All the attendants of the Annual Banquet left their seats to go home with happy thoughts on March 31, after a delicious steak dinner and an enlightening and humorous narration on A Walk Thru Nepal by Dr. James Bonner. The talk was much enjoyed and led to a bettor understanding of the poverty-stricken people living in the high mountains in Buddist lands. We learned that those persons are lucky to live to age 30 and represent a balance of nature to prevent human overgrazing of the ruined in the shadow of Annapurra. Special thanks to Neko Colevins and Ken McNutt for the arrangements. We are very satisfied and recommend Rudi's Italian Inn for other such affairs.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR COMING YEAR
As a result of the recent elections and the further selection by the Management Committee, our new officers for l966-67 are:
| Chairman - Bud Bingham Vice Chairman - Frede Jensen Sec'y- Treas. - Ruth Erb Member-at-Large - Gordon MacLeod Member-at-Large - Hugh Parshall |
These offices will begin June of this year.
CERRO de la ENCANTADA NEW EMBLEM PEAK
A new By-Law Amendment has taken place which announces our famous Baja California peak, known as Cerro do la Encantada, El Picacho del Diablo, or Big Picacho, has been given Emblem Peak status. We now have six emblem Peaks to work with, the others being Mt. Montgomery, Rabbit Peak, Kofa Peak. Mt. Inyo, and Telescope Peak. We now have our choice of any of these six peaks for the five required ones, in addition to any other ten Qualifiers, to become eligible to wear the DPS Emblem.
NEW MEMBERS
The Section is happy to welcome into its ranks the following new climbers after having approved their applications:
| JOHN VITZ 8934 Klinedale, Pico
Rivera, Calif. RICHARD S. SMITH 1717 West Alameda, Burbank, Ca1if. GIRARD HAVEN Fleming House, Calif. Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, Calif. R. H. STANFORD Fleming House, Calif. Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, Calif. HAYDEN C. CEMENT 3762 Amesbury Road, LA 27. ANNE MARIE MURRAY 871 So. Wilson Place, LA 5 |