Rotagram for Wednesday January 24 2007

Rotagram - Meeting Notes and Club News

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Volume 66, Issue 29

Rota-Scribe: Art Levine

President Terri Grassi chimed (gonged?) the meeting open. Art Levine led an invocation recalling George Washington’s assurance that the government will “give to bigotry no sanction; to persecution no assistance.” Howard Wood led us in “Hello My Baby” and “Smile.”

Jim Williams announced that … there were no visiting Rotarians! (It is something we said?) We did have distinguished visitors, however: Paulette Triay (wife of Al), Gloria Radde and Sandy Hayes (guests of Bob Radde) and Mike Bybyk, guest of Scott Dowds.

Announcements:

District conference May 4-5. $10 raffle tickets. 2 nights at Doubletree Hotel given for every 30 tickets sold. See Terri

Community Investment Award Nomination forms due Feb 19^thto Buck Catlin. Fines and donations go back to the community.

Women’s basketball night. Feb. 8th. see Rick Crane.

Musicians – saxophone clinic Friday 3pm. Bill Klinghoffer

State of city address Friday. 350 reservations already. Theresa Harvey

Rotary flag from the Alexandra, LA club, of which Jim Blake’s brother is President. Presented by Dick Jones

Rotary fundraising concert this Saturday: balcony seats available. Please donate $100 for 10 tickets to give to students. (Thanks to Rotarians who stood and volunteered!) Over 90% of Rotarians bought tickets for themselves or others. Tom Meyer

Need reports on chapter events. Randy McFarland (He also demonstrated his “UFO.”)

Finemaster: Don “The Devil Made me Do It” Bankhead

Alan Bridgeford fined $25 in absentia for wife’s birthday.

John Davis Birthday 1/27: 74. Don paid his fine for him.

Pat Frank spousal birthday.

Mike Oates: 65^th birthday.

Griff Duncan. Acknowledged for the FCLO’s great 35^th anniversary program.

Winston Creel. Made 3-year-old granddaughter buy her own hot dog. (extenuating circumstances disallowed).

J Ritchie – Fullerton Chamber “Member of the year.” No fine!

Ray Ashcroft fined for contributions to newspapers.

Jim “I was never convicted” Williams quoted in newspapers. Randy must pay his fine for showing the quote to Don.

Ken Kaisch fined for playing Joseph in a play – and for shooting a nun in the (rear) with a staple gun.

Recognitions (continued)

Bob Savage fined for allowing a meter vehicle to have a bald tire.

Pat McKinley fined for failing to cite the vehicle.

Bob Jahncke’s raffle ticket was selected, but he failed to pick the joker from the deck and lost out on $130.

Program: History of Fullerton, Bob Ziebell.

Bob Ziebell, Fullerton Historian

Introduced by Bill Schenk.

Bob was Editor of Fullerton News Tribune (Daily) and Daily Star (La Habra) for many years. Four Fullertonians are in the baseball hall of fame. Jacksone Browne went to Sunny Hills HS.

Prior to the Ameriges – Fullerton consisted of sheep herders, farmers, ranchers. In 1880’s Maria Bastchancury called Fullerton “The most desolate, lonesome place in the world.” – one other homestead between here and Los Angeles. People were self-reliant. Saloons. Early residents started schools and churches. We were always “the education community.”

Highlights:

1880 – first orange grove planted

1882 – first house built (oldest house in Fullerton) ???

1885 - 40 inches of rain in 10 days!

1886 – George and Edward Amerige arrived for duck hunting. Decided to start a town. 1887- bought 390 acres of the Miles estate (current downtown area) 430 acre townsite. Paid $68,000 in gold for the Miles estate. They were developers. They offered the right-of-way man to Fullerton, which wasn’t going to be on the route between LA and SD.

1888 First train, first school.

OC formed 1889. Fullerton voted against it.

1894 Chapman brothers traded land here for Chicago.

1895 First bank and Chamber of Commerce organized.

Incorporation 1904 (first attempt in 1902 failed in dispute over sale of liquor).

First laws: no fighting or brawling, except necessary self-defense. Can’t ride any vehicle or animal over 8 mph.

President Grassi’s closing quip: “To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing.” (Attributed to Lillian Whiting).