Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-08

concise For example. as the noti %
would designate. You are called 70
attend a meeting IA elect Clarence
Sherman for secretary" Everything
was arranged and the meeting is
made a. short az possible.
Return post card system 10 used by
the Augusta club and that was ex-
piained by Ivan Lang. The return
cards are used in letting the hotel
know how many are expected to eat.
In many cases the entire card was
used as a reminder for the member
and staid on his desk. No records
have been made Of the percentage It
increase in attendance which might
be due to the return postal card sys-
tern but the attendance Is always
good.
Simply notify the members Of the
club that the clause in regard to at
tendance is enforced, fine each men,
Der one dollar for what they don't eat
when they don't attend the meetings.
is what Harold Hodge of Bangor hal
to say under this topic. The Bangor
club used to receive a large amount
by this way but now the amount is
smaller. The record of attendance is
70 per cent.
Another Rotary man said that
members were told, Tuesday is Rot-
airy day and If you don't come you
will be fined $1.25 and that brings
them out"
Frankly confessing to have stolen
the system from the Lewiston-Au-
h,,pv ri, pofh oaid that
the members are notified Of the meet
ings by telephone. He telephones
four members; they in turn telephone
two members and 80 on, until all are
notified. Then they say If they can
come or not.
Charlie, the gavel-less man, seems
to think that the Haverhill Rotary
club is about the best. He didn't let
the boys forget that was his club.
He said the telephone system was a
good one and could be traced back to
the Haverhill club.
~ Entertainment
The Worcester club has large
entertainment committee, according
to Herb, for he told all about it. Five
members comprise the committee.
The entertainment committee meets
on a certain date and makes out the
program for the month. The pro-
gram is subject to change. The at
tendance is increased by the quail
ity Of the entertainment provided.
Not too much Of one thing is offered
certain amount of fun and certain
amount Of seriousness.
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that in his club the group system for
entertainment committees was use L.
The entertainment committee makes
out the programs for q whole yea.
Now the Providence committee Is
making out programs up to next
June. Two stewards each year are
appointed. Their duties are to take
care of the details Of the lunch "
dinner. The attendance percentage
increased in the month of September
from 81 to SO per cent.
(e) Attendance
Forrest Perkins told the Rotarians
his clubs system. He said that the
divided group entertainment system
was used. The membership was d.
vided into ten groups. Each men,
Der takes so many members to call
up. II a member stays away one
meeting the chairman calls him and
notifies him that he is missed. A
committee each has charge of the en-
tertainment for the month. Each
member is given something to do at
one time or other. Each group elects
a chairman for the week.
Sole inventor of a new movement.
in Rotary was what one Rotarian Ia
beled himself. He said that on most
entertainment committees the fault
was that the chairman did all the
work. On his entertainment commit
tees the members were all Chairman.
jacques again rose and spoke fur
Their along the line Of work of en-
tertainment committees. He said
that these committees otter time
bring forward men who become lead
ers in the activities of the club and
would doubtless never have been
heard from il they hadn't been put
onto the entertainment committee,
He recalled one man who was prac-
tically unknown as far as the club
knew. a year ago; he was placed on
an entertainment committee. The
man developed into an interesting
speaker and a great worker and to-
day is q member Of the board of d.
rectors.
Scott Bailey Of Portland had to be
coaxed to say something about his
club. but when he got started he did
nne. He said that his club had al
ready hired Lieut.. Reed to take
them to Atlantic City to the conven-
ton. They would get there alright
If they could get over Boston and
they felt sure that they could. He
said that his entertainment commit
tee served a month at a time. The
committee pulled off different stunts,
affording a good time, serious and
otherwise for the members.
A bright boy from Boston spoke
up and said he hoped that all the
Portland delegation was not coming
in one plane. And he further said
that was the only way they could
get over Boston. Mr. Bailey said
that they had hired the entire squad
ron for the Portland delegation.
Open the meeting on time. First
sing America. End by singing 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" The meet
ings will be more of as uccess If
you instill more Americanism into
your meetings. The up-to-the-min-
ute man from Lynn said this and
the power Of conviction was behind
his words. He suggested that the re-
solution be made that the Rotary is
opposed to any force which acts in
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