Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-14

being held at The Griswo1d, at Eastern | Point, was full of pep and ginger froms early morning until late in the evening and was one of the most enjoyable days of the fall gathering The days program | included the breakfast meeting in charge | of the Worcester ciub, a sightseeing tour ! up one side of the beautiful Thames river | through historic Norwich and down the | other side to New London, the monday l luncheon under the direction of the New | Haven club, sports. seasled trips, hydro | plane flights, diving exhibition and a | submarine exhibition in the afternoon. In 1 the evening came the dinner in charge of | the New London club followed by the | All-Rotary vaudeville and informal | dancing.
 Family Reunion Spirit.
 The attendance at the concIave on the third day was somewhat smaller than on the two previous days, but what it lacked | in numbers 1t certainly made up in en- thusiasm, and the gathering took on the appearance of a big family reunion. The real spirit of Rotary fellowship. with its hearty handclasp and cheery greeting, predondnated throughout the day. l.. The breakfast meeting which started off the day in the right way was in charge of the Worcester club and showed that the old adage of Sing before break fast and you'll weep before night" was all wrong, for it was "Sing before break fast and you sing and laugh all day" Fen Leavitt of the Worcester club pre- sided and kept things moving during the breakfast hour. As a special feature Capt. Harry Walker, a Civil war veteran, ! with whom Time has dealt kindly, drum med and bugled his way into the hearts of the Rotarians Capt Harry is past | the IS mark. and still going strong, be- 1 ing at present on a we'll known vaudeville circuit Another pleasing feature was the tenor solos of Lew Walker, noted bling singer. of Taunton, Mass Mir l Walker possesses clear and striking tenor and his selections were received with enthusiasm by the Rotarians There was the usual spirited chorus singing by
 the various clubs number introducing
 their own favorite.
 Sightseeing Auto Tour.
 Following the breakfast, some 300 Ro-
 tarians and guests in about 30 cars took
 sightseeing trip up the east bank of the beautiful Thames over the Military highway The caravan stopped at the 1 sub-base for a few minutes and then
 proceeded to Norwich, where the process sion moved up Broadway to the Norwich Town Green, and circlng this historic
 square came back to 4he Slater museum, where many took an opportunity to visit | the art exhibit. They then went down
 Washington street and out through Thanesville down the west side of the
 rivert through Mohegan to New London. and back to the hotel. The Rotarians 1 were given a hearty welcome along the l way and were generous in the praise of l the beauty spots that they had visited
 during their S5-mfTe trip.
 Executives Held Business session.
 While the sightseeing trip was on, the
 executives of the 3oth and 31st districts
 met for a business session to discuss club problems and activities. Donald A. Adams presided at the meeting of the l executives of the 3oth district and Judge 1 Robert ". Hill presided at the meeting
 of the executives of the S1st district At the business sessions there was consid- erable discussion on attendance and also on the matter of dscontinuing the noon day meetings during the summer months I The general opinion of the club execu- 4 tives was that no meetings should be
 omitted and that the meetings should be held at noon rather than in the evening,
 except on special occasions.
 .i The New Haven club. headed by Rota- rian Irvif1e A. May, president notored to The Griswold to take charge of the luncheon meeting. The New Haven boys
 and girls numbered about 100 strong and conducted as snappy meeting as any of the three days. After the New Haven !, crowd had marched through the hotel to the large dining room.. accompanied by , the Second Company Foot Guard band,
 and taken possession of the dining hall,
 the Maiden club, about 40 strong, march
 ed in carrying American flags and big !. parasols with Maiden" printed on them. The Maiden club was greeted by cheers from the New Haven boys, and President | i in returning the compliment
 During the luncheon there was some , very snappy singing by the various clubs with New Haven leading. After the luncheon Milon Stone, baritone soloist oi
 the New Haven club. sang two beautiful
 selections and was forced to respond tc
 insistent applause. A feature of the luncheon was the review Five Years o Rotary" given by the present president of the New Haven club and the four past
 presidents: Jim Thwing, 1921-1s22; Mur
 ray Sargent, 1s2o-1s21; Don Adams y 191s-1920; George Bassett. 1s17-1s1S : Past President Bassett was the frs s president of the club and It's successful | growth Is due largely to his excellen :. administration during the first two years k Each of the speakers made a short review
 | of the activities of the club during thei ', administration and also gave some of tn, :. outstanding features of Rotary that mak q successful club.
 Afternoon Features.
 , During the afternoon there were man. ,, features to entertain the guests who dir
 not participate in the golf and tenni !. programs. The. first feature was tn k stunt performing exhibition of the U. S ,. submarine N-3, Lieut.. Quackenbush, com : mander. The N-3 came down the har : bor and without any prehminaries dis |. appeared beneath the surface and, run
 hing submerged, appeared again about
 half mile below the hotel Returning t
 a position directly in front of the hote : the submarine went through series o
 submerging stunts and then went of u ' the river with the signalman wiEwaggin . greetings to the Rotarians.
 Another featurs of the afternoon pro
 gram was the diving exhibition by Capt ; J. Alfred Paulberg, who is with the T. 4 t Scott company. Captain Panlberg in hi " fast exhibition went down in about 2
 feet of water near the dock and wake
 along the bottom for some distance C When he came to the surface for the frs 4 time he brought up a relic that brough e back fond recollections to many on tn ', dock-it was a champagne bottle. H ,- went down several other times an A brought up numerous articles such a h lost golf balls and other things that ha
 been dropped from the dock Captai '. Paulberg is 75 years old and has bee a engaged actively in diving for the pas n 1 50 years. He is the oldest diver in tn
 world actively engaged in his profession
 Many of the Rotarians and their wive
 enjoyed trips about the harbor in one
 the fast seas1eds of the Seasled cornpan