Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
DIsARICT GOVERNOR ADDRESSES
 ROTARY INTER-CIrY MEETING

district which includes all the Rotary clubs of New England at tine inter-city meeting of the Rotary clt\s of New Lon- don. Norwich and Wilimantic held at the Wauregan hotel on Wednesday evening. MT. Wilson in addressing the meeting spoke encouragingly of the Rotary pro- gram and urged a more concerted effort during the coming year. i
 Prof Henry A. Tirrell was also one of the speakers at the dinner and his | message on Machinery and Personality | was one that brought before the business | men a new thought along business lines. |
 About 150 Rotarians from the three | cities were present to welcome the dis trict governor and 150 voices were raised in a rousing welcome to the chief eX- ecutive of Rotary In New England. New london headed by the Three Jims (Sulli- van, Hammond and Fowler) and strnog- ly supported by Dud Donnelly, the only genial architect in New London, came up about so strong while Willimantic with a poppy bunch of 25 thorough Ro- tarians with the Norwich boys made up one of the liveliest gatherings that Rotary has seen in many moons.
 When, under the enthusiastic leader ship of William G Park, local song lead CT, they lifted their voices in song the
 
 der the volume of harmony. Collective | ly and singularly, in two and threes the boys, for they were surely great big boys, | sand and did stunts. Dud Donnelly's trio spilled sublime harmony, while the Dixie Duo, Joseph C. Worth and Howard Baker, feelingly sang some Of the old | plantation melodies.
 | The Thread City Four, whose leader writes his own songs, brought tears to the eyes of many with their Ballads of 1 Bygone Days. The one touching feature of the evening was when Jim Fowler
 and Little Jim, father and son, with
 arms locked. sang Dear Old Pal of Mine. As always when good Rotarians get together, Jim Sullivan, president of the New London club, was a shining light in
 the entertainment of the guests. Re
 spending to insistent calls Jim. rendered
 his masterpiece, Patrick J. O'Hare and
 was not permitted to rest until he had rendered two other numbers. an Italian
 impersonation and an English cockney song. The Norwich boys made a great hit when they sang their song about Bill ly Oats farm and the chicks, and ducks
 and last of all the Ford. Eddie Corcorar ,, finished the musical program with his number, T Want to Live in Montville Because I'm Going Blind"
 President Lucius Briggs, before intro ; ducing the speakers of the evening spoke on a few of the activities of tn
 Norwich club and mentioned their worl
 in connection with the Boy Scouts in thi
 city. He also extended hearty welcom ' to the visiting Rotarians. He then call s ed upon James Sullivan of the New Lon V don club as the opening speaker
 e MT. Sullivan in the course of his tal e made a suggestion that met with tn S hearty approval of all. His suggestio : was to have the spring fall conciav l. of the second Rotary district held i l. Eastern Connecticut and suggested tn e Hotel Griswold at Eastern Point as tn j. ideal place for such a gathering. Hi u suggestion found immediate favor an l. as was gathered from the sentiment e1 l. pressed all efforts will be made to pr J. it through. Mir. Sullivan spoke also ( s the remarkable good feeling that no ,r existed between Norwich and New Lor d don and Willimantic since the organizs b tion of Rotary in these cities. A soir 1T of good fellowship has sprung up an | Norwich greets New London with Hoy e- dy Bill and Howdy Jim and New Londc r. slaps Norwich on the back and say Gosh. I'm glad you're here" MT. Su
 livan also urged that more inter-cit
 meetings be held and that Rotary get t
 gether and boost Eastern Connecticr II and put it on the map
 z. Frank Foss of the Wri1mantic clt l. also spoke and like MT Sullivan, urg, le the clubs to determine on some commC e. endeavor for the benefit of the thr as cities. Get. something concrete and tn, or go after it said Mir. Foss, our organiz K. tion with its slogan, Service Above Sc on can do it.
 President Briggs then introduced He III bert c. Wilson, who enthusiastical F complimented the three clubs on tn, fn n wonderful get-together spirit, saying tn ~ ln all New England there were no thr o1 cities where such a combination exist, N NIo MT. Wilson also approved MT. Sullivan " suggestion of holding the New Engla IS conciave in eastern Connecticut and ss
 that he thought it would be welcomed ne all the clubs in the district. as there h u- been more or less difficulty in securing
 p1ace where there was suitable accomm oy dations for such a large gathering.
 lnter-city meetings are a wonderi
 thing, said MT. Wilson. It is a 20
 thing to mix and in the works of the / AL mighty We find that he believes it is ti- the best to have things mingle one W lal the other. You get a combination VI minds through this mingling and mt o, can be accomplished by joining hands he friendship, for friendship breeds cot tai eration Work during the war show Dr. this to us, and the same spirit of 2
 ting our shoulder collectively to ,ee wheel and pushing should continue. ,x In speaking of the individual club r Wilson said that each club should hs
 some great purpose. educational lines D
 maps or some great good for the co
 munity. He told of hom the Worces -0 Rotary club, of which he is a memt
 has started fund to help young II =. ana women to secure a college educat -, who would otherwise be unable to sec, - the sufficient funds. This club is n s s putting five boys through college aee Attendance is another big feature or- Rotary that the individual club sho @ n@es pay particular attention to as atte ne! ance is the barometer by which the ore trict is judged Get more human int
 est into your weekly notices is one
 the easiest ways to secure attendar
 Have good speakers, not necessarily ion of town speakers. for the man right the your own club can tell you many thi H. of interest.
 ta- Civic education Is another factor t ,rd- clubs would do we'll to take up. Dey ose one meeting each month to this st md. of your city or town government. s La- port the health program of your tc rles tnd if there is no health program 4 n.