Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-19
ACHIEVEMENTS OF
CLUB ARE TOLD IN
PITHY PARAGRAPHS
Secretary Strange Relates His
tory BY Telling What It Has
Done and is Doing: Wide
Range of Activities

Again they ash. WHAT is the "A
Club, anyway
Generally speaking. IT Is one thing
after another.
Ii was brought into being under the
tutelage OF the livest Of live wires. D.
Charles Greene: the advertising man
OF San Francisco, OF whose energy
IA H. TaBlmen OF The Denver Post
made the comment, Hes a regular
wolf for work .
II struck town at psychological
moment when everyone wanted "a
get together but did not seem 90
know inst how 10 do IT, The Adj Club
furnished the medium and has beeh
going ever since It's influence has
expanded to tht, other islands II.
has not lost character as an adyertis-
ing club but il has admittedly moved
along the line of boosting advertising
rather than dealing With tire technis
calities OF advertising.
The Ad Club has cut out formalities
and techniealities. The Adj CluD bes
lieyes in doing things and not spendt
ing all the time there Is in arguing
how to do them IL keeps minutes of
it's meetings for reference but il has
no time ia snend reading them The
AID Club strives to deal with live top
les I'm live way. Good nature being
one OF the first requisites of eommunIf
" success IL deals principally in good
nature and work, and on this invest
ment Il has declared large community.
dividends.
The Ad Club has only positive opin-
ions. II is always In favor of some
thing and therefore is never opposed
TO anything except dead wood.
AID Club meetings are held al noon
day luacheons In the Alexander Young
hotel cafe. These meetings are al
ways interesting, If not In one way, III
another. Occasionally the sessions
are quiet and similar in tone TO the,
solemn assemblies of the more seri-
Gus minded and less productive or
CARNATIONS Variety is the spice oil
life and the secret of good adyertis
ing.
The Ad Club believes in everything
that helps Sometimes il believes III
a crouch because 1t serves TO show
the other fellows how useless is the
crouch.
The Honolulu AID Club believes M
itself, its members, It's town, its terri
tory and its country
Only one misfortune dogs the path
OF the Ad Club II has done so many
things and done them well that every
one brings everything 10 the Ad Cluh
TO have II done, One of the teachings
OF the organization is that those who
help themselves do the best helping
there is TO be done. So not anything
and everything is picked up 10 be car
fied along. The AID Club works bnt
not the variety that works while you
sleep This club expects TO be all
workers aud no sleepers.
Good wholesome fun is an AID Clue
asset II is noisy at times but has no
interest in rough stuff II believes
IN red blooded manhood that guards
pure womanhood
The first meeting was held in the
governors dining room of the Com.
mercial Club. February 1, 1912, at the
call OF Charles r. Frazier and sug
gestion of the late ]. Charles Greene
Frazier asked some men around town
to attend the meeting. He found 2
few OF these men intended TO go Is
the meeting that they might Oppose
the organization Of another club Fra.
zier then went around and asked these
opponents to stay away And they
did. Since then they have cane IN
the Ad Club and glad 10 be in il
Eight men were present az this
meeting. The Honolulu AID Club start
ed and has been going ever since.
The first officers we're W. X. Far
ringtOn, president; G. S. Crane, first
vice president: n. ri. Trent, second
vice president, Charles r. Frazier
secretary-treasurer Joha Lennox, =.
ID. Timmons, j. r. Child. George b.
Curtis and r. A. Swift, directors
Secretary Harry Strange, who i
chairman of this years Ad Club Car
nisal committee and is responsible Tor
q large share OF Ad Club achievement,
has made up a sketch Of what the Ad
Club has done in the past three wears
The story of achievement reads as
follows:
Trish IN ADVERTISING.
Vigilance work.
Entertainment representative of the