Brookings-Harbor pilot., February 17, 1955, Image 16

PRESIDENT LES and PRESIDENT ELECT ART
P R O C L A M A T IO N
ROTARY CLUB W E E K
W H E R E A S, W ednesday, 23 F e b ru a ry , 1955, m a rk s th e Golden A nni­
v e rsa ry of Rotary In te rn a tio n a l; and
W H E R E A S, R otary C lub W eek affords o p p o rtu n ity to th e e n tire
com m unity to direct a tte n tio n to th«' achievem ents, p ro g ram and ideal
of th e Rotarv C lub of B rookings, O re.; and
W H E R E A S, th e observance will im press upon those living in o u r
com m unity th e g r e a te r gotxl to society th a t re su lts in placing service
above self;
Lcs Piinmick
1954-55
P re sid e n t I.e*. P im m ick took of­
fice in 1954, and will serve u n til
in sta lla tio n in Ju ly , w hen Art
Knox will succeed him, as club
P resid en t.
Fellowships Are
Projects of Club
Arthur Knox
NOW. T H E R E F O R E , I, Roy Brim m , M ayor of th ? C ity of Brookings,
do h« reby proclaim th e w eek beginning Feb. 21, and ending Feb. 28,
1955, as ROTARY CLUB W E E K in this City, and do hereby call upon
the businessm en, civic o rg an izatio n s, churches, schools, youth clubs
and organizations, and citizens at larg e to join in observing ROTARY
CLUB W E E K .
IQ55-56
j A rt Knox w as elected president
of th e B rookings R otary Club last
1 w eek. and will ta k e offitx* in
1 Ju ly . Knox will be th e eighth
' president of Brookings.
(C ontinued from Page 1)
In w itness w hereof, I have h e re u n to set my hand and caused the Seal
of the C ity of B rookings to he h e re to affixed th is 17th day of Feb,,
club to establish as its tundam en-
1 tai c h a ra c te ristic the sp irit of
1955.
a ltru ism and of service to m a n ­
kind. As C harles W. Ferguson,
senior ed ito r of T h e R e a d e r's D i­
Ja m e s P e te r Chin is a jo u rn al
g est has w ritten , ’th e founding of
ism stu d en t from S ingapore who
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R o tary loosed an idea that w as
is learn in g n< w tech n iq u es in
by no m eans confined to th»? club
w ritin g as a g ra d u a te stu d en t at
(C ontinued from Pag«’ 3)
th e U niv ersity of M issouri in
th at Paul H arris and his a sso ­
c i a t e s evolved It is still ram pant
C olum bia, Missouri
Ik» is also he develo|x’d into an im p o rta n t
and th e vitality of it is to be
an unofficial am b assad o r ol good m ovem ent.
com parable clubs. T hese offer a
will from Singapore to th e U S A .
T h e second R otary Club w as
m ore , loqu' iit trib u te than will
T his young m an is one of IOS
l<* w ritte n in w ords on R o tary 's
o u tsta n d in g c o l l e g « ' g ra d u a te s found«’«! in San F rancisco in 1908
from .31 co u n tries who have re ­ and (hen o th e r clubs w ere or- :
annivt rsa ry , «and th ey signify not
Rotary ’s pro g ram is to e n c o u r­ only th e good job Rotary has
ceived Rotary F oundation Fel- I ganized u ntil in 1910, w hen th e re
age
ami foster th«1 ’ Ideal of S e rv ­ done hut the im portance of the
w
ere
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clubs,
it
w
as
dt'cided
low ships lo r study abroad d u rin g
ice” as a basis of w orthy e n te r ­ idea w hich Rotary has by now
th«' 1954-55 school year. T he th at they should lie u n it” «! int i
prise and. in p a rtic u la r, to e n ­ I become only a p a rt.’ ”
Jtvvanls. w ith g ra n ts av eraging I an o rg an ization which w ould e x ­
courage and f o s te r :
$2,500, have been mad«' by R o ­ tend th«' m ovem ent to o th e r cities
T h e developm ent of a c q u a in t­
ta ry In te rn a tio n a l as on«' of its and serve as a clearin g house fo.‘
ance as an opportunity for ser- ( 'oinmcmor.itivc Stamps
co n trib u tio n s tow ard th«’ goal of the exchange of ideas am ong thv
v ice;
p ro m o tin g in tern atio n al u n d e r ­ clubs. R ep re se n ta tiv e s from the
P re sid e n t
D im m ick re p o rte d
clubs m et in Chicago in A ugust,
standing. good will and peace
High ethical sta n d a rd s in b u si­ th.it a num ber ot co u n tries have
T hese IOS stu d e n ts a re a tte n d - 1910, and organized th e N ational
ness and professions; th«* recog­ honored Rotarv I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Rotarv
Clubs
ing schools in 19 different coun­ .Association of
nition of th e w o rthiness o f all through th«' issuance of special
trie s
A Rotary Fellow from W hen d u b s vv« re form ed in C an­
useful occupations; and th«' digni­ postage stam ps com m em orating
A ustralia is stud y in g in Ireland, ada and ( h e a t B ritain, m aking the
fying hv «aeh R o ta ria n of In- Rotary ’s Golden Ann i v e r s a r y
on»' from B ar/il is in Italy, one j m ovem ent in te rn a tio n a l in seojx', I
occupation as an oppot’1 unity to Among these countries a re A us­
tralia. Belgium . Cuba .the D o­
from E ngland is in G reece, one I th e nam e w as changed, in 1912.'
