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PARAPARAUMU ROTARY HISTORY DOCUMENTS INDEX 1 Index 2 60th write up 5 Bulletin Number one 6-25 25 Year history Booklet 26-35 50 Year history Booklet Bulletin No. 42, 20 June 2013 District 9940 Rotary Club of Paraparaumu 6 th · . . Annlversary Charter granted by Rotary International, 29 June 1953 Charter presented 31 October 1953 Birth of an idea Several people independently had the idea of forming a Club in Paraparaumu, according to a 'narrative minute' published as the prologue to the 25'" Anniversary booklet. Joyce Maclean, reminiscing in her 105'" year, has reckoned that Des Lagan (who was to become Charter President) and Ced Terriss returned from visiting the USA enthused about the idea. The prologue described how Des organised a forum at which Keith McKenzie (a former Rotarian from Taihape), Laurie Dovey, and Jack Young (a former Rotarian from Hutt) shared the steps each had been taking independently towards forming a Club. With guidance from DG Jimmie Robbie and the person whose Club was to become sponsor of the new Club, PDG Ted Winkler of Levin, an organisational meeting was held on 11 June 1953 and attendees were recorded as Charter Members. The Inaugural Meeting of the Provisional Club was held on 29 June and was later informed that its Charter had been signed on that date. Charter Members The job classifications of those first Members paint a fascinating picture of the sort of community that existed at Paraparaumu in the early 1950s. President Des Lagan (Trade Associations), Vice-President Keith McKenzie (Joinery Manufacturing), Secretary Laurie Dovey (Poultry Raising), and Directors George Murphy (Commercial Building Construction) , AI Pitts (Insurance - Life), Ray Spackman (Accounting SelVices), and J.B. Young (Flower Growing) constituted the Board. Alec Waketin (House Building Construction) was Sergeant-at-Arms. The other Charter Members were: Harman Campbell (Sawmilling) , Kenn Carnegie (Dentistry), Jack Crawford (Postal SelVice), Doug Crease (Banking) , Maurice Cullinane (Air Transportation) , Hugh Herd (General Law Practice) , Padre Ingham-Hoult (Religion - Prostestantism), Gil Maclean (Dairy Farming), Jack Maclean (Groceries Retailing) , John Marshall (General Medical Practice), Den Mcintosh (Drugs Retailing), Morris Moeller (Automobile Engineering), George Mullins (Carpentry), John Redstone (Airport Operating), Allan Simpson (Book Retailing), and Ced Terriss(Land Agency) . Charter Presentation Ceremony The Charter Presentation Ceremony was held at a buffet dinner in the Memorial Hall, Tennis Court Road , Raumati South at 6.30 pm (sharp) on Saturday 31 October 1953. Rotarians from other Clubs were invited, and ladies were also most welcome - dress (gentlemen) lounge suit, (ladies) cocktail frocks. The charge was seven shillings and sixpence. The Guest Speaker was the Past First Vice-President of Rotary International, Harold Thomas, and the Charter was presented by PDG Jimmie Robbie in the presence of the then current DG, Pat Fagan. Projects over the years The Club's changing membership and activities were recorded in some detail in a 25 th Anniversary booklet, and this was supplemented by a broad-brush approach adopted in the 50 th Anniversary booklet. Overview of the last 25 years, by Don Clapcott The Paraparaumu Rotary Club has completed 60 years of service to the Community and International projects. It established the Rotary Clubs of Otaki , Waikanae, and Kapiti, the first Probus Club in the South Pacific here in Paraparaumu , and several more Probus Clubs since. An overview and some specifics about the Club's history are derived from bulletins of years gone by. There are endless reports of the Club's activities, including support for Local, National and International projects , fund raising for charities, and Rotary Foundation contributions, which have been consistently maintained. Some more significant involvements would be: - Support for the Kapiti Retirement Trust with Club members prominent on its