San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12
ROTAR|AN GIVES
CONVENTION
REPORT
J. Frank Davis mo
Regrets" a Story on
Rotary.
By ]. FRANK DAVIS

By J. FRANK DAVIS
Copyright, 1928. BY J. Frank Davis.
Right off the bat, / want to say
10 you fellows that I've been plumb
converted. l reckon you've all heard
me speak my mind, one time and an
other, about what good / thought
folks cot out of going TO them. Yes,
sir, I've been known to say that a
convention is as useful to the average
man as a belt is to hold un the pants
of perfect fifty-two.
Well, that's all over. You selected
me to be delegate, and President
Bill told me I'd have to make n re-
port at this meeting. So, right off,
I'm going to be frank and outspoken,
and say that when ] hesitated about
going / was mistaken. Some con-
rentions are just conventions, but this
conference you sent me to was WOW.
and If you take my advice you'll all
be as anxious TO go TO the next one
as ! will.
ROTARIANS AT TRAIN.
am supposed 10 make a full and
complete report. but | haven't made
any notes. So I'll just refer to
this printed program ia refresh my
mind once in awhile, and sort Of tell
the proceedings offhsnd, just as they
struck me and would have struck
You il you had been there.
We all went on the same train,
except Emil James, who drore down
with his wife in his new car and has
been lying ever since about how
many miles to the gallon he got.
There were eleven Of a.. counting
the ladies. Lew Standish and | were
the only bachelors, and some Of the
fellows took their wives. The ladies
had as good time as we did. too.
OF course. that night that Herb
Pelky's wife couldn't find him-But
that hasn't really got anything TO do
with the conference, so I'll get OIL
with my report.
There was a committee there at
San Antonio TO meet US when the train
got in, and ] want TO tell you that If
there is any Rotary Club in Texas
that's got handsOmer wives and daugh-
ters, I've never seen them. So they
took us in automobiles. and this lii.
tie girl that was driving the car
was in was certainly nice kid.
VISIT ALAMO.
She told us her name; ] didn't
catch it, but / supposed she was the
daughter Of some ROtarian. And
told her / was Newt Bling, cl0ssifi-
cation seeds and bulbs, mighty
pleased TO meet You, and beat old
Pop Vernon b it and got into the
front seat with her, and We started
off. And pretty soon we came to
the Alamo.
You all know what the Alamo is,
Of course, but maybe you haven't
all seen it. None Of us IN that car
had, and when this young lady asked
MS didut We want 10 stop for a few
minutes and give it the admiring eye,
why, We all did. II is open to visi-
tors. no charge for admission, with
n lot Of relics and pictures and ding
bats of one kind and another, and
we sort OF took our time and strolled
around in it. Different rooms, you
know.
Wei. ! happened to be in one OF
these rooms alone with this girl that
owned the automobile. and | sug-
gested how about if we have a little
lunch together by and by. And she
says she's sorry. but her husband eT.
peetS her 10 meet him at the official
Rotary luncheon, he being an off
Ger, and before that she has got TO 20
pick up three Of the children al
Ii
gsrten, and get them home.
EFFICIENT SECRETARY.
II was Pop Vernon, who came
butting in TO ask her the same thine
and happened to hear what she said
10 me, that started all this fool kid
ding about it that's been going on
here this noon. ! wouldn't say a
word If he'd stuck to the facts. The
old killjoyi 4 proud chance he had
10 make hit with her with as little
hair as he's got!
/ don't see that the thing was so
darned funny. The way these wO.
men dress and cut their bObs. nova
days, how the blazcs are you going
10 tell?
Well, we got TO the St. Anthony,
which is a swell hotel with q big
sort Of psrior that they call the Pea
cock Alley, and the Rotary Club
office opens out Of one corner of it,,
right next to the ballroom where they
have their regular luncheons. II was
lust about time for the conference to
open with an address Of welcome
but I can't tell you anything about
that address. You see ! had thought
If something better to do for the in
terests Of our club.
The San Antonio ROtarians have
q lady assistant secretary, and I'll
say she is as attractive and pretty a
young lady as l ever saw. And I've
seen them all.
GOES TO MEETING.
She has a lot Of filing cases and
cabinets and such, there, and |
thought il would be a good idea to
talk with her and sort Of get an idea
about how she kept her records. in
case our board Of directors wanted
TO know. SO | went in and sat
down, and told her who was, and
said I'd send her one Of my seed cat
alogues. and tried 10 show her that
our little city may not be- as big AZ