Vol.1. No. 2.
Roxboro, N. C., June 24, 1 925.
'Service Above Self."
Personal Mention
J. W. Noel! returned Saturday
from the International Rotary Con
vention at Cleveland.
,New members received ' recently:
JSohn Morris, Dr. B. E. Love.
Shields Harvey i? ? e?j?ying the
-surf and fights around Virginia
Beach this week.
Parson Martin of ReidsvUle was
? ia town yesterday, shaking hands
jpith his many friends here.
WILL BROOKS RECOVERING
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After suffering a very severe at
tack of pneumonia, which has kept
him confined to his rcom for about
two weeks, W. C. ' Bullock is again
able to be up. His many friends
-will be glad to welcome him down
town, as soon as he regains sufficient
strength to resume his work.
SINGING A FEATURE IN ROTARY
iSinging is one of the features oft
Rotary and the Roxboro Club ii I
fortunate. The "Baldheadcd Choir," '
composed of Uncle Hehry Crow ell,
Shields Harvey and Earl Bradsher
save the club a selection at one of
the late meetings. Their specialty
is medley, as each one sings a dif
ferent tune, and sometimes no tune
at all. ?
As a presiding officer President
Jim Long is par excellence, and al
-cady his Rotary friends have him
slated for Lieut. Governor, where li4
will have an opportunity to show his
ability.
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It is not generally known, both
gentlemen being exceedingly modest,
bul we want to say to any club or
civic organization, if you want to
put on a stunt out of the ordinary
ask Rotarians Reg Harris and Gd
)-Iill to sing for you. It will be a
stunt worth while and they will
probably enjoy it more than you will.
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N. LUNSFORD
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office over Holeman's Store
ROXBORO. N. C.
Rotarian Nath Lurisford
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished
"Let George do it"
G. W. KANE,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Office in oWHPost Office Building
ROXBORO, N. C.
Rotarian George Kane
LUMBER?
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Quality
Quantity
Price
Time
W ATKINS AND BULLOCK
EVERYTHING TO BUILD WITH
Rotarian Will Bullock
^Ttyrtriinr -for Our Community"
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Rotary International
Rotarians Gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, Thirteen
Thousand Strong, Twenty Seven Nations
Represented
If you have - never attended a
meeting of the Rotary International
you can have no conception of what
this meeting represents. It Is of
gigantic size, in intellect as well as
in numbers. You will find many of
"the strongest men of all countries'
there, and they all are on fire with1
the Rotary spirit. Without excep
tion the speakers stressed the idea
of "world peace," and all believed
it would come through the great
spirit of Botary.
There must be something to Rota
ry, yeB, there Is something to it, for
when men travel thousands and
thousands of miles to attend one of
these meetings it ^s. not for a frolic,
though there is an abundance of fun
<*nd pleasure, still, it is the sericus
side whi?h is dominant at all of the
meetings.
In the short spaoe allotted me
here is is impossible to touch only
lightly the doings of the Convention,
and I shall just dqt down a few
tbjng? which come to mind at ran
dom. C
?Districts No. 37 and 38 met in
Washington Saturday morning and
the Pullman cars were assembled,
and made up jfili what was known
from there on as the "Dixie Special,"
and were used through to Cleveland.
Our first -stop was at Harrisonburg,
Pa., where the Rotary Clubs gave
us a hearty reception. The next
stop was at Bast Pittsburg, where
we arrived at about 4:30 P. M. Here
it looked as if the whole city was
"Rotary," and they took charge of
us and conducted us to the Ritten
house Hctel where we were tendered
a reception by the Pittsburgh Rotary
Club. After the reception we re
turned ' to our car for the night.
Sometime during the night the cars
were shifted to Pittsburgh, Union
.station, and on Sunday morning we
had breakfast at the Fort Pitt Hotel.
After lunch we were guests of tiie
Rotary Club on a sight seeing trip.
