Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-21
BATfSV|LLE MAN
 LAUDS ROTARY,
 MASONIC HOME
J. P. Coffin Commends the Spirit of Service -Rotar-
 ians to Collect Shoes.

J. P. Coffin, president of the First National bank of Batesville, who is here visiting Dr. z. Orto and family, was the principal speaker at yester- days luncheon session of the Rotary club, at the Hotel Pines
 Introduced as Colonel" MT. Coffin won applause at once by declaring that plain American Mister is good enough for me-" MT. Coffin commen- ded the Rotary club upon it's motto, Service, not Self" declaring it the highest, grandest, noblest motto an organization could have. He quoted in substantiatiOn the injunction, He who would be greatest among you must be the servant of all," and point ed out that it was service that had made Washington, Lee and Lincoln so greatly loved by the American people. Another who had won rever- ence and affection thru unselfish- ness service, MT. Coffin said, was Capt. Chas. A. Bridewell of Hope, who died Sunday. The speaker eu- logized Captain Bridewell, mention ing the great service he rendered as founder of the Masonic Orphans home at Batesville, an institution of which D. I. Mills of Pine Bluff is trustee. Explaining that he is not a Mason, MT. Coffin asserted that "all in Ark ansas owe a debt of gratitude to the founders of this great institAtion; an institution dedicated to service; an institution that is on honor to the state, to the Masonic fraternity and to the country" MT. Coffin declared that the Masonic Orphans home at Batesville is the "best organized, best administered institution within nnly knowledge, and I'm no spring chick en, as l was 79 years of age last January. MT. Coffin recalled that he has been in Arkansas AS years, com ing to the state when the only rail- road was that part of the Rock Island from Duvall's Bluff to Little Rock. He closed with, tribute to Dr. J. [. Norris, who he said, had captured a prize in an oratorial contest in which both were competitors years ago.
 Other speakers were D. G. Payne of the Missouri Pacific, L. M.! Grote of St. Louis, R. H. Sherron, repre- sentative of the Arkansas Acturial bureau, and Rev! Theodore Copeland, pastor of the Lakeside Methodist church, all present as guests of Ro- tarians. Dr. Copeland was caller up on to ask the blessing before the lun- cheon, and in a brief talk later ex- pressed his pleasure at being in Pine Bluff, commended the Rotary club for . | -3}r
 To Gather, Old Shoes. -s.,e
 At the suggestion of Rio hard M. Knox, who told of the destitution of war victims in France and Belgium, and the great need of shoes, to ascer- tain the procedure of other Rotary clubs in collecting worn but still wearable shoes, with a view of soli- citing such contributions in Pine Bluff. Maj. Wa J.. Parkes, Frank Franey, Clarence P. Philpot, Ray Me Intyre and Richard M. Knox were app pointed on this committee.
 Leo M. Andrews, B. B. Bloom, Roy M. Kemp, Walter Wilkins and Charles A Linaker were named as commit tee to promote interest in the Inter- national Rotary convention to be held at Kansas City next year.
 The Rotary club endorsed the rais- ing of fund for ''the telephone girls who stuck to their posts, and thus rendered this community great ser vice." several of the members expres- sing readiness to contribute literally to such fund.
 Rotary clubs committee on aid for Rotary clubs committss on aid for the Jefferson Home Guards, reported that $1,237 had been obtained, but that more is needed to procure rifles and equipment for the command The committee was complimented for it's work, and was requested to endea- vor to secure sufficient money to pro vide the Home Guards with uniforms and rifles.
 The Charity ball" will be given early in December, according to Sol Klarberg, chairman of the committee on his event, which is designed to provide funds with which to make Christmas day of happiness for all in Pine Bluff who might not find it an occasion for gladness if their brothers did not endeavor to relieve their situation"
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