The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
ROTAR|ANS RETURN
 FROM CINCINNATI
All Pronounce Convention
 Highly Successful
LOCAL MEN ACTIVE
Costumes Worn by Birmingham Dele gation Attracted Special Atten-
 tion-Did Not Present Shelby's Name

'The large delegation of Birmingham people who went to Cincinnati to attend the seventh annual international conven- ton of the Rotary clubs of the world has returned from the Queen City of the West and are cordial in their expression of praise for the great convention and also for the splendid hospitality of Gin cinnati. Not only were the Rotary con- vention plans perfected by the members of the Rotary club of Cincinnati, but the people of the city entered into the enter tainment plans in such a manner as to give the greatest pleasure to all and their wives as we'll" said Robert E. Ewing.
 who returned with the delegation.
 Among those Rotarians in Cincinnati for
 the convention were: w. D. Nesbit, J. D.
 Rosenberger, F. P. Glass; John c. Henley,
 Jr., J. w. Donnelly, Robert w. Ewing,
 Tom H. Rennie, George R. Knox, Homer
 Pogue Max Boxer, Oliver Cox, o. H.
 Bowen, Dr. J. H. Phillips Eugene F'ies,
 R. S. w. Browne, Angus M. Taylor,
 George McCleery, R. Frank Epperson, J.
 H. Finder. The ladies of the party were:
 Mrs Frank Glass, Mrs. J. D. Rosen-
 berger, Mrs. Robert Ewing, Mrs. Tom
 Rennie, Mrs. J. w. Donnelly. Among the
 other prominent Birmingham men noted
 in Cincinnati during the week were John
 B. Weakley, J. H. Heinecke, August
 Hirsch, Fritz Larkin, Robert R. Meyer
 and others.
 The members of the large delegation
 from Birmingham were much in evidence
 at all of the Rotary meetings, round
 tables and other functions, to say nothing
 of the street parade in town on Monday
 ir1O md +I,a Tcla
 on Wednesday night. At the Coney
 parade all the local Rotarians wore white
 cotton suits, white shoes and white hats
 and carried Japanese lanterns and colored lights, making an effective appearance
 The badges worn during the week in Gin cinnati were also striking, being printed from half-tone cut of a blast furnace with ore and coal cars below. White
 ribbon was the background with red and blue ribbon behind carrying out the timely presentation of the national colors. At the Round Table or Trade group on Bags and Trunks, Birmingham was espe- cially honored by the selection of J. D. RoSenberger as the chairman of that Sec- ton for next year.
 At the round table discussion on public affairs Tuesday, the members of the Br- | mingham delegation took prominent part. | The idea of the Birmingham club as to the place and scope of the Rotary club in civic affairs, as presented by W. D. Nesbit, chairman of the dele gation, received the indorsement of the meeting, and the Birmingham idea, being substantially the report of the public af- 1 fair committee, was reported at | the convention next day, and adopted as l the idea and limited to the Rotary club s | activity as a club and Rotarians as indi- viduals for all Rotary clubs. This proved
 to be one of the three important items
 of constructive legislation adopted by the l convention, which is conceded to be the ! biggest and best that Rotary has yet had. | The Birmingham delegation went pre- | pared to push the name of J. E. Shelby | for one of the international vice presi- dents of Rotary, but yielded to MT. Shel- | bys letters and wires requesting that owing to serious illness of his wife, his l inability to be present, and other reasons, | his name be not presented
 Birmingham presented at the district group meeting of district No. 5, compris- 1 ing the states of Georgia, Florida and | Alabama, the name of Ralph D. Quissen- | berry, a former president of the Mont gomery Rotary club, and he was elected | over two other nominees, and the Rotary governor of this district, succeeding F. P. | Glass, whose term expired with this con- vention