The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-14
ROTARY NOTES
by l.. r. Martin

nesdays luncheon Of Lubbock Ro-
tary Club, Il was pleasure Of the
Committee on entertainment for the
day 90 know that they made the
right selection Of place for their
luncheon. The menu was the best
ever and the Manhattan manage
mcnt and their chef are 10 be con-
graduated on the preparation and
service rendered. II always puts
men In q good humor 10 partake Of
rcpast such as was served and
when the Club was called upon to
sing America" Il seemed that ey-
cry one responded You can inn
agine what II was like when over
fifty men raise their voices in the
harmony Of song, after Woody had
asked the blessing. Does this Ro-
tary Spirit mean anything 10 q
town where men band themselves
together for anything that Is for
the public good. Il makes you stop
and think Of what DR.. Burwell
said: For none Of us liveth 20
himself, and no man dicth 20 him
self" II Is that spirit which has
made Rotarian membership increase
from only 10 members In 1908 TO
1900 In 1911, with 27,000 in 1916
and $4,000 in 1929. Rotary is now
in % different countries and still
growing A man cannot be rotar-
ian without being n better man
than when he was first made n Ro-
tartan. After the introduction Of
the guests, Rev. DR.. Burwell made
a short talk, thanking the Club for
rs hospitality 90 him while in the
city and kindly extended an invita-
tion 10 the Club 70 attend the Pres
byerian Church Sunday morning,
February 18th, 10 hear him preach.
II has been the pleasure Of the Club
20 listen 70 some Of the Doctors
short talks before the Club and you
can depend on hearing something
worth while II you attend his church
on the morning Of the 18th or Sun
day next.
Rotarian J. a. Medlock was two
minute man, and made n good talk
on service. Medlock is a 100 per
cent Rotarian In attendance. Some
record. He not only Is present him
self at every meeting, but Ms n rule
he brings some friend with him, and
that friend goes away saying that
Is live bunch Of fellows who are
doing good work. Wish ! could Join
and II his classification Is not taken
and he Is the right kind Of timber
20 make n ROtarinn out II the first
thing you know he IS IN the band
wagon and thus Rotary grows. The
Golden rule and service above self
r. /. (Lish) Robertson, while
away attended other Rotary clubs
and said one Of the noticeable things
was the attendance at these clubs,
and another was the singing. When
Rotarian Harry l.. RuRgles, one OF
the original 10 members IN Chica-
go, introduced song" into Rotary
he certainly did wonderful thing
for Rotnrians
A half hour Is almost too short
a time 10 pull Off the entertain
ment end Of the Rotary luncheons,
especially when you have such bril-
liant speakers as X A Baldwin, ~
Slaton II takes him that long 90
get wound up, some say, but he
made a good talk even n he did 20
10 AspermOnt 10 build railroad.
His heart Is with Lubbock and we
were all glad 10 hear him ackn0wl-
edge the people Of Lubbock had
been kind 10 him n he will only
notify the Club when he will be In
town again on Rotary day they can
arrange 20 have him on the regular
speaking program and give him
more time. IL was a pleasure 70
have him with us NJ luncheon and
trust he will como again.
John Dalrymple has been trying
TO explain about a bird, or a bird
cage, ever since he returned from
jefferson and you can imagine the
surprise Of Chairman La when he
called upon him for a talk Of what
he had been doing since leaving
Lubbock, that he got up and started
10 talk about birds.
Judge W. II. Bledsoe was the
principal speaker Of the luncheon,
but was so busy that he would not
have given US a thought II Chair
man Lu had not gone up to his Of
flee and camped until he could drag
him down 10 luncheon. After he
got through landing on Baldwin for
running over his allotted five min
utes and for going to Aspermont
to build a railroad and calling at
tention 10 the fact that the foreman
Of the Grand Jury, (Edwards) Of
Slaton, and a sheriff of Hockey
Coupfv In tnu ~ Hud Ioneq he