In just 45 weeks, the Faribault Rotary Club will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on May 1, 2020. This week’s historical highlight is from 1972.
Dr. Roy Anderson took over registration duties for the Youth camp from Dean Purdie.
Roger Strom, manager of the Red Owl Store gave a program about a new program in our community titled “Big Brothers.”
The club’s annual presentation of scholarship awards was held at Faribault Senior High.
The club paid a visit to the Alexander Faribault House which was built in 1853.
The club sponsored the eighth Annual Youth Concert for the Youth Camp.
The club began meeting at the Lavender Inn on Nov. 1st.
Al Burkhartzmeyer
Our club’s 52nd president in 1971-72 was Alvin Burkhartzmeyer who later honored in 2010 for 50 consecutive years of perfect attendance.
As many of you know, following high school, Al joined the Navy. However, this ended in tragedy when the overloaded bomber on which he was the radioman crashed on a Pacific Island an Al was the sole survivor of the 12-man crew and was badly burned and injured. After a long recovery and an official visit to each of the families of the 11 crash victims, he returned to Faribault to join his father and two brothers in the very successful operation of Burkhartzmeyer Shoes Inc.