Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-08
Rotary Convention
At junction Big Affair

rye INTERIOR - As SNOW Dr. H4tn tEuiC-
al student a. home among his pipes
ale psrEl---- TIE appearance Of a
ballet dancer. clad In rosy chiffon land
not uueH sl5eI. Introduced the pro; Of
the problem play. which deepercI To-
tragedy a. the girl Of his heart and
her mother came 90 make an uueE-
pectnd vi=It. The aEf, was very clev-
eF.y worked out
PanuIa put on q variation IL the
popular Mr.. Gallagher and Mr.
SheaH" stunt, showing 'Tubby Mitch
eli' the club doctor, 10 the role Of
DR. Rotary, 20 whom came Inning
Era1d Junction, NUHtrgss. Delta and
. GgnEleuU for cure for their very
apparent ills. Grand functions case
Eas diagnosed a. growing pains from
too rapid growth; N0UrToHe was urged
ip Stop running around with the bays
and 90 settle down. Delta appeared
clad .n . barrel that replaced the Fam
l.ar and racCs sag clothing that had
been I"e; In poker game, was oper-
aied on for removal Of seIhshusss
and Jealousy, Gum E0u, the cold
timer, t0t-Cred in ON a faltering
cane, but was given a new lease 81
life and zslpped out again as young
as the rest. Paoula Of course. need
ed uu medicine.
huHEl#aE choose Do enter some Of
the httcst of the VARIOUS clubs IN a
stunt that combined toy red balloons
and small whccIbarrowz Art FAIR
bank 81 Delta. Nib. I.a-hhrook Of
GuHu.E1r. Joe Hartman Of Moutrose,
Ted Armstrong Of Pa0uia and Prof.
Iupa uf Grand Junction were named
by their clubs 10 enter q chariot race
,ha, called for carrying three Of the
balloons across the stage and back in
tiny wheeIbarrows. Prof. Topc won
all bets for his club.
huHtrpse put on a vaudeville stunt,
featuring some clever little hits at
p Western Slope people.
Last came the Grand Junction
stunt, IN which Harry B. Jones acted 4
as the Tex Richard, who promoted n /
boxing match between c. r Ross and
Oh" n. Nelson. All the preliminaries I
OF real tight were there, and when 4
the fatal bell tolled OF the beginning
( Of the first round. the two fighters /
prarg AT each other in a most pro
fesslonal manner.
Space does not permit Us 10 detail I
all the doings Of Saturday. which be- /
gan with a parade Of IS autos full
Of iS0tarianS. At the La Court hotel 4
n noon, the men sat down to a fine
dinner which was interpreted with 4
songs. speeches and laughablc Incl .
deuts peculiar to a Rotary dinner /
{ GuHnisoH band members were among
the guests and four Of the members
Jay Miller, Hugh Palmer. Fred Stev.
ems and Col. Mckee, played several
SaNaphOne numbers to the great de-
light OF the audience
The Rotary luncheon for the Rotar-
annas at the Country Club at the
same hour as the La Court luncheon.
was most elaborate and beautiful
affair. Boxes Of candy from Miller
and carnations from Watson's Floral
company were the fayors of the day
and the decorations We're most elabor-
ate On the program were songs by
Mrs. Alberta JorgcnSen of Gunnison:
Mr.. Lillian Nichols of Paonia: Mrs
Grove of Delta. Mrs. VIM. Buthorn
gave the welcome speech, and Mrs.
Arthur Craig of Paonia responded.
Music was furnished by the Myers
Fetzer orchstra. Mrs. G. c. Cary
gave the invocation. Covers were
laid for 1875.
Following the dinner, the men
wandered about town, pitched horse
shoes and wound up with a plunge in
the famous Meyer pool, one of Grand
Junction's show places for visitors.
Here the ladies joined them at four
o'clock.
The evening banquet was at seven
o'clock at La Court, and was preceded
by an hours concert BY the Gunnison
band, which everywhere proved an
attraction. The banquet was n very
gay affair at which $50 participated.
Included among the ,oasts were adj
dresses by DR.. f. NJ. Russell and
Judge Clifford Stone of Gunnison.
Later the tables were cleared away
and everybody danced till twelve
everybody except those too tired TO
remain for the last festivities.
Rotarians We're struggling into
Gunnison as late rs Monday even
ing's train, all reporting a most Won
derful time, and what was best about
the whole entertainment has been the
strengthening of the bonds of neigh
borly kindness, the acquaintance with
and belief in each other, which this
intercity gathering of five leading
towns of Western Colorado has put
over. Gunnison started the bali
rolling by her entertainment of Ro-
| tarians last year July, Grand juno I
/ ton has bettered the program, and |
no doubt this will be followed in turn
by Montrose, Paonia and Delta
| Gunnisonites who attended included I
the band of thirty pieces; President /
Lon Hogan of the Gunnison club, and |
Mrs. Hogan: Messrs and Mesdames
B. II. Jorgensen, F. f. keenan,, Jos. I
McDermott, E. G. Palmer. E. NJ. Rus
sell, H. II. Fogg. George Sullivan, W. !
Verne Mauer, Grant Rutland, F. Geo. |
Damson, Theo. Kruger, A. E. Wins
low, John c. johnson. Also Clifford H. 1
Stone, Henry F. Lake Jr, E. NJ.
| Nourse and daughter, Miss Eliza
beth, L. B. Lashbrook and Miss Kath- |
crime Gardner, Mrs. A. C. Miller, Miss
nellie Eastman and F. d. Mckee.