Board . - The launch of the Kapiti Community Centre Establishment Committee with Club Members prominent, and its Fundraising Sub-Committee , which raised $250.000 over 7 years. - The organisation of Golf, Bowls and Big Dig events over the years, benefitting many charities and sports groups. - The running of the Annual Arts Show at Southwards theatre, with benefits for local artists of all ages . - Support with International student exchanges and the Australian twin exchanges. Also the Group Study Exchange scheme with leadership, members and hosting. - The year hosting of a handicapped Indonesian student and support for the Rehabilan Trust near Jakarta. - The ongoing worldwide PolioPlus programme. The Sue and Jack' Leslie Rotary Club of Paraparaumu Inc. Charitable Trust was registered in 2010 with the purposes of assisting the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, or any other matter beneficial to the community. Membership currently comprises a fellowship of 45 business and community-spirited men and women, with both experience and younger talent present. Partners ' nights are included in our programmes . There is an informal association with the Kapiti Inner Wheel Club, w ith Rotarians being invited to their special occasions. The Club now has some involvement in the management of the Senior Citizens Centre, where its meetings have been held for many years. E'stablishment of this Centre was originally a Rotary and Lions project. Where to now? The Members who are leading the Club into the next decade have vision and energy, and with the wealth of experience available among the older Members are sure to set an exciting and produ'ctive course for the future . Rotary International logo 2013114 • •• ~ ..... -4 Peace Through Service Sakuji Tanaka lWta..ry In..........;o. .' Praidau ROTARY CLUB OF PARAPARAUMU th 60 Anniversary and Changeover ZOl2~l3 Barrie Fowke Monday 24th June 2013 Dave Barber President 2012-13 Master of Ceremonies-Doug Johnston President 2013-14 - 6pm for drinks - President Dave to propose the toast to Rotary on our - Formal welcome by President Barrie 60th anniversary and invite long time member Jack - Handover of Presidency by President Barrie to President Lesley and Honorary Member Sue Lesley to cut the Elect Dave anniversary cake. - Acceptance by President Dave - Coffee - Meal7pm - Speaker-Jack Lesley - Entertainment by Kapiti College pupils - President David - Dessert The first ever Bulletin of this club is reproduced overleaf I II The first meeting will take the form of a Club Assembly and on this occasion there will not be a guest speaker. THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARAPARAUMU Business: PRESIDENT: D.F. Lagan, Box 23, Secretary: L.E. Dovey Soldiers Road., Paraparaumu Paraparaumu. Policies, objectives and plans of the Club. Directors and their committees, aPPointment of Committee Chairmen, administration, finance. I should very much like 100% attendance please. SECOND MEETING CLUB BULLETIN NO. 1. IIGay Horizons" Fellow Rotarians, As you know on Monday, June 29th we held our inaugural meeting and today I was informed by Past District Governor Ted Winkler that OUf application for member­ ship of Rotary International had been granted and the Charter SIgned on the same June 29th. We are now no longer a provisional club but an active unit in the world­ wide Rotary family. The rapid consideration gl' "t:!n by th\, office of Rotary International to our appli­ cation and the prompt announcement of the granting of our Charter is in effect a well­ deserved tribute to the services rendered by Past District Governor Ted acting as Dis­ trict Governors special representative in the matter of the organisation of our club. The many forms and the volume of information contained in them were obviously In order and for his firm insistence on absolute accuracy and care in their preparation P.D.G. Ted is deserving of our appreciation and too, our congratulations. We have already publicly expressed our deep sense of gratitude to Ted for his