The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
ESTES SPEAKERAT
 ROTARY LUNCHEON
New President of AutOmO- bile Club Tells of Work
 of Organization

The weekly luncheon of the Rotary club. held at the Tutwiler yesterday was marked bv the usual spirit of good fel- lowship and "get-togetherness tha' characterizes all these gatherings. More than a hundred members and dozen guests were on hand to hear lhorh'oh Estes. Rotarian and president or the Au- ,omopile club, set forth the aims of the latter organization and to .ake part III the exchanges of wit and repartee ehat mark all Rotary luncheons.
 An innovation yesterday was general singing by all the members at the close of the luncheon, which sent them away feeling lOo per cent better than wheh they arrived This singing was under tha direction of Edward Shumway who has heen in charge of the community war work in Birmingham, assisted py Miss Margaret Antwine, BlrmliSliaiii nonular soloist Miss Antwine sang two so,os during the luncheon, ana al the close led the singing of '"Illi we N'eel Again" All the members said that the singing was grand ldea anu Il i' 'o be made a regular event.
 Thornton Estes, in his talk said, Ihe Pirmlneham Automobile club was or eanized about year ago, at the instance of the United States government, ana .o uay has S32 members. The purpose or the club is to work for good roaos, to secure better traffic regulations Tn BIT m .npham and to furnish protection to Its members against the theft of thelr cars. Ne are doing all we can to secure the massage of the good roads bill at Mont ,somrry and for months have sought to ,Ihave policemen on all the corners or BIT nf,ngham at all times 60 control traffic, h1It Commissioner Taylor insists that the present force is not large enough. How ever. he has promised us reilet Tn the near future. We are trying, too, to re- rove the danger caused by glaring head l. ghts in Birmingham, but in this also we have cen unable to secure the neces- sarv co-operation from the police de- partment.
 Mr Estes stated that consent had been obtained from the board or revenue to install s.gns on all the roads around DIT mingham showing the direction ana us tance to tie city, and that more than so, of these signs were in process of in stallation He said that it is intended to repaint these s.gns yearly and to pro eel them from destruction from the class If neople who like to ear down every thing
 At the present time,' he continued, i've are furnishing lnIOrllatioi to lioai 2, to 35 tourists a day who come to our office to inquire about routes, condition of roads and other things that tourist must know We have lost and found depart rtment to which we want all auto- mobile parts found returned and we will endeayor to see that the owner gets them back Another new idea is our att tempt to keep the streets free of glass, nails and other things that cause pune tures We have a man whom we send ont to remove such things from tho streets. and we want everyone who sees a broken bottle lying where it will do damage to remove it himself or phone us and we will see that it is done."
 'Buster' Brown, president of the Ala bama Stato Fair association, extended an invitation to the club to hold its lunch con scheduled for October at the fair groundsp The invitation was accepted, but not until he had explained under which class they were to be classed, poultry, hogs or freaks" He was stopped also when he attempted to say that tickets could be purchased in all the stores around town for the fair (sell ing and advertising goods at a Rotary luncheon is forbidden). He then ex- pained that "the State Fair association, a charitable institution. had some free tickets that were being distributed in the stores of Birmingham, on sale six for g."