I serve society;
m inican Republic, Egypt. N ica­
from S o u th ern R hodesia is in to th e In te rn a tio n a l A ssociation 6
Th«« application of th e "Ideal ot ragua. Panam a. Th»? Philippin« s.
George li. Means
C anada, and s o th e list goes on, j R o ta ry Clubs, and in 1922 th?
Service" by every R o tarian to Ins
and th«* United S ta te s of A m er­
w ith each stu d en t adding a link I n am e was shortene«! to Rotarv In­
personal, business ami com m unity
ica.
in th«> chain of u n d erstan d in g ( te rn a tio n a l. P aul H arris w as th«'
Sccrct.ny, Rotary
I i fe ;
betw ven p e o p l e s of different first president ol th«' N ational As
The advancem ent of in te rn a ­
International
stxaation anti th«' tu s t presiden*
countries,
tional understanding, good will, The ( ireat Adventure
of th e In tel n ational A ssociation.
G
eorge
R.
M
eans
is
S
ecretary
r Since th e program (v at inaug- ’
and jx*ace through a w orld fellow ­
One of th«* m ajo r fe a tu re s ot
m a te d in 1917. R otary Founda- i W hen he passed aw ay in J a n ­ of R o tary In te rn a tio n a l, which
ship of men united in th e ’ Ideal R o ta ry ’s Golden A nniversary, a c ­
is
compris«?d
of
m
ore
th
an
8.400
tion Fellow ships have lx ?n aw ard - ! uary, 1917. he w as P resident
of S erv ice.”
Rotarv C lubs in 89 co u ntries
cording to P resident D im m ick,
»xl to m ore th a n 700 y ouths liv ing ' E m e ritu s of R otarv In te rn a tio n a l
and
geographical
regions
w
ith
a
has Ix'en the production of "T h?
in 57 countries, m aking R otary
W hile P au l
H arris devoted m em b ersh ip of som e 400.000
G reat A dventure,” a m otion pic­
In te r n a tio n a ls to tal g ra n ts in ex- 1 m uch of his tim e to R otary, he
GA Stamp News
business and professional e x e ­
tu re w hich tells th e d ra m a tic
»•css of $1,750.000.
w as also prom inent in civic and cutives. S ince he becam e a
T he follow ing c o u n trie s have sto ry of Rotary in action around
Th«* R o tary Fellow ships a rc professional w ork. He was hon­ m em b er of th e R o tary h e a d ­ officially indicated th e y a re issu­ th e w orld. S ta rrin g the v e te ra n
unique. W ith m ore th an 8,400 orary vice-president of th«’ I n te r ­ q u a rte rs staff in 1935, he has
ing special postage sta m p s to stage and screen a c to r E dw ard
R o ta ry C lubs in S9 countries, th«' natio n al Stx’iety for C rippled held various assignm ents in ­ m ark R o ta ry ’s G olden A nniver­ A rnold .the film ’s cast of 80 in ­
stu d e n t is in dilvet contact w itn C hildren anti served as chairm an cluding those of C onvention
sary in 1955:
cludes actors from A u stralia,
R o ta ria n s and th e ir fam ilies «lur­ ot th e C o m m ittee on Prof«ssional M anager, head of the form er
Brazil, India, Jap an . Scotland.
