The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-04
CIVIC CLUBS ID
 HAVE JOINT MEET ROtarians to Join Other Or ganizatiOns to Boost
 Boys Club

In the absence of President Morris
 Bush, Dr, Percy Woodall wielded the
 gavel at the Rotary luncheon on Wednes- dressed another as MT, ''Dr." or Col. insisting that it was the law of the club to call one another "Rotarian" so and so.
 There was large attendance in spite of the fact that few are still away on their summer vacation. A number of prominent visitors were present, both from and out of the city, as Col. w.. F. Schews was down TOT an address. but
 unfortunately he had to wire his regrets on account of pressing business.
 Carson Adams arose to a question of personal privilege, stating that he did not prepare the programme of entertain
 ment at the famous Joe Rosenberger os- | trich egg supper at East Lake, but that Frank Shepherd was responsible for the crazy stunts. This brought Thornton Estes to his feet protesting about his dizzy ride on the whip. Solon Jacobs l registered kick because he was left suspended in the air in the Ferris wheel | for a half hour or more, while LeGrand Wilson lamented that wetting he got in 1 the Victory channel aggravated his hay | fever. At this juncture Vice President | Woodall stopped the storm of protests and called on Frank Shepherd to vindi- cate himself, but he merely pleaded guilty
 Dan Dimick brought before the club the result of the conference between the Ro- 1 tarians, Kiwanis, Civilians and Commun- | ity clubs in regard to the Boys club He announced that on next Thursday din
 ner would be given in the ballroom of the | Tutwiler at which 1t was confidently ex- pected there would be more than 450 pres ent, including the livest bunch of young 1 sters ever gathered together in the city. and that there was considerable rivalry between the "Rotes" and the Braves as to which would make the best show | ing He promised that 1t would be great occasion.
 1 Frank Willis Barnett reported on the l trip of the committee of one hundred which went to Montgomery to protest against the establishment of Pettus | county. He was sure that the showing l had made an impression both on the house and senate members, and that all | that was netessary to defeat the measure ] was for Jeffersons delegation in the ; house to see to it that it was done | Solon Jacobs announced that arrange
 ments were being completed to have a I danCe on west WCHliCti StiVot 'ii ~Oi'
 nection with musical programme 1T Capitol park for the benefit of the Anti Tuberculosis association which was se badly needed If the work was to be car ried on in the future.
 | Capt. Robert S. Henry, lawyer ol l Nashville, spoke of the work of the Ro' | tary club in his city in connection witf
 others in forming the York foundation | the purpose of which Is to erect a schoo
 at the home of Alvin C. York, the great est individual hero of the war, whose ex'
 ploit in attacking and capturing Ger
 man machine gun nest brought forth the lunstinted praise of General Foch The
 school will embrace the grades only from the first to the high school, and will De 1 along vocational lines. It is the purpose to devote the funds received from the | lectures of the noted mountaineer tc
 building and equipping and maintainlne the institution.
 The meeting was brought to close Inv Secretary Lloyd stretching ropt
 across the middle of the room and hay
 ing a contest between the two sides II
 naming one another. A man was re-
 o,Iired to pick out some one he knew or
 the oprosite side and call his name, ane
 then the man designated was to return
 the compliment, after which both tool l their seat. It proved to be quite an in
 teresting test of the Rotarians know
 edge of the names of one another.