Los
Banos Rotary Club History
Rotarians Fete Grid Teams
The Gustine and Los Banos high school football teams were feted at a dinner here Wednesday evening at a joint meeting of the Los Banos and Gustine Rotary Clubs. A capacity crowd of 150 persons was in attendance to enjoy turkey dinner.
L. J. Spindt, past president of the Los Banos Rotary Club and principal of the local high school, president at the meeting, with Judge D. Oliver Germino acting as toastmaster.
In his opening remarks, Spindt expressed his pleasure in seeing the business men and grid teams of the two neighboring cities thus assembled, and stressed the importance and significance of the sportsmanship and friendliness thus engendered. Such friendliness, however, Spindt emphasized, will not detract from the quality of the football game scheduled between Los Banos and Gustine later this season, nor will it lessen the player determination to win.
Ted Newbolt, president of the Gustine Rotary Club and principal of the Gustine high school, echoed Spindt's remarks anent the friendly relationship between the two cities, and complimented the Los Banos high school student body on their good sportsmanship and friendliness while attending sports events at Gustine throughout the season.
Coach Carlyle Loftin of the Los Banos school and Coach Robert Campbell of Gustine each introduced their football squads, and briefly expressed their appreciation for the expression of good will by the two service clubs.
It was announced that the Gustine Los Banos football game, originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15, has now been changed to Friday, Nov. 14. The game will be played here, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Dan Galatro of Gustine announced that Gustine merchants are closing their places of business during game time so that they may attend, and urged that Los Banos business men do likewise. He was assured by Toastmaster Germino that Los Banos business houses would also be closed during game time.
Several kodochrome films of college football games concluded the program.
September 30, 1947
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