The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-20

Local Club Had
Successful Year
(Ccntinued from Page One)


Following the granting of
charter on April 20, the follow
ing officers were elected to serve
the first year; Levern Johnson,
president; Edd Barr, vice-presi-
dent; De2n Mcmillan, secretary
and Ed Anderson, treasurer.
Charter Night May 26
The clubs big event, which
was its charter night celebration,
took place on Thursday night,
May 26, at the Bromine-Arsenic
Springs hotel, with around 100
Rotagians, their wives, visiting
Rotarians and special guests pre-
sent. District Governor Bryan
presented the charter. The club
started with a total of 80 charter
members.
During the it's first year the
club had many outstanding
speakers on the program, five of
whom were former district COVER
noTs. Several other prominent
speakers included DR.. Frank Ora
ham, E. c. Mcintosh, Don Richar-
dsOn, Charles Jonas, Kerr Scott,
Congressman r. L. Doughton, DR..
3. b. Dougherty and DR.. Robert
King.
AS there is no chamber of COM
| N9rce or merchants association
2ere the club has been perform
ing the functions of these two
agencies as we'll as serving as a
civic club A partial list of its
activities include the following:
Some Of Its Activities
Sponsoring Of a timely debat-
ing contest in the high schools of
the county: assistance in the es-
tabnshment of a full time health
department.; assistance in the es-
Enlistment of rural electrifica-
ton in the county; original spon-
Sor of the movement launched
last August to establish an Ashe
hospital; launching a campaign to
obtain a textile mill in West JEFF
ferson through advertising in a
national magazine; extending
Christmas greetings to around
100 crippled children in the coun-
ty; sponsoring the county's first
crippled children's clinic; spon-
sCring the sale of Easter seals;
assistance in the organization of
the AShe Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION; sponsoring toWn-Wide
Christmas shopping sales days
and Christmas street lighting and
decorations; promotion of dairy
ing and livestock raising in the
county through boosting the
cheese plant and livestock mar
ket; assistance to the Ashe pub
lie library by helping to pay part
of the rent; best wishes in the
surfacing of number 16.
The club sent delegates to the
district conferences at Charlotte
and Pinehurst, to last years as
= sembly at Concord and Langdon
Scott, new secretary and treasur-
er, attended the International
convention at Cleveland last
J month.
List OF Members
! AS it enters its second year of
/ IS r vi e." the club is going
i stronger than ever and feels
deeply honored in having the op-
portunity of entertaining the
! district assembly.
The present roster of the club
! is composed of the following: Roy
/ Badger, Wick Vannoy, Levern
Il Johnson, Gwyn Gambill, Lang
. don Scott, Ed Barr, Gale
: Mcmillan, Dean Mcmillan, Lem
d Hafer, Robert Barr, Tom Dun
can, John Rhodes, Rex Morton,
= Bruce Dent, Sharpe Shoemaker,
Lester Segraves, Glenn GRAPHICAL,
John Reeves, Horatio Quessen-
berry, Ed. Anderson, Bill Austin,
j. B. Hash, Ira T. Johnson, Gwyn
. Price, Wade Eller, Burman Hurt,
= and DR.. J. K. Hunter. It has two
- honorary members, Congressman
~ R. L. Doughton and Don Richard
y son, of Charlotte. Mrs. Gale Nc
MILAN is the clubs pianoist.
The new fficers are: Ed.
- Anderson, president; Burn a n
- Hurt, vice-president and Langdon
Scott, secretary and treasurer.
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