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1979 - 80 Officer - AAcHenry Rotary Ed CepaBs - Prariint Ed Samen - President Elect. Jim Payton - Vice-President Hank Tomlison - Secretary Herb Shillcr - Aiit Secretary AM Pratt - Treasurer (Continuedfrom page 2) developing. Sometimes a student cannot adjust to the loss of all of his friends who are such a support at the time of life, and this loss is one strong deterrent to many who may want to apply. However, ldds are adaptable and it has beeeehwved that even whenstudents go into a family where the language is entirely different they wind up being able to com­ municate fully inside of a month or two. And to the credit of the program sponsors, there have been no "shipbacks" in the McHenry exchanges. The program which started as a club to club exchange usually involving1 members' children, in the fifties has evolved into a wefl oOed machine in which a third of the dUbs in the districts are feeding students eager for the ex­ change experience. Students sponsored by the McHenry Rotary include the following: Miss Kathy Longhway to France in 1973; Miss Paula Rossetti to New Zealand in 1974; Miss Laura Higgins to Australia in 1977; Miss Patti Harker to Australia and Mr. J. V. Moulis to Japan, both in 1978; Miss Cindy Gilmore, presently in Australia and Ter^y Boyer who is scheduled to go to Australia in 1900. The exchange students who have been hosted by the McHenry Rotary Club are listed as: Miss Georgia Feluca from Patras, Greece in 1971; Miss Elizabeth Ayers from Francia, Brazil in 1976; Mr. Craig Butler from Castle Hill, Australia in 1977; Miss Sheila Werner, Bulawayo, Rhodesia in 1978; Mr. Dirk Echtermeyer from Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1979; and Miss Rosie Nangle, Salisbury, Rhodesia in I960. f Rotarian Of The Year Awards ) ROTARY has asked for nothing except the opportunity to serve others The McHenry Rotary Club found early in its existence that some members gave service aira produced ideas for the good of the com­ munity and for the club far above what the average member offered. Although the Rotary motto "Service about self' and the adage "He profits most who serves best" set the goals for club members in general it seemed appropriate to r e c o g n i z e t h e siyerachievers. So in i960, after consulting with the home district, the McHenry Rotary the Rotarian of the Year (ROTY) award. And it was not given automatically every year to an ordinarily deserving member. In the 25 years of club history, seven persous have been judged worthy of the honorary plaque which signifies the club's •me--mwit of the member's service. Jerome (Moe) Buch, charter member and well known plumbing and heating contractor, was the first to receive the award for community service in 1959. He had devised and operated a ski and sled tow for the children in the community at the McHenry Country Club and, besides doing this for three years, he and his wife had served hot refreshments during 1958 while operating the lift. After the award Buck remained active in the did), serving as president in 1964-65, and in various of­ ficial positions, and he has contributed his energies and skill* for the annual ham dinners and numerous other events which the dub con­ ducts. He and his son, also a member have made some major cash contributions to the Rotary International Foundation, and Buch also is the recipient of the Gover­ nor's Reach Out award and has been recognized for 100 percent attendance over his 25 year membership. Arthur (Torchy) Krause, who operated a news agency on Elm St. received the award in 1963 for Com­ munity Service (child welfare). Torchy's interest was in the Woodstock Children's Home. He arranged for each McHenry Rotarian to have assigned to him one child at the school to be remembered at Christ­ mas, Easter and on bir­ thdays. Members also took "their child" on picnics and outings and Torchy also arranged outings for the whole home membership. ThiS continued until the schools was dissolved a number of years ago, Torchy joined the Rotary in 1957 and resigned in 1971 when he moved away The third recipient was Ray McGee, another charter member who was the popular postmaster of McHenry when the club was formed. McGee was recognized for club service in 1964 because of the years nf service he had put in on behalf of thee' d>. He worked to maintain the membership and used his quiet manner to get the membership to ac­ cept programs and be always pitched in himself McGee served as the first classification chairman for the dub, was president in 196263, and as treasurer, secretary and director at different times. Charles (Chuck) Peterson, another charter member, received the award in 1965 for community service. Chuck had been in­ strumental in starting the fund drives for the support of the Easter Seal Therapy Center at Woodstock, initially with an interdub benefit basketball game at Richmond in 1966. After five years work