Guess what? Long time DPSer and bachelor Tom Ross was recently married (Feb 23) to Candy Slater in Reno. They will live in Independence where Tom established residency several years ago.
Member Anne-Marie Murray now has her name changed to Mrs. Robert H. Boennen. The event occurred in LA on Feb 9.
Congratulations to both couples! Now you'll have to work on your Desert Peaks together. We expect two new members!
NEW EMBLEM HOLDERS---
The Section wishes to honor the following new Emblem Members:
Eric Schumacher
We salute your enthusiasm in attaining our Emblem!!!
ELECTI0N RESULTS--- l968-69 season.
As a result of the recent Annual Election
the fo1lowing were named to the Management Committee, which in turn has put the
following members in the following chairs:Gordon MacLeod - Chairman
Bill Banks - Vice Chairman
Ben Romero - Secretary-Treasurer
Dick Sykes - Banquet Chaittuan
Art de Goede - Program Chairman
also the Peak election results:
Navajo Mtn - Retained
Kino Peak - Added
Ajo Peak - Added
Corkscrew Peak - Added
Superstition Mtn - Added
Weavers Needle - Added
ANNUAL BANQUET REPORT--- Ben Romero
One of the more informative programs seen by DPS fans this year took place and highlighted this Annual Banquet on April 18 at Rudi's Italian Inn in town. The evening festivities began with a Happy Hour and was followed by a delicious steak dinner.
The attendance was disappointingly small, however the group was treated to a fine presentation by Dr Douglas Donaldson, Prof of Zoology at L A State College. "The DESERT As an Ecological System" was his subject, themed by "What is a desert? This is harder to describe than to define."
The, speaker pointed out many fascinating things to be observed in the desert, and the knowledge gained will certainly make for even more enjoyable future trips. It is easily seen that merely reaching a desert peak summit without taking time out to enjoy the desert itself is a sure way of short-changing only ourselves.
SOME DESERT NEWS---
An appropriation of almost one half million dollars for state parks in Riverside County, three being in the desert sector, is included in the tentative budget submitted to the Legislature by Gov. Reagan.