The Rotary Balita no. 600 (July 22, 1948)

With Vince Bunuan as editor and Ned Hall the club president, No. 500, issued February 29, 1940, was a gala edition. This, we learn, was "the first year Balita pulled itself out of the red." The number carried pictures of six past presidents still in active membership: EA Perkins, Sam Gaches, Ted Hall, Arsenic Luz, Art Fischer, Rommy Romulo, George Dankwerth, and Vic Buencamino. Doc Adamson entertained the club at luncheon at his new school. Membership was 143, attendance 128, and Bert Parsons was "writing to every absentee member a personal letter following each meeting." Ted Hall advertised the new telephone extension cord. Ernie Mora was doing motor repairs, and Arsenic Luz was selling life insurance. Rommie Romulo advertised the Far Eastern Broadcasting Company. The Manila Railroad advertised their service, and so did the Yokohama Specie Bank. Also 7-Up, but no Coca-Cola, no San Miguel, no PAL or other Soriano outfit in those days. AP's ad inserted the not-so-subtle word "defective" before the word "eyes."