The Rotary Balita no. 797 (May 24, 1956)

1. What was the number of the Philippine District before it was changed to District 487 2. Before the Philippine District was created, in what District were the clubs in the Philippines included? 3. What clubs were organized before the outbreak. of World War II? 4. Which was the second club organized in the Philippines? 5. After the Manila club, which is the next largest club in the District? 6. What club was the first to be reorganized after liberation? 7. How many clubs are there on the island of Luzon? Can you name them? 8. How many clubs are there on the island of Mindanao? Can you name them? 9. Who was the first District Governor after liberation? 10. Who was the first Governor to be nominated by the District and elected at the International Convention? 11. Who was the first District Governor to be elected from a provincial club? 12. Can you name the past District Governors in order of service? 13. How many District Governors were elected from the Manila club? 14. How many District Governors have been elected from the Visayan region? 15. Has there been any District Governor from the Mindanao Region? 16. District Governors are nominated by the District and elected at the International Convention of R.I. There are however some past District Governors who were not nominated by the District and were not elected at the International Convention of R.I. They were appointed by the board of R.I. Can you name them? 17. The District has been represented on the board of directors of R.I. Who were the Filipino members of the board of R.I.? 18. One of the Rotarians in the District served as a member of the board of directors of RI. without having been a past District Governor. Who was he? 19. Two Rotarians of the District served on the standing committees of R.I. Who were they? 20. Two Rotarians of the District served on minor committees of R.I. Who were they? 21. One Rotarian in the District is serving as an official of R.I. in a permanent capacity. Who is he, and in what capacity is he serving? 22. A recent visiting Rotarian from overseas was once the District Governor of a District where in the clubs in the Philippines were included. Who was he? 23. A former District Governor of another country is now a member of one of the clubs in the District. Who is he, and of what country was he a former District Governor? 24. Have any Rotarians in the District served as personal representatives of Presidents of R.I. at District conferences? (Answers to Questions on page 13) 1. District 48 was formerly known as District 81. 2. Before district 81 was created, the clubs in the Philippines were included in the district of China. 3. The clubs organized before the outbreak of World War II were: Manila, Bacolod, Baguio, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo. 4. The Rotary Club of Iloilo is the No. 2 club in the district. It was organized in 1933. 5. The next largest club after Manila is Cebu which has a membership of 75 (according to the Official Directory of the district). 6. The first club to be organized after liberation was the Rotary Club of Dagupan. 7. There are 19 clubs in Luzon of which 1 is a provisional club. The clubs are: Laoag (Ilocos Norte); Bangued (Abra); Vigan (Ilocos Sur); Baguio (Mt. Province); Dagupan (Pangasinan); Tarlac (Tarlac); Cabanatuan (Nueva Ecija); San Fernando (Pampanga); Malolos (Bulacan); Manila; Cavite (Cavite); San Pablo (Laguna); Lipa (Batangas); Batangas (Batangas); Lucena (Quezon); Daet (Camarines Norte); Naga (Camarines Sur); Legaspi (Albay); and Iriga (Camarines Sur) provisional club. 8. The clubs in Mindanao are: Dipolog; Oroquieta; Ozamis; Cagayan de Oro; Butuan; Zamboanga; Cotabato and Davao. 9. The first District Governor after liberation was "Gil" Puyat. 10. The first District Governor to be nominated by the district and elected at the International Convention was "Marianito" Lichauco. 11. The first District Governor from a provincial club was "Marianito" Lichauco. 12. The Past District Governors in order of service are: Justice Malcolm; "Ted" Hall; "Gil" Puyat; "Marianito" Lichauco; "Ben" Gaston; "Emy" Javier; "Nanding" Manalo; "Tingting" Faelnar; "Ben" Legarda; "Art" Ilagan; "Ponce" de Leon. 13. The Past District Governors of the Manila club are: garda. "Ted" Hall; "Emy" Javier; "Ben" Legarda 14. The Past District Governors from the Visayan region are: "Ben" Gaston; "Tingting" Faelnar; "Ponce" de Leon. 15. No District Governor has yet been elected from the Mindanao region. 16. Justice Maleolin, "Ted" Hall and "Gil" Puyat. Vice-President of R.I., and in 1938-1939 served as a member of the board of directors of RI In 1947-1948 "Gil" Puyat served as 1st. VicePresident of R.I. 18. "Rommy" Romulo when elected Vice-President of R.I. had not previously served as District Governor. 19. "Rommy" Romulo served as a member of the Magazine Committee of R.I. "Marianito" Lichauco served as a member of R.I. Program Planning Committee of R.I. from 1952-1954 These are two standing committees of R.I. 20. The two members who served on minor committees of R.I. are: "Marianito" Lichauco who served as Chairman of the Regional Committee of the Rotary Foundation Fellowship Committee for the region comprising Japan, Formosa, Korea, the Marianas, Macao, Hongkong and the Philippines. "Marianito" also served as a member of the Extension Committee for ANZSAO comprising. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa (South of the Equator), Asia and other places. "Marianito" also served as the R.I. Official Observer to the United Nations Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations held in Manila in 1952. Past District Governor "Ponce" de Leon is now serving (1955-1956) as a member of the Consultative Group of Community Service. 21. Past District Governor "Ted" Hall is now serving as the Fiscal Agent of R. I. in the district. 22. The visiting Rotarian was Past Vice-President of R.I. "C.T." Wang of Hongkong. He was District Governor when the clubs in the Philippines were included as part of the China district. 23. "K" Huang, now a member of the Manila club, served as District Governor during the Rotary year 1949-1950 for one of the districts of China. 24. Past Governors "Ted" Hall, "Gil" Payat and "Marianito" Lichauco served as Personal Representatives of R.1. Presidents at District Conferences.