May 1, 1923 - April 30, 1924

President: G. Harry Whiteman
Vice Pres: A.N. Corbin
Secretary: Ralph Hodge Apple
Seed: Hal Sylvester
District Governor: Mils Higley
Attendance: No Record

New Members: 5
Members Lost: 1
Members end of the year: 62

Early this year publication of the Apple Seed was discontinued. The minutes disclose the young club was experiencing severe "growing pains." Program changes, presidential admonitions, "closed" business meetings and arbitration committees indicate that things were happening.

Boys work was a major project of the club including Back to School campaigns, securing after-school work for needy boys, maintaining a "revolving fund" from which to loan money to send worthy boys for college. Special efforts ere directed to the Scouts and Y.M.C.A. "Shine" Shiner was appointed as Rotary's representative to a community-wide Boys' Work Committee to help correlate community efforts on Boys' work.

Crippled children was also a concern of the Club. A little girl was helped to walk and another aided in her struggle with cancer.

The club entered a Rotary float in the annual Apple Blossom Festival Parade for which members were assessed $1.50 each.

Early in the club year a special meeting was held at Monitor where each member took a guest. It was very successful. Another successful meeting was held in the fall honoring the teachers of the community. 166 guests were present.

Dignitaries visiting the club during the year included District Governor Mils Higley in September, and International Vice-President, C. W. McCullogh, in May. Others from far-away places were James Gibson of Liverpool and Ernest Simons of Glasgow.

The club Secretary was granted a salary of $25 per month. Initiation fee accumulation of $700 was placed in a savings account.

Homer Barnhart, our club song leader, represented the club at the Rotary International Convention in St. Louis and was married while on the trip East. At the first club meeting following his return he was given a rousing reception.

There comes to memory an outstanding program during this, or perhaps a previous, year. Another club asked our club to put on a program. Rotarian Hal Sylvester wrote a play, the theme being that of Fruit Growing, our main industry. Various Wenatchee Rotarians acted in the numerous parts, the lead being played by Wellington Pegg. The program received much favorable comment and publicity.