Los Banos Rotary Club History
Rotarians Have Ladies' Night

Wives of Rotary Club members had an opportunity Tuesday evening to see just how a routine club meeting is handled. Varying from the usual informal entertainment usually arranged when the ladies are present, President Francis E. Buck planned the meeting as a routine session so the ladies could see just how the club functions in its everyday life.

Following the dinner there was the usual birthday song, this time in honor of Mike Dambrosio, city clerk, who acknowledged the addition of a milepost in his life span; then there was the usual cash reprimand for previous absences. A new member, John B. Nickel, was introduced by his brother, George Nickel Jr., and L. J. Spindt, past president, officially welcomed him into the club and made the presentation of the customary framed copy of the Rotary Code of Ethics, with appropriate remarks as to Rotary's purpose and ideals and member obligations.

W. H. Sloan, chairman of the Los Banos-Dos Palos Chapter of the Red Cross, announced the opening of the 1949 fund drive and after expressing his appreciation to Jos. A. Enos for seven years of faithful service as drive chairman, introduced the 1949 drive chairman, M. D. Wheat. The latter outlined plans for the 1949 drive and drafted a number of the members to assist in the personal solicitation.

Enos spoke briefly to express his appreciation to club members for their loyal support in past years, and assured the new chairman of his personal help in putting the present drive over.

Speaker of the evening was Commander Scott, world traveler, lecturer, photographer and radio commentator now identified with "Romance of the Highways" radio program sponsored by Pacific Greyhound Lines. Scott outlined a vacation trip by steamship, rail and motor bus through the highly scenic portions of Alaska, and accompanied his talk with a series of colored slides which he photographed on the trip. Outstanding in the pictures were the vivid colorings of the wild flowers picturesque lakes, mountains and glaciers.

March 8, 1949

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