Our Club, 50 Years Ago This Spring

In the Friday April 11 Daily Herald Newspaper, the fourth chapter of 12 in a monthly Potpourri flashback series marking the 50th anniversary of Grande Prairie achieving city status.- The clipping is attached, here is the story:  "The largest convention ever held in Grande Prairie drew some 300 Western Canadian Rotarians, welcomed by district governor Art Balfour of the city. John Wilson headed the local club. Convention committee chairmen included: George Simpson, Peter Gammon, Alex MacLeod, Charlie Husel, Ben Fee, Jack Jansen, Hal Tipper, Bill Fair, Lionel Dobson, Jack Mackie, Oscar Soderquist, Lorne McNair, Gottfried Sprecher, Terry Whittacker, and Jack Crummy."  Rotary Editor's note, Art was our Charter President, John was President of the club in '58.