Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
COMPETITION
IN FORMING
Clubs told
Corpus Christi Leads
Among Cities Seek
ing Next Convention
Of Rotary Heads

The 47th district Rotary conven-
ton of presidents and secretaries
opened the last of its two-day ses-
sions Tuesday morning in the ban
quet hall Of the& Jardin hotel al
ter we'll rounded day OF business
and social activities Monday.
Approximately 100 Of the Rotary
heads are in attendance. Election
eering for the next meeting place
has been conducted vigorously by
Corpus Christi delegates and the
bay city is generally regarded as
the next convention city. No oppo-
sition has developed as yet.
Vocational service, international
service, community service, boys
work and informal discussions, are
on the program Of the convention
Tuesday.
Monday afternoon the Rotarians
were given airplane rides by the
Pan-American Airways. Later they
had dinner at the Country club as
the guests of the local Rotarians.
Calling names, faces and places,
the convention in business session
Monday afternoon tacitly admitted
that the RotarianS were being out
organized in new territory by the
Lions. District Governor r. l.. Bob
bitt in recognizing this fact urged
the RotarianS to make special eff
forts to form new clubs.
A delegate arose from the floor
to ask Gov. Bobbitt: But Rotary
does not use paid organizers does
it, Mr.. Governor?" NO." Bobbitt
answered, land from the tenor Of
the international meeting attend
ed in Dallas I do not believe it ever
will" Handclappllg and cheers
broke out at this statement.
Names Towns
Bobbitt named towns in which
the Rotary club had been beaten
out by either the Lions or Kiwa-
mis-. He declared that the Rotarians
should set up their organizations
in Gonzales, Harrisburg, Humble,
Lockhart, Luling, Raymondville and
other cities of similar size. Arthur
Mayhem, past district governor, de-
clared: Rotary can be organized
anywhere a Lions club can-but it
will take little bit more work"
He said that due to rigid follow
ing of the classification rules and
the non-use of paid organizers,
clubs with looSer rulings were beat
ing out the Rotarians in new terri
tory. However, he declared, his club
is the Stauncher and it survives
while the Lions and KiWanis fall
INTO dlSorganization. It was pointed
out that there has been only three
Rotary clubs in its history to lose
their charters. Two of these were
IN England and one in Arizona.
Cold Shoulder
Speaking along the same lines
Louis Fox of Fort Worth aold OF
organizing new clubs in north
Texas. The Lions and Kiwanis beat
Rotary into that section, he said
and the Rotary non-paid organiz-
ers were given the cold shoulder
by Abilene, San Angelo and other
cities. Fox related the growth OF
Rotary in that section and told Of
how obstacles were overcome.
A question was asked from the
floor: Should we help organize
other civic clubs in our respective
cities?" The Lions club was men
toned specifically. Arthur Mayhem
of Uvalde, past district governor,
gave the opinion that "a Lions
club in a city helps Rotary" and
said he believed that they should
be encouraged.
Louis Fox told the gathering how
to fight criticism. Study Rotary.
Have something snappy and Iogi-
cal to come back with when YOU
hear Rotary criticized" Fox said.
The afternoon session was opened
with a talk on the aims and OBJ
lects plan by Marvin Goodwin Of
Mission. Goodwin spent most of his
time In a fervent plea to ''sell the
plan" to the clubs. He did not dwell
on the actual plan itself. "This plan
Is not worth dime unless the
presidents soul is on fire with Ro-
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