Manahan, Manny
Report of meetings : September 20, 1951 /
Manny Manahan
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The Rotary Balita no. 681 (September 27, 1951)
Vicente "Tingting" Faelnar, governor of the 48th Rotary District was today's guest speaker. Without belittling the other services being rendered by the Rotary Clubs, he urged that greater emphasis be placed on vocational and community services. Vocational services means securing universal recognition and application of the principle of truth and fair dealing in all business and professional transactions. He said that this is the one service which a Rotarian can practice constantly day in and day out. Gov. Faelnar said that the Rotary Inter national is a cross-section of the business. and the professional life of 363 cities represented by more than 350,000 Rotarians throughout the world. These businessmen and professionals distributed in 82 countries comprise a potent force to win trust and confidence in the natural goodness and the fundamental good faith of business and the professions. He declared that vocational service encourages the application of high ideals and noble principles to every day transactions in our business and professional life. It is not mere flowery expression of a beautiful philosophy. It is by no means, comparable to the act of hanging up the sign "God Bless the Philippines" and then letting God do all the work. He urged the Rotarians, either individually or collectively, to actively participate in those community enterprises for which they are best fitted in order to promote the civic, moral and physical welfare of the community wherein they live. "There is no limit," he said, "to what we can do for the community. People who are too busy promoting their own selfish interests cannot see the needs of their community. They are like those who cannot see a forest because of the presence of trees. We can do that which is good for our community if we have the willingness and the determination." Touching briefly on international service, Faelnar said that it is the duty of every Rotarian to be world-minded and to help make this a friendly world. Ralph Hawkins who just arrived from the battlefields of Korea gave a short report of his experiences and the message sent by the "Boys" to the Manila Rotary regarding the "adobo". He said that the boys in Korea still keep some of the canned "adobo" which is now 8 months old and which according to President Vince is the oldest "adobo" in existence. Hawkins appealed to the Club for some more donations which the boys had asked such as: (1) Hand Towels, which they use for sponge baths when the water is too cold; (2) Corona Cigars, which request was referred to Peter Lim; (3) Toothbrushes, (these things being small often get lost); (4) San Miguel Beer, for which Jack Preysler's attention was called. A new baby was baptized this day. He is none other than Dr. Quintin "Quint" Gomez who was sponsored by Ramon Ordoveza. Woody Wood made a pretty good collection this day as finemaster. Ramon Ordoveza for being the sponsor of "Baby Quint" was fined P10.00; Joe Bautista, P5.00; David Sycip as Chevrolet car and truck distributor and a competitor to the firm headed by the finemaster, in truck assembly, P10.01; Ted Hall and Alva J. Hill were each fined P5.00; Charlie Hollmann for being the best dressed man in Rotary was fined P20.00 and awarded the loudest colored tie in Manila; George Vargas and Villa Villacorta for their many travels abroad representing local Boy Scouts were each fined P10.00. Woody Wood fined himself the amount of P10.00 for being absent for two luncheon meetings when he was in Japan.