Around

the Rotary World in

Wartime

 

 

The “MLC”? Program

The Rotary Club of Miami,
Flerida, recently. started the
“MLC” program. These mysteri-
ous initials stand for “Monday
Letter Club,” which means that
every person who belongs to the
club writes a letter each Mon-
day morning to some man in the
armed forces.

Bombed Out—but
Still 100%

The secretary of the Rotary
Club of Westwood, England,
writes in part:

“Since we were bombed out
of our original headquarters we
have had to move three times.
Catering difficulties now com-
pel us to do the job ourselves.
One of our members supplies
sandwiches and we supply tea
and soup ourselves. Two mem-
bers undertake the duties of
waiters in rotation. ... We had
100% attendance, November
and December.

The enemy may not be able
to sabotage our industries, but
their assistants—the operators
of black markets—contribute
effectively by helping to wreck
American health, morale, and

economy.
—Prentiss M. Brown
OPA Director

THE BOOMERANG
When a bit of sunshine hits ye,
After passing of a cloud,
When a fit of laughter gits ye,
And yer spine is feelin’ proud,

Don’t forget to up and fling it
At some soul that’s feelin’
blue,

For the moment that ye sling it
It’s a boomerang to you.
—Capt. Jack Crawford

6C-43

ROTARY—

PROVIDES the opportunity
for each Rotarian to do some-
thing to his liking and within
his means, for his community,

- along with others of similar in-

clination.

OFFERS the inspiration and
the avenues to render these
services, to discharge the obli-

gation which every Rotarian .

feels to his community.

GIVES the broader viewpoint
which comes from a fuller life
and a closer association with an
understanding of one’s fellow
men.

REQUIRES an active inter-
est in the club which is mani-
fested by willingness to share in
service through regular attend-
ance—surely no more than a fair
return for all the gifts of Rotary.

—Rotary Club of
Des Moines, Iowa

Red Cross Waitresses

The Rotary Club of Ft.
Worth, Texas, uses the Red
Cross ladies as waitresses at
their meetings. The hotel man-
agement pays these ladies the
same wage they would pay
union help. This pay goes into
the local Red Cross fund.

 

Someone has said, or should
have, that a Rotary club is a
lending library of ideas, which,
carried back to Main Street,

ean enrich all business. Think
‘this over.

—RorTary-GRAM

Laceyville, Pa.

 

No man is good enough to
govern another man without
that other’s consent.

—Abraham Lincoln

 

War Bend Sales

Promotion

The Rotary Club of Erick,
Oklahoma, has developed a
unique scheme of promoting the
sale of War Bonds. Every two
weeks. the names of all the mem-
bers are placed in a box. The
man whose name is drawn is re-
quired to purchase a bond with-
in two weeks from the date. If
he is a member in good stand-
ing, with his dues paid up, and
is present at the meeting at
which his name is drawn—or
makes up his attendance if ab-
sent—the club donates $1.00
toward the purchase of the
bond; otherwise he must pay
the full amount.

What the Boy Wants

At a meéting of the Bishop,
California, Rotary club one of
the members terminated an ad-
dress on boys work with a list
of the five things that a boy
wants:

1. He wants to grow up.

2. He wants friendship.

3. He wants to pioneer; to
investigate.

4. He wants to be recognized;
to be noticed.

5. He wants spiritual expres-
sion.

These “wants” may help to
guide us in our contacts with
boys—whether they be our own
boys or someone elses’.

Tooting For Victory

The 13th District Bulletin,
(London, England), reports
that the Rotary Club of Toot-
ing, England, being too modest
to toot their own horn, have
provided instruments and drums
for the Tooting Army Cadet
Force—to help them do their
tooting.

Each week this club also ex-
tends hospitality to two or more
members of the Canadian Air
Force stationed in England.