part in the organ­ isation of the club and for his patient readiness to assist us at all or any time over the past few months. We can count ourselves fortunate that we had a man of Ted's cali­ bre and experience to take us for our first outing in Rotary and we hope that he will always have cause for pleasure and pride in our future. BOUQUETS Following our successful inaugural meeting I just want to record the thanks of all of our members for the presence, and the expressions of goodwill and encourage­ ment of so many visiting Rotarians. Of P.D.G David Ewan our inau,C:ural speaker we shall always have the happiest recollections . We expected u meat' in his speech and we got it, but so effectively served between slices of humour that its presentation could not have been bettered. To the Rotary Club of levin, our sponsors, we shall ever be grateful for their warm support and encouragement to us, for their generous presentation to our Sun­ shine Fund, and for their gifts-our Wheel and Sunshine 80x. A special word of Our appreciation too is due to those clubs whose representation at our inaugu­ ration was most welcome, Wellington, Hutt, Petone and Palmerston North and were kind enough to extend to us the good wishes of their members. President Gordon The name of the speaker and his subject will be announced in next week's bul­ letin. I understand that a car load from Lev.n will be present and they will of course be most welcome. ..... _. .. . have as its programme feature Inf~rl2ncp at Timaru. OUR CLUB TERRITORY The territory of our club extends from almost three miles north of Paekakariki to the south bank of the Waikanae River and takes in storied and picturesque Kapiti Island to the west and the mountain range to the east. It embraces one of the sunni­ est stretches on the west coast of the North Island includes the townships of Parapa­ raumu, Paraparaumu Beach, Raumati and Raumati South . In the area we have a pop· ulation which is believed to exceed 3,500 and in which most fields of business and industry are represented. Our people are proud of their district and almost every member of our club is already an active participant in some form of community ser­ vice. The progressive spirit of the residents of the whole Kapiti district is reflected in their on-going support of all measures intended for the general good and welfare of the area. I have given these details in brief as there are no doubt many in our Rotary District who perhaps look upon the territory of the new club as centred about our busy airport and championship golf course! Set among rolling farms and with its long sweeps of safe ocean beaches the district supports a self-contained community whose Rotary Club is now able to look forward to extending a welcome to all visiting Rotari­ ans especially those passing through the airport on Mondays. THE "NAPS" As the youngest club in 40th district we were informed at Our inauguration that we were now entitled to the (/Naps" from Riccarton and when they arrive we hope to have them properly displayed until a new addition to the family arrives to take them from us! Kear on behalf of his club presented us with a gong and a Palmerston North club pen­ nant both of which we gratefully acknowledge. Sincerely, OUR FIRST MEETING AS A ROTARY CLUB. This will take place on Monday July 6th at "Gay HorizonsJl at 6.15 ~.m. sharp. Please note that "sharp" as it means what it says. If you just cannot be t ere on the minute, don't panic though-we shall understand and put a saucer over your tea. Monday, July 13th. ference at Timaru I am asking "J.8." Young to take the Chair for that meeting. J.B. is a former Rotarian and his experience will be of great value to us on the Board. thanks to Rotarian Jack Clark of Levin for his part in the production of the Wheel and to President Alf Kennerley who I know has derived a great deal of pleasure from his association with his club's "chick" Paraparaumu. 