The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-02
FAIRMONT CLUB
ACCEPTS ROTARY
WHEEL AT LUNCH
Presentation Made Today by
MoundsviIIe Rotarians at
Meeting Here.

Today's meeting Of the Rotary
Club was given to the ceremony
incident to the presentation and
acceptance of the Rotary wheel.
which was originated In Wheeling
and was started on tour Of the
twenty-fourth district OF Rotary
two weeks ago with the city of
Charleston as its final destination.
The function of the Rotary wheel.
as understood by Rotarians. is TO
serve as an inspiration for interest
and attendance at the Charleston
conference to be held next March.
1t will travel from one club to an
other. week by week, and will
eventually rest before the confer.
ence gathering in the capitol city.
Fairmont Is the third city in the
district which mas enjoyed the Ro.
tary wheel ceremony. 1t was first
delivered to the Wheeling Rotary
Club, from which point 1t was car.
ried on to the Moundsville club by
a committee OF Wheeling Rotarians.
Moundsville brought the wheel to
Fairmont today and on next Thurs.
day Fairmont will convey 1t to Nor.
gantown. It will travel from club
to club withesinlilar ceremony al
each weekly presentation.
, The Rotary wheel. is a reproddc,
tion Of the Rotary emblem, which
Is familiar to nearly everybody
everywhere, both Rotarians AID
non.Rotarians. Its six spokes are
symbolic Of the fundamental fea.
lures Of Rotary and as the spokes
were turned during the presenta.
ton ceremony u member Of the
Moundsvi!le committee delivered a
brief talk on the subjects represent.
cd by the respective spokes,
President Harold Gauset Of the
Moundsville club first introduced
Rotarlan Mert syhert, who talk
cd on Classification, represented
by the first spoke in the wheel,
lie stated that to be good Ro.
tartan a man first must be properly
classified in the membership list
ing and then with that foundation
in his favor he was best able to
render service to other men IN
his craft who were not Rotarians,
In other words, by being a roAl
Rotarian possessed Of a true con-
ception of service to his fellow
men one could carry on the prin-
ciples Of Of Rotary service TO hig
business associates to tho ultimate
good Of the community, he sail.
Mr.. Seybert remarked that Ro-
turiani is made by making good In
hts business and In bis service 20
society-that the best Rotar:an Is
the man who renders best service
to his fellow men.
Roger B. McKahan represented
the second spoke in the Rotary
wheel with a talk on Attendance"
and particularly held that Rotarians
were not expected to gain a perfect
attendance record for the mere sake
OF the record but rather for the
good in association, cooperation
and uplift that meeting together
with other .Rotarlans was bound 70
develop.
Benjamin r. Hodgeman talked for
the third spoke on Fellowship"
Charles Carrigan, the well known
Moundsville lawyer, was fourth and
spoke on Service" and Roy G.
Loudin, secretary OF the Mounds
vile club, talked on "Co.operation'
for the fifth spoke in the wheel.
Following the five heretofore named
President Gauset ended the pre-.
sentation by dwelling upon tho
breadth and vision, of Rotary as en-.
emplified by It's growth to q mem.
bership approximuting 10000 and
fits representation with upward TO
1900 clubs in twenty.tour countries
on the globe. The sixth spoke in
the wheel is named Rotary Inter.
national"
Following the final presentation
President Bob Miller Of the Local
club accepted the Rotary wheel
and pledged the local membershlp
to safely convey and present fl to
the Morgantown club next Thurs
day. The committee appointed for
that service is composed OF Joseph
Roster, Smith Hood, ]. z. watson,
Jr., Henry Lively, NJ. L. Brown,
NJ. L. Jacobs and Lamar Satter.
field. Lamar's special function will
be TO carry on" the live wire Ro.
tary song which was introduced by
the Moundsville aggregation and
which is sung to a lively, quickstep
tune. II goes as follows.
Rotary will go round round, round
the word.
Rotary will go round, round, round
the world.
And II. II shonld start for the stars.
the darn thing will 50 up 70 Mars.
Rotary viii so round round, round