July 1, 1932 - June 30 1933

Attendance: 92.53%
New Members: 7
Members Lost: 12
Members end of the year: 78

Several outstanding meetings were held during the year, one being December 1 when the Yakima Club members with their Rotary Anns joined our members and their Rotary Anns for an evening meeting. Two other good meetings were our District Governor, Gill McGilchrist's, visit and a talk by our own member, Gilbert Brown, on the administration of the Forest Reserve and the operations of the C. C. Camps.

At another meeting a paper was given which had a unique follow up. At the time "Buy Home Products" and "Buy American" slogans were promoted particularly by the Hearst newspapers. Tom Pybus, either Program chairman or International Service chairman, asked Rotarian O. B. Shay to prepare and deliver a paper on this timely subject. Contrary to expectations, Shay was opposed to such slogans. He considered them selfish and detrimental to the best interests of our country, particularly detrimental to the apple interests of the Northwest. He prepared the paper and delivered it to the club on May 25, 1933. Charlie Bennett wrote a complimentary report in the Apple Seed, and that report found its way to the desks of R. G. Phillips, secretary of the International Apple Association at Rochester, New York; of J. S. Crutchfield, President of the American Fruit Growers, inc. at Pittsburgh, Pa; of B. M. Anderson, Jr., Economist of the Chase National Bank in New York; of Cordell Hull, Secretary of State; of Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States; and to the Department of Commerce to which it was referred from the President's desk. Our own Rotarian, Harry Miller, of the Skookum Packers' Assn. started it all by sending copies to Mr. Phillips and Mr. Crutchfield. Mr. Crutchfield made copies and sent them on to the other dignitaries named. The extra coverage of the Apple Seed was noted by our member, Myron Foster, who received from Mr. Crutchfield copies of all the correspondence with the parties to whom he had sent copies.

The Wenatchee Daily World gave the story a full column write-up, and a story subsequently appeared in the Christian Science Monitor. The story was re-told in the June 3, 1948, Apple Seed under a heading "15 Years Ago."

In this hectic year of bank moratorium and hard money our dues were reduced from $30 per year to $12 per year. It was also noted that fines by the President against members for advertising, etc., changed from $1.00 to 50¢. The Columbia Hotel reduced luncheon charge to 50¢.

Club projects included Boys work and Girls work under the leadership of Vic Francis and A. A. Vandivort. The club also supported projects of the Red Cross, Orthopedic Hospital Funding and the Community Chest Drive.

D. A. Shiner and Fred Crollard were given credit for their efforts in getting our schools out of great financial difficulties by leading a fund drive that raised $35,000 for the schools. Lots of credit goes to Howard Wetherald and Paul Scea for their leadership in a new project of collecting books and book cases for the community library. Rotarian Harry Whiteman was elected President of the Chamber of Commerce and was honored for his work on the 14th Apple Blossom Festival. He and his Rotary Ann, Margaret, traveled to England. The trip was later reported to the club.