME Clifford H. Huntington "Cliff" Jack C. Huntington Carl Hyde James E. IrWin "Jim" „ Walter D. Johnson "Bus" " M a x w e l l Kelch 'Max" " W a y n e E. Kirch " A l l y e W. Lawson Samuel J. Lawson "Sam" Hillman R. Lee Clifford G. Leonard "Cliff" Jud Lilley O. W. Lott "Jerry" F. C. Lovett "Crosby" Harvey E. Luce Dudley Lauck " D u d " John R. Mason "Ran" Raymond McCaughey "Ray" Michael L. McNamee "Mike" Leo A. McNamee John H. McNamee John McManis Paul D. McDermott Dr. John R. McDaniel 'Mac" Sebastian Mikulich Harry E. Miller R. Julian Moore * Hinman R. Moss "Dick" Dr. Donald R. O'Connor W. Dail Phelps "Dail" Andrew J. Rafael " A n d y " Merle Richards " F . Lorin Ronnow Richard Ronzone "Dick" William Rosevear "Bill" R. R. Russell "Bob" William G. Ruymann "Bill" O. J. Scherer "Oscar" Robert C. Schmutzer "Bob" A. J. Shaver "Jim" Charles P. Squires "Pop" Richard R. Stadelman "Dick" Charles E. Sutherland "Sully" Bernard J. Swanson "Bud" Major M. Sweeney "Ma|." Dr. Wilbur W. Sylvester "Doc" Jelindo A. Tibertl " O t t o Underhill Tommy H. Underhill Jake E. Von Tobel " C y r i l S. Wengert Ward Wengert Maynard J. Wiens "Ted" Vernon B. Willis " V e m " Jack C. Wollenzien Andrew J. Wood "Jack" Dr. Clare W. Woodbury \A/illiam O. Wright "Otis" 'ack L. Young CLASSIFICATION Life Insurance Wholesale Jewelry'Repair Cinder Blocks Manufacturing Electrical Contracting Books & Stationery Broadcasting Station Service Autmobile Painting Telephone Service Senior Active Dry Goods, Retailing Dry Cleaning Past Service Airline Traffic Service Senior Active Elec. Equip. & Sup., Retailing Cigars & Tobacco, Retailing Household Furniture, Retailing Insurance Adjusting Air Conditioning Service General Law Practice Gen. Law Practice, Add'l. Active Title Service Casualty Insurance Senior Active Bus Service Past Service Project Administration Telegraph Service Protestantism Pump Equipment Distributor Government Inspection Service Commercial Photography Trucks & Ind. Equipment Department Stores Painting Contractor Past Service Divorce Law Practice Structural Engineering Landscape Architecture Electrical Engineering Honorary Architecture Banking Beer Distributor Title Insurance, Add'l. Active Chiropodist General Contracting Senior Active Carbonated Beverages Dist. Lumber, Retailing Senior Active Trust Banking Refined Oil Products, Retailing Security Brokerage Meat, Retailing Period Furniture Surgery Highway Construction Electric Sign Manufacturing