Leaving Pittsburgh Sunday after
noon we reached Cleveland at 7:30,
P. M., and here again were Rotarians
galore. They carried us to our vari-i
pus hotels, 'saw that every one was'
conifortably quartered; $nd from!
that time on there was not a ifioment
that we were out of sight of Cltfve- 1
land Rotary, and if anything was
wanted ? yes, .anything, it was sup
We can not_say too much about
the hospitality of the citizens of
Cleveland. Talk 'about "Sjouthern
hospitality," we have not got a thing
on Cleveland hospitality. Cleveland .
is a great city of more than a mil-]
lion inhabitants, with everything
which Which takes to make a prrtat
city. We coufcT write column after
column about the, City itself, but
just a few words about other things.
. One of the out-of-the-ordinary hap
enings was a great snow ball battle
which was pulled off on Thursday
"at neon. Denver had~ shipped a car
load of snow to Cleveland and
challenged the Rotary Club of Cleve
land for a snow ball battle, and be
lieve me, it was some battle. Just
think of it; snow the last of June.
The first meeting was called at
8 o'clock Monday evening, and was
in, the nature of a pageant, ."Crea
tion," and was one of the real treats
of the trip. This pageant lasted for
about three hours and cost sixteen
thousand dollars to stage. It was
spectacular and most beautiful.
Possibly the most enjoyable enter
tainment given us was the movie
showing the flight of Lieut, Jack
Harding and his associates around the
woHd. Jack was- present and stood by
the side of the screen and gave a
history of the flight showing every
detail from the moment they took off
until they landed back on the West
.Telling the World
IF YQU HAVE A MESSAGE TO TELL
OR SOMETHING TO SELL?
15,000 People Every Week Read
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(She iRoxboro (Eourier
Rotarlan "J. W. " Noell
Rotary Precepts for Daily: Practice
Power
Light
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U ninterrupted
Service
CAROLINA
Power & Li lit Company
Serving Seyenty-Three Towns and
Communities in North Carolina
With Dependable- Electric Service
Rot&ri&ri Qlin Brodehaw
Coast. This was wonderful, and to i
us, was really worth the price oft
the trip to Cleveland.
There were so many banquets and
so many eats that we really got to
the point where we did not want to
even hear about salads, mayonnaise,
etc.
On Friday the result of the ballot
ing for President was announced and
it was found that Donald A. Adams,
6f New Haven, Conn., had been elec
ted. Yes, he was our- choice and we
voted for him. The five Directors
from the United States elected were :
Hart I. Seey, (Harry S. Fish, Harry
H. Rogers, Arthur H. Sapp and
Carl Faust.
Now, in closing let me say, that
to give you some idea of the magni
tude of Rotary we will give you the
budget far last year. Speaking from
the Budget Committee report, H
says:. Our income for the year ha;
been about $610,000 ? made up a'
follows: Per capita tax and dues
$337,000; the Rotarian Magazine.
Advertising, $80,000; Subscri|ltions
$153,000; Charter Fees, $23,000
piiscellaneous, $174)00.
I wish every member cf the Rox
boro Rotary Club could 1 attend ?
Rotary International Convention, fop
there you would imbibe the true
spirit of Rotary and I know you
would return home a better man,
a better citizen and would more
closely live the motto of Rotary ?
He profits most who serves best.
JACK HUGHES MARRIED
Jack Hughes has deserted the ol<t
bachelors and tfeaames a benedict,
having been united in marriage to
Miss May Willson recently. Jack,
old boy, you are lucky and your win
beats the luck of the luckiest .Klon
diker. Now, you will soon learn the
real meaning of 'Rotary, "Service
above Self,? .
Roxboro Rotary Club Is proud of
its Secretary, Moffitt Spencer. Pos
sibly the Club never had a more
^flfcient secretary, certainly he is
the second best.
JKing Albert of Belgium has been
received into full membership of
Rotary. Worldly positUn cuts no
jee ifi this international organization.
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ROXBORO, N. C.
. Rotarian Charlie Harris
"Home Owners Compose Our Best Citizenship"
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Jim Broadhead
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