New Britain herald., 1926-04-08
NEW OFFICERS OF
 ROTARY IN CHARGE
Corbin Makes Shortest Inaugural
 Speech on Record
The new officers of the New Brit.

The new officers of the New Brit ain Rotary club took charge of the club today at the celebration of the ! ffth annn ersory of tho organization, A wrist watch was presented to Frank II, Shield, retirins president. Leon A. Sprague, first president and organizer Of the club, Fred o. l Rackliffe, second president, and Mr. Shield retiring president, had charge of specified periods during the meet ing Hartwell A. Taylor. whose term as president camo between that of Mir. Rackliffe and Mir. Shield. died shortly after the expiration of his term.
 Mir, sprague had charge Of the first period. and presided over q group Of charter members. John w. i Lockett, first sergeant at arms, call ed the roll Of charter members, As the names Of Carl s. Ramsay and George V. Klett, deceased. were called, the members rose 10 their l feet in tribut
 A "prcsidcnts chair" much the worse for wear, but securely wrap ped in a burlap bag, was presented ! to Mir. Sprague by George H. Dyson. i A new pCen hammer was used in- stead Of the usual gaVel. Deputy 1 l.. s. Marshal X. r. Marsh, In the gHisa Of q L. 6. congressman, was called upon to make a humorous speech. Mir. Marsh, who Is SeCre- tary Of the Connecticut Motor Truck i association, wore a wig and regalia 1 such as usually expresses the car ftoonist's idea of a congressman. The committee selected as a topic for Mfr. Marsh the question Of inter- state trucking. bringing in the Ainey bill, now pending,
 Mir. Marsh has been fighting thls i bill for some time, and the subject
 assigned him being a serious one ] he stepped out of his character and ! gave a serious talk on the bill.
 Mr. Rackliffe. who presided over
 the second section. introduced as 1 his speaker, Al Lavery of Bridge port, former district governor. Mr. i Iavery spoke on boys work by ! Rotary clubs. Mfr. Sprague report
 ed an attendance of 94.4 per cent in i his group; Mir. RacllIiffe reported SS per cent In his group and President Shield reported SIS per Hnt in his
 group Cigars for the bSst record
 were given tho charter member group. Robert Graves was present.
 ed with gold bar for 100 per cent 1 attendance record.
 ! l'rnd Q. Eackliffe. William Wasko and Henry Washburn were named ! delegates 10 the spring conference at Bridgeport next week.
 Russell II. Hubbard, retiring sec i rotary reported that the club has a
 membership Of 95, among them ! being sixteen 100 per cent members. The club held 52 meetings during
 the past year, ali but three being in
 the Burritt hots. One meeting Nas held at the Boy Scout camp at Jobs i Pond, one at the Fresh Air camp ! at Burlington and one as guests of i R. Q, Clark, at East Berlin, at Mir. i Clark's annual shad and straw , Eerry dinner. He reported that the i average attendance this year has been larger than the proceeding year.
 Expenses For Year Over sS,Ooo
 A. 4. Mills, treasurer. reported that the expenses of the club dur ing the year have been between s8,-
 coo and $lo,0Q0 and that the club
 now has approximately S2,00O in the | treasury.
 President Shield, who presided
 over the last period. thanked the associates, the directors and officers, . committee chairmen and newspaper
 men who helped him make his ad-
 mlnistration a success. The pres
 entation speech was made to Presi-
 dent Shield by Judge B. r. Gaffney. { In taking over the gavel of tho club, the new president, A. r. Cor
 bin, made one speech, which i8 ex-
 ptcted to rank among the most popular addresses made 10 any club.
 He said. "I'll do my speaking some
 other time, The meeting is ad- | icurncd."