The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-11
ROTARY CLUB
BACKS UP MOVE
FOR REST ROOM
Committee Will Tell County
Court How Club Mem
bers Feel About It.

Cant. Ulysses A Knapp. who com
mands company at Camp Sherman
at ChilIicotha, Ohio. was the principal
ues, at the meeting OF the FaiTmont
Rotary club today aud made an inter-
estinz talk about conditions at that
cantonnent, surprising his friends at
Fairmorr who declared that there was
no use of getting well known speakers
from cautonments as long as Fasr-
mont BOYS we're able 20 talk OF null
tarv affairs in so interesting man
ner and especially Fair=honr boys wNo
are succeeding so well as Capt. Knapp
who was TOO modest TO tell that ms
company was first in marEuanshlp
among 125 companies and second In
general efficiency. points emphasized
by Henry S. Lively
Capt. Knapp reported condloops az
Camp Sherman as surprisingly Sooo.
the mighty cold weather OF the last
winter was experienced there oot
there vas 10 suffering. The boys
haze plenty to eat" and great va
riety. land good mess makes a
coutented outfit as he put IT, can
TOO highly praise the Y. NJ. G. a. anu
the Red Cross" he said. The en-
thusiasm OF the men was a point
which Impressed him. He declares
that the soldier boys are the most
earnest oa,wd OF men he has ever
come into contact with. There IS
no question about what the men are
going to do when they get over
there" declared Capt. Knapp.
The woman's rest room IN the coufe
house. which is demanded by the Civic
committee o: the Woman's club and
which is endorsed by that organlza-
ton, was endorsed BY the Fatrmont
Rotary club at today's meeting and
committee was appointed to dratt
resolutions to be presented TO the
County Court. II was at first intend
ed to refer the matter 20 the Civic
committee but ". J. Wiegei. chair
man OF that committee. objected as he
stated that his conn ection with a
newspaper that has been supporting
the movement might make that mad
visabIc.
An Entertainment committee. which
has not had much OF a task TO provide
speakers. as there has been so much
outside talentf announced speakers
for the next meeting along Rotarian
lines-that is a discussion OF ones
business so that all may be interested
II is a Rotarian principle that the
organization shall insure 2Saiust COM
petition. and to that end its o-ganiza-
ton limits the number OF men en-
gagged. in one line OF work so that there
shall be only one representative OF
every line Of business. This ruling
has brought the organization to rep
resent all phases OF modern business
life. and as each man is chosen for
his professional standing. personal
character ami companionability it gets
together a crowd described by Pitts
5urgh Rotarian who dropped into TO-
days meeting and when called upon
to talk, said:
''It's the same crowd everywhere!
Good fellows. always. Leaders % every
movement! l find the same spirit OF
good fellowship In Rotary osSauiza-
lions wherever So!"
Harry ]. Hartley. chairman OF the
Entertainment committee. named
speakers for rext week as follows: c.
W. Corbin on wholesale groceries; w
+. Crane on drugs; ]. L. Hall on hard
ware: J. c. WeIton on shoes, and J.
h. Rownd on cotton, wool and linen