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

Keep away from Augusta. Keep
way away from Augusta II yoa
have moss on your back due 10 stand
ing still for a long tlme-if your
vhIskers have grown long and lovely
ana have twined themselves into the
woodhIne that also twineth-if yca
have settled down for long and cold
w-uter-if YOU do not want a good
shove n 70 the night direction-lf
you are afraid Of being walked up AMI
sci 20 doing service-if you would
avud i shock that would SET you so
wide awake that you would eiecIrIfy
the unlverse-stay away from Angus
Ia 'Nuff seq
Why Because. Why because" Be-
/ cause The autumn conclave OF New
England Rotary clubs IS on n Angus
Ia. They arrived bag and baggage
from all points Of interest from over
the y. z. states They swept down
upon this peaceful city IN the middle
Of Monday afternoon ana the city IS
their 5. It's theirs because Mayor
Martin al the evening meeting gave
! them the keys. Goodness KNOWS what
: they'll DO to the city before they
( leave. But Augusta IS glad OF the
chance TO ne done with by the Ro-
tarians. whose motto IS. Business
and Friendship VIII Mix
Hundreds Of the livest wires that
ever charged any community are
gathered here Tor Rotary purposes
and Rotary purposes are community
purposes IS well. These live wires
are only parts Of the big cable that
starts from The growing motive pow
er, The Rotary idea-servIce.
The real fun and function started
Monday evening when the program
really started. According 10 the pro-
gram 4 reception was gwen at City
hail at clock 10 Lhe International
officers. Dis1-icI Governor ana ladies
II was a very informal and f,-ief al
fair and the rest Of the Rutar1ans
We're So noisy thar there was little
distinction between the reception anu
! The dinner time.
And real napkins. I'm clad #
under his ample chIn an ample nap
kin and prepared 10 surround an am
pie dinner He must have been one
Of those Cos1on delegates. Steady
diet Of beans is hearty food Good
things 10 eat, Just ask any one who
was there and mad a finger IN the pie
I The food was sweetCr and better be-
/ cause II vas favored with the spirit
/ Of Rotary brotherhood.
Mac the man VINO makes music
or he augusta Rotary or rather makes
music II them. was master of the MI
seal ceremonies He was some busy,
getting together the various musical
oTcanI cations winch reluctantly appear
Ell during the evening. He was Just as
proud as the dickens of his own little
Augusta singing class y never ALLOW
hem TO sing twice on the same eve
ming ne told the folks when they H.
sisted that he local boys try their lucK
again al strainlnE their throats. Tho
Augusta BOYS certainly did well AM
everyone was proud Of rnen. How
hard they worked when they sang some
especially Byron Bovd. who STOOD back
70 the rest Of the bunch and calmly
locked over the crowd assembled. he
almost started a Iauag riot with one
of hose spr ghtlv out-ofState members
when that o. Of s. m. offered him
song sheet containing the song.
Don't expect 70 get much OF the rea!
meat Of the evening, The true purpose
me good golks get through eating. ami
dig deeper-for it's all there.
Grape fruit cocktail. hsh croquettes
with tomato sauce. fruit salad. roast
turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes.
squash. not rolls. celery, olives. rasp-
berry punch. harlequin ice cream. cof-
Zee cakes-were included on the menu.
anu everything tasted so good.
A. times they let their grub stop their
CAB. but those times were few and far
, between. II so happened. during the
larger part of the time. that someone
! had pet song or pet cheer or a pet
loke that they wanted 10 put forth.
Just a big, hustling bunch Of boys.
One corner Of the room. not mention
irg any names. but that bunch that sat
over in the southeast curner-that cor
ner should have awarded them the ham
. ntI for uelnE tne nolSlest huncN Inis
is The big show They said that many
times during the hull in their upheavals.
Hire another hall was advice given
Them AT one time from a wise man.
Everything during the masticating part
of the dinner was a Joke except the
food and that was the real goods.
Z A rolling stone gathers no moss
tut gets a fine polish. That prelude
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