It's All in Knowing How

The Rotary Club of Norwalk, Con-
necticut, and the local Boy Scout
organization, promoted a commu-
nity Victory Garden project last
year which resulted in a prodigious
yield. Conservative estimates show
production of 2,000 dozen ears of
corn, 200 bushels of potatoes, 10,000
beet roots, 9,000 carrot roots, 21,400
pounds of tomatoes, 200 pounds of
peas, 2,400 bunches of broccoli, and
an equally high yield from other
plants and seeds.

Norwalk Rotarians surveyed and
staked off over 200 twenty by thirty
foot garden plots in a fertile eight-
acre farm, loaned for the purpose
by a local realtor. Soil tests were
made at the University of Connecti-
cut, several tons of fertilizer and
lime were applied, and pre-season
lectures presented by the University
and County Farm Bureau to the
embryo Scout and adult gardeners.
The site was ploughed and harrowed
and a Rotarian gave practical dem-
onstrations of soil preparation and

seeding methods. Seeds and plants -

were purchased in volume for the
entire group and the total cost to
the indiivdual was $3.00 for each
plot. *

The Rotary club held several pic-
nics during the season which was
climaxed by a harvest festival, when
vegetables and canned goods were
exhibited. At the festival, gardens
were judged and the club gave
prizes equivalent to $50 in war bonds
and stamps.

Rotary clubs which are planning
to sponsor Victory Garden projects
this year will find in the experience
of the Rotary Club of Norwalk an
inspiring example of the results
which can be achieved by enthu-
siastic and planned cooperation,
plus hard work.

Rotary Meetings
at Army Posts

There are undoubtedly a number
of Rotarians—active and honorary
—at most of the large military
camps in the United States. Why
shouldn’t they get together each
week for an informal Rotary meet-
ing?

This question has been voiced by
a Rotarian who is stationed at an
army camp in the U.S.A.

The answer is that an informal
get-together of all Rotarians who
may be stationed at a military camp
or naval base would be splendid, and
undoubtedly if one Rotarian at each
camp or base were to take the initia-
tive in getting the group together,
the others would quickly and en-
thusiastically agree to meet together
regularly.

Club officers may desire to pass
this idea along to their members
who are at the various camps and
bases outside the combat zones.

Milton Will Be Ready

A fund—to be expended solely in
relieving emergency needs of Milton
service men and their families—is
being sponsored by the Rotary Club
of Milton, Mass., with the support
of a representative group of the
town’s citizens.

This club of 35 members, in a town
of some 19,000, feels that while there
will be agencies created by local,
state, and federal government to
help service men and their families,
there will nevertheless be many un-
foreseen difficulties which may bring
about much suffering. To prevent
such suffering, the club is sponsor-
ing this war service fund. The trus-
tees of the fund, all of whom are
Rotarians, are setting up plans so
that they may be able to act speedily
in every case demanding immediate
attention and relief. All expenses of
the campaign will be borne by the
Rotary club and all monies con-
tributed to the fund will be ex-
pended for the benefit of Milton
service men and their families.

President's Award Attracts
Wide Attention |

Clubs throughout the United
States and Canada are now busy
preparing exhibits and statements
concerning their work during the
Rotary year of 1943-1944 for entry in
the competition for the President’s
Award.

Club entries being prepared in-
clude not only projects accomplished
during the year, but also new activi-
ties and work carried on from year
to year.

Exhibits of many kinds are being
readied as supplementary material
to descriptive statements of activi-
ties. Photographs, programs, news
clippings, club publications, and
many other interesting and original
items are being included. -

Entries may be prepared and ex-
hibits submitted in any form desired.

As the Award will be made for the
most significant achievement in pro-
moting the ideal of service, based on
actual accomplishment, the size of
the club is not an important factor.
Entries must be in the hands of the
district governor not later than 1
April, 1944.

Program Suggestion for
Rotary Clubs in Canada

As a means of enabling Rotarians
in Canada to become more familiar
with the work of the Canadian ad-
visory committee, the board of di-
rectors of R.I. suggests to the Rotary
clubs in Canada that at some meet-
ing during the Rotary year, a short
exposition be made of the work of
the Canadian advisory committee.

Nominating Zones in U.S.A.

Any club which intends to pro-
pose a candidate for director from
a zone in the U.S.A. must file with
the secretary of RI. on or before
the ist of April a resolution of the
club, naming the candidate which
it intends to propose.

At the annual meeting of R.I. the
electors from the clubs in the U.S.A.
(except in the year in which the
director from any zone shall hold
office for a second year), assemble
in separate zone meetings and pro-
pose a candidate or candidates from
such zone for director of R.I. from
among those candidates whose
names have been filed with the sec-
retary of R-1,

The electors from the clubs in
Canada and Newfoundland and
from the clubs in G.B.&I. assemble
annually in separate meetings and
propose a candidate or candidates
from each such geographical group
for the office of director of R.I.

There is no provision that clubs
in Canada and Newfoundland or
G.B.&I. file with the secretary of
R.I. the name of the candidate they
intend to propose, prior to the meet-
ings of the electors from the clubs in
these regions.

If there is more than one can-
didate for director in a zone, or in
a geographical group, the electors
ballot and the candidate receiving
a majority of the votes cast is the
director nominee from the zone or
the geographical group.

Eat More Cabbage —
in the U.S.A.

The winter cabbage crop now
coming in from Texas, Florida, Ari-
zona and California is 52% larger
than the previous record crop in
1942.

The War Food Administration of
the United States Government,
therefore, has designated cabbage
as the “Victory Food Selection” for
the period February 24th through
March 4th, and has requested Ro-
tary clubs in the U.S.A. to focus all
possible attention on the need for a
record cabbage consumption during
this ten day period.

Time is short but there are many
ways in which the clubs can help.
Club officers, tell your members, and
ask them to tell their wives and
friends. Get your local newspapers
to emphasize the food value of cab-
bage, the many ways in which it can
be prepared, and the need for in-
creased consumption in order to pre-
vent possible loss of food and de-
pressed price to growers. Here is
another way in which all can help
food fight for Victory.