New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
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 BY LEON A. SPRAGUE
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of men to a realization of their civic
 duties, as is evidenced by the fac
 that the hotel drive, Chamber O
 Commerce, drives, United Communit,
 drives, Salvation Army drives, trans
 porting crippled children to Yale col,
 lege to see the annual football game:
 and many other such affairs are head
 cd in large by prominent Rotarians.
 The club has financed for two years
 the expenses of Dr. Charles E. Bar
 ker, who gives beneficial talks on so-
 ciai hygiene to the members of the
 New Britain High school. to fathers
 and mothers of the city and 10 mem
 bers of the high school club Of the
 |. NJ. C. 4.
 The club now is planning for big
 Boys Week. celebration, has estab- ! lished a. Boy Scout troop and takes a
 big interest in boys. It provides 1 Christmas baskets for needy families
 every year and had at times gone to
 the George Junior Republic and the
 Klingberg Children's Home to supply
 amusement and entertainment for the
 children.
 1 Civic Activities.
 { The club also is fostering a move
 ment at this time in the interests Of
 a further development of community 1 spirit of getting theIchamber of Com
 merce members, Kiwanis and Lion
 ciubmen together with the Rotary
 club at least once a month for the ! purpose of discussing community ! problems. hearing a good address and becoming bettre acquainted.
 The club is starting a movement to-
 wards the forming of a permanent or 1 ganization to be known as the Safety | First" council, with the object of ! keeping safety first agitation before i the public throughout the entire year instead of a single week in the year
 and 10 keep New Britain among the lowest cities in the number of acci- dents throughout the state.
 The club took an interest in the Girl Scout drum corps and helped to provide the uniforms. It took charge Of the collection Of clothing for the Near East relief drive for the past three years.
 Since the formation of the Rotary , club in New Britain, that organiza- ton has brought to- the city a large number of speakers of national and international prominence and many important questions before the pub lie have been discussed at first hand.
 Prominent Speakers.
 Among the more prominent speak ersers were such men as Dr. George J. Fisher. national executive Of the Boy Scouts Of America: and the following: c. l.. Bardo, general manager New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- load; Thomas F. l.. Henderson, La Sale university; Dr. Stanley H. Os- borne, state health commissioner; President Benjamin T. Marshall, Con- 1 necticut college: H. c. Knight, gem oral manager Southern New England l Telcp' me Co.,: Christ ]. Atkinson, na- l tionai secretary of the Federation of l Boys clubs Of America: Charles J. l Bennett. state highway commissioner; i s. Wales Dixon, president of the Play 1 ground association of America; Floyd i Haviland, superintendent of the Mid l dletown state hospital: Walter O. Fil- 1 ley, state forester: Lucius P. S. Storrs, 1 president Connecticut Co.,; R. B. stoeckle, state motor vehicle commits sioner; C, l.. Campbell. general man. ager Connecticut Light and Power Co.,; Hugh O'Donnell. New York Times; Alfred c. Fones, of Bridge port, founder of dental clinic Of Con- necticnt; Rev. Dr. Orville A. Petty, New Haven, lecturer Of Yale divinity school and chaplain 1o2nd U. S. 1n- fantry; Congressman William F. Frederick Nj. whitey, of the National Surety Co.,: Allan Hagen, New York engineer who had charge Of the construction of the New Brit. ain water works and consulting en- gineer for the locM water works; Samuel Ferguson, president of the Hartford Electric Light Co.,: P. Alfred ! lTlemming, head of conservation and \ fire protection department of the na- tional board Of fire underwriters; J. NJ. whittlesey, state commissioner Of domestic animals.
 March IS, 1922, the New Britain Rotary club met in a combined meet ing with the Hartford Rotarians when Sir Harry Lauder was the speaker. Other speakers here included Rev. Dr. w. Quay Rosclle. of Maiden, Mass; Miss Alice Sandiford. regional director Of the national council Girl Scouts: Col. William Mcintyre, divisional Of the Salvation Army; Dr. Frnd Sheldon. Sheldon school Of business: W. II. Blodgott, state tax commissioner; C. l.. Eyason, secretary of tho state manufacturers associa- lion: Roy Y. Soule, editor Of Hard ' gre Dealers magazine, Howard Strong, of the American City Bureau: oscar 1T. Benson. Junior Achievement
 director from Springfield; Oscar F. IlaHcs. stage fire commissioner; John 1itcomb. slate hsb and game rommis- sloner: Charles F. Dow. state com missioner Of child welfare: IL. B. Er- akine. snpnrini cndcnt of the state re- form school at Cheshire.
 HcIped thc Children
 Walter Camp. author Of Camps l'1iiy Dozcn and head Of the All-I American football tcam. Dr. Walter r. Wood. president of the American Farm Federation. Congressman Jftdc Kelley. from Pennsylvania; Judgo William E. I;oardmsn Of Bridgeport. Jamss T. Chalmers, prin- aipal cf the state normal school at Pennington. Mass. Professor Harold Whitohead. Boston University: Frank fin Johnston. editor Of the American srorter: Nina Wilcox Putnam: Rev. [. G. Giike, pastor of the South Con- -rc zational church al Springfield. Dr. 'harIrs Barker. grand Rapids, Mich; 'ouald Adams. past district governor ,f EotarY. goth district; George A.