The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-25
ROTE
CLUB TALLIES
100 PER CENT

Tuesdays Rotary meeting was ore
of the best in the history of the ln"Ii
club. President Sandford Jewe;t was
happy as a king in announcing lhai
in all probability this week wal d
band up another 100 per cent attend
ance cord. The only absentee WAS
Eotarian ]. +. Ward, who Was eXpcl =
ed to attend luncheon AT Jackson
Vile or St Augustine. thus comn!ct-
ing the requisite number to enable
the Lakeland club to get in on ~"
top notch.
Tuesdays meeting was also unusual
because Of the large attendance ol
visiting Rotarians and special guests.
These included Mr.. Agrass a former
Lakeland resident. Ernest WilliHos,
who is now associated with the ". l..
King Insurance Ag neg, Carl y
Bethel. of West HOllingswood, y. j..
c. W. Ashcroft. 4 prominent mo- )er
of the Rotary Club. of Florence. Ma
hama and president of the FlorcNco
Chamber of Commerce. Whe Ter Toll
bert. of Columbus. Georgia. II. Fie!G"
Saumering of the Rotary Club Of
Rome, Georgia. and Re- W. j. BI'in.
rastor of the First Baptist Churca. 81:
Lakeland.
The two speakers on the re"3.a"
education program were Rc' ram
OFT and Appleyard. Rolarian or toll
ing of his delightful Rotarian cy' r.
fences in Cincinnati. Ohio, and nj
cago, Illinois. and Rotarian Apple ri
reporting on his recent trip TO Taila
hassee and what was done a ''o
State Roads meeting. and also SIR 's-
ing the Importance of the mover Mt
undertaken by the Traffic Equal a
:ion League to secure the adoption Of
" hat is known as the long and shlr.
haul clause
An intensely interesting talk wee
given by Rotorian Ashcroft of N'or-
cnca. who is thoroughly familiar wiz
all details of the Muscle Shoals aro
ject. He went irto detail Gov rims
the size CT the Wilson dam ard Of tho
enormoud program of Henry Ford
who has in view the development Oi ::
100000 cl eric horse power from thc
Wilson dam. and an additional 250,oHc
h. p. from another dam siXtcen mi'"s
further uD tho = Il CSsCe River. max
ing a to'al Of $4,000 h. p. Of electric
energy. According TO 20 Irian Asl-
croft, il is estimated h" Mr.. Ford tlo'
he viii /. able 20 employ " !eas' .,
900 600 people in the various in1us-
tries that win use this electric pow T
these industria- TO h. located in Clc
model city the like % which the We" d
has never seen. II was also sire IS Vi
that Henry Ford is not planning ills
for personal game, but as demon
stratiou Of what can he accomplished
for the general wolfare whea se'fis'
motives are displaced by iho brcadri
principles Of s@rvice.
Rev. w. j. 3olin paid a fine tribute
to the Ro;arian spirit as evidenced in
Lake and and spoke enthusiastically
of Lakelard's great future.
President Jewott appointed Rotar-
ians Sn ad, Irwin. ard PAU Collins Hs
2 committee to interview the CT y
commissioners asking that the CITY
make provision to properly secure the
benches placed around Lakes Wire
pud Morton ct the eXD nse Of the Ro-
tarv Cub. Some Of these benches
have been stolen and Others have been
thrown into the lakes
Another committee appointed is
composed of Rotarians Appleyard,
Moore, end Pinch. who are delegated
TO see that Frank Stockdale who will
10 here next week conducting the
Merchants Institute. is a guest at
paxf Tuaqdav'c Rotary luncheon