by Chuck the annual Easter Seal tag day became established and was. adopted by the dub as an project. In Pete served on the board of directors of the therapy center and aided in significant contributions to the care it furnished through the years. Peterson served as president in 1958-59 and held most offices in the club at some time except s e c r e t a ry . Pe t e ' s classification is insurance, planning consultant. He is one of the three charter members remaining in the dub. Jack Ketsey was finally rewarded for his long in­ terest in foreign dubs and exchange programs when he received die ROTY award in 1971 for international ser­ vice. Kdsey had long been active in- corresponding, arranging and making visits and working with exchange problems with Rotary dubs in other lands. He is famous for the "Bega Connection" which finally resulted in 30 Aus t r a l i an s v i s i t i ng McHenry, and for periodic visits by young people from that "down under" town. Jack is described as a meticulous record keeper and is responsible for many of the displays prepared on behalf of the McHenry club for the district conferences. Kdsey, who is a United Airlines pilot, joined the club in April 1960 and has hdd many offices. Harry Dean was honored by the ROTY award in 1965 for his contributions to dub service. Harry was especially effective in membership development and an early worker with the M c H e n r y . . . . c l u b ' s classification system helped to extend the membership rolls by filling in classes hot represented in the dub. His (Continued on page 4) 0̂ 4- SALUTE TO ROTARIANS f M&HENRY Mi A9JOOxyAXKLerYl c£- vmui TAG OAV CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 1969-'75 ¥ #5,961^2 ' 1o A^MENRy BOUNTY CA^TER^EAL- £. ENTER. FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN AND ADUL"TS- The McHenry Rotary Club has become the mainstay for the support of the Woodstock Therapy Center for Easter Seals as it leads the county in the drive for funds each year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. Since the club began its regular collections in 1961 its members have run up a total of $25,107.51 by rattling cans at store fronts and on street corners, on that critical date. Chuck Peterson, first chairman of Rotary's Easter Seal drive, recalls that the club first got into the act when he organized a benefit basketball game between the McHenry and Richmond clubs and during the half time, opened a blanket which was carried around the gym for spectators to throw donations into. $285.46 was collected. During the year the regular tag day method of collection was used and $362.61 resulted. Peterson noted that in the late '50's the club had been casting about for a wor­ thwhile community project and they dedded to try this for several years. Peterson headed the drive for five years during which the annual collection rose to almost $1000. The club membership determined that this was a task that they would do themselves and they wouldn't send their wives and children to stand in their {dace on the street corners rattnng the collection cans. The psychology was that the collection project would become acceptable and would have credibility when people saw the community's leading businessmen and professionals on the street corners. Teams were formed and every member did his duty. The club also per­ suaded other notaries in the county to add their man­ power to the drive. To add incentives an element of competition was added to the collection by having people who count the collection record certain aspects of the receipts. Prizes were awarded for the heaviest can, the lightest can, the can with most bills and so forth. And Dan Justen designed a series of trophies or prizes to be presented at the next luncheon. After his five years as chairman, Peterson notes that the club adopted the drive to support the Easter Seal Center as a permanent project and the chair­ manship was set up on a rotating basis. The whole process now occurs automatically as the organization goes into action each year. The club aims to better its record each year and generally does so with some exceptions. An appearance by the local "poster child" laughing despite his crutches before the Rotary club while preparing for a drive in the early '60's was so effective, Peterson recalls, that the project chairman sought thereafter to have some person who was using the therapy center to talk with the club members before going out on their drive. It was a sure fire way to in­ spire the collectors. Rotary club records in­ dicate that the progress of the drives were as follows: 1961--$362.61; 1961 (basketball benefit game)- $285.46; 1962-$467.99; 1963- $575.92; 1964-$659.93; 1965-- $800.81; 1966~$956.84; 1967- $978.46; 1968~$1114.26;1969- $1156.76; 1970-$905.33; 1971- $1225.14; 1972-$1265.13; 1973- $1419.24; 1974--$1501.19; 1975~$1203.03; 1976-$2016.96; 1977~$1739.28; 1978-$2041.67; 1979--$2200.24; and 1980-- $2231.26. *