4 Feb. 1944

Rotarian Richard H. Wells

Nominating Committee’s Nominee for President

 

On January 21, 1944, the Nominat-
ing Committee for President trans-
mitted to the secretary of R.I. its
report and on January 26th the sec-
retary mailed a copy of the com-
mittee’s report to the secretaries of
all Rotary clubs and to the RI. in-
ternational officers and committee-
men.

The committee nominated Ro-
tarian Richard H. Wells of Pocatello,
Idaho, U.S.A., for the office of presi-
dent in 1944-45. Biographical infor-
mation concerning Rotarian Wells
was transmitted with the commit-
tee’s report. For the information of
those who did not receive the report,
the information is repeated here-
under:

Richard H. Wells is proprietor of the
Idaho Lumber and Hardware Company
and the Idaho Coal and Ice Company, and

is vice-president of the Idaho Bank and
Trust Company in Pocatello.

He is president of the Idaho State So-
ciety for Crippled Children, area chair-
man for the Victory Bond Drive, member
of the selective service board, and his
State Defense Council. He has served as
chairman of the Pocatello Board of Edu-
cation, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and director of the State
Mental Hospital, and has been active in
work for the Community Chest, Boy
Scouts, Parent-Teachers Association and
the YMCA.

Dick Wells is a member and past presi-
dent of the Rotary Club of Pocatello and
has served Rotary International as direc-
tor, committee chairman, and as governor
of his Rotary district. He is now serving
as a member of the 1944 Convention Com-

mittee of Rotary International. He is

married and has two children.

 

Today’s Service Story

A good deed performed in Cal-
cutta, India, inspires a good deed in
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.! Mrs. T. G.
Brashear, the widow of a Presby-
terian minister, while waiting in a
doctor’s office in Denver, picked up
a copy of the January issue of “The
Rotarian.”  Leafing through the
magazine, the article, “Calcutta Ro-
tarians Fight Famine” caught her
interest. After she had read it, she
wrote us to inquire if the organiza-
tion would accept a check from an
“outsider” to help in the wonderful
work being done by Calcutta Ro-
tarians. Upon being informed that
we would gladly act as intermediary
for her, she sent a check for $50.00
and indicated that she hopes to be
able to repeat this gift at intervals.

Word has been sent to the R.I.
office in Bombay, India, to follow
through on Mrs. Brashear’s wishes
and turn over to the Rotary Club of
Calcutta Rupees 165-0-0 (approxi-
mately $50.00 U. S. currency) and
explain the circumstances to the
club.

-Here is very practical evidence of
how an article in “The Rotarian”

'. became rooted in the heart and

mind of a reader to the point of
motivating that individual to ac-
tion.

Rotary in Sweden

One of the Rotary clubs in Swe-
den established a home for sick and
enfeebled Finnish children at a cost
of Sw. Kr. 43,000.

The Rotary Club of Goteborg,
Sweden, has collected over 2,000
books for prisoners of war.

 

Rotary Today

5,129 Rotary Clubs
218,500 Rotarians

(Of these 53 clubs with 1,600 members
in war-affected countries are inactive)

76 New Clubs in 20 Countries
Since July 1, 1943