6.15 p.m . As both Keith and I together with Laurie will be attending the 40th District Con­ Des Lagan Paraparaumu July 1st, 1953 President Co """-...J '-0 ~ Co ~ '-0 ~ I ~ ~ (\:) ~ (\:) ~. <:::;, ~ (\:) <:::;, Q." ~ Q ~ ~ ~ ~ I Z A. ::::I - sa sa CD N ~ CD 0 .... ~ r­ n -< ~ CIlII:I = = = ~ ~ -h ~ -V ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 -v --r ""' 0­ rl 1; 'E" OJ •. ~ § .:: H Q! roHrl~H bDQ!0;:l;. rl ."l Q! il> ~ UJ +' .r< 'd rl (1) ·rlrl~~ o.::p .>< rlQ!P-:>;'Q) ~ ~ ~~:;j . I~OH .: 3.r.;~~olg +' '::rl 'U °rl OJ 0,.-t ~ ':1!~;t- +' .~ § ~o ~3 0 .r.; ;:l o -;;J .g rl o >~ H ,~ +' o a:: ;:l 3ro ~, ri(')'dro<]) · d ::jor-lOQJe-"d ~ H M Q .oj OJ H P­ m ~, m co, 'li .c h +'::C: .... (11 hD 0'8 0 ;::j ..'S:;~ 'rl ~ co ,q > ' rlO..,~ ,-1 ~~ ~ Q Q) Ij) ..... g:'2 ~r-;~;g,o O 'rl~ M~::r:: p ~ oj m (d '"0 ~ '§ "C QJ C) H S CJ ,1j c:j oj 4. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and pro­ fessional men united in the ideal of service. Ij) 'rl UJ 1! H tlD r-IOJhD("f.lOh +' 3. The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to his personal, business, and community life. ~ +' N Q! 2. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation as an opportunity to serve society. 8JlfiiE. ~'d~8.~ p.. r-t +' ~ service. l:J ~ OJ ~ 8.:: '"(l)r--"4• § .aell .r< 1. The development of acquaintance as an· opportunity for Zil.~ • m '''' bD Q) gp '''; To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: 0 ~ tI) 'rl Ij) QJ f-o 0 1~ 'v '0'"' (,5. >- a:: ;:r: Ql ~-j .,},1 ~c~ ~E .§~ ~rl 0:: 0 0 I-l.. 0.. IX! ~--;:, f" -;J ;:1 ::r::: CHARTER MEMBERS PARAPARAUMU ROTARY CLUB President D.F. Lagan Des Trade Associations Vice Pres. K.A. McKenzie Keith Joinery Manufacturing George Commercial Building Construction + M.G. Murphy Director ~ Presiden t District Governor + A.T. Pitts Al Insurance - Life 1953-54 Des Lagan Pat Fagan * Ray Accounting Service 1954-55 Keith McKenzie Les Phillips J.B. Flower Growing 1955-56 John Redstone Bill Martin Ced Terriss Stuart Hayton C.R. Spackman + J.B. Young " PAST PRESIDENT LIST Secretary L.E. Dovey Laurie Paul try Raising 195&-57 * 1957-58 + Gil Maclean * Roy Dutton Dick Millward S. at A. A.H. Wakelin Alec House Building Construction 1958-59 Rotarian H. Campbell Harman Sawmilling 1959-60 + K.J. Carnegie Kenn Dentistry * 1960--61 + J.R. Crawford Jack 1961-62 Chris Nyberg D.H. Crease Doug Banking + George Murphy * Ray Spackman 1962-63 Fred Beattie Maurice Air Transportation * Tim Buckley M.D. Cullinane 1963--64 Bill Taylor Ted de Jou x H.Jgh General Law Practice 1964-65 Ron Wekelin Russell Laurenson Padre' ReligionProtestantism " + L.H. Herd E. Ingham-Hoult + G.C. Maclean * " M.J. Maclean Jack E.J. Marshall John A.D. McIntosh M. Moeller " * * " Gil Den Maurice '- Postal Service D:iiry Farming , Groceries Retailing General Medical Practice Drugs Retailing Automobile Engineering 1965-66 Geoff McChesney Vel Velvin , Gordon Roatz Selly Hyde Win Bassett Alf Carmer Bob Dockery 1969-70 John Fulton Stan Ransom 1970--71 Magnus Priest Alex Irvine 196&-67 1967-68 * 1968-69 * * * * * * 1971-72 1972-73 George Carpentry J.W. Redstone , John Airport Dperating 1974-7 5 A.G.N. Simpson Allan Book Retailing 1975-76 C.F. Terriss Ced Land Agency 1976-77 June 11th, 1953. 1973-74 1977-78 * Grantham McGill-Nutt Rex Webber George Perrott Ron Greenwood John Trolove Ted Gillies Barry Hadfield Neill Inkster Mac Clunie Stuart Macaskill Don Crawford Llo yd Bob Mills Jack Penno Alan Hercus Charter Granted June 29th, 1953. * Current Members of Deceased -. 2 Ian Matheson Alan Brown Philip Proctor J.G. Mullins Organised * * * John Marshall George Kerslake + Deceased * Current Member PROLOGUE NARRATIVE MINUTE OF THE ORGANISATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARAPARAUMU 1952 - 1953 The idea of a Rotary Club in Paraparaumu was not that of anyone person. It appears that an earlier proposal to form a club was not pursued iJnd some years were to pass before the present club had its beg inr. ings. Th e Club's charter Vice-:President Keith McKenzie had been a member of the Rotary Club of Taihape and on coming to PGru pGraumu gave iln,nediate thought to the