The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-03
ROTARY CELEBRATES 18TH
BIRTHDAY OF ORGANIZATION

The Minot Rotary Club celebrated
the 18th anniversary of Rotary at
the Association Of Commerce rooms
Tuesday, Rotarians and wives to the
number of eighty attending. The
banquet was served by the Episcopal
ladies who had arranged the table
very prettily with garlands. Sixteen
candles adorned the tables.
DR.. Archie d. MCDANIEL, president
of the Minot Rotary, was chairman.
America was sung and the invocation
given by Rev. Peter w. Erickson. The
sergeant-at-arms collected several
fines from Rotarians coming in late
or neglecting to call others by their
first names or for refusing to do some
stunt. The fines will be used for
Boys Work.
Ed A. Shirley introduced the new
member, Soren j. Rasmussen. Ira L
Jones read a carefully prepared pape,
on Rotary as instruction for the can
didate and Winfield M. Smart deliver
ed a masterful address on the prin-
ciples of the organization Every
man has some talent which permits
him to do a certain work better than
any other man in the world Rotary
. hClPS MN w ulSCoNtI bIldJ IdleuI, It
said, and to make good use of it, for
the common good.
Mrs. Leslie A. White spoke on "A
Woman's Impression of Rotary"
Mrs. White is a delightful speaker,
her stories being apropos and her
witticisms very clever. This was one
of the. best numbers of the evening
Glenn Colcord gave verbal chalk
talk. calling attention to the traits of
certain Rotarians. Rev. Peter W.
Erickson delivered an eloquent ad-
dress on "Thc Heart Of Rotary"
Music numbers were given by Miss
Martha Reshus who sang two mum
bers, one Of them "Out where the.
west begins, very appropriate sell
ection. Miss Reishus is one Of Mi
not's favorite singers. j. Herbert
Cotton sang" two numbers, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Cotton. John Howard
gave a violin solo with his usual pep,
playing ION the back seat of the old
Henry Ford, with such effect that he
was compelled to go round the block
again. group of Rotary songs
were sung, the solo work being ren
dered by Harry Winters, Aksel Brats-
berg, and Dave Mair, the Rotarians
joining in the singing. Fred Upton
sang Little Brown Jug with violin
obligato.
A feature Of the evening was the
presentation of picture Of Presiden,
MCDANIEL by Henry Wilson, chair
man. Of the Boys Work Committee
The frame had been built from fence
boards by some jack-knife carpenter.
Miss Agnes O'Connor, dramatic
teacher in the city schools contrihut-
ed much to the entertainment with
her pretty aesthetic dancing. VIM
Clarke gave the ladies the Rotary
mental toast, pronouncing them al
most equal to the men.
A feature of the evening was the
cutting of the immense Rotary birth
day cake. 1t was beautiful affair,
prepared by the Episcopal ladies. Six
teen little candles adorned it and it
made ones mouth water. President
McCannel was given the honor Of cut
ting the cake but passed it along to
the new candidate. The cake prov
ed to be a big pasteboard box, beauti
fully frosted.
President McCanne stated that the
Rotary now comprises over 800 clubs
with $1,000 members, many of the
clubs being in foreign counties. 1t
was organized in Chicago l6 years
ago and was called Rotary" because
the club "rotated' their meetings
among the business Offices of the
members. No Rotary club has eve,
yet surrendered it's charter They
have higher percentage Of attend
ance than any other organization
made up of business and professional
men, the average attendance in the
clubs Of the United States and Canada
for December being TAO. The Mi
not Rotary was organized three years.
next May and has 81 members. The
limited membership plan is one of the
founaa tions Of Rotary's strength. The
Rotary motto is "He Profits Most who