Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
MATTERS INTEREST
TAKE PLACE SPEAKER
AT ROTARY MEETING

miscellaneous Night" might we'll
be the term used in describing tha
Friday night meeting of the Augusta
Rotary Club. held at the Augusta
House, last evening. With no sched.
uled speaker, several matters of i'm.
portance were taken UP during the
evening and the members of the
club pledged their wholehearted
support to them all.
Harris Woodman, a member of
the club and also an active member
OF the Y. nj. G. A. Boys Work Com
mittee, told of the Father and Son
banquet which is to be held Thurs.
day. November II at City Hall. He
urged that all present should attend
and that If they could not take their
own son they take some other boy
who could not otherwise go. His
talk was ably seconded by Thomas
Smith, General Secretary of the Y.
M. G. A., who had list of 30 father
less boys whom he would<like to see
at the banquet. Several members
have already made arrangements to
take boy apiece.
An announcement of the progress
OF the arrangements for the pre-
Armisttce observance which is to be
held Sunday afternoon at four
o'clock at City Hall was also made.
The members of the Rotary Club
with their ladies and the members
OF the American Legion, will have
reserved seats. 1t was stated that
the Legionnaires will march into the
hall in body and that q call will
then be blown by the bugler. this
to be a signal for all to rise as the
stand OF colors is brought in by the
color guard. Congressman John 70.
Nelson will be the speaker of the
afternoon. The members of the Au-
gusta, winthrop and Hallowell Le-
gions with their auxiliaries have all
been invited to participate.
The members of the club pledged
their attendance at the Armistice
day parade which starts at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning, Nov
ember IL. The parade will be a.
large one according to Brigadier
General Albert Greenlaw, who stated
that the Kiwanis Club, Cony High.
the two Catholic schools, the two
military bodies, about Is floats and
many others would join in the
parade.
Two new members, Myron Hudson
and Maurice Reilly were admitted
at this meeting. AS an initiation
CUf CiilOuy tuey were 6acn given card
board replicas of milk bottles
and obliged to get the signatures of
all present. They were later ad-
dressed upon the principals of Ro-
tary by Rev. A. Francis Walch.
In his address Rotarian Walch
pointed out that the object of Ro-
tary Is service-service to the club,
to its individual members, to the
community and to the country. He
explained the origin of Rotary in
Chicago in 1905 and impressed upon
the new members that in exchange
for its benefits they undertook GER
tain obligations, such as regular at
tendance, participation in other club
activities. and helpfulness in their
classification.
President Everett v. Perkins, who
presided announced at the close of
the meeting that at the next one
which is to be held next Friday ev-
ening the Fellowship committee con-
sisting OF Brooks Newbert, Albert
Greenlaw and Charles Bilodeau will
have charge of the next meeting.
Although the kind of entertainment
that will be offered has not yet been
made public they have assured that
1t will be well worth while.