The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-09
ROTARY LUNCHEON

: to the senior class Oh NeWOerry col
, lege and the lobby of the Newberr!
hotel was all abustle about one-ffteer
when the seniors and Rctarians be
gan and start to having a genuine
, good time and get to know each 9th
er. Sixty-one had gathered wher
the main dining room was thrown
open and the co-eds, each with Ro
, tartan on either arm, led the process
sion to the two long tables which hac
, been spread and specially decorated
in scarlet and grey for the occasion
Many gay flowers added to the charm
of the dining room and with the pret
. ty goods it was indeed an unusua
gathering and one not soon to be for
, got.
After all were seated Zach Wright
appeared at the door with two other
guests who, though invited, came as
a surprise to most of the diners, for
Miss Carolyn Cromer, daughter of
the retiring president Ben Cromer
and Mrs. E. H. Kibler, the wife of the
incoming president, Hask Kibler. The
entrance of Zach with the two addl-
tional guests caused Hask Kibler to
most have to call Bob Mayes for first
aid, but before the dinner was half
over he had completely recovered, as
the record will later show.
Sixty-fve plates had been set and
the four unused represented the base
ball players who are members of the
senior class who were unable to be
! present on account of the Furman
game that afternoon and upon mo-
ton of Ben Cromer the club express
ed it's regret that they were unable to
attend and extended to them an invi-
tation to be the> guest at the next
luncheon.
: Ben Cromer was presiding and af-
ter grace by Earle Babb several songs
were sung, and then the menu was
the thing for the next twenty min
utes. With the first lull in the SER
vice Zach Wright was asked to say a
word of welcome to the seniors and
! Zach did this right nobly. He is a
pleasing speaker at all times but he
shines at Rotary luncheons, for the
Rotarians love good jokes and they
humor Zach by giving him rapt atten-
ton when he tells one of his jokes to
! illustrate his point. Zach had sever
al jokes and stories in his welcome
speech and properly conveyed the
warm welcome to the class of 1922
which the Rotarians hold deep down
in their hearts for the graduating
class of our college Miss Gaillard
responded in behalf of the co-eds and
Earl Kinard for the entire class. Both
of the collegians made fine responses
and received generous applause.
After this Earle Babb led out his
Razoo sextette, composed of Hask
Kibler, Jim Moon, Harry Dominick,
Ben Dorrity, Jim Kinard and the
leader, and he gave the club some
thing entirely new in the way of mus
ical entertainment. This part of the
program was a scream and they re-
sponded to several encores and prob
ably would have been "Razooing" un-
til now if jim Moon had not spied
the ice cream and cake which had
been brought around and this broke
up the sextette for the time being.
Ben Cromer arose, after the desert
was served, and asked all the direc-
tors to arise. Hask Kibler, Bill Wall
lace, Henry Wells, Earle Babb, Sid
Derrick's and Harry Dominick stood
Derrick and Harry Dorninick stood
were the men whom they had elected
to guide the destinies of the club for
the next twelve months. They were
given the glad hand. Then the pres
ident elect Hask Kibler was asked to
stand up and be inducted into office,
after which Ben Cromer, in a very
happy way, turned over the gavel to
his successor and wished him well.
Hask was given a rousing welcome
which showed that the members were
for him good and strong and he pro-
ceeded to make a very fine address,
in which he told the club that they
must stand behind him and he stress
ed the point that they must be close
enough behind him so that they could
help him and he promised that if they
would cooperate with him that all to-
gether would make this banner
year for the Rotary club of Newber-
ry. Hask really surprised everyone
with the grace and ease with which he
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