Fellowship The regular Fellowship dinner of last month was held at the Filipinas Hotel on November 17 with baby Rotarians as hosts. In the picture most of the hosts are included with chairman Tiving Lovina of the Fellowship Committee. The usual display of good camaraderie among the Manila Rotarians was observed as it can be proven by the jolly mood of the group gathered around Dalup Dalupan in the picture. CLUB ASSEMBLY Last November 29 the club assembly preliminary to the official visit of Governor Danding to the club was held at the Manila Hotel, In the words of Governor Danding when he spoke to the club on December 1st (see page 6) it was a most fruitful club assembly. Most of the committee chairmen were present and those who were not able to attend had sent their reports in writing. The club assembly took over matters of general interest to the club and discussed largely on facts affecting classification and several important projects. The agenda for the evening began with remarks by President Conrado Benitez and a short speech by Governor Danding. Afterwards the committees' reports were heard with the discussion extending until 11 P.M. The committees reporting were as follows: I. CLUB SERVICE COMMITTEE CHARLIE PALANCA, CHAIRMAN a. Special Projects Committee Charlie Palanca & Pete Teodoro, Co-Chairmen b. Classification Committee Vic Buencamino, Chairman c. Membership Committee Paco Delgado, Chairman d. Rotary Information, Indoctrination & Pre-Induction Committee - Emy Javier, Chairman e. Attendance Committee Doc Ayesa, Chairman 1. Fellowship Committee - Tiving Lovina, Chairman, Carling Fernandez - ViceChairman g. House Committee - Yan Yanzon, Chair- man h. Program Committee-Pete Teodoro, Chairman i. Music Committee - Fred Velayo, Chairman j. Fines Committee man Mike Arnold, Chairman k. Club Pub. & Public Infor. Committee - Tony Anton, Chairman l. Publicity Committee - Joe Bautista, Chair man m. Constitution & By-Laws Committee - Manoling Lim, Chairman n. Inter Club Relations Committee - Tony Anton, Chairman o. Auditing Committee Greg Gregorio, Chairman p. Sunshine Committee - Gumer Garcia, Chairman II. VOCATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE RAMON ORDOVEZA, CHAIRMAN a. Employer-Employee Relations Committee - Joe Orosa, Chairman b. Business Ethics Committee - David Sycip, Chairman c. Industrial Safety Committee - Pad Padua, Chairman d. Trade Association Committee - PE Domingo, Chairman e. Four-Way Test Committee - GE Eraña, Chairman III. COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE - JACK PREYSLER, CHAIRMAN a. Crippled Children Committee Rolfing Gonzalez, Chairman b. Traffic Safety Committee - Ben Legarda, Chairman c. Civic Pride & Civic Welfare Activities Committee - Ciano Cruz, Chairman d. Sanitation Committee - Doc Campos, Chairman e. Rural-Urban Committee - Paul Parrette, Chairman f. Adult Education Committee - Dalup Dalupan, Chairman g. Physical Education Committee (Sportsmanship) - Ralph Hawkins, Chairman h. Clinics Committee man Pepe Fores, Chairman 1. Christmas Committee - Chairman Hank Marsman, j. Veterans & Servicemen Committee Ernie Rufino, Chairman k. Youth Work Committee - George Vargas, Chairman l. Blind Prevention Committee - Hermie Velarde, Chairman m. City Improvement Committee - Justo Lopez, Chairman n. Engineering Screening Committee - Atring Gochangco, Chairman o. Medical & Nursing Screening Committee - Gumer Garcia, Chairman IV. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE - ALECO ADAMSON, CHAIRMAN a. International Contacts Committee Tony - Anton, Chairman b. International Forums Committee - Teddy Evangelista, Chairman c. Rotary Foundation Committee - Elbi Monzon, Chairman d. United Nations Committee - Juanito Nakpil, Chairman e. International Information Committee - Tony Anton, Chairman f. International Student Projects Committee - Elbi Monzon, Chairman COMMITTEE ON CIVIC PRIDE AND WELFARE This committee has issued its first citizenship leaflet which is dedicated to encourage the payment of taxes. The pamphlet is entitled "Taxes and You" and urges the people to pay the taxes in order to "keep our country secure, strong and progressive." In the inside pages the pamphlet has visual display of the services that the government performs with payment of taxes and also explains what are the different taxes to be paid. At the club assembly where these leaflets were first presented to the Manila Rotarians, the committee and its chairman, Ciano Cruz, were very much praised and applauded by their fellow Rotarians. CHRISTMAS COMMITTEE The X'mas Committee has released the following: MEMO TO ALL MANILA ROTARIANS Subject: 1955 Christmas Party Greetings! With Christmas but a few days off, your Christmas Committee is anxious to be on the go in connection with our Christmas projects, one of which is the Rotary Children's Christmas Party scheduled for December 22, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Manila Hotel. To avoid the rush, we would wish to make the gift purchases as early as possible. We shall, therefore, request you to inform us on the number of guests and children that you plan to bring to the party. So that the Committee may secure gifts that are likely to be appreciated, we shall also ask you to give us the number, ages and sexes of your children. For this purpose, we are enclosing a Reservation Slip. Please accomplish this and return to us on or before December 15th. Contribution for every couple (Rotarian and Rotary Ann) and child; P5.00 additional for every extra child. Let us have your cooperation by mailing the slip to us on time to obviate disappointments and dissatisfaction which is often the result of last minute notices and purchases. For The Christmas Committee: "CIANO" CRUZ Chairman A reservation slip is included with the circular.