The Rotary Balita no. 777 (August 4,1955)

Dr. Mariano "Ike" C. Icasiano, Manila city health officer, warned the public to report immediately to health authorities any outbreak of gastro-intestinal (diarrhea) diseases in view of the arrival of the wet season. Meanwhile, Dr. Paulino Garcia, secretary of health, rushed a team of medical inspectors to Pangasinan where diarrhea was reported to have broken out. Welcome home to Ernesto "Ernie" Rufino and Mrs. Rufino, back from a six-month tour that took them around the world. Meanwhile, Vicente "Vie" Rufino and Mrs. Rufino entertained for a visiting American movie executive, Arnold Picker. Primitivo "Tiving" Lovina proposed formation of an allocation committee outside the Central Bank to take charge of the licensing of imports and the allocation of exchange. New directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines which held elections recently, are Hilarion Henares, Francisco "Paco" Delgado, and Jose "Pepe" Tiosejo. Lucis Ablaza was re-elected but declined. Congratulations to UE "Dalup" Dalupan. To encourage the art of writing. President Francisco he announced two writing contests in which P180 is at stake as prizes. Arturo "Art" Tanco, president of the Food Enrichment Enterprise, announced that four tons of enriched rice was shipped recently to Australia. Re-elected president of the Philippine Education Co. is David "Dave" Gunnell. Yao Shiong Shio is the president of a new cigarette manufacturing company called Columbia Tobacco Co. Inc., which has started to manufacture Kool cigarettes here. The former president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Teofilo "Rex" Reyes, addressed the Tacloban Chamber of Commerce recently and, as usual, bewailed the alien hold on Philippine trade. For receiving a presidential award recently, Juan Rizal at a downtown restaurant recently.