Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-09-21
THE LANCASTER ROTARIANS
VISIT M. & Nj. FRIDAY NIGHT

A splendid delegation from the
Lancaster Rotary club visited Malta
and McConnelsville Friday evening,
and put on the entertainment for
the evening, in joint meeting be-
tween the Lancaster and M. & nj.
Rotarians. The meeting was held
in the Malta M E. church. After
splendid chicken supper, President
Jerrold G.. Scott Of the local Rotary
club introduced Mr.. Herman Bait
haser, president of the Lancaster
Rotary club, who had charge of the
program for the evening.
A group of singers called the
"Rondeleers'' opened the program
with a series of four musical select
ions. This group was composed or
Rotarians Frank Smith, Carl
Powers, Horner Booker, Herman
Balthaser, and Rotary AIMS Mrs.
Denver Daughy, Mrs. Herman
Balthaser, Mrs. Walter Graf, and
Mrs. Lee O'Grady, accompanied on
the piano by Mrs. Frank Smith.
This was followed by three violin
selections by Miss Genevieve Crit
fey Of Lancaster who was also &C
companied on the piano by Mrs.
Smith. Miss Griffey, it was an
nounced, is graduate of the Uni
versity of Michigan and has re-
ceived special instruction under
some of the best violin teachers
from Europe Miss Griffey is an
artist of rare talent and her per-
formance will be long and well re-
membered by the local Rotarians
who were privileged to hear her.
Speaker of the evening was Mr..
Carl Griffey, father of the talented
Miss Griffey, and superintendent of
the Lancaster public schools. His
subject was "Some of the economic
aspects of our new social order
In the course of his discussion, Supt.
Griffey outlined the changes that
are taking place In our new social
order and economic history. He
showed how we are getting away
from "ancestor worship and other
similar things which hold progress
down. He stated that "real estate
tax is an example of ancestor wor-
ship" and stated "that a new day in
our methods of taxation for govern
ment costs, is at hand" He pre-
dicted a gradual lowering of our
taxes against real estate and the in
creasing of taxes along other lines. |
Mr.. Griffey stated that disaster Of
ten opens up the new and causes
the overthrowing of the old" He
believes that the world is now In |
the midst of the greatest economic !
disaster that it has ever known.
but. from this disaster, there will |
come great advancements in world !
progress The speaker compared |
our country to a great economic I
machine and stated that .'it prac--
tically quit functioning in 1929, and
that it reached it's lowest ebb on
March 4, 1888, when the turning
point came about" The speaker
stated that controlled production,
or social planning, is our new deal
and that our aim must be to give
every person who holds job
chance to earn a livelihood The
speaker also cited some of the new
changes that are taking place IN
our economic life, such AS the clos
ing and reorganizing of our banks;
the adoption of a minimum wage
law; the attempt to control pro-
duction; the adoption of our Ma
ional child labor law by the last
congress and many other similar
which have come
from the economic readjustment.
The speaker also stated that "our
new social order demands that we
consider the welfare OF the group
instead of the individual, or the
that we must give every
body an equal opportunity OF max
ing advancement and that the
United States is a democratic ma
lion because it stands for equality
Of opportunity" instead Of "equal-
ty of people," which tends toward ;
socialism.
This was indeed an instructive
and was thoroughly enjoy
ID by all. The "Rondeleers" closed
he program with another group OF ;
musical selections. This group or
fingers was one of the best of its {
xind to ever appear before the local l
Rotary club, and will be long re- {
nembered for it's outstanding per
ormance.- M. w.
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