Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-02-26
CELEBRATE 18TH.
ANNIVERSARYOF.
ROTARY'S Birth.
Local Rotarians Enjoy Ban
quet at Manhattan Cafe in
Honor of the Day

Very fitting indeed was the Veie
bration of the fifteenth anniversary
Of Rotary celebrated in Brownsville
last night by Rotarians, their ladies
and few invited guests. The cele-
bration was in the form Of banquet
served in the Rotary dining room over
the Manhattan cafe.
AS any good rotary program should
be, the program was divided about
half and half between the humorous
and the serious. When the guests
were seated at the horseshoe table lit
tie white fez caps with yellow cord
and bearing the Rotary insignia were
passed around The names of the
Rotarians present were drawn from a
hat and at the roll call each man in
troduced himself as being the Rota-
rian whose name he had drawn. I'm
der the direction of Jack Rowe the
audience joined in singing Rotary"
and the Texas Rotary state song.
which by the way, was contributed by
ID. l.. Spero, former president of the
Brownsville club.
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Jessup described international head
quarters at Chicago and the wonder
ful work being done there by Secre-
tary Chesley Perry and his office
force, and described the growth of
this office from a secretary and three
assistants TO the present large office
establishment with its many branches.
Mr.. Jessup stated that he had never
visited international headquarters,
but he had evidently talked intimately
with someone who had, for every de-
tail of every department was fully
discussed.
The Galveston conference was re-
ported in a very interesting manner
by Del S. Perkins. Mr. Perkins told
Of the various meetings and luncheons.
held at the conference and of the
many inspiring talks made by noted
men who are Rotarians. He said
that tribute was paid TO the attend
ance at the Salt Lake convention and
the district conferences by Len Milan
of Dallas, who said If all clubs were
represented as the Brownsville club
Texas would win all attendance prizes.
Mr. Perkins said the international
convention would be held this year in
Atlantic City and said that Len Milan
had recommended that the Texas del
egation 90 via Cuba
Following Mr. Perkins talk, Chair
man A. Wayne Wood announced that
!. II. B. Creager, who was to talk on
Rotary, had been unexpectedly called
from the city and that he had re-
quested Henley Williams to read a
paper on Rotary to replace this pro-
gram number. Mr.. Williats told of
the growth of Rotary from an organi-
zation formed by thrt men in Chi
cago fifteen years ago TO the present
strength of 500 clubs and $4,000
members and of the aims and accom-
plishments of Rotary. Mr.. Williams
talk was really an education in Ro-
tary, not only to those who were
strangers to the organization, but to
many who are club members.
John +. Mitchell, representing Com
munity Service, Inc, a move that has
been largely sponsored both nation
ally and in Brownsville by the Rotary
clubs, who was a guest at the ban
quet, made a brief ado, ess on com
munity service and its Ems to direct
a proper use of the recreational hours
of the community.
The banquet ended, as all Rotary
meetings do, with the audience stand
ing and singing America" Those
attending the banquet were:
A. Wayne Wood, Del S. Perkins,
c. l.. Jessup, Farrand Sayre, Mrs.
Edith Carmen Hay. Lawrence Ohm
sted, Adah G Lamberton. A c. Hipp.
Mrs. r. g. Morris, r. G. Morris. Mrs.
Y. J. Camiade, Emmett Dodd, Mrs. A.
Wayne Wood, Mrs. Elmore Grider.
w. G. Lange. Mrs. Geo. b. Murphy.
c. B Murphy, Mrs w. G. Lange.
c. H. Huff. Mrs. c. II. Huff. J. ID.
Craig, Mrs. @. f. Dodd, G. X. Wilson.
Mrs. Henley Williams, John f.
Mitchell. Mrs. Jack Rowe. A. w
Reed. Frank II Reed, Ira Webster,
Mrs. Sherwood Bishop, Mrs. f. r.
Howard. Mrs. Del S. Perkins, Mrs.
ID. J. Young. Mrs A. w. Busch, y
Young. H. w Williams, Mrs GILBERT
II. Wilson, Mrs. J. r. Doyle, T.. l..
Dickson. Stella f. Dickson, Pearl
Nuckols. II. l.. Fitch and Mrs A. c.