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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF DISTRICT NO, 123
HOMER KINGSLEY EBRIGHT

   

BALDWIN, KANSAS

 

No. 12 . June 1944

 

Homer's Odyssey nds

Here Homer is nearing the end of his trip,
The Odyssey over, farewell to the ship.
He has sailed Karsas highways, and never a storm;
No hardship was felt except when it was warm,
But then hetd shed coat at each Rotary dinner,
And ate and enjoyed it and never got thinner.
In twenty-nine ports, he met Rotary friends,
And really feels sorry his journey now ends,

1. Club Service |

He learned of Club Service by seeing it done

In the twenty-nine clubs -- Music, Fellowship, Fun,
Club Bulletins, Magazine, Quizzes, and Rules

Of Classification in twenty-nine schools.

He learned how each club kept attendance at par

By having fine programs, the best plan by far.

But some used the phone to help laggards remember,
And some sent out cards every week to each member.
Some staged a big contest and every one tried

To bring all the men who belonged to his side.

ée Vocational Service

He learned how some clubs stress the Ethical Code,
For Business to-day must take the straight road.

In our own favored nation as well as the rest,

The world needs to practice this new Four-Way Test.
And vocational talks by their own local men

Were voted most helpful again and again.

3. Community Service

It seems that in every Rotary group

The men have supported the local Scout Troop,

The Red Cross Blood-bank, the great War Bond Drives,
And every big project the Nation contrives,.

They invite to a luncheon the farmers around

And build greater friendship ‘tween country and town.

4. International Service.

While the world is at war, dark the future may seem,
Yet World Conquest by Friendship is still our great dream.