The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-05-15
Over 300 Here For
Rotary Conference

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Conference OF Rotary Clubs
Of 178th District Held Here
Over Week End - Over Two
Hundred Rotary-Anns Also
Attend - Representative Of
Rotary international Is Present
Many Prominent Speakers
Heard-Odello M. Letter Is
Conference Chairman.
The Conference of Rotary Clubs
of the 178th District was held in Ha-
gerstown on May II, IL and Is, with
headquarters being set up in the
Hotel Alexander. More than three
hundred Rotarians were present for
the three-day session, together with
some two hundred Rotary-Anns (the
wives of Rotarians).
From the time the Conference
opened with the registration on Sun
day afternoon, until it closed with
a luncheon on Tuesday, every min
ute of the day (and part of the
night was packed with action.
Odello NJ Letter, of the Hagerstown
Club, was Conference Chairman,
and it fell to his lot to keep the
Conference running smoothly and
on schedule and, aided by the var
ious committee chairmen, he did
just that.
The opening event was an address
on Sunday evening by Rear Admiral
Roscoe F. Good, Chief Director, Ma
val Operations, U. S. Navy, given
before a packed audience in the
ballroom of the Hotel Alexander.
Preceding his address the st. James
School Glee Club gave a delightful
half-hour concert, directed by DR..
Vernon B. Kellett, Headmaster at
the school.
Highlighting Mondays program
were: Greetings to the Conference,
expressed by DR.. John r. Craft, pres
ident Of the Hagerstown Club which
acted as host Of the conference; the
report of the District Governor, Lee
H. Lincoln, of Coudersport, Pa; the
nominations for District Governor
for the ensuing year; an address by
Tom H. Rose, of Birmingham, Eng
land, representative of Rotary In
ternational; a luncheon at the Ma
sonic Temple, at which the mem
bers of the conference heard a stir
ring address by Hugh H. Clegg, as
sistant director of the FBI, and a
banquet at the Masonic Temple in
the evening, at which the guest
speaker was United States Senator
Clyde r. Hoey, of North Carolina;
followed by a dance held in the
ballroom of the Hotel Alexander.
Tuesdays session was highlighted
by the election of Charles r. Zook,
of Lewiston, Pa, as governor of the
District for the ensuing year, and
luncheon at the Masonic Temple,
at which the guest speaker was John
Henry Frizzell.
The Conference officers were: Dis
trict Governor, Lee H. Lincoln, Cou-
dersport, Pa; Representative of Ro-
tary International, Tom H. Rose,
Birmingham, England; President of
Host Club, DR.. John R. Craft, Ha-
gerstown; Conference Chairman,
Odello M. Letter, Hagerstown; Con-
! ference Treasurer, W. Russell How
ard, Hagerstown; District Treasur-
er, j. Clyde Cassidy, Altoona, Pa;
Sergeant-at-Arms, DR.. Robert w
Bess, P.D.G., Piedmont, W. Va;
Song Leader, Frank Gullo, State
College, Pa; Accompanist, Hummen
F'ishburn, State College, Pa.
Roy Dancer was chairman of the
program committee; Max Fiery
headed the entertainment committee
and Thurman Linrsey was chair.
man of the ladies entertainment
committee. B. J. Hagedorn, chair
man of the Boy Scout committee
had Patrol of Scouts on duty
throughout the Conference.
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