Los Banos Rotary Club History
May Day Plans Are Reviewed

It was "May Day in Los Banos" at the Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday, with John Castellucci, president of the May Day Assn., presenting in rapid succession a number of the festival's key committeemen, who told of celebration plans as pertains to their respective jobs.

Guest speaker of the day was John Arthur Reynolds, executive secretary of the Central Valley Empire Assn., Fresno, who office is supervising publicity and advertising for the Los Banos celebration. Reynolds emphasized the economic importance of the celebration to the community from standpoint of publicity and prestige; praised the directors for their proven capability; and predicted that the 1951 presentation would equal or exceed that of all previous endeavors.

At the same time he pointed out that any celebration cannot continue along from year to year on the same plane. It either grows or "fizzles out." To preserve the Los Banos festival, Reynolds urged the community to take an increased interest in its behalf, and each year resolve that the celebration be better than the one before.

Channing Manning, who is personally handling the celebration publicity and office management, spoke briefly and outlined celebration progress to date.
Castellucci called on several other committee heads for brief reports on their own activities, including Elge Mastrangelo, Gene Pappani, Mike Dambrosio and B. A. Wilson.

Judge D. O. Germino, who serves as legal adviser to the group, also spoke briefly, as did C. W. Bates, Spring Fair manager, Germino emphasized that without the tremendous attendance record and community importance of May Day, it would not have been possible to have achieved the Spring Fair and Livestock Show, and that future success of the Fair is dependent largely on the continuance of the May Day festival. He also commented that judging by the generous and willing response of business houses and individuals for celebration contributions this year he believes that celebration support by the public is more general this year than in most past years.

March 16, 1951

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