El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02
TELL ROTARY
Of CONVENTION
Delegates Tighe and Over.
street Report on Recent
National Meeting.

Tighe, Of the city schools, and Rev.
Charles L. Overstreet. First Presby-
terrain church pastor. who spoke or
the proceedings and entertainments
Of the annual convention Of the or
Eanizauon held this year at Atlanta.
Ca Both speakers said that it was
the greatest and most instructive
convention they have ever attended.
From the speeches made at the con-
vention and the papers read they said
rhe DELEGATES from FL PasO CLEANED
much that viii prove instructive TO
The members Of Rotary here. Rev.
Mr. OveTstreet suggested after his
talk ira flom tim" TO time at the
weekly luEcheCns the delegates TO
the convention briefly outline the
more important points that viii prove
Of benefit to the club.
The luncheon as largely attended
and was presided over by W. f. Shell
says Had To skip Church.
Supt. Tighe was the first speaker
He said We arrived about noon on
sunday and naturally skipped church
We did not get the proper hotel &C
CommOdaLOns and want TO say right
here that the Rotary club here should
start at once to arrange hotel &C
coIumOdatiOns for the convention TO
be held next year at Kansas City by
writing for rooms now We viii need
ten or 20 rooms
There were about $500 people at
the Atlanta convention. of whom 500
We're women. There was a delegate
from England, three from Cuba and
several from Canada 1t was the
largest and most enthusiastic con-
vention ever held by the Rotarians.
The president spoke Of the great pos
EnhfHrHfnz NJ nnHTnrHE service nd
the good the Rotary club can do I'm
this direction for the community He
said he did not believe Rotary clubs
should be solely governed by the
population Of the city or town, but
that clubs should he organized In any
city or town that can support one.
DiseOurnEes Dual Memberships.
The president spoke of the loss Of
time by having too much entertain
ing and entertainments. He sug-
Eested that papers at the district
meetings and at national conventions
be read more at Rotary luncheons-
He discouraged strongly the dual
memberships of members Of Rotary
into other clubs that have been pat
termed after Rotary. A resolution
condemning such membership was
passed.
Mr.. Knobs representative from
England, made one of the best talks
lLldAAE II LLlE AANA1lN N1A4h EAAAAAAA= AAN
took as his subject. ION. On. Onward
He spoke Of the great men whose
name ended with on Washington,
Lincoln and Wilson. In concluding
he leaned over the speakers table
and grabbed the Stars and Stripes and
the Union Jack and said, These with
the tri-cOlor Of France viii conquer
in the world war over the enemies"
Rotarians Might Cure Revolutions.
Mr. Tighe said that the Cuban dele
gate made a floWery speech and that
a man from Mexico who was in the
United States studying for the pur-
pose Of establishing a bureau of aEri-
culture in Mexico said that if there
we're Rotary clubs throughout Mexico
t would soon bring a speedy end 10
The revolutions This We doubted
Ir. TiEhe said.
What some Of the Rotary clubs OF.
lther cities are doing for service, not
self was outlined briefly by M
riEhe. He said the Knoxville club
vas behind the Boy Scout movement
ike the Ell PasO club is The Joliet
club spent $1,000 for a playground
survey
How Rotary Helps Boys.
Lincoln. Nebraska, M Tighe said,
was cooperating with the Y. n. c. A.
in sending boys TO the Boy Scout sum
mer camps where they were given
y
started pig club in which every
member contributed S to a rural OF
farmer boy for the purchase Of a
pig This money was loaned the boys. I
the speaker said "One boy he said
made a profit Of S3f raising a pig
which had nine small ones and then
still had his pig 20 start another I
,rop the following summer
Mr.. Tighe said resolutions were z
passed strongly endorsing the Boy
scout movement and boy work. He l
said reports were read from many I
,lubs on the service they are doing. /
lmOnE which the Cleveland club an ]
bounced il was supplying legs and .
arms for cripples.
There were 1875 vocational meet I
lEs superintendent Tighe said. Null /.
Olland during Red Cross week I
tarted selling Red Cross badges with I
he Rotary wheel as an emblem. The
irst one sold for $500 and on down
he line until they were selling for
l each
FL PasOanS In LimeIiEht.
Rev. Mr.. Overstreet said the FL
'aso delegates were much i'm the
meliEht' with their blue ribbons
18th FL Paso' on them. Many Of
he people attending the convention
'Ould look at us and say. What dis
nEuished men they are" This
aused much merriment among the
Inchers-
Rev. Mr.. Overstreet said he had
ever attended a convention where he
sceived so much benefit. ct was
impressed with the feeling Of good
sllowship and democracy. When we
ltered the train on which the Pacific
past delegation was en- route TO the
invention we met jolly bunch and
ley were soon calling US by our first
ames- The New Orleans delegation
as also a jolly lot
The convention was a great sue
sss and largely attended. We had
fought that because Of the war and
he fact that at one time there was
Tx Of pOstpOning the convention /
rat il would not be very largely at
nded, but il was"
Nip Wet Goods Quickly.
Rev Mr.. Overstreet said that some
the Eotarians. knowing Georgia /
"a bone dry attempted 10 bring a ]
-uuk loaded with some wet goods to
Re convention. He said the authOri-
es were watching for just such an
-currence and the trunk was seized
nd is still in custody.
To hear the bands playing in the
3rly hours IF the morning and TO
Ste1 10 the songs you would not
now Georgia was bone dry" the
leaker said You would think they
ere drinking something beside coca
lla, but they were not. II was the
brit OF good fellowship.
Preachers Get Together.
"A vocational meeting at which the
-eachers got together was held and
as attended by bout IS preachers G.
rank Smith. OF Kansas city. made a
beech full Of pep at this meeting.
hiCh attended.
The most inspiring and patriotic . J
1Cress at the convention was made T
% Rev. Ashby Jones Of the Augusta. S
a.. club c was on the occasion Of "
he presentation Of "A flag TO the ma
onaI organization by the Augusta p
ub. II was indeed an inspiring incl Z