New Britain herald., 1929-02-27

Plainville actually doing things ol real civic importance to the town, Calling attention to changes in the lives Of men and the need for show ing activity at all times. he said: "If you are going to be dead Lions. lie down and die now before you start. The bum today is the king tomor- row. The king tomorrow ts material for the undertaken day after tomor- row." He enjoined the men to form their club and to make it . power for community development.
 Advantages he has gotten out of a Lions club membership were told by Robert Patterson of New Britain.
 Rev. Raymond N. Gilman, pastor of the Stanley Memorial church and . vice president of the New Britain Lions club, said he felt 1t . privilege for minister to belong to an or Eanization where he would be treat ed like an ordinary man.
 MT. Gilman expressed pleasure tn the fact that he was not Reverend" or MT" in the Lions club but plain Ray. He said this friendly feel ing is an exhilaration to those who are called reverend" most of the time and helps to relieve the feel ing that they are kept on a pedestal. He added that it is an advantage to an organization to have differences Of opinion and thereby have general discussions on matters Of city wide interest. "Who wants to be . mem- Der of an organization where every- body agrees with everybody else ?" he asked.
 "A Lion is one who gives himself in the service to his fellowmen." the minister defined.
 The importance of . definite ideal or object was stressed by George A. Quigley, four times mayor of New Britain and president of the New Britain Lions club. He said civic club is an organization of varied interests and high ideals. These ideals, he explained are included in trinity consisting of God. home and country. which, he said, em. braced all American ideals. If we so about with chip on our shoul- ders. seeing none of the good. scat tering half truths. telling things that work an injury only, we are a men, ace to the community" He con- tinued "If club meets but once a week, eats an ordinary dinner. dis cusses . few commonplace things, and listens to speech, while 1t may be true that you are rubbing elbows with your fellowman. what have you accomplished? When a group of men will band together for speci- f1c purpose. then there is an object for that organizations existence" The former mayor called atten- tion to Lafayette street in New Brit ain. which he said contained business places operated by men from almost every country in the world except Japan. This cosmopolitan gathering. he explained. never becomes . homogeneous whole until the men
 
 other and rub elbows. Unless you become intimate with a fellow you never really become acquainted with him, he said.
 "If we don't rub elbows with . man in our ordinary life we don't become acquainted with him. VIC don't care about him. and he doesn't care about us. You've got to know men, their ideals, and what the. are striving for. It makes for community interest.
 You have in your town a minis ter who recently spoke to us about certain magazines. don't care who he is or what his standing in your community. His ideals were right He was against rot and filth that contaminates your children and mine.
 "If Plainville and New Britain Lions clubs can stand out against that kind Of filthy and rotten litera. ture. let's stamp 1t out and be o1 service to God. our country, and our homes."
 Short talks were made by Henry S. Washburn. H. Garfield Jones and others of the Plainville club. The club will receive its charter alonl with nine others at the Shuttle Mea. dow club. probably within 30 days according to Mir. Teich.
 The following temporary officers were elected and will have charge until charter night. when officera will be elected for a year: President. H. Garfield Jones: first vice president. Burton H. Phelps; second vice president. James Simp' son: third vice president. ". A Bailey: lion tanner, William Wilbur; , lion tail twister. Dr. Lawrence 1 Frost.
 | Board of directors: Chairman, H , Garfield Jones: assistant chairman William Downham: Henry Baum. 5 J. Castle, Rowland Hoerle. Henry S. Washburn, W. A. Bailey, Stephen | Sheehan.
 ! Membership committee: Lester ! Peck, Caesar Nerl, K. G. Hart, W A. Bailey, chairman; James E Usher, assistant chairman. Finance committee: William R 1 Vincent. chairman; Burton Phelps | a ssistant chairman: Louis Hanson.
 Entertainment committees: G. T .aBonne, chairman; Henry Baum assistant chairman; Charlie Meyro' witz, David Kaufman, Hugh Simp. son, Ralph Minella.
 Constitution and bylaws com. mittee, Henry 8. Washburn, chair. man: Burton Phelps. assistant chairman: A. A. Macleod. Dr George Cook. Dr. B. l.. Protass. Attendance committee, Georgt Wilson, John Berger. A. NJ. Ray mond, Adrian Parselle.