July 1, 1939 - June 30 1940

President: Edwin Smith
Vice Pres: Jess Widby
Secretary: W.A. Luce
Apple Seed: Dr. Morse
District Governor: Cline R. Fixott, Portland, OR.

Attendance: 88.81%
New Members: 4
Members Lost: 9
Members end of the year: 94

Our programs emphasized "service." Of the 50 programs, 16 were on community service, 13 on club service, 12 on vocational service and 9 on international service. These were still hard times. On December 1, 15 members were delinquent on payment of dues, some as much as 2-1/2 years in arrears.

$50 was voted for Rotarian Lyle Leighton's Boy Scout Camp. $100 was voted for the museum. $100 went to Future Farmers of America loans. $50 went for high school recreation expenses at the YMCA. $12.50 was voted to exchange Braille typewriters. $15 went to the Marble Tournament. $50 was voted for a joint service club Apple Blossom Festival float. $120 went to send needy kids to Boy Scout, Camp Fire Girls and Salvation Army Camps. $130.75 was raised at Thanksgiving for underprivileged children's Christmas.

Another big Hobby Show was held in March, headed by Art Lavell. It was a big success with 5,771 in attendance.

On October 26 a large International Stag dinner was held in Wenatchee. The Rotary Club of Kelowna furnished the speaker, the Honorable Grote Sterling, a member of Parliament. 23 attended from Kelowna, 11 from Chelan, eight from Penticton, five from Ellensburg and two from Kamloops.

In August an Interclub picnic was held with the Chelan Club at the Mundt residence on Lake Chelan. Our club provided the program for an Inter-City meeting with the club in Cashmere. The Rotary Ann event of the year was entertainment at a Little Theatre performance at the Cascadian Hotel on May 23.

Names and events in the news were: Rotarian Win Winstanley succeeded Rotarian Lewis Shreve as President of the Chamber of Commerce. Hal Sylvester headed the Wenatchee Community Chest Drive. “Shine” Shiner was re-elected President of the NCW Boy Scout Council. Paul Scea was elected to the Executive Committee of the International Apple Association. Gilbert Grown retired from the U. S. Forest Service. Wilder Jones retired from J. C. Penney on March 24, 1940. Ray Kendall was a delegate to the GOP national convention. Art Lavell was chosen Exalted Ruler of the B. P. O. E. Frank Case moved into the Wenatchee Valley Branch of the Seattle First National Bank.

The District Conference was held in Portland, Oregon, April 21-23, and was attended by Ed Smith and Paul Scea and their wives. Harry Morehouse, who represented the Spokane Rotary Club in sponsoring the organization of our club, died this year.