The 1950’s
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1959 WSARC
President Beacham Leonard, W4RXG
April, 1959 - A letter goes out from the Board of Directors to form a
committee of discussion concerning the liquidation of the club's properties. It
states that the issue is not dissolution of the organization, only its assets(i.e., the clubhouse, land and equipment.). It was
becoming clear that the club as it stood was beginning to come apart at its
seams. Yet another small group within the club was busy with forming an
offshoot of the club, with full support and commitment from the WSARC.
1958 President - Dalla Watts
The club purchases a two meter beam for the clubhouse. The generator is
replaced with a new one, and Field Day takes place in the mountains. The
minutes of the club meetings show there are several groups within the club
which operate somewhat independently of each other; The
stockholders of the WSARC, INC.; the regular members of the WSARC, and the
Board of Directors of the WSARC, INC.
1957 President -
Wilson Lamb, W4BOH
1947 - 1956
There are limited Club records for these years due to a fire at the
Clubhouse which destroyed many of the documents. We do know that the Club
continued to meet on a regular basis although active membership began to shrink.