The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-10
JOS TURNER GUEST
OF ROTARY CLUB
NIGHT" MEETING OF
LOCAL ROTARIANS
Social Hour Enjoyed and Splendid
Address by the District
Governor


Tuesday night. The guests began to
assemble at the Newberry hotel at
7:3O and social hour was enjoyed
before repairing to the dining room.
The ladies and some of the regular
ladies-men" gathered on the recep-
ton floor of the hotel, while other
men. talked shop and politics and other
things down in the lobby. While the
guests were arriving the board Of
directors of the club met with the
district governor and had a thirty
minutes session, going into Rotary
matters and getting better acquainted
with Governor Joe. About eight
o'clock Lad Eskridge, Jim Moon, Fos-
ter Martin and Hal Kohn passed
among the guests handing them the
following articles: place cards, carna-
tions and ferns and Rotary paper
hats. Then the gathering took on a
festive air and laughter and good
times reigned.
Hal Kohn invited the guests down
to the main dining room where Rota-
rians and their guests were seated at
two long tables raining almost the
entire length of this spacious dining
hall. -
Ben Cromer, president Of the local
club. called the meeting to order and
DR.. Freed returned thanks, after
which Earle Babb had some singing
and then the president arose andIwsl- /
coined the guests in a very fitting and
pleasing speech. The quartet Of
Earle Babb and Mrs. Babbs Miss
Teresa Maybin arid DR.. Jno. Settler
sang several selections at this time,
with Mrs. Jim Moon ably assisting at
the piano. -
Sid Derrick was next introduced
and his subject was, "0ur Club"
which he handled in his able manner,
as is his custom, and traced the histo-
ry of the local club from its inception
on down to the present time. He !.
paused to pay tribute TO Ben Dorrity,
to whose efforts are largely response
BILE for the formation of this club. He
then passed on to the first president,
Zach Wright, and spoke feelingly Of
his efforts 20 make his club one of
the best in the district, Next trib-
ute was paid'to the pr aseht president,
Ben Cromer, and Hal Kohn, secreta-
rE. Sid Derrick is d man who be-
lieves in saying nice thirgs about a
person while they are alive and he
was extremely full of praise for Ben
and Hal, to whom he SAID the present
strength of the club Yves large re-
sponsible. He was applauded at sew
eral stages of his speech and his
three minutes passed entirely too
quick for his audience.
Just here we might pause to say
that between Earle Babb's first song
and Ben Cromer's address of well
come that an excellent dinner had
been served land consumed) and that
Sid's speech came just after the deni
tasse cups were pushed away and the
guests moved their chairs about to get
fixed for the evenings
more serious matters. The serious
ness, however, was of short duration,
for Immediately after Sid's speech the
president called on Past President
Wright for an address and what did
he do but convulse the meeting with
jokes and stories ranging all the way
from a Texas setting to local fields.
Zach emerged from the championship
title of best poetry reciter in the
club and was handed the belt as being
the best "jokester" in Newberry Ro-
tary.
Jim Moon was the next man to be
called upon and he being down for
a joke, was in his element, for if there
is any one thing Jim Moon can do it
is to tell joke we'll. He told one
but what joke that one was. Space
is too short (and too valuable) to re-
peat Zach's and Jim's jokes. After
Jim's score Ben Cromer thought that
the meeting needed something Of a
different, nature and so he asked
Earle Babb to come forward with his
quartet and the songs rendered at
this time seemed to please beyond all
measure and when the singers sat
down they received prolonged ap-