The Rotary Balita no. 791 (February 23, 1956)

The streets of Baguio have appeared this mon ing covered with banners, streamers and all kinds of decoration announcing the great Rotary event for District 48. Today begins the 1956 Rotary District Conference in which Rotarians from the 34 clubs in the Philippines will assemble to discuss Rotary matters, to enjoy their fellowship and to elect the district governor for the incoming Rotary year. Since early in the morning, delegates from the different clubs will be arriving in Baguio and tonight there will be the first fellowship dinner among the delegates to the conference. The program for this conference contains very heavy schedule. There will be discussions morning and afternoon, there will be luncheons and dinners which are intended to increase the fellowship among the Rotarians in the district. There will be entertainment by professional artists and amateurs and there will be fireside meetings to which all the Rotarians visiting Baguio during these days will be invited. For the fireside meetings several Rotarians from Baguio and others from Manila have offered to be the hosts. The conference committee will distribute all the visiting Rotarians from other provinces among the hosts and simultaneously there will be about 25 fireside meetings tomorrow evening, February 24. During the past two weeks, the committees of the conference have been working full-time preparing all the smaller details for the success of the Rotary gathering. The Pines Hotel will be the headquarters for the Rotary conference and in the magnificent hall of the hotel has been established the House of Friendship. There will be a constant information desk available to all Rotarians and the house committee has taken care of the necessary preparations to accommodate the visitors from other provinces. Everything has been planned very carefully and every detail had been the subject of long discussions. The work done by Nanding Manalo a5 general chairman of the conference and the host club will go in the annals of the Rotary history in our district as a landmark. The Balita will report immediately the details of the conference and the resolutions adopted. And today it is urging all the Manila Rotarians to go to Baguio by the first available transportation and enjoy the fellowship of the Rotarians of the district and at the same time take an active part in the important discussions that will take place in the coming days. The Baguio Rotarians have provided also for next Sunday, the last day of the conference, a full program of entertainment with visits to Ambuklas Dam and to other interesting spots in the vicinity and also a golf tournament for the interested Rotarians. To the Baguio Rotarians it is fair to express the admiration of all of us for the magnificent preparations done. Responsible for the arrangements for the success of the conference are the committees appointed by the host club which are as follows: CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF THE HOST-CLUB Past Gov. FERNANDO D. "Nanding" MANALO Conference Chairman J. H. "Yan" YANZON Conference Secretary VICENTE "Vie" YEE Conference Treasurer President ERNESTO L. M. "Abe" ABELLERA Rotary Club of Baguio Chairman of all sub-committees (ex-officio) SUB-COMMITTEES Attendance Promotion and Publicity Committee Chairman: Augusto "Gus" Resurreccion Alternate: Rafael "Tony" Anton Members: Fernando D. Manalo Elmer "E. W." Herold Antonio "Tony" Ramos Tilokchand "Manie" Gangaramani Boy Scouts Committee Chairman: Victor "Vie" de Guia Alternate: Teodoro "Ted" Arvisu Member: Vivencio "Ven" Dayot Decorations Committee Chairman: Irineo "Santy" Santos Alternate: Bartolome "Bart" Pangilinan Members: Conrado "Condring" Puzon Marcelino "Mars" Contemprate Ernesto "Ernie" Tamayo Tilok "Tilok" Vaswani General Entertainment Committee Chairman: Rafael "Tony" Anton Alternate: Luis "LV" de Leon Members: Fernando "Ding" Bautista Dominador "Doming" Narvaez Augusto "Gus" Resurreccion Bienvenido "Bien" Yandoc Ladies Entertainment Committee Chairman: Angela "Angie" Abellera Alternate: "Mary Ann" Rosales Members: "Gene" de Guia "Nenita" Dayot "Feling" Tamayo "Fanny" Contemprate "Maying" Rogel "Luz" Belmonte "Baby" Gregorio "Vicky" Yee Halls and Meeting Places Committee Chairman: Augusto "Gus" Resurreccion Alternate: Irineo "Santy" Santos Members: Joseph "Ike" Icard Efrain "Monte" Montemayor Conrado "Condring" Puzon Rufino "Pinong" Rogel Housing Committee Chairman: Francisco "Ikong" Reyes Alternate: Cecilio "Cilio" Cid Members: Feliciano "Ciano" Belmonte Rufino "Pinong" Bueno Juan "Zar" Zarate C. “Kim” Kim Printing Committee Chairman: Marcelino "Mars" Contemprate Alternate: Ramon "Ramon" Ordoveza Members: Augusto "Gus" Resurreccion Eric "Eric" Rettig Reception Committee Chairman: Ernesto L. M. "Abe" Abellera Alternate: Conrado "Conrado" Benitez Members: Fernando "Nanding" Manalo Virginia "Gene" de Guia Feliciano "Ciano" Belmonte Alfredo "Fred" Andal Victorino "Dar" Daroya Julio "Jolly" Reyes Bienvenido "Ben" Buan Deogracias "Deo" Flores Justino "Tinong" David Buenaventura "Tura" Eugenio Registration Committee Chairman: Alfredo "Ben" Benson Alternate: Justo "J.R." Rosales Members: Santiago "Ago" Gregorio Anandram "Anam" Dargani Antonio "Tony" Romero Robert "Bob" Hamby Sergeant-at-arms Chairman: Ikong Reyes (Chairman will appoint his assistants) Transportation Committee Chairman: Dominador "Doming" Narvaez Alternate: Rufino "Pinong" Bueno Members: Jose "Peping" Warren Vitaliano "Vit" Gorospe Gregorio "Noy" Atos Henry "H.O." Chan Ladies Sub-Committees Gifts Angie Abellera-Chairman Fanny Contemprate Felicing Reves Vicky Yee Nilda Cid Ng See Kim [omitted] Reception Gene de Guia-Chairman Ethel Herold Lilian Narvaez Solita Manalo Atang Peña Lilian Hamby Josie Icard Mary Benson Emma Pangilinan Refreshment Helen Salvosa Nenita Dayot-Chairman Ching Sotto Rosing Bautista Dolly Romero Auring Puzon Bel Zarate Taling Yandoc Arrangement Feling Tamayo-Chairman Gertie Warren Ching Atos Mary Gorospe Luz Belmonte Baby Gregorio Chedeng Ramos Bingo Fanny Contemprate - Chairman Angie Abellera - Co-Chairman Auring Bueno Mary Ann Rosales Auring Resurreccion Photography Maying Rogel-Chairman Attendance Mary Ann Rosales-Chairman Auring Resurreccion-Co-Chairman Mameng Santos Taling Yandoe Minguing Arvisu