The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-16
LOCAL ROTAR|ANS WILL STAGE NEW MODEL LUNCHEON Delegation Rdhearses Stunt Which Will Be Given at
 Cincinnati INCIDENTALLY WILL BOOST BIRMINGHAM Delegates Will Urge Shelby for Vice President-Unable to Attend
 Because of Mrs. Shelby's
 Illness

Birmingham's deiega lion to the meet ing of the International Association Of Rotary Clubs, which convene today ill Cincinnati, left over the Queen and Crescent at GAO yesterday afternoon. More than 20 enthusiastic Rotarians were in the party and they were prepared to see to it that all the rotary clubs on the continent realized that the local organi- zation was live proposition before the meeting was over.
 The final meeting and luncheon pre- paratory to the departure of the dele gates was held at the Tutwiler yester- day afternoon at l o'clock. A rehearsal of the model luncheon which the local members are to stage at Cincinnati for the benefit of the delegates at the con vention was held and tremendous suc- cess for the stunt was predicted by the members who witnessed the performance for the first time. A feature of the luncheon yesterday was the address by Dr. c. c. Lumsden of Washington on sanitation and the prevention of typhoid fever.
 pr. Lumsden explained the methods which were employed by the government in wiping out typhoid and in preventing
  cuse for typhoid where the proper meth ods and the right amount of care are used, and the medical experts and the public generally have come to realization of that fact" he said. After typhoid gets started, it can be stopped with req sonable celerity and before it has gained sway it can always be prevented. The development of the proper safeguards on the part of the public is going forward rapidly and is making it much easier for the medical and health authorities to prevent an epidemic of typhoid"
 MODEL LUNCHEON
 A rehearsal of the model luncheon which the local club will stage at Cin- cinnat as one of the features of the convention programme proved a most en- tertaining and amusing affair to the members who had not known of the stunts which had been prepared. The affair will be in the nature of a mock session of the local club at which a re- port of a committee which has investi- gated the question of locating the $11,- OO0,000 government armor plant in this district will be made. The committee will report in opposition to the location of the plant here, and incidentally in this way will take advantage of the opportunity to forcefully impress upon the rotary clubs of the world the wonderful natural re- sources and the commercial advantages of Birmingham and the district.
 It will be pointed out in the report of the committee that since the sup ply of Birmingham ores will probably not last much more than 500 years longer. with a reasonable increase in their use. it would be unfair to pos terity to bring another industry here which would partake of this resource. It will also be shown that since the pay rolls of the district are already more than million dollars each week, no further additions to these amounts should be made.
 Then one of the members in indorsing the report and in speaking against the location of the armor plate plant here will point out the fact that traffic on the open Warrior is already disturbing the fishing on that stream and with the steady and rapid increase in the handling of coal. pipe and other pro- ducts down the river to the gulf 1t would be unfair to the fishermen of the district. to bring about any unnec- essary use of the river.
 It had been planned to entertain delegates en route to the Cincinnati meeting from Selma. Meridian, Jackson and Mobile. but on account of the flood conditions none of them arrived In time to spend the day here all going di rect to the convention.
 WILL BOOST SHELBY
 The local Rotarians are going to work to have John Shelby. former pres ident of the local club and one of the livest of the Birmingham Rotarians. named as vice president of the interna- tional association in Cincinnati. MT. Shelby was unable to attend the con- vention on account. of the critical ill., ness of Mrs Shelby and requested the local delegation not to put his name before the convention. However, they contended that they were going to elect him. even though he was un- able to go to the meeting.
 The headauarters of the Birmingham delegates will be at the Emory hotel, at which the sessions of the conven- tion will be held. The official head quarters of the convention will be at the Hotel Sinton. The convention closes Thursday and the Birmingham dele gates will reach home Friday.
 The local delegation consists of: MT. and Mrs. Robert w. Ewing, MT. and Mrs. Frank P. Glass. MT. and Mrs. Joe Rosenburger. Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Don- nelly. MT. and Mrs. Tom Rennie, w. D. Nesbitt. John C. Henley. R. D. Bur nett, Joe Wiley. A. M. Taylor. George McCleery. Frank Epperson. pr. J. H. Finder, George R. Knox. Homer ., Pogue, O. H. Bowen. Max Boxer and Oliver Cox. The official delegates. who have voting power are w. D. Nesbitt,