The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-08-06
GRAND mARA,s, COOK counrY. INN, AueusT :, 1919.
INTERNATIONAL ROTARY 35
! " PICNIC GREATLY ENJOYED
1T IS Good For Us to Be Here Says
The Speakers Of The Day =

They came. They saw. And
they're coming again Il. ~ s.>>* \
We want to make this trip to
Grand Marais an annual affair." said
1.-The speakers of the international
Rotary club. eve realize as never
before the great possibilities and
wonderful beauty of Grand. Marais.
The outside world is beginning to rea-
lie the great resources of Cook coun-
Ity." 49,.
II. The International picnic of the
Rotary clubs of Duluth, Superior,
Fort William and Port Arthur was
held in Gand Marais last Saturday
and Sunday. Cars began to come in
early Saturday morning but most of
them arrived about o'clock in the
ltafternoon. Shortly after, the ro-
tarians gathered in the square near
the lake, where they played ball.
Business men, throwing aside surplus
years, indulged in boyish games
which they were surprised to find
they still remembered. A CREASED
pig, supplied by Mayor Murphy,
was let loose. among the crowd, but
piggie evidently enjoyed the picnic
as much as anyone, for he seemed
to like the visitors very we'll and
showed himself quite tame. 1t was
only when there was a scramble to
catch him that he started to run,
but was easily caught by Sam Zim-
norman, jr. Later piggie thought
he would celebrate the day by taking
a swim, swimming so far out into
the harbor that it was necessary to
to take a boat and pull him in.
After the games the rotarians sat
down by the shore of the lake where
they listened to some of the very
interesting speeches in regard to
rotary and other topics of the day.
1t was beautiful afternoon, the lake
was as clear as crystal and a deco
rated yacht in the harbor was mir
rored in the water: No wonder
that several of, the speakers gave
sincere utterance to that old .ex.
preston, ut is good for us to be
here!"
Mayor Magney Of Duluth, while
introducing the speakers, said that
Canada and the u. S. were separated
from each other by an imaginary
line and spoke of the building of the
international bridge across Pigeon
river where that line was crossed
and the two nations were brought
together in close fellowship, making
the great highway from Duluth to
Port Arthur possible.
Attorney Whipple, the speaker for
the Duluth Rotary club, said he was
asked to talk on Rotary, subject
on which he knew nothing. "But" he
said, ''the fact that l am not familiar
with a subject is no reason why I
shouldn't attempt to make speech
about it,. He said that Rotary was
first started in 1905 by a lonesome
Chicagoen, and you know, Chicago is
the best place in the world to get
lonesome in. He defined Rotary as
"practical Christianity" and the Ro-
tary club as a band of men gotten
together for fellowship, service and
good will-doing something, not for
lpecuniary gain but for the mere
pleasure of doing it..
Mr. Fred Babe, president of the
Port Arthur-Fort William club, ex-
tended hearty welcome to- the other
Rotarians, saying that they would
always find the latch string out, and
that Grand Marais hospitality had
become household word in the
Canadian Twin Cities. ...
The president of the Winnipeg
Rotary Club gave a very interesting
talk, saying he felt, as had already
been expressed by the other speakers
that it was ''good to be here. Mr.
IFilleotroult, president Of the Duluth
Rotary Club, had a close rival :. in
"Rody" who declared that he had
been president for few minutes
land the crowd voted that he was, as
he, himself expressed it "the best
speecher that ever speeched". as they
fbroke up with a hearty laugh at his
famous cemetery" story. :@5Ss :... (
A reception for the rotarians at
the court. house, "a dance at the
Happy Hour hall and a musical com.
Iedy, " "Pinafore- Up -ToDate'', given by
Port Arthur players, were some OF
1.-THE features of the evening. ,5..:
CARD OF THANKS S5
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