Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-05


met i'll the big plant for the semi
monthly social and smoker.
The RotarianS were guests of
Gus NJ. SteinmctZ and James II.
Mccullough, managing editor and
superintendent, respectively, OF
the Telegraph. \ feature OF the
evening was the issue OF II special
Rotary edition of the Telegraph
which told all about the meeting
as the session progressed. by the
time the meeting had adjourned
for luncheon the edition was being
run OF the press. The special
tells all about the meeting.
prosperity Day will be oh
served on February 20 and Karl
Steward was appointed chairman
of the committee to enlist the
cooperation of the business men
of Harrisburg i'll the movement.
However. here is the story of
the Rotary meeting as related in
the Rotary special:
Nearly a hundred members of the
Rotary Club of Harrisburg were guests
this evening of Gus NJ. Steinmetz,
managing editor of the Harrisburg
Telegraph" and James p. McCul-
Tough, superintendent of the same
live wire publishing house.
The chances are this was the first
time the Rotarians really had good
inside glimpse of a real newspaper
plant.
For the first half hour or so the
guests mixed around and passed the
Rotary grip. CThis is inside stuff
It's that little act of a Rotarian who
turns to his brother Rotarian, grips
him by the hand, mentions a word
of greeting about his business and
the recipient of the greeting passes
the good word along to the left.
The Gavcl Sounds
AT exactly s o'clock, President Ar
thur ID. Bacon's gavel sounded above
the uproar, through a thick cloud of
smoke-the Rotarians were putting
away on the contents of several boxes
of cigars which Dan" Hammelbaugh
passed around.
Style All the While
e. j. Stackpole, president of the
Telegraph Company, was yelled for
and as he took his seat at the left
of the chairman, the Rotarlans rising
with the Rotary Club song--"He's the
style all the while" cone of Mayor
Meals new cops who was loafing in
the offing outside the Telegraph
building promptly sent in a quick
inquiry to police headquarters as to
whether they was wise at what was
going on up at the Telegraph.")
just Few Minutes
Secretary William Robson read the
minutes of the last meeting and then
President Arthur d. Bacon made some
announcements as to some of the
stunts the club has planned for the
future. He named the committees
who will have charge. incidentally,
the question of inaugurating Pros
perity Day." February %, was sug-
gested. Some amendments to the
constitution We're proposed
(The reporters pencil snapped here
and his typewriter lacked ribbon.)
President Bacon then called for
committee reports. This is the way he
did it,
Hey. Bill. how about a report from
the membership committee?"
Cincinnati Club? How about that
Buck?"
so Going to Cincinnati
Then A. E. Buchanan reported that
about fifty members have arranged to
make the trip to Cincinnati. Hotel ar
rangements have been made.
Nice-President Mumma helped add
to the din Just then by passing out
some of CLARK Diehls" telegraph
tickers. Some Rotarians thought the
cigars were being passed around again.
The "tckers" were clicking away like
so many crickets when President Ba-
con gaveled for little silence.
"Aw, say fellows" was the way
he called them to order, wait a min
ute. will you? Give 'em a chance"
cap LumD Decorated
George Lumb, who runs the State
police department when he is not regu-
larly law-ing around like q regular
lawyer, was decorated as the "baby
member" Mr.. Bacon pulled a nice
little pink baby cap over Caps" ears
as Cap" puffed away at a cigar. Then
the crowd sang to him. For he's a
jolly good fellow" were the words.
Cap" Lumb tried to make a speech
H. nj IN tod
him. 1t sounds like well-well-and
the easiest thing that rhymes with
that word.
Yo! Ho! For the Farmer Boys
How many were raised on the
farm" suddenly yelled President Ba-
con. More than a dozen got up -
more or less sheepishly.
Followed a new kind of a safety
first game. Every fellow had to tell
his place of birth, first name, first job,
first occupation. etc.
just u Bit of Bull
Dan Hammelbaugh was bawled out
first. He said he was born in Hard
scrabble" The roar of the crickets
drowned the rest of it. Buchanan's first
job it appears was a railroad job. He
said he worked hard at first to get this
job, but intimated that he never
worked much since. So they went
down the line, calling the members out
from the Rotary roster.
Had a Real First job
Charley Forney's first job was car
rying the Harrisburg Telegraph. That
got a roar of applause.
The Rotarans didn't give Ed. Black
chance to tell what his first Job was
They swinging more or less tunefully
into "Old Man" Black. Always up
and always down" before Ed scarcely
opened his mouth.
"Hod" Fry didn't get much of a
chance to tell of his early life's history
either. He's a iiar-he's a liari''
sang the Rotarians. as Howard tried to
explain.
"He's DeviI'
Charley Miller who's been city clerk
so long he has to date his first cleo
ton from the session of 49," first
worked in a printing office. The Ro-
tarians sang: He's a deviI-he's a
deVill" as Gus" sat down.
Wallazz Secs TYPE Lice
If Joe WallaZZ hadn't insisted upon
inspecting the Telegraph's brand of
type lice just then, the roll call would
have been continued to it's end. But
Joe insisted; so a committee took him
back to the lad" alley and showed
him. Jim" Mccullough had to take
him away to help him clean his collar
of lice-spelled ink"
"The Boss Spouts a Bit
"Gus" Steinmetz-this is taken down
with special care because we're writ
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