New Zealand | Rotarians Help Themselves When the Rotary Club of Strat- ford, New Zealand, which is not yet one year old, could not find a suit- able meeting room, it rented a shop and arranged with an outside caterer to provide a meal. The members painted and generally renovated the room. Finding it im- possible to purchase equipment, one member drew the design of a Rotary wheel, another member, an engi- neer, made a pattern and cast lun- cheon badges 3” in diameter, using waste light metal. The members themselves formed working “bees” to file and trim the badges. The members sing to the accompani- ment of the piano and violin at all their meetings. “Bombed Out” for the Sixth Time The Rotary Club of West Nor- wood, England, despite several changes in its headquarters has been maintaining an excellent at- tendance and a fine program of Rotary activity. Here is a recent letter from the club secretary: Since I wrote you a few days ago, I regret to inform you that our headquar- ters were destroyed by fire through enemy action. I refrain from mentioning the address as probably such disclosure would not be allowed. We shall now be involved in our sixth move since 1940. Unfortunately we had only recently removed our Youth Centre to the same address with singularly happy results, and felt assured we would pro- gress from strength to strength. These are the things we have come to expect, and which, in my previous letter, I expressed the hope you would be for- ever spared in your country. Food for Thinking Many people pray for peace and hope that peace after the war may be perma- nent but they never dream of ending the little wars in their own lives. They toler- ate feuds in their own family circles and in their business and social circles. If all, who read this, make a sincere en- deavour to put an end to these little wars, they would be doing something concrete to make the coming peace permanent. We shall never help to get peace in the world so long as we allow things that make wars to abound in our lives. For what is war between nations but a war of opinions backed by selfishness, greed and jealousy made up of the same materials or bad qualities as disagreements in the Home. _ —Monthly Letter of Governor N. C. Lamaye, Sholapur, India Rotary—Here, There and Everywhere Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has in its membership a Rotarian whose firm makes shell casings. In the manu- facture of these casings there is considerable scrap metal from the turnings. This scrap is sold and the proceeds donated to the Rotary club. The fund now totals over $1,000 and the club plans to use it as a student loan fund. * Orange, New Jersey, in cooperation with other Rotary clubs in the coun- ty, is furnishing the recreation fa- cilities of one of the hospital wards at a new army camp. ova Fallon, Nevada, sponsors evening classes at business houses for busi- nessmen on the training of new employees. * Dacca, India, Rotarians are mak- ing themselves very useful in the Dacca Central Relief Committee which is conducting free kitchens in the city, where food is distributed to the starving people. * Gravenhurst, Ont. Canada, has sent a gift of $500 to the Rotary Club of London, England, to purchase footwear for the needy children of London. Ba Puerto Cortes, Honduras, is active in helping the Red Cross and the children’s nurseries. The club has founded the Paul P. Harris Reading Room in Puerto Cortes. bv Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennes- see Rotary clubs—169 in number—in 1942-43 contributed $37,949 to the 66-bed hospital for crippled adults in Memphis, Tennessee, an institu- tion which is supported entirely by voluntary contributions from Ro- tary clubs in these three states. 