Arizona republican., 1922-02-23
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To FLORENCE IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Kiwanians And Rotarians
From Five Cities Meet
To Further Spirit Of
Fellowship In Arizona

Despite wintry tang in the air
which came from snow covered
peaks and lowering skies, Florence,
queen city of the Casa Grande valley,
played excellent hostess yesterday to
more than 800 Arizona blsiness men
who had gathered there from Phoe-
nix, Mesa, Tucson. Nogales and
Miami in undoubtedly the greatest
get together" gathering the state
has ever had. The occasion was the
sociability run which had been ar
ranged by the Kiwanis and Rotary
clubs of these five cities 10 advance
the same spirit of service and CO
operation among the communities as
is the ideal among their members.
Although it had rained pitchforks.
or nearly that, Monday evening,
about 100 Phoenix Kiwanians and
Rotarians gathered at the Central
school block at s o'clock yesterday
morning-only to find that they were
to follow several automobiles full of
enthusiasts who had left at 6. 30
O'Clock. The promise of more rain
which was carried IN the heavy
clouds was dissipated by the sun as
it rose higher in the heavens, and BY
the time the cavalcade was a little
beyond Mesa the sky was bright, the
road proved to be in excellent condi-
ton, and without mishap the entire
local delegation landed in Florence at
noon.
Right behind the Phoenicians came
the Mesa Rotarians, With Tucson,
Nogales and Miami already on the
L. 1, q. ,spa RI "
to be served. Great joints of beef
sinmered over the fires, almost
bursting with their delicious juices:
a pot of beans fit for Goliath was
boiling nearby: clouds of steam were
rising from the largest coffee pot in
the casa Grande valley-and with all
these good things were the members
of the Florence Woman's club to
serve them and to make their guests
feel right at home.
Bands Are Present
When the Phoenix delegation ar
rived a pleasant surprise in the form
of the Tucson high school band was
filling the Florence high school
grounds (where the barbecue was
heidi with fine melody, and then,
when the boys of the Phoenix Indian
school had warmed their fingers and
shifted at the odors coming from the
cooking pits, they gave an added ZIP
to the affair.
Leo Weaver, chairman OF the Phoe-
nix Kiwanis club. committee on the
run. then made an announcement
which had been eagerly awaited.
Dinner was ready. In a trice the
lines were formed, and in another
that may mean-the
eatables were disappearing. The
band boys stood it as long s they
could. and then they, too, scattered
around the high school auditorium
with plates filled to overflowing,
That no time should be lost, WeaV-
er started the speaking program as
soon as the clubmen had gotten a
real start on the barbecue. j. y;
Keating, mayor OF Florence, opened
the ball by stirring welcome TO the
visitors, and then Weaver introduced
the chairman Of the day-Herpert
Drachman of Tucson.
Speeches Are Brisk
Drachman paid the respects OF the
Old Pueblo TO the citizens OF its Sis
ter cities in a rousing Rotarian
speech, which was followed by an
other in the same order by Kiwanlan
Harry Heighton. Charles Willis,
Phoenix Kiwanian, then took the
stand, and after him Clarence Boyn-