1968 - Original WSARC members R. G. Tuttle and Leroy Coley pass away.
1967- Members of the WSARC, INC. continue to meet several times a year for meals; However, club style activities among the few members remaining are few.
February, 1966 - A constitution and by laws are written up for the fast growing Forsyth Radio Club. The name of the club is changed slightly to the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club. Meanwhile, the WSARC, Inc. continues to meet at Clarence Mowery's home as the FARC meets at Goodwill Industries.
April, 1966 - The FARC gains ARRL club affiliation. John Huffman, W4IRE is named county EC.
1965 Forsyth Radio Club President- Wally Bernath, K4UAS
The WSARC, Inc. assets were officially sold including the Bellview St. property. Members of that organization continued to meet on a regular basis with W4NC being their callsign. The FARC participated in several VHF contests as well as becoming very active in Civil Defense and emergency coordination.
WSARC, Inc. President Wilson Lamb
Final arrangements are made to dissolve the assets of the WSARC, Inc. including the payment of $23 per each $10 certificate. The Club assured its members that while the physical assets were being dissolved the body of the organization was to be intact. FARC participated in Field Day and began meeting at Goodwill Industries.
WSARC, Inc. President Wilson Lamb
The WSARC, Inc. votes to begin liquidation of Club assets including the property on Bellview St. The long process of paying off certificates previously held by Club members begins. Meanwhile the FARC continues to gain members and meet on a regular basis.
WSARC President Wally Bernath
April and October, 1962 The Club holds a Hamfest at Tanglewood Park. Cost of admission is $2.50 which includes a catered meal.
The membership of the Club votes to discontinue meeting at the Clubhouse of the WSARC, Inc. due to the increased costs of rent and property maintenance. They begin holding their meetings at different members' homes. A letter was sent to the Board of Directors of the WSARC, Inc. thanking them for their support in the past years and request that they may use the name Winston-Salem Amateur Radio Club. The Board of WSARC, Inc. does not relinquish the name, and so the new splinter group, made up of primarily Western Electric employees as well as members of the old Club, begins to call themselves the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club.
WSARC President Pat Jones, K4QGV
February, 1961 - The Board of Directors of the WSARC recommends that this will be the last year "the new club" will not pay rent or maintenance expenses at the Clubhouse. Pat Jones is elected as the President of the Radio Club. It is at this point that the old Club and the new Club begin to separate in their ham radio priorities.
November, 1961 - The body of the Club meets and decides on recommendations to be considered by the membership, including only ten meetings for the next year, a maximum of only 30 minutes for business meetings and continued sponsorship of splinter groups for activities such as Civil Defense, VHF, Field Day and coffee breaks. However these splinter groups should not dominate the regular Winston-Salem Radio Club meetings. Later that month, at the last meeting of the year, President Pat Jones called for a nominating committee report for the next years officers. However, none of the candidates accepted the nominations. President Jones stated that he was "understandably depressed by the lack of success in producing a slate and without officers there could be no Club". Later that month a committee was appointed to examine the shortcomings of the Club and after long discussion the following observations were made: 1) The radio group must be socially orientated whereby active Amateurs and those interested in radio can meet to exchange views, discuss radio happenings and enjoy the fellowship of other members of a common hobby. 2) It should not be an organization primarily dedicated to the task of creating new Amateurs. Any member who joins and becomes disappointed because he does not find the activities which fit his peculiar requirements is looking for something in the group which is not in the interest of the general membership. It was decided that the Club, as it stands, can not fully fulfill all the needs of the special interest groups. The remainder of decisions based on the Club was tabled to the next year.
March, 1960 - A major snowstorm slams NW NC causing extensive damage in the mountains and foothills, including loss of life, power and communication. Members of the WSARC are called into action along with the Civil Defense mechanism to set up communication to the state and federal authorities. Beacham Leonard leads the members of the club to the affected area and sets up relay stations for health and welfare traffic. QST magazine gives extensive coverage to the outstanding work performed by the Club.
July, 1960 - The Club votes to meet every Friday night in July and August to stimulate interest in attending Club meetings. they also ordered that all delinquent members would be referred to the board for action; and that the lock on the Clubhouse door would be changed effective Sept. 1 to insure that only paying members have access. A committee was formed to send out 230 questionnaires to Amateurs in the area to stimulate interest in the Club.
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