1950-51: The annual meeting with farmers of the county was held at the Wrightsboro Clubhouse on June 19. Adam Smith provided equipment for a horseshoe pitching contest at 6:30 and by 7:30 everyone was glad to sit down to one of the famous meals provided by the ladies of the Wrightsboro Club. A.R. Howard, agricultural agent for the Coast Line Railroad, presented the program in which he compared the business of farming with other businesses. The club decided to sponsor a Student Loan Fund for the purpose of lending money to high school graduates who wish to attend Wilmington College or other schools. It is believed the fund will be of great value to boys and girls in the community who might otherwise not be able to attend college. -- President J. Mitchell Jenkins, Jr.

1951-52: Our service to the community continued with an increased interest in the Student Loan Fund and our contribution to it of $1,900 from our Rotary Round-Up.

We contributed over $1,000 to such worthwhile activities as our Live Stock Fund, Christmas baskets, Junior High band uniforms, Azalea Festival and float, Williston Glee Club and campership for Girls Scouts and YMCA. -- President Heber W. Johnson

1952-53: Through the generosity and cooperation of Adam Smith, a swimming class for handicapped children, with a team of instructors present to give supervised exercises as well as swimming lessons, was established. -- President Joseph B. Fox, Jr.

1955-56: Miss Nancy Lee Smith reported on her activities during her year as a Rotary Fellow at Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Rural-Urban Committee, headed by Charlie Harrington, had an active year. A total of $416.25 was loaned to 4H Club and FFA boys for the purpose of purebred livestock. Repayments this year under this program totaled $552.36, including repayments received on previous loans made this a very satisfactory operation.
-- President L. Graham Walton

1956-57: Len Alpern and his Orthopedic Committee deserve special mention for the long hours of quite labor performed on this club project. It seems to me that every member should cherish the hope of some day being a member of this committee for the personal satisfaction which must inevitably come from individual participation in this humanitarian enterprise. -- William M. Randall

1958-59: I feel that we have had a splendid year. We have taken into our membership some fine gentlemen; true, we have lost some exceptional fellows and good friends, but I further feel that any and all men profit and grow in grace by Rotary affiliation...In closing I would like to see our Wilmington Rotary Club enlarge and expand the operation of the Student Loan Fund; I would like to see a "bang-up" civic club center in Wilmington; I would like to see Rotary in this area extended whenever possible through new members so long as we always put the emphasis on quality rather than quantity. -- Lawrence C. Rose

1959-60: I was pleased to learn while attending Rotary International's Convention in New York last year that at the original meeting in California for the organization of the United Nations, approximately 60 percent present were either Rotarians or former Rotarians. It is my understanding the Carlos P. Romulo, a former director of RI, was the first Secretary General of the UN. -- President Robert H. Tate