The Washington times., 1923-03-07
8 CLUBS JOIN IN
FIRST CIVIC
DINNER
600 Members March Under
the Banners of Various
Organizations.

the City Club last night for the
first joint. civic club dinner Of the
Rotary, Kiwanis, Cosmopolitan,
Lions, Civilians, Newcomers. Thir-
teen and Optimists Club. The at
fair was the first of it's kind and
speakers declared that this initial
| get-together meeting marked the
| first step of a great forward move
ment toward loyalty and service.
Singing Features Program.
A musical program. entertain.
ment and three minute speeches
kept the attention Of those attend
ing for more than three hours.
Singing by the various clubs also
featured the evening. The affair
was q success from every stand
point.
William Knowles Cooper, presi.
dent OF the Rotary Club. presided.
The various clubs marched in the
hall in body, each carrying the
banners Of their respective organ
izations. The dinner was the first
on the program. Then followed
an act from Keith's Theater.
| After-dinner speeches at many
banquets are long and firing. De
string to prevent any such occur
renee at last nights dinner Chair
man Cooper borrowed three
minute egg boiler from a local res
| taurant. He placed the boiler on
| the speakers table and allotted the
representative of each of the eight
organizations three minutes to ex-
plain the purposes of their club.
Asks Cooperation.
Ernest Greenwood spoke for
! Civitan. He declared the organize
| ton was not a luncheon club but
movement carried on by builders
of good citizenship. Later in the
evening, after the egg boiler was
temporarily out of service. Green.
wood spoke again, asking the CO.
operation of the various clubs in
helping Civitan to make a success
OF the convention to be held here
in June.
Harry Carroll took up Cosmopon.
tan's three minutes. He declared
his organization was seeking to
better conditions in this country
by bringing about better conditions
among it's citizens. The organiZa-
ton has seventy-three members and
every one was in attendance at the
dinner.
Claude Owen, recently chosen
president of the Kiwanis Club.
boiled another egg. He told of the
clubs work to better living con-
ditions of the underprivileged child.
| pointing out that the club recently
| appropriated $1,000 for Camp Good
VIII. Speaking of the national or
ganization, he said there were 700
clubs with a membership of 10000.
Pastor Speaks for Lions.
The Rev. George Dudley, who is
pastor of a church (which is di-
rectly across from a we'll known
Fourteenth street moving picture
theater," told the gathering all
about the Lions Club. He said the
organizations motto was service,
and reviewed briefly the clubs work
among the men, women and child
rem Of the city who are either for
eign born or unacquainted with the
customs of the country.
The Newcomers chose Harry ".
Marsh. of Evansville, Ind. as their
/ speaking representative. His speech
passed the three-minute mark, but
Chairman Cooper gave him an
another minute. Hc said the club
was organized to bring the new
Corners in the city in contact with
residents here and to make them
at home.
Smiling all the time, Raymond
Dickey told about the Optimists
| Club. He said members of the or
ganiZation don't believe in worry
ing over troubles. He said they're
always smiling. always helping and
always looking on the bright side
of everything.
| Poole Tells of Rotary.
Rotary stands for both the prac-
teal and ideal betterment of the in.
dividual, John Poole told the diners.
His speech was the shortest of the
evening, and he was given a big
hand He told how the organiza-'
ton promoted friendship and CO.
operation among business men Of
the city.
Ben A. LeFeVre, representing the
| Thirteen Club, declared the organi-
zation was formed to help its mem
bers train themselves to speak in
! public. He declared that many a
business man was handicapped
through his inability to make an
address when called upon unexpect-
| eddy. He also said members are
trained in parliamentary procedure.
Secretary Wallace Speaks.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
made a brief address in which he
told the members that all business
enterprises have a dependence one
upon another. He declared that ag-
riculture, commerce and business
are each interdependent
George O'Connor, assisted at the
piano by Matt Horne, sang several of
his own compositions. and Mrs.
Louis A. Potter gave vocal selec-
tons with her husband at the