FIRST MEETING
Meeting, 6-16-54 to organize the Wine
and Food Society
Of Pasadena
1 – Mr. James D. Reynolds and Mr. Norman L. Goss, both members
of
the Wine and Food Society of Southern California, invited the
following people to dinner at the Stuft Shirt Restaurant,
1000 E. Green Street, Pasadena, at seven thirty P.M. on June
16, 1954 to discuss the organization of the Wine and Food
Society of Pasadena:
1- Ellis W. Jones, M.D.
1450 San Pasqual St.,
Pasadena, Calif.
2 – Mr. Harrison Chandler
1250 Hillside Road,
Pasadena, Calif.
3 – Mr. Thomas E. Gibbon
1300 Rodeo Road,
Arcadia, Calif.
4 – Mr. Morris W. Mothershead
1061 La Loma Road
Pasadena, Calif.
5 – Mr. Sheldon Riley
970 Hampton Road,
Arcadia, Calif.
6 – Mr. William B. Stringfellow, Jr.
786 S. Madison Ave.,
Pasadena, Calif.
7 – Mr. Emerson Spear
1740 Lombardy Road
Pasadena, Calif.
2- Mr. Reynolds, Dr. Jones, Mr. Chandler and Mr.
Goss attended. It was noted (from information obtained from the Wine
and Food
Society of Los Angeles) that an initial group of (10) ten charter
members is required to apply for a charter in the Wine and Food Society. Those not present at the dinner had accepted the
invitation to become charter members by phone. Dr.Jones suggested the
name of Mr. Cheesewright as the tenth member and he was unanimously
accepted by those present. Mr. Reynolds agreed to contact him and Mr.
Cheesewright accepted the next day by phone.
It was also noted that Officers of the Society had to be elected before an application for a charter could be made. In order to expedite the application and with the intention that a subsequent election would be held, those present unanimously voted for the following officers:
1- Mr. Reynolds, Chairman
2- Dr. Jones, Vice Chairman
3- Mr. Chandler, Treasurer
4- Mr. Goss, Secretary
3- It was decided to call the original group of the charter members “The Board of Governors”
4- Policies for the future Society were discussed and it was proposed
that membership in the Society be based on the rules and regulations
as set forth in the Charter of the Wine and Food Society of Southern
California. Furthermore it was stressed that the following should be the particular objectives of the Society:
A- Good fellowship.
B- Appreciation for good wine and food.
C- Historical interest in gastronomy.
D- Desire to try all types of cuisine and cellar.
E- Arrange a series of dinners throughout the
year incorporating the above.
It was also suggested that the Society be kept small
enough to be practical in its operations, but large enough to carry
itself financially.
Mr. Goss was authorized to apply for a charter and to furnish
necessary finances until such a time as the Society would be in a
position to reimburse him.
5- The meeting was adjourned.
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