The Coconino sun., 1924-10-31

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M. l. Powers, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Haight, Miss Elsa Myers.
Art Riordan and wife, Miss Mary
Beckwith, Glare, Robert and Richard
Riordan.
Joe Schmidt and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
Draine, Mrs. Davis of Madison, Wis.
Ray Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Coulter.
Earl Slipher and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Connor.
H. F. Softley and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Rees, Mr.. Agren, Mrs. B. S.
Kennedy.
Del Strong and wife, DR.. Miller,
Miss Stringfellow, Mr. and Mrs. II. C.
Winans.
Bill Switzer and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
John Kelly.
]. Q. Thomas and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. w. Isham.
G. B. Wilson and wife, Mrs. T. E.
Pollock.
Joe Wilson and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Browning.
Governor George H. Todd.
Mr.. Koch's review of the history of
the club follows:
Fellow Rotarians, Rotaryanns and
Friends:
Our gathering this evening as you
already know is to celebrate the third
anniversary of the organization of the
Flagstaff Rotary club. | am not 60
ing to bore you with long disserta-
tion of facts and figures regarding
the growth and work of the Rotary
club-everyone knows the object of
the club and what it has accomplished
thus far; nothing so remarkable or
dazzling it is true, but we have been
forging ahead doing what little we
could to help when we could and
where we could, and | am quite sure
/ may safely say that not a single
member of the club has ever yet re-
GREETED his affiliation with it nor felt
that the Flagstaff Rotary club has
been in vain. If it were it would long
since have ceased to exist because its
very watchword is service.
About September 1, 1921, five citi-
zens and business men of Flagstaff
met for the first time with the idea of
forming Rotary club in Flagstaff.
These men were Sid Gassman, Bill
McClurken, Glen Bright, Fred Lusk
and George Becker. 1t might be re-
gretfully stated here that of these five
men who formed the nucleus of the
Flagstaff Rotary club only one now
remains with US and still a member
Sid. (Stand up Sid). The others have
since left Flagstaff and consequently
lost their membership in the club.
This little group of men first ac-
quainted themselves with the funda-
mentals of Rotary, then discussed ad,
ditional names of prospective members
and finally after they had held several
meetings they succeeded in interesting
"a men, all eligible to membership ano
these men held their first business
meeting on the evening of October 27,
1921 (almost three years to the day.
in the office of C. B. Wilson. (Stand
up C. b. From that time on the club
functioned as Rotary club but was
not given charter and taken into
Rotary International until December
/, 1921.
No publicity was given to the for
nation of the club or the activities of
the various individuals until after the
vember IL, 1921, appeared the first
number of the inimitable Mop which
has appeared unfailingly each week
since that date and has done much to
make the Flagstaff Rotary club known
not only throughout the district but
to Rotary international. The credis
and work of this publication may be
attributed largely to the efforts of
one man, Fred Breen (Stand up Fred) !,
and if anyone does not realize the
work entailed in getting out little
paper like this week after week let
him just try to get up one issue.
think it is fitting here to give Fred a
hand as sign of our appreciation OF
what he has done and is doing for our
club in the issuance of The Mop. We
should not lose sight either of the able
assistance which has been given him
in this work by Del Strong. (Stand up
DeD.
1t might be we'll in passing to say.
that the "a original or charter mem
bers were: George Becker, Glen
Bright, Fred Breen, Ed Babbitt, J. c..
Brown, C. A. Black, Loren Cress, j. C.
Dolan, Mart Fronske, Sid Gassman,
George Harrington, |. B. Koch, Fred
Lusk, Jimmy Lewis, Pat Moran, A. j.
MdCkey, Dill McO1uTkeIl, u. ID. MCMul-
len, M. |. Powers, w. HI. Switzer,
Hugh Wheat, Cyprian Vabre, G. b.
Wilson and j. 2. Wilson. At the time
of organization the membership was
limited to 25 members, hence num-
Der of acceptable members were of
necessity omitted until the club was
permitted to expand farther. Of this.
original "a members, IA still remain
as members Of the club, one member
having attained his goal of perfect
service to humanity and has been
called to his reward, one member hav-
ing resigned and the remainder hav-
ing left Flagstaff. / would like to call
your attention here to very attrac-
tive unique gift which Father Vabre,
Padre as he was called in the club,
was making for the club and which he
did not quite finish before his sudden
death. 1t is a Rotary wheel, formed
of cactus with sort of light arrange
ment at the top and the purpose of
the light is that about two minutes
before the speakers time is up the
light at the top of this wheel flashes
on, so that the speaker may know that
his time is about up. The wheel has
been finished and is now on display
out in heslittle room. Some of these