The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-19
Anniversary of Rotary and
G. WIS. Birthday to be
Celebrated.
ALSO LADIES NIGHT.
Talk on City Planning by
An Expert is Fourth
Feature.

The anniversary Of Rotary and
George Washington's birthday will
be jointly celebrated by the Fairmont
Rotary club next Mnoday night in
accordance with desire expressed
by the International Rotary organic
alton, and in addition the ,Fairmont
Rotary club will make the occasion a
Ladies' Night and unite with the
triple affair the address OF Andrew
Wright Crawford, field secretary of
the American Civic association, who
lis coming to Fairmont as the first, of
a series of speakers in an educational
campaign on city planning which is
fathered by the City Planning COM
mittee Of the Fairmont Rotary club,
which has the cooperation Of repre-
Fsentatiyes of the chamber of COM
merce, the city of Fairmont, the Wo-
man'se club, the civic organizations OF
the city, etc. Z .5i.. si8
The eanniyersary OF Rotary iis suffi-
|cient for a rousing meeting, for there
are few movements that have had
such rapid growth in recent years.
The celebration of Washington Is
birthday is especially important at
this time when aptfiotism Is, lor has
been 50 much toi the from sSt.,,Ea:
dies Night, Is always a big feature Of
Rotary activities. And to cap the
climax. the work outlined for the city
planning commission is SO important
at thsi time that it As regretted that
a public melting could not be arrang-
ed, but the prevalence of illness
makes such a course inadvisable and,
in consequence, the city planning
commission Is willing to sink its
meeting into the Rotary anniversary
celebration under the impression that
two such gatherings could not be
well attended on the same night.
The Rotary celebration is fixed by
international regulations and the
field secretary Of the American Civic
association had arranged to eb in
Fairmont at that date, and it would
be asking a great deal to make an
effort to have him change his timer
ary and quite likely that such a course
would be impossible.
The plans for the four leafed cele-
bration weer worked out at the meet
ing of the Fairmont Rotary club to-
day and Immediately following the
luncheon. A. G. Martin presided in
the absence of Harry J. Hartley. the
president, who wired from New York
jestingly that he was not absent to
avoid voting on the matter of "resef-
vations' in the epace rteaty, which
was the important matter for consid-
Grafton before the club today. The
telegram ordered sent to Senator'S
sutherland and Elkins insisted that
business conditions were such as to
demand immediate action on the
peace treaty and expressed willing
ness to accept reservations" in line
with American ideals.
Joseph H. Bowles, state campaign
director for the Salvation Army, who
is an honorary member of the Rotary
club at Macon, Ca, and who was for
some time connected with the Ameri-
canization effort outlined as part of
the work of the Department of the
Interior, spoke on the "Americaniza-
ton" program OF the Salvation Army.
Captain Fowle, representative of
Colonel Evans, head of the Salvation
Army activities in a province, consist
ing Of five states, was also visitor.
Both were introduced by George NJ.
Alexander, member of the state
committee of the Salvation Army.
Rev. H. G. Stoetzer, of the First
Presbyterian church, opened the pro-
gram with prayer and expressed graf
itude for the fact that there had been
no deaths to date among members of
the Rotary club, which was accepted
as thanks for the encouraging news
from the bedside of Clarence D.. Rob-
inson, for whose recovery the Fair
mont Rotary club offered moment
of silent prayer at last weeks luneh-
con.