ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
GOVERNOR S MONTHLY LETTER

OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF DISTRICT NO, 123

 

HOMER KINGSLEY EBRIGHT

BALDWIN, KANSAS

 

 

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1. echoes of District Conference.

Registration of 427 was mighty good this
year. And 137 Anns gave color to the
occasion.

The Spirit of friendliness was marked

by all. This year of gas and tire
shortage, we had all stayed home pretty
closely and so all enjoyed the fellowship.

Topeka is a fine place for a convention.
Central in our district. Fine hotel ser-
vice. Many places of historical inter-
est to Kansans.

The Topeka Rotarians are a fine hospit-
able bunch. They did every thing pos-
sible to make the district conference

a success. President Walter Padgett

and all his committees earned a grade of
A plus.

Irwin Vincent and his helpers had all

the arrangements for meeting places per-

fected, and nowhere could be found better
places than the Topeka Auditorium Assem-

bly, the High School Auditorium, and the

Jayhawk and Kansan hotels.

Warren Rutter was a fine hand to arrange
the decorations. The trip to the Army
Air Base and the Winter General Hospital
under the direction of Charles H. Martin
was enjoyed by all. Transportation com-
mittee, Wm. Dick chairman, was handi-
capped this year, but they did everything
anyone could do..

Charlie Mitchell is not only Past Goever-
nor but also Past Master as a chairman:
of a reception committee.

Read the Rotarian

May 1944

Kenneth McFarland arranged a great pro-
gram for Sunday evening and we all
appreciated the splendid music he se-
cured and the address of Dr. Albert EB,
Day of Pasadena, California. The large
audience in that beautiful assembly
room in the high school felt that it was
an auspicious beginning of an interest-
ing Rotary district conference.

Three smaller groups had very enjoyable
sessions, the Past Governors at dinner
Sunday evening, and the incoming presi-
dents at breakfast with Ed Holton chair-
man, and the new secretaries with John
Fellcur presiding.

The plan of having seven Rotary clubs

as host clubs worked well. It made a
number feel more personal responsibility
for the conference,

The Baldwin club took the responsibility
of working up attendance and giving
publicity. R. J. Zeidler and Tommy Evans
did a fine job.

The Oskaloosa club had some real work as
Registration Committee. Leslie Waggoner
and John Roberts and their helpers
stayed by their job for both days.

The Kansas City club put on an interest-
ing panel discussion Monday afternoon.
Hal Humbert, Gene Frank, Merritt Owens,
Harold Lederman discussed "Idealism and
Realism in Business".

The Manhattan club had a company of 150
at the Jayhawk for the noon luncheon.
Music both rousing and beautiful.
Ambrose Johnston delivered a splendid
address "Reflections of a Past Governor".