Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

when the Rotary Club meets for its
regular supper meeting in the banquet
room at the Augusta House, one of the
enjoyable features has always been the
group singing under the able direction
of Rotarian J. Francis MacNichol, with
Rotarian Harrison Lyseth at the piano.
When the IS to 100 Rotarians lift up
their voices in melodious rendition of
the numbers in the little blue book,
the harmony carries to the main dining
room of the hotel, which adjoinhs, and
regular guests and diners enjoy this
feature as much as do tbs members of
the club.
It recently came to the knowledge
of Mr.. MacNichol that a certain sweet.
silver-haired little lady has made il
point for some time to take supper in
the main dining room at the same time
the Rotarians were holding forth in
the banquet room on Friday evenings.
This little lady greatly enjoys the
singing by the men, and she confided to
Musical Director MacNichol that one
of her favorite selections was Little
Nellie Kelly" So at the regular Ro-
tary session last evening Mr.. MacNich-
oil told his fellow members about this
lady and asked them to put their very
best efforts into the singing of that
particular number.
The quietly efficient and accommo-
dating head waiter threw wide the
folding doors between the two dining
looms and the rendition of the sweetly
plaintive melody surely must have
found favor in the heart of the little
white-haired woman, who was sitting
at her solitary supper in the big main
dining room.
President Soule Presides
President Arthur y. Souie presided
at the meeting of the Rotary Club last
evening, and MS manner of conducting
the business session and brief program
was entirely acceptable q the splendid
representation of members present
MIR. Soule gave a brief report on the
inspirational nature OF the spring con-
clave recently held at Worcester, Mass.
At the business session conducted
during the luncheon hour the club vot-
cd to send a letter of appreciation to
the Watcrville Rotary Club for that
clubs splendid cooperation and enter
tainment when the Rotary Boys Day
automobile party stopped in the Elm
City two weeks ago.
BY the unanimous vote of the club.
Power S. Mooney was named delegate
to the 18th annual convention of Rota-
~ International, which is 10 be held
at Toronto June 1920. 1t gave the
Rotarians particular pleasure at the
meeting Friday evening to again greet
| Rotarian Nathaniel White, who has
! been sojourning out of the state Tor
several months past.
Report of Worcester ConclaVc
! Fred G.. Davis the new secretary
| Of the club was also in attendance
/ at the Worcester conclave of the
| 3lst Rotary District, and he was
called upon to make a report of
| some phases of that big meeting. MIR.
! Davis chose a most unique method
of presenting his impressions of the
convention, which proved highly en-
pertaining as we'll as interesting TO
the Rotarians. Mr.. Davis read a let
ter. which was purported to be from
| "Ebenezer Doolittle of Southeast
Northwest Center, Me-" The letter
was as follows:
Dear Boys:
NO l just wanta tell YOU boys
about q little excursion 81 Peters
and me took a spell ago, down to
Massachusetts to town they call
= Worcester to one of them Rotary
| Club conventions they had there
You know ST and me has just been
'lected President and Secretary OF
our new Rotary Club in Southeast
Northwest Center. The boys, they
allowed as how better larn the ropes
just as the seegar salesman have tc
do before they come down in Maine
selling them stogies. So we busted
off the old carpet bag and scrubbed
up our celuloid collars, then we
took off for the highest railroad de-
pot. We bot couple o tickets tC
/ Portland and set in with a bunch OF
4 Rotarians from Waterville, Skowhe-
gan, PresquiZze and some more Of
/ them later towns on the off end OF
this ere state.
There was all kinds Of carvings
on from the time we got aboard I'M
til we persuaded ToWser it was u:
when we got back home.
when we got into Portland they
was the gol-randest tootin' goin' or
in the depot, an l says to 81, says
!, Isl. sure as preaChin' they has
heard you and me is coming aNd got
/ out the band" by gosh that is just
the facts. When 81 and me Cluml
down on the hassock the dark com
plected Teller put down for us e
step onto. blamed IL the band didn't
perll right up Hail. Hail, the Gang 5
I; All Here" so 81 holiers. You JUS
/ bet your bootjaCk. go right on witt
your peerade!" The band and the
boys got into two of them electric
cars and rode down TO the drug
store and we all piled out and
whoored 'cr up town to the hotel.
/ They ives a policeman right ahead
of ST and me, so we wouldn't get in
anybodys way
We'll, to cut a long story short,
we was lead into the dining room
( and set down. The band was up or
n kind of piazza to one end of 'he
/ hall and perduCed nice tunes every
/ little while. There was a nice feed
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