Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-15
PROVIDENCE IN INDIAN CARE
 AT ROTARY FINAL BREAkFAs7

Ine Tall conclave Of the New Eng land Rotary club which opened Mon | day at the Griswold, Easten Point. came to an end Thursday when the ], 900 or more Rotarians took their l departure and started on their home ward journey.
 Thursday mornings breakfast which was in charge. of the Providence club, terminated the festivities. The Prov idence club paraded in front of the Hotel Thursday morning attired as Narragansett Indians
 Pep in Social Evening.
 The meeting of "wednesday night was in charge of the New. London Rotarians and was filled with pep from the tirns that the New London club marched in-' to the dining hall to the time when the darkening of the dining hall meant. that the All Rotary Minstrel was ready to begin.
 To start things going in the dining hall fJim" Hammond of New London lined up the 100 waitresses and bus boys and while the orchestra played Smiles the girls and young men headed by "Jim' marched up and down the dining hall, all Rotarians standing and cheering as they passed by.
 Another novel feature was the Hart ford clubs presentation of a bouquet to Jim Sullivan, president of the New Lon don club. Each man with a napkin tucked into his belt. looked like regular old time bartenders. and as they march Cd they sang How Dry I Am.
 A feature introduced by the Spring held Rotarians was song by willie Taft" one of the boy entertainers of the Boys club of the SprinField group. Willie from his stand atop 1.-the piano pleasingly rendered April Showers. Throughout the dinner there were cheers by members of the New England clubs at the conclave, club songs, and
 group singing led by the high speed song leade rof the Whale City club. x An outburst of applause with many l cheers followed Jim Hammond's an-
 nouncement that Rotarian Charles A. Templeton of the Waterbury club had
 received the republican nomination for governor of the state of Connecticut 1 The first speaker of the evening was Jim Sullivan. president of the New London club, who asked the Rotarians | if they had enjoyed themselves at tho
 conclave and Jim found out they did
 mighty quick after he had asked fol the expression.
 The next speaker called to the stand
 was Silent Joe Chappell, who stated
 that it had indeed been a pleasure tc | attend the conclave and mix with st many people all out for the same pur pose. Here in historical old New Lon don. he said, we of New England hay'
 been given opportunity to renew ou | pledges to our great land. This con clave has been the greatest in the his tory of New England Rotary, and ha been supported by the women of Rotar.
 as never before. This may be the las all New England conclave. but althougl New England Rotary has been separ
 ated 1t can never, thank God. be di
 vorced. Rotary brings us all closer to
 gether and when at Los Angeles at tn
 international convention. 2s nations me
 for the same purpose, this statement be
 came. reality to me and to 12o Ney
 England Rotarians here at the conclav that also attended the convention at Lo
 Angeles.
 The principal speaker of the .evenin was Rev. J. .Romeyn Danforth. intrt duced by President Sullivan. as sky pilot of the New London club. and a
 fine man as any Rotary club coul
 boast
 In part Rev MT Danforth spoke a follows: I am glad to see so many Ia ;, dies here for the ladies are just a much Rotarians as the men are. Thel U Is no need of disguise when one come
 into rotary, we find an entrance iHt z Rotary because we like to work not b. cause we are war-worn or just recruit ! in the service. but because we are a. tive. and that is why Rotary Is so fu : of pep and power.
 T We sometimes condemn the seeming narrow vicws of the Pilgrim forefatl ers who landed on the cold bleak shor, 1 rz7,. pie were giving service above self. Fro 2 2 this little beginning at Plymouth Roc Il and in the Massachusetts colony the,
 sprang up the little branch goyernmen
 all over New England. Strangers can here knowing that the government Il these villages was good. At first the c l. inhabitants were suspicious of ther
 called them foreigners or aliens ar S would have none of them. These pc e rle learned that only through servi e could they become a part of the peep Y of the new land and they did serve un, ]. they made themselves needed in u j. government.
 Here in New England the climate r not adapted for those who wish to p1al d their field in the spring and. then 2 l. down and wait until fall and reap .- bumper harvest. Here in New Englar Il one must work in order to live. It ", q this same spirit of willingness to wol
 that caused the Pilgrim fathers to clea y the ground and work for, their lives. > It was this same spirit that sent tl = pioneers out from New England to Il J. far west 1t was the world-old spir e taught by Christ when he washed |
 feet of his disciples, Service Abo' s Self" This Is what the early settle l. of New England did, they put servi s above self, and when you return to vol r homes after this conclave, thank God f l. two things, for New England, and f l. the Rotary spirit that made New En e land what 1t Is today.
 J. Following the speaking the All-Rotal
 vaudeville was given in the ball rooi l. every one of the eleven numbers wi W ming applause from a delighted audienc VI Henry LaFontaine, the Norwich pia E ist, came first on the program and vi y given a big hand when he appeared { J stage. Several beautiful selections we 1T played by this talented artist. and Ne I, England Rotarians demanded sever g encores before allowing the next act Y appear. Another number that went b V was by the Springfield club, two picc l. ninnies dressed on the same lines of | i famous black twins, boxed, wrestied al
 cloE-danced much to the amusement
 the audience The closing number
 the program and the feature of the ev ming was the ninstre1s of the Hartfo L. club. Fine singing. snappy jokes on R = tarfans everywhere, dancing, talkir = sketches, and jazz numbers galore we d on the bill and the Ail-Rotary vaud s vile was only brought to close aft m several encores by the minstrel men.