Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-07


ha,. of humorous stories. and brought
o,,t the fact that In the six New Eng
.,.rh .tates there are ~ clubs ana
that this section 10 virgin sou tos
Rotary-that 1t should have insteao
Of ~ clubs, some 40 or 50. He stateo
that in Massachusetts they nope
that at the international convention
New ENGLAND will send q quota OF
not less than 500 strong.
Rhode Islands Story
The last speaker for the states
making up the New England ois-
tricts was Rotarian Thomas ~.
Jacques, secretary Of the Provioence
potarv Club. who was introduced IN
the following verse!
Introducing Thomas NJ. jacques rroS'
idence Rotary Club:
A state that is email bvt 1pm np2orv en- Nav.
Where they DO .niH Is M We You
Tom Jaoues--what does Rhode Island
say?
Secretary Jacques stated that he
brought the greetings from Little
Rhodie,r the smallest state In the
Union, and from the Providence
Rotary Club, the third oldest in New
England. He brought, up the suoJect
.Commercialism in Rotary and stat
ed that while he would not say any
Rotarian is Rotary for commercial
purposes, yet there are a number or
clubs who have members who are In
it only for what they can set out OF
it. Rotarians must realize that
Rotary Is one of the biggest factors
working in New England today, and
a member who does not put some
thing into Rotary will not get any
thing out of it. Rotary Ia something
big and is growing to be powerful
influence in the United States.
New EngIand'e Story
Introducing Rotar.an Willard I. Lam
sing, Providence Rotary Club, formerly
governor of the New England district
past vice president international Asso-
citation OF Rotary Clubs.
To speak for New England together,
All states linked in Rotary ties,
We will call upon you who sees Hota'!
through,
Willard Lansng-to you we now rise.
Tlree years ago a gathering OF No-I
ITALIANS was helI in Providence. his
event Of Monday evening rem nded MIN
Of il and he told why. They end";tF-
ored to fini out how many lldies wod lid
be present Upon the suggestion OF MS
wife he purchased sweet peas for the
ladies' to wear at the matir ee> in the att
ernoon. He scourel the city for sweet
peas But re was tmbar. assed. When
| G asked one of the three ladies' I'm: TN
laugnter) if she wanted scme sweet
rea; she said no. becaus, she had the
bath tub full of sweet peas. This "'a-
ning's me citing was a wonderful change.
The ladies' and lis tr butte was a pretty
en-, are the GROWING por ion. the re:I
essence Of the meeting. He directed
i'm elf to the ladies in saying that he
wanted them to understand the oovs.
t. look out for them. for the older ones
10 mother them, to see that they got
home safely and at good hour. 10
tuck them into bed and see that they
got Up in the morning in tine for
breakfast and for the morning meet
irg.
Some one speaking previously raid hat
tnat growth be shown. He said that
he was ambitious to thresh cut the
ques ion and by way of solution quoted
fiy,re5 to the Rotary growth. The r.
aary club now includes $1,000 men AMI
is only a decade old.
The first Rotary cub was formed In
Boston in 1909. in the New England
district The second club, 1910 in Hart
,o-d; third, 1911 in Providence; fourth,
1912 Worcester; fifth. 1914. Springfield
and Haverhill; 1915, Portland and Hol-
yoke: five clubs in 1917. eight clubs N
1918, and now the record of 1919 is be-
ing made That is not slow, but rug
ged growth and all are proud Of the
record.
II am proud of the men. I know
we are going to succeed. Want TO
urge you fellows to look about you
for the men We want Not let them
seek U.S. Let us seek them. They
add tone and character TO our club
and to our community. Folks,
stretchout your arms. Interest them
in Rotary. Give them the message
as you see it and they will respond.
Nothing in the world equals devei-
oping a club per year in the commune
ity nearest us. BY so doing We not
only develop but we strengthen our
selves and our organization. If form
ing a new club we will feel the faith
erly spirit and will want to assist
them in oil ways possible. Then they
will grow and will assist also in Ro.-
airy work.
New England is a wonderful place. |
Wonderful people are here. Mr.. Lam |
sing said he meyer went away but
what he was glad to get back home. !,
He said that these meetings are a
constant uplift and are Of value to |
the organization.
Returning to the lation of the New
England district with the Interne-
tional association he spoke Of the |
springing up of q friendship among |
men. Before the war men in busi- !
ness held aloof from one another. If !,
we lost we gave the other fellow |
credit for being stubborn. During the |
war, the $3.50 life. the interlocking !;
life, came to the front. Results were |
obtained which otherwise never could !
have been obtained.
Mr.. I.ansing's tribute to the pres |
ident Of the association. Albert 8. !
Adams of Atlanta, Ca. was a .splen-
did one. He told of Mr.. Adams as
being stalwart and upwright He al |
SO spoke of Mr.. Dyer. the vice pres.
ident. He then spoke or the ois.rict !
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