The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-14
ROTARY CLUB LUNCH AT TURNVERE|N HALL Committee Appointed to Rent Hall Until Oct. 1 AN AMUSING DAY Distribution of Two Prizes Is Cause of Much Laughter-J. D. Moore
 Gets Shoes and Shelby
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As an experiment.. the Rotary club yesterday rented the hall which the Turnverein cafe formerly occupied and intended that If the members liked the innovation to rent some hall regularly and hold all the meetings of the club there. Miss Mary Beard served yester- days lunch and it was voted the most enjoyable ever held by the club.
 The members were so enthusiastic about the arrangement that at the lunch it was voted to rent, If possible the Turnverein hall and to hold the regular weekly luncheons there hence forth. The matter was left to the board of directors. which held meeting inn mediately after the lunch and appointed a committee. headed by W. c. Adams, whose duty it is to rent the hall. The committee was instructed to get lease on the hall up until october 1.
 It is rumored that the club will es- tablish permanent quarters at an early date and that the renting of the Turn verein for a lunching place is but a move in that direction. The club has had a remarkable growth since it's or ganization something more than year ago and 1t Is possible that within the course of the next five years it will erect permanent home.
 At yesterdays lunch there was much afforded by the distribution of two prizes. The day was officially called Prize Day" The Cox Shoe com pany offered a prize of a pair of Cox Special oxfords to the Rotarian pos sessing the largest feet. President Shel- by asked that all who desired to par ticipate in the contest signify the de- sire by standing. Several did 80 and J. D. Rosenberger was appointed to measure the contestants feet. Mir Rosenberger arose and took from his pocket small extension ruler. "I have a very small ruler said he, "and fear that 1t will be far too small" Then he drew it out to It's full length of three feet and secured a hearty laugh from those present.
 After all the measuring had been completed MT. Rosenberger announced that J. D. Moore was the winner. his feet being 12k inches.
 The second prize was 1000 sheets of stationery offered by the Birmingham Publishing company to the best looking Rotarian. Dr. Henry NJ. Edmonds. pas tor of the South Highlands Presbyterian church, arose and said that he had q ItW WOIuS tO Sdy DtiOit NOtc Ndo taken on the most handsome man pres net
 There is maN in our midst today whose fame for beauty has gone abroad in the land" said Dr. Edmonds. Even before I came to Alabama l had heard of this gentleman's handsome personal appearance. I did not believe 1t was possible for a man to be so handsome, until arrived in Birmingham When I raa cd V ya rdan I mada it point to look up this gentleman to see if the reports l had heard of his masculine beauty were true. They were. Birmingham, gentlemen. Is not only the home of the most beautiful women, but we can say that we have here the most handsome man in this broad and beau tiful southland. And that man. gen. tlemen, is present here today.
 'T submit that he should be given the prize without dissenting vote, and take pleasure in introducing for your admiration MT. -
 Dr. Edmonds hesitated a brief mo- ment and about 10 Rotarians arose hastily and blushingly bowed. In the uproar which followed Dr. Edmonds had no chance to divulge the name of the individual whose fame for beauty had been noised abroad
 When the laughter had somewhat subsided member of the club arose and suggested that the newspaper men of Birmingham were the best judges of beauty and said that inasmuch as President Shelbys photograph was the most extensively used in the daily pa pers. the prize should go to him. The nomination was carried by exclamation and MT. Shelby received the prize.
 Gregory Johnston, chairman of the committee appointed to select name for the weekly Rotary magazine. or which Oliver Cox is editor, made his report The name selected was Rotary grams" and as such the magazine henceforward will be known. The name was suggested by President Shelby and he received the prize, box of DO of Burnett's finest cigars