The Early Days Participants in the Skokie Valley Kennel Club Show, October 1959.  Shown are the following Charter members of the MRC (from left to right): Pat & Marthajo Rademacher; Ludwig Gessner; Werener Gessner; Gerry Fitterer; and Nancy Levine.  Also shown are Mrs. John McLean and Otto Mueller. On July 11, 1959, a new organization came into being which subsequently became known as the Medallion Rottweiler Club. The founding members included: Dr. and Mrs. James Alexander Mr. and Mrs. P. Fitterer Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Gessner Mr. Werner Gessner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klem Mr. and Mrs. Franz Leibfried Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Levine Col. and Mrs. Leon Mandel Mr. and Mrs. Perrin (Pat) Rademacher Mr. and Mrs. John Refieuna Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schoelkopf Mr. and Mrs. William Stark

The Family Affair Marthajo served as Newsletter Editor of the MRC for many years. She assembled it in her home with her many enthusiastic MRC co-club members. Her efforts as such was the "glue" that held the MRC together and attracted so many members from all over the USA. I remember commenting to her how thick that newsletter was compared to other clubs that I had belonged to. She replied that not all of them were out to change the world for the Rottweiler like she was. (Comments by June Severs, former long-time MRC member - lest you think of these remarks as immodest)