possibility of establishing Rotary in the district. He had prepared a list of classifications and al s o a fur·tller 1 ist of names of those whom he thought would be both intere s ted and qualified. Following the. holding of a Forum in the Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club's pnomiscs ,",:1'1y in 1952 the charter PrE's ident, Des Lagan, feeling that it wOvId have been fitting for the district to have had a club to act RS hosts and generally to welcome visitors approached Miss F. LOVI, ExC!cutivE! Secretary of the Wt'!!lington Club and was aive n prompt and valu a ble guidance. By a remarkable coincidence the first person to whom· the idea was mentioned was Keith McKenzie and their fusion of ideas Gnd interes t made concrete the feeling that the establishment of u club vlou ld be a practicable venture. At tllis st"ge President Gurdon Kear of the Palmerston North Club whose advic.:o hd li bE'en sou gl··,t, 8nthusiastically contr'ibuted both time aile at tent:i,..'n to the idea as well as mak ing available all appropriate Ii t era ture . His assistance and encouragement is gratefully acknow­ ledged jn this record. Befure active steps were further taken it was learned that the club's chaner Secretary Laurie Dovey had li.ke Gallileo been proceeding indepcndentl y and in a similar m~nner towards the formation of a club and in this was receiving practical support from Jack Young a former Rotarian from the Hutt Club. ,l\11 four - joined by Ray Spackman, George Murphy, Rewai Howell and Alec Wakelin met together i n the Golf Clubhouse at Paraparaumu Beach in Fe!Jrl'ary, 1953, and decided to proceed wi th the organisation of th e clull. Following a further meeting Des Lagan undertook to approach 40th . District Governor Jimmie Robbie in Invercargill and on Tuesda y , March 24th, 1953, informed him of the progress that had been made.· It was /+ then that the sponsors of the club through their representative learn8d tha t the first step in the formation of a club is the making of a survey of the territory by a representative of the District Gov ernor. However this wos conveyed in District Governor Jimmie's kindly mormer and had the felicitous outcome - our introduction to Past District Governor Ted Winkler of Lev in. Ted had been District G:lvernor when the idea had its birth and .i t was particularly fitting th3t he should see the new club through to its inauguration and we may · hope, for long to come. The sponsors met Ted at Pnraparaumu in April, 1953 and under his direction and wi th the benefit of his advice, experience and encouragement made p13ns for the calling together of twenty four residents of the Ka piti district from Paraparaumu to RaumBtl South. The first full assembly took place in the Gol f Club-house on MOC1day, May 25th, 1953 when the object and irJeals of RotarY were 8xplair.ed to all pre sunt. · Unfortuna tely Rewi Howell who had contributed so well to th e formution of the club hi'ld to visit Austr<'llia and the sponsors were thus temporarily deprived of his services. Twc,nty three of those prpsent Q t the ml3 et ing togC'lhEI' with Pac re In gham-Houl t a ttended the propoc.ed club's organi"otil)n m 'CF' tic ~ held in "Goy Horizons", R3umati Suuth, on Thu rs day, ,June 11tll . In arkition to Pest Distric t Governor Ted Winkler there were a lso Or-US8·..., t P,T!o' idr,,; t Alf Kenn 8 rley and Rotarian Bruce Stewart uf the LC'Jin ell;t) ''''h ich hod agreed t u sponsor the new club and whic h h n d alreor:!y entertained i1S visitors fi ve of the sponsor committee. The twellty four present at the organisLlti.on meetin:;J cl'Jly a·jopted the prescribe d re!301utions and their names are recGi'dl:d jr. 