History: a study of the club archives

“History of the Auburn Rotary Club, 1971-1975”

1971

• 84 members
• H.C. Morgan inducted
• Floyd Vallery chaired the District Conference on International Projects
• Agee Wiggins chaired the organizing of "Ladies’ Night"
• Idi Amin seized power in Uganda (Movie: "The Last King of Scotland")
• Hollywood musical “Fiddler on the Roof” opened

1972

• 72 members
• Wartan Jemian was inducted
• Charles Britt resigned
• Nixon arrived in Beijing, China, and Moscow, USSR
• Federal Express was established
• "The Waltons" began on CBS television

1973

• 79 members
• Arnold Umbach chaired the “Ladies’ Night” Committee
• Ellsworth Steele chaired the “Scouting Committee”
• And, much to my personal regret: A petition from Anne Gray of “Sylacauga Service League” seeking support for inclusion of music and art in school curriculum was tabled
• Ceasefire in Vietnam was reached on January 28, but bombing of Cambodia continued
• Price of median single family home increased to $28,900

1974

• Sherif Mughrabi of Jedda, Saudi Arabia, was a club guest
• Despite Rotary's practice of no overtly political programs, Senator Robert Wilder, a candidate for re-election, was the speaker on March 14; and Ted Little, who was running for State Senate, was speaker on April 4
• Ed Bagwell spoke about "Auburn’s drug problem"
• President Nixon resigned; President Ford granted “full, free and absolute pardon” to Nixon.
• Streaking became a fad

1975

• 89 members
• Leslie (Caine) Campbell received the gavel as club president
• Bert Bradley was inducted
• Saigon surrendered; complete evacuation by helicopters of 1,373 US military and 5,595 Vietnamese citizens
• The first U.S.-Soviet space link-up occurred
• Jimmy Hoffa (Teamster boss) disappeared
• Muhammad Ali knocked out Joe Frasier and retained his championship

Report of the History Committee for March 23, 2007