
July 21, 2010 Newsletter

Just a reminder to treat those that serve us at the Sizzler well and remember to leave a tip for them before you leave.

Meetings: Sizzler, 371 East 400 South, SLC 11:45 – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room (Northwest corner of Restaurant.) Round Table Meetings, Same Time & Location except in the Atrium. ** Board meeting is the 1st Wednesday of every month and is held at 1:00 pm at the Sizzler.

WED 07/21	Round Table
WED 07/28	Comcast, Further information next week


WED 08/04	Mark O. Haroldsen, a successful real estate investor and author of four books on real estate investing. 1:00 Board Meeting
WED 08/11	Mark Lund, Stone Creek Wealth Investors
WED 08/18	Round Table
WED 08/25	No Meeting – Due to District Convention
8/27 – 8/29	91^st Annual District Convention, Provo Marriott, Provo, Utah
WED 09/01	Speaker and Topic TBA 1:00 Board Meeting
WED 09/08	Probably No Luncheon Meeting – Club Party Likely on 9/11
SAT 09/11	Probable Date for Club Party
WED 09/15	Round Table
WED 09/22	Speaker and Topic TBA
WED 9/29 7:00 PM	Presidents Dinner, Sizzler Meeting Room

• The Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882 and 1902

are repealed permitting immigration and

naturalization of Chinese

• Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! opens

and changes American musical theater by

combining entertainment and serious subjects.

Agnes de Mille choreographs the musical,

capturing the essence of American folk dance.

• Radio classic Amos 'n' Andy is canceled after

15 years and more than 4,000 consecutive

shows.

• Churchill and Roosevelt hold the Casablanca

Conference.

• Mussolini is deposed and placed under arrest

(July).

About California …

Origin of name: From a book, Las Sergas de Esplandián, by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo, c. 1500

Tree: California redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens & Sequoiadendron giganteum) (1937, 1953)

Bird: California valley quail (1931)

Animal: California grizzly bear (1953)

Nickname: Golden State

Entered Union (rank): Sept. 9, 1850 (31)

Present constitution adopted: 1879

Selected famous natives and residents:

• Shirley Temple Black actress, ambassador

• Luther Burbank horticulturalist

• Julia Child chef

• Joe DiMaggio baseball player

• James H. Doolittle air force general

• John Fremont explorer

• Robert Frost poet

• William Randolph Hearst publisher

• Sidney Howard playwright

• Collis Potter Huntington financier

• Helen Hunt Jackson writer

• Jack London author

• James W. Marshall first discovered gold

• Marilyn Monroe actress

• John Muir naturalist

• Richard M. Nixon president

• George S. Patton, Jr. general

• Robert Redford, actor

• John Steinbeck author

• Adlai Stevenson statesman

• Johann Sutter pioneer

• Earl Warren jurist

About July 21^st …

1861 - Confederate forces won victory at Bull Run in the first major battle of the Civil War.

1873 - The first train robbery west of the Mississippi was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang.

1925 - In the "Monkey Trial," John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee state law by teaching evolution.

1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.

1970 - The Aswan High Dam was opened in Egypt.

1998 - Astronaut Alan Shepard died.

2002 - WorldCom filed for bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

In 1943 …

President: Franklin D Roosevelt

Vice President: Henry A. Wallace

Population: 136,739,353

Federal spending:   $78.56 billion
Federal debt:   $142.7 billion
Consumer Price Index:   17.3
Unemployment:   1.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.03

• President freezes prices, salaries, and wages to

prevent inflation .

• Withholding tax on wages introduced.

• The Pentagon is completed and becomes the

largest office building in the world.

Contact Information

President

Immediate Past President/ Newsletter

Gordon Lewis, (C) 915-6228, (C) 706-4519, gclbowl@comcast.net

1^st Vice President

Ed Tanner, (B) 524-2534, (C) 201-9908

Secretary

Mark Anderson (B) 568-9322 (C) 232-5560

Board Members

Dave Nelson, Ed Rogers, and Ron Howell, Chuck Baker