New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
ROTARY CLUB HAS
i NATIONS PAGEANT
Celebrates Anniversary in Color
full and Novel Manner

party held last evening by the New
Britain Rotary club in celebration
OF the 22nd anniversary of the
founding of Rotary International.
The program included a dinner
meeting instead of the usual lunch
con. 1t was a ladies night and
Rotary AIMS were guests. The affair
was opened with a prayer by Rev.
Henry w. Maier, formerly pastor
OF the First Congregational church
and former chaplain of the local
Rotary club. Rev. Mr. Maier now is
pastor emeritus of the First Con-
gregational church and is residing
on Cape Cod. Group singing was
led by B. f. Armstrong.
President A. +. Corbin explained
that the occasion was in comment
GRAFTON of the Rotary anniversary.
He said Rotary was founded in 1905
and the New Britain club was
founded April i, 1921. There arr
Rotary clubs now in the United
States and 81 other countries. The
clubs number 2,471. In the United
States there are 1o1, 900 members
and In other countries $4,000.
Leon A. Sprague was in charge of
the pageant. assisted by Mrs
Sprague. Mr.. Sprague, Leland
Pierce, O. T. Parker and John G..
LOOMS took turns in reading brief
statements from the different coun-
tries telling of Rotary's salute in
those countries. AS these articles
were read A. n. Nolze, dressed as
Uncle Sam" opened the door lead
ing into hallway and a young wo-
man entered dressed in a costume
Of the country she represented.
The young women and the coun-
tries they represented were as fol-
lows:
in charge of committee chairman,
Rev. William II. Anderson and
dressed by Mrs. Anderson were the
following: Marguerite Hulburt, rep
resenting Austria; Ruth Stockwell,
representing Canada; Gladys Smith,
representing France and Dorothy
Wright, representing Brazil.
On the committee of which How
ard Bruemmer was chairman. Miss
Florence Pola represented Italy and
was costumed by Mrs. Harold
Clark: Miss Jane Rattenbury repre-
sented Bermuda and was costumed
by Mrs. Charles Chase; Mrs Harold
Clark represented Guatemala in a
costume furnished by Mrs. R. Q.
Clark.
The committee headed by Presi-
dent A. f. Corbin presented Miss
Mary Simons as China in a costume
furnished by Mrs. George H. Dyson:
Miss Therese Wratny as Czecho-
Slovakia in a costume furnished by
Mrs. B. F. Gaffney; Miss Gertrude
Myer as Newfoundland. in a CO.'S
tune provided by Mrs. Stanley
Eddy; Miss Ruth LOOMS as Fin
land, in a costume furnished by
President Corbin, and Mrs. Emory
Corbin as Uruguay in costume also
provided by President Corbin.
In the group of which David R.
Manning was chairman, Herman S.
Hall provided O. costume for Portu-
gal, but the young lady was not
present who was to take that part;
Miss Ruth Hewitt was Argentina in
a costume provided by Mrs. Carl
Hewitt; Mrs. Ingraham was Cuba,
in a costume provided by Theron
Hart: Miss Dorothy Page was Den
mark, in costume provided by
Mrs. Russell Hubbard.
I,u
P. McAuliffe, Miss Jane Judd was
Holland, in a costume furnished by
Mrs. Ray Leach; Miss Lucille Case
was South Africa in a costume pro-
vided by Mrs. Leroy Redick: Miss
Jeanette Case was Panama in a
costume provided by Mr.. McAuliffe;
Miss Dorothy kinsella was New
Zealand in costume provided by
Mrs. NJ. A. Kinsella-
In the group of which D. K. Perry
was chairman. Miss Leoni Harding
was Spain" in costume provided
by Mrs. Perry; Miss Grace King was
Mexico" in costume furnished by
Mrs William H. Morrisey; Miss Bet
II Page was ireland" in costume
provided by Mrs. Logan Page; Miss
Gladys Day was Peru" in cos
tune furnished by Mrs. Bennett
Nelson.
In the group which Steve Robb
was chairman, Miss Ruth Gibney
was Great Britain" in a costume
furnished by Mrs. Robb; Miss Gladys
Day was Norway" in a costume
furnished by Mrs. F. ]. Porter; Miss
Esther Strople was Switzerland" in
a costume provided by Mrs. o. F.
Parker.
In the group which Leon A.
Sprague was chairman, Miss Vera
Carswell was Australia" in cos
tune provided by Mrs. Howard
Sherman; Miss Janice Clark was
Belgium" in costume provided by
Mrs. Frank H. Shield: Derroll Rog-
ers only boy in the pageant, repre-
scented Chile" in a costume provid-
ed by his mother, Mrs. George H,
Rogers; Miss Harriet Sprague was
philippines in costume provided
by her mother, Mrs. Leon A.
Sprague.
In the group OF which Max J.
Unkelbach was chairman, Miss Lii
Ian Nero was Sweden" in cos
tune provided by Mrs. Gus Torrell;
Miss Katherine Page was "Vene-
zuela" in a costume provided by Mrs.
S. P. Strople; Miss Edith Skoglund
was Hungary in a costume pro-
yided by Mrs. Al Volz.
In the group of which B. H. Nc
Elhone was chairman, Al Volz was
Uncle Sam in a costume provided by
Leon A. Sprague; Miss Irene Hagis
was India in a costume provided
by Mrs. A. A. Mills, and Miss Hen
rietta Peyser was Japan" in A ccs-
tune provided by Mrs. B. II. Neil
hone.
Two countries were not represent
en-.