'j18 dCicum p_'l;: S of the <.:lu b as its charter me-nbers. The debt of gratitude to Ted Winkl.el~ not only for the helpfu l a"d efficient manner in which he cCl rried out his duties as District Govl., rnor's Represe ntative bu t for the genuine ['ncoural}"," e nt h8 g:; Vr> the club and its sponsors is fre e ly ar.k.nowh:dgc"d by thasE associi'.ted with its establishment. . Following the organisation meeting on iJ,onday, 11 til June, tilE Pl'G,, ~:oion51 Rotary Club of Paraparaumu held, their inaugural meeting on June 29t.h ar,d were ·la t8r advised tha t the Ct"~rter for the neVi club WAS signed ::-y Rotary International on that si'lme d;~t8. The now E'!3tablished Rotary Club of Pan:JPi-lTaUmU held the first meet. ing on July 6th, 1953. a 1 OO}~ s ttendl.-II"IC8 nf 1~ll;.nbl:lrs v·,'.-'\S rccnrdcd and an address given by Past President Fred Hudson of the Levin Club. District Governor Pat Fagan prese nted the Ch a rter at a special function in the Aoumati South Hall on OctOber 31st, 1953. A gaud represent:tion from Clubs together \vith an inspiring address by Past Vice:-President of Rotary International, Harold Thomas contributed to making this an out­ standing evening. ') ROTARY CLUB OF PARAPARAUMU THE FIRST 5 YEARS - 1953-1 958 3. Our production of a directory of community organisations, (President / Sec retary, phones, acti vi ties, etc.) was another first. It has been widely copied by Service Clubs and Local BOdies and Victoria Universit y has just published a jumbo si zed version reviewed in the press. 4. Our other "FtlflloUS First". We were the first Rotary Club outside Chicago No.1 Club to form itself. We approached the then District Governor (1952/53) ,Jimmie Robbie with a full y recruited and operating Club - its own officers, meeting place and all. (It must have been good - they let uS go!) 1953 This review of the first five years would not be canplete without acknowledging the sound leadership of President Des Lagan and Vice President Keith McKenzie, who laid down the foundations on such a sound basis that has enabled the Club to reach its first 25 , ye3rs with a record of service to the Community that stands it in g~od stead today. Des also presented to the Club the Presidents Chain of Office, while the surrounding clu bs provided the necessary Rostrum, Bell, Sunshine Box , Wheel, Banners and other essentials. One of the highli ghts Wi3S the Royal Visit and member John Redstone, as Airport Manager, was on hand t o gree t the Quee n. Those were the days when Parapareumu was Well ington ' s ma in airport. The first major Rota ry event was the "Charter Presentation" evening held on 31 October 1953, at Raumati South Memorial Hall. The evening WuS organised by Vice President Keith McKenzie , ably assisted by all me'ebe rs of th e Club. The function was well attended with the principal address given by Harold Thomas, later to become New Zealand's only President of Rotary International. The outstanciing event was undoubtedly the "Meeting in the Air" which received mention in the Rotarian magaz ine. Atten d2,nces were extremel y good at the weekly meetings with many 1O~ meet ings, possibly the result of enthusiasm or the message from President Des, "Every member represents 4%". The origi.nal Empla ning Check No. 366851 issued by N.A.C. on 8 February 1954, recorlis the names of the 26 mal district. Two concert perties were organised to visit the Otaki Sanitorium and were m~ch appre c iated by the pa tients. Christmas hampers wer e distributed to a number of fernilies and essist­ dncc given to an age d couple i~ need of spectacles. An interchange of visits between our Club and the Country Womens Institute Vlere arranged and prove d of value to both organisations. Viindol'! displa ys end newspaper publicity have gone far in bringing Rut a ry to the notice of the public, also the film evening when the Annive rsary Film "The Great Adventure" was shown .to appro x imately 650-70 0 local residents, in addition i t was also shown to a large numb" r of sC~lOol children at three screenings. A good deal has been done by use of the weekly letter and periodical programmes to bring more Rotary info~ation to members. To our pleasant surprise recognition of the part Rotary is playing in our community and the wcrld today Vias m8de by Mr Moul t whEn he erscted and opp.rated the E:lec tric siqn upon his property wholly a t his expense. The sign