4 Sacramento, California, has set up a special fund to pay for telephone calls made by service men through the U.S.O. * Cochin, India, has contributed Rs. 250 to the “Feed-the-Children” fund, launched by the Government of Cochin, to provide free midday meals to poor primary school chil- dren. * Dunn, North Carolina, has built and equipped a community cannery which is performing a real service. Newly Admitted Clubs For use in extending greetings, we give you the names and addresses of the offi- cers of the clubs recently admitted to membership in Rotary International. Com- munications received at the Secretariat from newly admitted clubs indicate that they greatly appreciate the letters of greetings from the older clubs, even though it may be practically impossible to make direct acknowledgment of the letters. Jalapa, Ver., México. 5752 (D-23) THURSDAY, 21:00, Casino Jalapefio. Pres. Lic. Mario Cordera (industrial law _ pract.), Primo Verdad 1. Secy. Dr. Gustavo Galindo y P. (odontology), Apartado 95. Houtzdale, Pa., U.S.A. 5753 (D-180) 1944 THURSDAY, 6:30 p.m., Hoover’s Restaurant. Pres. Alfons H. Letzler (auto. ret.). Secy. L. Clair Lloyd (hdwe. ret.), Brisbin, Pa. Blackshear, Ga., U.S.A. 5754 (D-165) 1944 WEDNESDAY, 1:00 p.m., Main Street Cafe. Pres. Rev. Thomas P. Whitfield (christianity- prot.). Secy. N. Walker Burt (bkg.). Millington, Tenn., U.S.A. 5755 (D-140) 1944 TUESDAY, 8:00 p.m., Millington School. Pres. William L. Osteen (ed.-second. schools). Secy. W. B. Williams (voce. ed.). Plymouth, Ind., U.S.A. 5756 (D-154) 1944 MONDAY, 6:30 p.m., Conservation Club. Pres. B. Leo Helvey (coal ret.) Plum and Harrison Sts. Secy. Robert L. Kaade (gas serv.) 112 W. LaPorte St. Martinez, Cal., U.S.A. 5757 (D-105) 1944 WEDNESDAY, 12:15 p.m., Travelers’ Hotel. Pres. L. Wight Lasell (gen. mdse. ret.) 900 Castro St. Secy. Lawrence P. Prato (drugs ret.) 816 Main St. Varna, Ill., U.S.A. 5758 (D-147) 1944 THURSDAY, 6:30 p.m., Methodist Church. Pres. Rev. Carl L. Olson (christianity-prot.). Secy. Iner Peterson (groc. ret.). La Paz, B. C., México (D. 24.) 5759 THURSDAY, 20:00, Hotel Perla. Pres. Sr. Miguel L. Cornejo, (Nitrate pro- ducing) Meliton Albafies 75. Secy. Sr. José T. Bello (Groceries Reg.) Zaragoza 31. . Hassleholm, Sweden. 5760 (D-78) 1943 TUESDAY, 8.00 p.m., Stadshotellet. Pres. Col. K. O. Hagberg (pub. defense- land) Férsta Avenyen 12 Secy. Axel Ingvar (educ.-high schools) Hanellsgatan 4. Rickmansworth, Herts., England. 5761 (D-9) 1944 TUESDAY, 1.00 p.m., Victoria Hotel Pres. C. W. Richardson (architecture) 52 High Street. Secy. A. H. Smith (banking) Barclays Bank, Church Street. Queenstown, New Zealand. 5762 (D-53) 1944 MONDAY, 5:45, Scott’s Royal Cafe. Pres. John S. Royds (groc. ret.). Secy. Eric R. Hopwood (county admin.). St. Jéréme, Que., Canada 5763 (D-170) 1944 MONDAY, 6:00 p.m. Hotel Lapointe. Pres. Jean-Paul Rolland (paper mfg.) P. O. Box 510. Secy. Conrad Bourbeau (liquor dist.) 358 Labelle. Americana, S.P., Brasil (D-41) 5764 FRIDAY, 19:00. Hotel Brambila. Pres. Domingos de Lucca (obstetrics) Ave. Dr. Antonio Lobo 220. Secy. Albino de Oliveira Netto (odontology) Caixa Postal 28. Santa Adélia, S.P., Brasil (D-41) 5765 WEDNESDAY, 19:00, Hotel Brasil. Pres. Antonio Joaquim Wikin (publ. at- torney). Secy. Luiz Silveira (dental clinic) Ave. Luiz Dumont s/n. Mount Holly, N. C., U.S.A. 5766 (D-188) 1944 THURSDAY, 12:30 p.m., Miss Nance. Pres. Edwin F. Megill (full fashioned hosiery mfg.) E. Central Ave. Secy. W. H. Hammond (gen. law prac.) S. Main St. Oregon, Wis., U.S.A. 5767 (D-144) 1944 MONDAY, 12:00 M., Oregon Community Hall. Pres. Dr. W. E. Ogilvie (dentistry). Secy. George M. Peterson (hdwe. ret.) 117 S. Main St.