U
nited
S
ta
te
s,
A
u
stra
lia
,
B
el­
ing h i s y«»ar away trom home, no E th ics an d as m em ber of the M iddle Asia Office in Bombay,
gium. P anam a. N icaragua, E gypt. Sw eden and the U S A. S im u l­
m a tte r w here he i s studying II ’ Board of M anagers ot the Chicag > India, and A ssistant G eneral
Cuba, D om inican R epublic, T h e taneous prem ieres of the film a rc
a tte n d s th e ir R o tary meeting«, B ar A ssociation and as represen- I S e c re ta ry .
being held this w eek in all of
Philippines.
visits in th e ir hom es un»l places of ta tiv e of th e C hicago B ar Associa- j
the 89 countries in which th e n
S
im
ila
r
announcem
ents
a
re
e
x
­
business, and tra v e ls as much as . tion at the In te rn a tio n a l C ongres,
ire R o tary Clubs If is sehedul-
pected from o th e r cou n tries in for show ing in Bro»)kings at a
possible «luring his school holi- • of Law at T he H ague. He als?
th
e
n
e
a
r
fu
tu
re
days In th is wav, he s«'es at first served as a m em ber of th e I n te r ­
la te r date.
hand how th«’ jx'ople in his hos* natio n al C om m ittee of the A m eri­
Seven countries have now ;m-'
co u n try live and. th ro u g h thes? can B ar A ssociation
The B rookings club vv ill have
nounc«*d th at they will be issuing
“The Rotarian"
»•lose associations, he lavs th e es-1
Mr H a rris received the Ph B. th e ir 30th a n n iv e rsa ry celeb ratio n
sent ini foundations to r in c re a s'd
Copies of th e special G olden special stam ps com m em orating
in t e r n a t io n a I un«lcrstan«hng and LL D. deg rees from the U ni­ on Monday, Eeb 21 beginning at A nniversary issu ' of The R o ta r­ Rotary s G o 1 d.e n A nniversary
w hich is one ol Rotary s principal versity of V erm ont ami th e LL.B 7 3P M a ste r of cerem onies w ill ian" a re expected to he in the T hey a re :
degree from the U niversity ol be Bob P e rk in s, and a fine p r o
objectives.
Belgium. Nicaragua. Cuba. The
Iowa. The Boy Scouts of A m erica gram is all lined up for th«' eve­ m ails by the m uidle of this m onth. Dominican Republic. Panama, The
M though th e p ro g ram is only in gave him th e Silver Buffalo
nings e n te rta in m e n t
O ver 200
its eighth year, m any R o tary F a l­ A w ard, and he held th e following
Did you know th a t th e first Philippines and Korea.
m em bers, w ives and guests anti
lows alread y h a 'e shown prom ise
L
adies’
N ight was held by the
Belgium has a lread y issued
g o v ern m en tal d e c o ra tio n s;
exjMVted to a tte n d .
th a t th e y m ay w ell be am ong
R o ta ry Club of Chicago in 1908? th re e com m em orative s t a m p s .
O
n
th
e
p
ro
g
ra
m
will
be
a
O rd er ot S o u th e rn Cross
to m o rro w ’s leaders. T hey arc
foreign exchange student, the (T his an dm any o th e r in te re stin g Two re la te to the recent Regional
< B razil i
te ach in g in colleges and second­
B rookings high school band in i fa c ts you will find in R o ta ry ’s C onference held a t O stend, B el­
a ry schools, they h a w e n te re d th *
O rd er of M erit iC hile )
"R o tary
F ifty
th e ir new uniform s, Chief of »Golden Bonk
foreign and dom estic services of
Y
ears
of
S
ervice.”
O
rd
er
your gium for clubs in Europe. N o rth
O rd e r of C ristobal Colon
Pollin' Bud Cross, a girls b a rb e r­
v in f as m in isters of ch u rch es of
copies now !
Africa an d th e E a ste rn M editer­
(D om inican R epublic 1
shop q u a rte t
ailvanc«* research work, and they
O v e r a l l G olden A nniversary
ranean. One is re la te d to R o ta ry ’s
O rd er of M erit (Ecuador»
a r e activ e m many business and
As a possible Golden Anniver­
ch a irm a n is A rchie H endricks, a
Golden A nniversary.
Officer of Legion of Honor
th e ir eovr'm »"ents thev are ser-
Program of Rotary
Club Fosters
Ideals of Service
Local Celebration
On February 21
sary pr< ieet n
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