some 30 feet long was fef2ture d in the Rotary rAaC3zine. A wide variety of programmes have been provided covering all phases of Rotary Se rvice. own job talks were undertaken by our members, and sp.ecial nights arranged for the Ladies. An excellent address by Rotarian C. Meachen on the Crippled Children's Ass. outlined the scope for uS in this direction and a ch e que was forwarded from the Sunshine fund. An inteT'-Club-Forum was arranged with an attendance of 78, representing nine Clubs. and proved a valuabl e contribu tion towards the fellowship existing among our neighbouring Rotary Clubs. Rotary road signs have been prepared and may be erected at a later date when some problems are overcome. InteY'-Club visits were made to Levin, Petone and Wellington when we provided speakers, visits were received from Petone and Wellington Clubs. A good representation attended District Conference, Assembly, Welling­ ton Club's Anniversary At-Home, Sports Day, and two Charter meetings, also Ladies Nights at nea rby Clubs and the Hutt Club's Founder's Day. An Anniversary Church Service was conducted by our Padre to commemorate Rotary's 50th Anniversary. All phases of Vocational Service were covered at the Committee meetings, some e xcellent own job talks from visitors and members included Rotarian Ron Greenwood - Business Management, Mr Howcroft - Industrial Rela tions, and Mr McCraCken - Modern Plastics. As advocated Club members brought along employees and competitors when Vocational Service programmes were arranged. Local Industries were inspected by senior school pupils who expressed keen interest and proved the worthwhile effort in the organisation of these visits. Programmes included addresses by Rotary Foundation Fellow Jim Hogg, Mr Hans. Dietrich, German Legation; M. Meadmore, Legation of France; and the second secretary of the U.S.A. Legation. Greetings to overseas Clubs were introduced and many replies, books, literature and a banner received proved the value of this project. Arrangements were undertaken for the distri~Jtion of 2,500 Rotary car sticl-trade members of the Club. A decision was made by the Directors to purchase an attendance Cup for the new district covering the South I sland . As Paraparaumu were the l ast winners of the David Ewen attendance cup before the change of districts, it was fitting that a new trophy should be presented for competition in the new district. ~istrict Governor Bill Martin accept-­ ed the cup and presented this to the new district. The cup was to be known a s the "FRED HALL-JONES" Attendance Cup in honour of one who had done so much for Rotary. 1() Much activity within the committees took place and a very fruitful year closed with an entertaining Change Over function. Subsequently when the Airport was tra nsferred to Wellington , John joined the Wellington South Club. 1956 President Ced Terriss had for some time a 20~/o attendance record as he attended Wellington South Club on many occasions as well as his own Club. This 1 ink wAS very ben e ficial to our Club as Ced wCiS for many years , in charge of programmes and was able to draw on the experience of Wellington South and the contac ts that provid ed . Today our Club still has links with Wellington South Club as tl1e two Clubs ben e fit from the "Pro Am" Golf tou i"namen t ini tiated by "Bom" Wells a long-tim e member of WRllington So uth. It j.s stgnificant that in Ced 's ye ar.of ofFice severa l programmes were arranged . A talk on th e Olympic Games Roy DJttonj George Hodgson and · Morrie Mckenzie - thre e April 1957, Bob Scott 011 Rugby, Jack Ccw ie on Crici':et Cohen - qu~te a sports month! outsta nding by the trio of progra~me s in and Caeser A Rotary function that will not be forgott e n by thuse attending · was the Charity Ball on the liner ' Dorrd.niun Monarch' hel d on 28 Septembe r 1956. Dress was formal and guests wGre welcomed on board by President of the Wellington Club, Ian Cook and f ed and €nt8rta in ed li k~ Roy.oll ty. There were several bands and dancing pleces cateri.: