The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-16
ROTARY ITEMS
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When President Jed Rix rang the
bell for silence and asked Rev. Jno
T. Shovel TO offer Invocation at
the Rotary luncheon at the Man
haitian Parlors Wednesday, June IA,
little did he think that II would be
one Of the most interesting meet
ings that we have had for some
time. There was not an idle mo-
mont and no time was given for
Griffin 90 get IN the singing part
Of the program.
Mr.. Poscy was called upon TO
make an announcement IN regard
70 the excursion from Amarillo,
which will arrive In Lubbock Friday
az ll:l5 A. M, and will leave ut
1:i5 p. m. Mr.. Posey said that ar
engagements had been made for the
luncheon and that the Amarillo
business men were bringing their
own band, but we were their hosts
and must show them every court
esq, requesting that the business
men Of Lubbock take their auto
mobiles 10 the train and meet this
delegation, and that they would
appreciate every courtesy shown
them.
Tom Hutchinson ~ the school
board made short talk 10 the
point, telling that the present tax
Of soc on the $4,000 was not
enough revenue 10 run the school
and that a special election would
be- held on Tuesday June 20 for the
purpose Of increasing the levy from
soc to Csc, and urging al patriotic
citizens 20 get out and work for
this tax,
Roscoe Wilson was then called
upon 80 initiate the new members
into the club he made very
impressive talk 20 Harry Ward,
manager 81 the Western Union
Telegraph Company and r /. Dug
lass, junior partner Of Wilson a
DuRass, Attorneys Before turn
nR the meeting over 90 Dude
Germany a. chairman Of the enter
tainment committee FOR the day,
Jed impressed the matter Of at
tendance 20 the weekly nnchcons
upon new members, calling atten-
ton 10 Butterflake Martin NJ an
example. lie holds record Of
100 percent attendance, and got up
of n sick bed 10 attend the lunch
con today.
Dude Germany a. chairman Of
| the entertainment committee call
ed on Mico Bnyless, the delegate
20 the international Rotary Conven-
| ton held in Los Angeles, for re-
| port, and asked him 20 tell why
~. W JcnninRa did not find him.
[ ic said the first day was taken
up with registration, and the trans.
action Of business, and the last day
was all devoted TO entertainment
/ tie explained that Jennings came
/ 20 his house 20 see him, bat that
Z be- was not there ard never could
Get in touch with him Afterwards
/ 4 more detailed report viii be-
| given 90 n later date IN the Rotary
/ items
Lieut. Cob Coppock, by order o.
hi commanding general, Is now 10
Lubbock for the purpose 81 fca,ur.
ing the citizens training camp, and
made n very interesting talk in re-
/ gard 40 militarism
M Sam Dcnman. guest u the
/ club, gave talk in regard 10 what
Lubbock citizens must do IN order
20 keep the insurance key rate
down and explained that u they
| did not do 50, the increase IN in
surance rate would be more than
the tax they would have 20 pay for
the voting Of bonds for the exten.
sion OF water, light, and sewer
mains. A full write-up Of his talk
il made In another part u IN"
paper with all Of the statistics In
regard 20 same. Do not fail 70
read b.
Roche Newton. fire chief, was
/ called upon 20 tell What the citi-
zens had In the way Of fire appa-
ratus IN Lubbock He told how IN
the early days they had hand
cart and later that they pulled this
hand cart behind an automobile,
and Il was just question n 10
whether the cart came 20 pieces or
| whether the. back seat Of the auto
mobile was pulled of or whether
they all were pulled of on che way
TO the fire. They now have 300
gallon pump, with about $50 feet
! 81 hose. From the talks u Mr.
/ Denman and Mr. Newton, Il b
very easy 20 see that we have been
lucky IN regard 20 fires, and IN
order % hold down the rates Of our
insurance, we must give additional
fire protection, and there h no
reason why every good citizen Of
Lubbock should not want H. Our
homes which have taken some Of
us years 20 build could 90 up IN
smoke IN a few minutes without %
Mayor Spencer. also guest u IN.
club, was called upon for o talk
from his standpoint. lie said that
there we're 100000 worth u de.
linquent city taxes, and that thes,
taxes should be collected, that u
was not fair 10 the tax payers Of
Lubbock for one man TO pay his
taxes and the others 10 20 unpaid
He wants the Kiwanif and Rotary
clubs and the business men Of Lub'
book 10 back him up in collecting
these taxes. He said II was nee.
essary to collect these taxes Ia
order TO buy the necessary equip
ment 10 enable Roche Newton q
protect our homes, and the bust
/ -. ,.r.rarfsy ~ uhhneL from fire