383 10 3980 https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/ef7ede9d2df6e0c4526168de8a9d506a.pdf 47cc42d424f0ee91cbfd9b9bdc5e68ae PDF Text Text THE “This Must Be Coldwater’s Best Rotary Year.” ISSUED RAZCZBERRY BY THE COLD\/ATER ROTARY CLUB X— “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” FEBRUARY 11, 1936 VOL. 2 _NO. 8. FRANK ( | C. MooNEY HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT OF THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB ENDED ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 1936, WHEN A LIFE OF BUSINESS AGGRESSION, CIVIC LOYALTY, AND REAL SERVICE TO HIS FELLOWS WAS STAYED BY DEATH. HE IS MOURNED, NOT ALONE BY ROTARIANS, BUT BY THOSE, IN’ ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WITH WHOM HE CAME IN CON: TACT. HE DIED A ROTARIAN, BUT, FAR LIVED A ROTARIAN. BETTER, HE �RAZZBERRY THE ST. CHARLES’ RECTORY 78 Harrison Street Coldwater, Michigan. February Dear 6, 1936. Editor :—— ties of Frank C. Mooney Many indeed were the activi a void that will not easily left has and his sudden pass.ng given to him there was acbe filled. But in the yea.s aesire to bring joy and happi complished a long sought purpose grand this well How s. ness into the lives of ctner out is best known by the civic of a manly life was carried ed by his membership. organizations that he honor e that his life was spent We regret his going but rejoic is true of laudable ambitions. It in seeking the attamnment and good fellowship; so too you will miss his genial smile and passing of a loyal friend will St. Charles’ mou:n the Both the failed. He was ever ready and never supporter. d church have lost this frien civic organizations and the and will ever be an encouragebut his good deeds remain reis nobly ended; ours, who ment to others. Frank’s work ’s we then be inspired by Frank May ning. begin just is main, r things. example to higher and bette I am sincerely yours, E. P. STANTON Editor: ey no doubt miss Frank Moon The Rotary Club will will closely associated with him more were who We ly. great nt very well He cared for his departme miss him still more. loss is to fill, but the personal hard be will place his and will es of the cement company offic The bear. to er hard ready his never failing smile and out with same the be not a fund man who had so unfailing wit. Sedom have I met a ling over with it all the: time. bubb was He r. humo good of ughsuccess as a salesman. Thro Tt was the foundation of his its by the cement company in red cove tory terri the out ds in every town. frien warm had he , tions opera er I recall very well a conAfter the death of Roy Paim d to the vacancy on our Boar rd rega with you with n versatio speculated on who would we time that At tors. of Direc b2 we never dreamed it would cause the next vacancy but ey. Moon Yours sincerely, REN JONES. My dear Coldwater Rotary Club, Coldwater, Michigan. Rotarians: cf the Joss of such a good It was a great sheck to learn as Frank Mooney. r.an Rota and en citiz w fello friend, of the 35th District and ians Rotar the of f behal On him. allow me to extend our other Rotarians who knew His inrtunate occas on. unfo this on athy symp heartfelt will remain with us deeds gocd and smile y happ luence, always. Sincerely, RAYMOND DRESSER. District Governor. Dear �THE. Zep 2A YY. Pik Editor Razzberry: I had quite a shock when I read yesterday that Frank Mooney had passed on. exWill you be kind eonugh to pass on to the club an Frank was a real Ropression of my sincere sympathy. tarian, or he would never have been chosen to head a fine I am sure his type of service will inspire club like yours. all of your fellows to carry on in an even more enthusiastic way than they have previously done. Please tell the boys I share their sympathy. Sincerely, BILL OTTO. Pee MICHIGAN fee ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE Coldwater, February CO. Michigan 10, 1936. Mr. Glenn Cowell, Editor The Rapzberry Coldwater, Michigan. Dear Glenn:— one’s While the writer realizes that any discussion of contrary to the is absolutely columns business in your consent to principles of Rotary. I would like to have your talk shop for a moment in order to describe certain char- was what we acteristics of our late President, Frank, who in the telephone business call a model subscriber. averHe used our service a great deal more than the to know and age individual and the cperato™s soon came along with understand him. Mr. Mconey knew how to get He was the others and he never failed to use this knowledge. w th kind of a fellow who addressed the telephone operators the the same consideration that he used in dealing with captains of industry. amiable, Always pleasant. always courteous and always operators enjoy he was the tyve of subscriber that the but working with and we certain'y miss his businesslike friendly voice. Sincerely. R. B..PUTNAM. a og Oo * “The beast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” of the Such was the content if not the actual phrasing at the services for our late of Father Stanton message president Frank, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Grand Rapids, Saturday. we a'l In stressing the inevitability of the end which ion to leave must face, he stated that it was a great consolat The spreading behind a memory such as Frank has left. services of\ cheer by his optimism was but cone of the many He was a loyal friend, a loyal Rotarian, which he rendered. The niche in the affairs of the and a loyal churchman. a long community which he filled will remain unfilled for time to come. roads The handful of Rotarians who had braved the icy by Father to attend the funeral felt that these sincere words for our Stanton echoed the feeling of the entire community jate friend and president. BOB SHARER. �THE RAZZBERRY The Coldwater Rotary Ciub, Coldwater, Michigan. Dear Friends: I was deeply shocked to read the press reports of the untimely passing of your distinguished president and my personal friend, Frank ©. Mooney. I extend my deepest sympathy to you in the tragic loss which you have sustained. I have admired Frark for the many splendid qualities which he possessed and_e¢specially for the art of friendship and the gift of fellowship which was peculiarly his. His passing causes me to realize that he had inspired a feeling of affection which I have seldom felt except for friends with whom I had had a much closer and a much longer association. ; It was only some three weeks ago that Frank attended a meeting of the Battle Creek Club, at which time he appeared to be in excellerit health and in splendid spirits and all of our members were tremendously attracted to him by the friendly spirit of geod will which attended his brief remarks on that occasion. Rotary and your Club have lost an outstanding member. I can pay him no greater tribute than to say that I feel that Frank exemplified to the fullest extent all of the spirit and fine qualities of a true Rotarian. Rotarily yours, J. W. McAULIFFE, President; Rotary Club of Battle Creek. ak * * ok Mr. Hugh Clarke, Secretary, Coldwater Rotary. Cub, Coldwater, “ee Dear Sir: : The Vicksburg Rote: sry Club extends to the ‘Rotarians of your. Club sympathy in the loss of your President Frank C. Mooney. He was a worthy Rotarian, and an efficient President whom .we know will be missed very much in your community. \ The Official Board of the Vicksburg Club directed this message of ey to) be sent to you. » Rotarily yours, BERT and President Z. L. Giléing Frank at the Manistee he R. PLATT, Secretary Vicksburg Rotary Club. and myself sat opposite Banquet last August. kk to you o® Rotary Club of Coldwater, Coldwater, Michigan. Dear Rotarians: We wish to express our sympathy to you in the death of Rotarian Mooney, President of your Club. We know his passing away will be a great loss to your Club: We feel that we too have lost a friend and one who was an example to us :n living up to the ideals of Rotary. Sincerely, ° # Rotary Club of Sturgis, By: Committee. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- February 11, 1936 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 11, 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) Additional Item Metadata The additional item metadata element set, consisting of all item elements created by an administrator and not assigned to an item type, and item elements created by plugins and not assigned to an item type or other element set. Additionally, the metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `items` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka items. Provenance Physical items were lent to Branch District Library, for digital preservation. https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/961a62c246054085efe815092442ed43.pdf b3230fea9a702c31196ab00ccbfe7e37 PDF Text Text THE To Have Arrived Is Tragedy: ISSUED This Year Must Be Even Better! RAZZBERRY BY THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB x FEB. 23, 1937 “HE PROFITS MOST. WHO | SERVES BEST” VOL. 3__NO. 6 The Founder of Rotary Paul My Dear “Boh”: H. Harris Chicago, - Ill. February 4, 1937 As you doubtless know, I came to Chicago in 1896 ta practice law. I happened to dine with a brother lawyer one night in Edgewater and after dinner we went to walk about town and dropped in on several .of . his neighborhood friends who were local shop-keepers ‘but. no two were in the same line cf trade. |. I was at the time, a young lawyer of few clients, and almost no friends or acquaintances, having been brought up in a small New England town. I missed my friends very much. The experience with my brother lawyer impressed me very deep'y; he had everything I had been longing for. I, mulled over it for nearly five years and my ideas expanded considerably during that period. As far as I can remember, Sylvester Schiele, still a member of the Chicago Club, was the first to whom I spoke of the movement I had in mind. �THE ‘RA ZZABE REY The Founder of Rotary—Contd. The Chicago Club grew very rapidly and its success awakened the ambition to extend the movement much further and to direct its impetus of usefulness. Sincerely yours, Paul H. Harris. The above letter was ccntributed by the founder of Rotary, especially for this anniversary number of the Razzberry, and. as a personal message from the first President of our great organization to the Coldwater Rotary Club. It is a recognition which is unique and exemplifies the fraternal spirit of Rotary, which is the predominating characteristic of Paul Harris. In this miessage he portrays the very nucleus of the organization and allows us to fathom the innermost thoughts which led him to seek the companionship of his fellowmen and thus sowed the tiny seed which has multiplied by many thousand fold and has spread the beneficent jnfluence ‘of Rotary into the farthermost corners of the earth. Little did he realize when the grovn of four sat down to that firct ecnference table on Feb. 23, 1905. exacty thirtv-two vears ago today, that it was to become one of the greatest organizations of its kind in the world. It must warm his heart and cheer h‘s soul to have been spared the years so that he has the bountiful pleasure and u'timate satisfaction cf knowing what he has builded: a lasting and enduring edifice: one no‘ made of stone, or brick, or mortar; but from the lives and energies cf men, through whose influence his human svmpathy and bountiful charity shall be carried far into the future until it shall touch the hearts of man in every home, every state, and every nation on the face of the earth. 7 “WHAT ROTARY MEANS TO ME”’—“A ROTATING BROWNIE” R. Stands for Rotary, that you all know. O. is for Others, unselfish, and so T. to be ready to help out a Brother. A. is for and, that means, one Another. R. for Respect, and that’s understocd. Yes, a real Rotarian, he has to be good. Good to himself, and to all mankind. There is no excuse, for he is not blind. Tho he turns a deaf ear, whenever he chooses, But in doing that. he the benefit loses. As to your own lives, you must be your Master. If you’re not, your own Craft will sail on to disaster. Put yourself in the back ground, g0 way back And smile as you do so, forgetting to frown. Don’t act Remember, like a monkey, there’s others, who can has scre wiggle news. their and sit down jaws. Let’s celebrate Rotary cn Paul Harris’ plan. Read over its objects, then act like a man. And say to yourself, were Paul here today. Would I be his sort of a Friend, wou'd he say. “T’m proud of you fellews, you’re doing rieht well For a bunch of Rotarians, I think you excell.” --Rotary Ann Shattuck. ‘ pes) ‘ �DAE A WHY ZZ I LIKE Ry ROTARY Really, this is not such an easy subject if I am to be honest about it. Did you ever ask yourself the question, “Why do I like Rotary” and then try and write it? I know well enough the proper thing to say, and should bear down on all of the spokes and cogs of the Rctary Wheel; everything this symbo! stands for is ideal, but did you ever notice how many cogs there are? So I believe that if we can each get in gear once in a whi'e, we at least belong to the wheel and are all a cog in it. . Now to my subject: My association with Rotarians has made me more tolerant with the cther fellow’s viewpoint; there is always the remote possibility that I might be wrong; to strive a little harder to be competent and to render the service in my profession that shou!d be rendered. I have learned a great deal from the discussions at Rotary meetings, both from our local members and the various talks and subjects taken up by outside speakers. Also this Service Motto has induced me to assume at various times, tasks outside of my regular work, which, had I followed my inclinations, would have been done by somecne else. Upon studying this paragraph, I will add that the examp’e established week after week by many of the officers, has had a very good influence. I could continue te ponder and analyze my reacticn to various incidents connected with visits to other clubs, their very fine hospitality, and the weekly contact w:th our club members, a great many of whom we would only meet occasional!y and then not get to know them if it were not for our club. The above are mainly my reasons for l’:king Rotary. George Vail. The first reason that I would like to give for liking Rotary, is qu:t2 personal. When I was asked to represent my prcfession in the c’ub, I felt that a signal privilege had been granted me and in the years that have passed-since then, that first feeling has been greatly deepened. During these years I have had the privilege of fellowship and comradeship with my fellow Rotarians from practically all of the busine*s and professional classification in the community. Th‘s has meant much to me and I feel that I have been very distinct'y the winner. Moreover I like Rotary for its “Four Lane Highway” of principles, neat'y summed up in the term cf “Service”. I like Rotary also for its world-wideness and, I believe that in proportion as the spirit and works of Rotary prevail, the chances for international good will are greatly increased. Herb Hurrell. x: OBSERVATIONS OF A ROTARY ANN As a cateress at the Rotary luncheons for several years, I have made the following observations: I know that Herb Lee hated corn bread; that George Branch does not like pumpkin pie; that Si Treat did and stil may prefer Swiss steak to chicken Melba toast, and that Char’ie Pollock takes green tea when he has a headache; also that Bill Frankhauser cannot stay in his seat during the time lunch is be:ng served, he roams around and takes the butter and rolls from any tab’e that has a surp us. I think the c'ub very wise in backing public projects only at long intervals and in this way it will not become too. commonplace and thus will mainta:n the interest of the public and secure their support. I wish to thank the members of the club for the many delightful ladies’ night entertainments which I have enjoyed and I am sure that this expresses the sentiments of the entire Rotary Ann membership. Sincerely, Rotary Ann Mi'nes. �—————_._ «§s THE RAZZABERRY Yost Day Today The City cf Coldwater honors itself as well as an outstanding citizen of Michigan in the celebration of Yost Day today. Fielding H. Yost: is more than a football coach. He is more than the director of athletics at a University. He is a great force among the youth of Michigan today. His influence for clean living, clean sportsmanship and high standards of morals cannot be over-estimated. In these days of alarming relaxation from the old standards of conduct, the importance of such an influence must not be overlooked. Mr. Yost commands the respects of all boys for his achievements in athletics. He has never stooped to win games by tricks or artifice and has not approved of low grade physical, moral or ethical practices. To hold him up as an example to the you‘h cf Coldwater is a deserved compliment to him but it means much more to. this city in furnishing the right kind of idea! for its budd:ng manhood. Sas anEnEEEEEnEnnEnees Seinen WHAT ROTARY HAS MEANT TO ME Rotary has for eight years been an opportunity to me—a wide oren door of opportunity. This open door has made possible for me a fellowship with men of this community which wou'd have been impossible if the door had been closed. Rotary has provided me with an open door of opportunity for prac- tical service. This service has been effective and practical because it was offered by joint: thought and effort of fifty men to needy causes in the community. Rotary has been an open door :n a th'rd sense. It is easy to get so concerned in one’s own business that a fe low loses interest in the many problems of society. The regular Rotary programs with their varied subjects provide one with a continuing course in general education, and in this way Rotary opens .a way of escape fram. the deadening ruts of daily routine. Bob. Sharer. “Often, before having the opportunity of kecoming a Rotarian, I had the impression that it was just a luncheon club, but, starting from the time Bob Wade gave me the Principles of Rotary, I have found some worth while advantage and enjoyment with every meeting. Now, Rotary appeals to me as an institution offering the means cf public service to your community; an opportunity to broaden one’s se'f through intimate contact with an excel‘ent grcup of representative business men. i Rotary offers a place for young men to learn to give service in cooperation with others where they wll receive the satisfaction of ac- complishment withcut personal glory. The social part of Rotary is pleasant and entertaining; its value, however is personal and acts as a means of keeping the organ‘zation intact. I sincerely believe that Rutary can take just an ordinary man and make a good man of him. M. J .Hungerford. a TIMELY SUGGESTIONS FROM BOB KERR Aren’t there quite a number of fellows in Coldwater who would qualify for some unfilled classification in Rotary? I believe that without a doubt the greatest sati-fact‘on the most of our members get from the Rotary club comes from the: contacts and the associations with a good many fellows that we do not get together with very often except at Tuesday meetings This satisfaction perhaps could ke Froadened if some of each of us could recommend a couple of likely prozpects to our Membership Committee. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 6" x 9" glossy paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- February 23, 1937 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 23, 1937 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) Additional Item Metadata The additional item metadata element set, consisting of all item elements created by an administrator and not assigned to an item type, and item elements created by plugins and not assigned to an item type or other element set. Additionally, the metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `items` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka items. Provenance Physical items were lent to Branch District Library, for digital preservation. https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/584eee670a8f7c717827bcde2fc4b242.pdf 42b2929d4cca5feb3e90c175aa5ead2e PDF Text Text z= “This Must Be Coldwater's Best Rotary Year.” THE RAZZBERRY ISSUED Raw BY THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” FEBRUARY 25, 1936 VOL; 2—NO. 9. We Thank You, Put. One of recognition the members of the of his conservation job in this respect. club, work. Roy Putnam, has received state Roy has done an outstanding He is entitled to thé thanks for the amount of time he has sense he has displayed in it. devotedto pubic of the community, work and to the both good He is now, in conjunction with Coley and others, promoting a WPA project for a bass rearing pond near the bluegill pond which has meant so.much to the fishing in Branch County, The new pond will cover about five acres (the old one being 16 acres aiid devoted exclusively to raising blue gills.) The site selected was donated by the Village of Union City and is a natural basin, it being cnly necessary te widen and raise the county road on the south side and construct a small-dyke’ on the west side. The cost will ke approximately $9,000.00 of whieh the local contribution is $2,100.00. The local contributicn will not all be in cash however, some of it being in equipment, etc. The project is enthusiastically approved by the State Department cf Conservation, which has co-operated generously with the Branch County Conservation Club officials in their application for a WPA project. ——__x. Having a Big Scrap St. Johns is having a b’g scrap to capture some of the natural gas going to waste in Northern Michigan, Bill Smith, Rotarian and chairman of the State Public Utilities Commission, was to speak on Lincoln at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club, so Sky Marshall perpetrated the following in his St. John Rotary Spirit: “Four score and seven million years created this continent, deposited in the cubic feet of natural gas; dedicated it be consumed equally if Grand Rapids us out of it. ago. our forefathers, or whatever béwe's of the earth a few billion to the proposition that it might Or some other town didn’t beat Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether this city or any other city so conceived, can allow Grand Rapids or any othr cockeyed neighboring town to grab what the Consumers Power Company is willing that we shall have. We here highly resolve that the Consumers Power Company and the Michigan Public Utilities Commission, of which Bill Smith is chairman, shall not die in vain in their efforts to giveus more and better gas at lower rates. eae That this Aw, gosh! town shall have a new birth of civic consciousness; that this hatural gas is the property of the people. shall be used by the people and for the people. ... What’s the use. �THE RAZZBERR A Letter from Dan Tae following in an interesting letter from Dan Y Hodgman: Fepruary 10, 1936 Editor: I enclose $1.00 to pay postage and my share of Razzberry’s expense. It’s a fine magazine and I’m glad to receive it. In contrast I enclose the meager sheet which the Middietown Club puts out. This club here, however, has a fine meeting—mostly speakers both a member of the club, One speaker, from inside and outside the club. spoke on Kipling, another, also a membcr, spoke about France and its people; another speaker, an outsider, President of the Connecticut Power Co., told about the antics of the New Dealers in trying to make a political footbail out of the power industry—and the best talk was by the City Manager of New London—about the city manager system and how it works. Since studying comparative government I have been impressed with the English cabinet system. ..We have too many elective offices in this The country, so that the parties concentrate on offices instead of issues. bi-partisan systems, however, works cut much better than multi-party Well France’s government isa shambles compared to Engiand. systems. you are too busy to be bothered by that. He was so cheery Was awfully sorry to hear about Frank Mooney. I shall miss him a great deal. and hearty. My very best regards, DAN HODGMAN. Dear Has Consented to Run Bill Manier of Nashville, Tennessee, has been for many years one of No one in Rotary knows more the most indefatigable of Rotary workers. about it nor has had greater erperience on the Board of Directors, The Ed is in receipt of the committees and Rotary activities generally. following letter from Paul Bond and is glad to comply with the request it contains. My dear Glenn: You may already have received an announcement similar to this one, and, if you have, I guess one more won't do any harm especially when one considers the subject. No doubt you are as well acquainted with Bill Manier of He is probably better known Nashville, Tennessee, as the writer. to Rotarians all over the United States than any other past One simply could not go through director of Rotary International. the office of District Governor without ccming in contact with Bill or feeling his influence. As you know, Bill finally consented to serve as R. I. president, Everything now points to the fact that he will not if elected, In have opposition, therefore his election is practically assured. my cpinion, there is not a more deserving and a more qualified Rotarian for this high office than Bill Manier; however, I am sure you know his qualifications as well as I do so I need not enumerate them. I was so happy to learn that Bill had finally consented to accept the nomination that I have taken the liberty of writing some of the past governcrs whom I feel he would be glad to hear If you feel as I do about having him as president, I am > from. sure he will appreciate receiving a line from you telling him about it. He is consenting to run cnly because his friends have insisted and a word from ycu as a past district Governor will give him a He need not know that any one has great deal of satisfaction. suggested that you drop him a line of assurance. With kindest personal regards, I remain Cordially yours, PAUL S. BOND. �THE BRAAAEE FEY Charlotte Pays Tribute The Charlotte Club seems to have adopted a program the Ed tried to initiate here. It is honoring local citizens who have merited the honor by a long life of usefulness. It recently had an “Albert Murray Day.” Following is taken from the Mirror in connection with this program: All of this brings to mind the thought that there is a community service a little out of the crdinary which cur club might bring iato action. An cccasional death suddenly draws our attention to the worth of this or that man in the community, how he had always been deeply interested in everything that would improve the community, in fact when we come to think of it he could always be depended on to do the right thing. He enjoyed a certain reward, to be sure, in the quiet «espect of his fellowmen but the warmth in his heart that might have come from a more articulate expression of appreciation is. beyond measure. By the above we do nct mean that our club can give public recognition to all the gcod citizens of Charlotte for they are legion, but we can occasionally invite in someone who fully deserves such recognition as a good citizen down through the years and have them know what our eroup thinks of them. A kind word to the living has a greater meaning vhan a bunch of flowers when life is no more. : 22 Fae Another recent Mirror speaks of the return of Judge Russell McPeek and “Doc” DeFce to the Rotary Club. They are both outstanding Charlotte men. DeFoe particularly is well known and honored throughout the state. The Detroit Free Press recently had a column article concerning him in which he was given the degree “DC”, which is exp‘ained to mean Doctor cf Charlotte. Another recent Mirror takes exception to our recent statement that Charlotte’s attendance record is somewhat spotty. We do not recall making the statement but probably did. Coldwater’s record is good encugh so we are inclined to get a little chesty but recently it has not been so hot. We just manage to stay above ninety, but were fourteenth in December and eleventh in January, ‘Charlotte baing above us in January but fourth place in December. It would be interesting to match attendance records with that c'ub. I have asked Hugh to compile an attendanc> record of the club from various angles and would like to ask Brother Byron Brown to do the same for Charlotte. We will then see how the two clubs stand. If we haven't kept up with Charlotte in the past, we will have to brush up a little in the future. Hastings, by the way, is the desra‘r of all the other clubs. Its January record was perfect—100% for the month. XX Frank Moore sends us a number of ccpies of the St. Petersburg Rotary Sunbeam. He doesn’t say, how<ver, whethcr they have sunb:ams down there this winter or not. es Embarrassing Moments The Hillsdale Club seems to have been unfortunate in some of its recent meetings as the following exce:pt from its Rotary News wil chow: EMBARRASSING MOMENTS To His Honor the Mayor, to ih? guests. and to the new memkers cf Rotary, we wish to offer our apologies for the distesteful featuzes of the pep-program. The cfforts of the halfnaked troupe leader to make a hit by means of disgusting anecjotes on'v succeeded in wounding the sensibilities and insulting the ecod taste of all Rotarians present. This is the ce-ond mis-f\t in the weekly Ro'a7ian prezgram. The previous week produced a fiasco and this week a reou'sicn. Such mis-fits are the result of a snap-judgment and hasty decision on the part cf the management. �THE RAZZBERRY Additional Letters of Sympathy Additional letters of sympathy on the death of Frank Mooney have been received from the Belding Club and the Greenville Club. Letters from Harry Taylor, Vice-President of the club, Bill Frankhauser and others, together with editorial comment, were necessarily omitted from last week’s Razzberry for lack of space. Chicago, February 14, 1936 Mr. Hugh W. Clarke Secretary, The Rotary Club Coldwater, Michigan Dear Hugh: It is with sincere regret that we note in “The Razzberry” of February 11 the sudden death of President Frank Mooney. Our contact with President Mooney revealed his deep interest in advancing the ideals of Rotary and in rendering a large measure of unselfed service to his community. “We extend our sincere sympathy vo you and your fellow members. Sincerely, CHESLEY Cr R. PERRY, Secretary. a The Coldwater club certainly has occasion to feel thankful to Raymond Dresser for his loyalty after Frank’s death. He promptly called the editor to find what could be done about arrangements for the funeral. He took it up with Al Hammer at Grand Rapids, called repeatedly and did everything possible to see that Rotary was well represented. One of the things he did was to send a beautiful floral Rotary wheel on behalf of the district. e BR Another man whe is entitled to our gratitude is Al Hammer, Secretary of the Grand Rapids club. He did everything he could to discharge the duty of Rotary to one of its finest members. : (Sre See Sara) It was unfortunate that the funeral could not be held in Coldwater. The weather was such that local Rotarians and other friends of Frank’s who would have been glad to pay their respects to him and show their sympathy for Dora, were unable to go. About thirty Coldwater people, including eight members of the Rotary club were there. The Rotarians were Harry Taylor, Vice-President of the club, Bob Sharer, Charlie Keep and Hugh Clarke, members of the Board cf Directors, Carl Vinton, Irish Ramsey, Bob Kerr and Aiton Hutchins. ok * co oo Bob and Lucile Kerr were loyal stand-bys in the emergency. They went to Grand Rapids as soon as it became an emergency and stayed until after the funeral. Following its custom the club will still consider Dora Mconey as one of its Rotary Anns. She will always be welccme at its functions and its members will ke more than glad to render assistance to her in every possible way. X There is a Rotary Club in the City of Grecns, New York. It’s secretary’s name is Russell W. Gray and believe it or not the president this year is Carl E. Purple. There seems to be nothing rosy in this club’s outlook. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 25, 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) Additional Item Metadata The additional item metadata element set, consisting of all item elements created by an administrator and not assigned to an item type, and item elements created by plugins and not assigned to an item type or other element set. Additionally, the metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `items` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka items. Provenance Physical items were lent to Branch District Library, for digital preservation. https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/314c3094b26c70850dbe93de57dd511b.pdf 610a719a9b1554711d0ee95afb140a6d PDF Text Text To Have Arrived Is Tragedy: ou THE This Year Must Be Even Better! RALZBERRY ISSUED BY THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB xX “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” JAN. 5, 1937 The year commences with brighter prospects than we have known for some time. Business is operating at record speed and, in many cases, at peak capacity. Farm prices are good. Mortgages are being lifted. A spirit of optimism is everywhere present. “The picture is not all highlights, however. The shadows are numerous and deep. The threat of war, both international and civil, is daily becoming more imminent. Whether this country can remain a spectator is a problem. If so it will profit temporarily from the woes of the rest ofthe world. At any rate, while the next war is in the making, we cre assured of a few years of abnormal foreign trade by the great rearmament program of Europe. Even small nat-ons like Switzerland and B:lgium are almost bankrupting thems2lves in a frenzied race for mil-tary “power. At home our prosperity is threatened ky the prosyect of industrial war. We are still savages. If we can’t run ourselves in one way we insist on doing it in another. And with all our prosperity we still have millions of unemployed. You can’t find a man to work for you but there are plenty of mén on relief. A, dole is like Frankenstein’s monster. Through it all Rotary is steadily gaining in numbers and inf‘uence. One hundred, seventy thousand rctarians in four thousand, fifty clubs scattered over eighty-two countries are contributing their efforts tcward peace. : A happy and prosperous and — — Year. Charlie Pollock is editor of ions next issue of the Razzberry. He _. thinks’ is.a_little.out-of it sis line but, like a good retarian, he does what he is told. We predict a pecan Smee oneiene Rotary Minstrel Minutes Interloctors: Harry Milnes (result of long campaign!!!), Alice Frankhauser (no relation to chairman). End Men: Female. Florence Kizss, Mildred Payne, Mar:on Fletcher and Emily Alexander. End Men: Male. John Walker (generously gave up interlocutor job), Carl Vinton, John Hardy (missed last eaepting), Bill Frankhauser (general chairman!). Specialty Numbers: Marjorie Treat, Maurice Payne, Winifred Hardy, Verald Wilbur, Brownie Shattuck, Carol McKnight. The Temperamental Tunesters: Rol Kerr, Ralph Strong, Red McKnight, Alton Hutchins. The Ed notices with regret that Bob Kerr is not slated to sing. Perhaps the others do not like the compe‘ition since he put everyone. else in the shade at the last minstrel show. Perhaps they feared an accident. People laughed so hard at him last time as to be dangercus. �THE RAZZBERRY Rotary In Hawaii ROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU Office of the Secretary VIA P. A. A. CLIPPER December 24, 1936 W. Glenn Cowell, Alleged to be living in Coldwater, Michigan. Dear Glenn: In reply to your letter of October 28, I endeavored to pass the buck to one of our members, who makes his living writing very clever articles and advertisements but the copy he turned in did not cover the situation; so, like a good Secretary am) doing the job myself. Rotary in Hawaii is practically the same as in any other politcal Subdivision of our great nation except, that the Rotary Club of Honoiulu ‘is the outpost of American Rotary in the Pacific area. Rotarians from the nations bcrdering on this great basin enjoy the fellowship of the first American Club they contact when they hit the beach of Honolulu. Although, our Club is small, we enjoy a great advantage, and, likewise, serious disadvantages. The great advantage is that we meet and enjoy the friendship of Rotarians cf various nat onalit.es who pass through both to and from the Antipodes and the Orient. We have many friends and c‘ose contacts with the nationals of all Pacific countries. enjoy hearing talks by the outstanding men of many nations. ; In the fellowship of Rotary all barriers are elim:nated and the ers from other countries take down .of the subject under discussion. The people of Hawaii organized of Pacific Relations, which We speak- the:r hair and give us a true picture and brought has done a great into be! ng deal towards the better Institute under- standing between the nations of the world. The recent conference at Lake Tahoe confirms this statement. The Secretariat of the Institute cf Pacific Relations is located in Honolulu and the General Secretary, Charlie Loomis, is a member of cur Club. : The only disadvantage of our particular location is that we have so many outside speakers that we do not use enough of our own members on programs. The Rotary Club of Honolulu originated and promoted the idea of a Pacific Rotary Assembly. The first was held in Hono'ulu, Hawaii, My 25. to 28, 1926—Second: Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 1 to 4, 1928—Third: Sydney, Australia, March 18 to 26, 190—Fourth: Honolulu, Hawaii; June 12-to- 15, 1932—Fifth: Manila, P. I., Feb. 18°to 20, 1935. The next one is to be in: Wellington, N. Z., March 1 to 5, 1937. We make it a practice to send delegations to Pacific Assemblies, and have in many instances sent members of our Club to New Zealand and Australia to attend their district conf:rences, _ Although separated by many naut’cal miles of salt water Rotarians down below are close friends of those in Hawaii. The Rotary Club of Hcnolu'u has had many projec’s similiar to other clubs, but the best work that we have accomplished so far, and are <tili carrying out, is the eare,ef and operation on infants born with harelip and..cleft palate. Rotarian Joe Palma, M. D., Class fication, Pediatric’, gets, the privileged baby into satisfactory pre-operative condition and ‘Rotarian James A. Morgan, Clas ification, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, a very skiliful surgeon, cperates. The medical service costs us nothing but we maintain at the Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital a Rotary Bed and pay all expenses for the underprivi’ eged child who is operated on. in addition we have purchased a complete outf t of special ‘instruments for this type of work. So far 50 cases have been treated. We hope in the space of the next year to correct all of the children who have these de- �THE: RAZZBERRY Rotary In Hawaii—Continued fects. In the future we will be able to take care of each one as born. Any Club which has the facilities for carrying out a project of this nature will certainly be doing something for the race which is worth-while. To appreciate the handicap of having harelip, take a mouthful of water and try to swallow it with your mouth open. So this is Rotary in Hawaii Nei. Aloha Nui Oukou, Jawn Caldwell eae pare Keoni (Jawn) PS—The distance between the easterly and westerly corporate limits of the City of Honolulu is greater than any municipality under the American Flag. I challenge the statement in the post script. You can draw a straight line sixty. miles in length which will be wholly within the city of Los Angeles. We Anyway warm have it was nice a suspicion welcome of that Jawn to write a traveller in the Honolulu Club. et this from full letter Coldwater at our would request. receive a A Classification Display “The London club holds a classification display. . Possibly the Coldwater club could make a good meeting out of it. Certainly it. could if the fellows would undertake it in the r.ght spirit. Be:ow is an article in the London Rotarian which will give an idea of the way it is handled. THE CLASSIFICATION DISPLAY Chairman .Scott-Worthington sends us prints of photos taken on December 2nd. We should like to reproduce them, but economy forbids. You ought to see Ted Unwin standing in front of himself but apparently looking at the figure in the background and wondering who it is. Then Wilfred Smith, looking proudly at a majestic skeleton with cigarette planted firmly in its jaw—and both obviously doing well. And Padre Clapham beaming over his eight volumes of sermons with that stainless Stephen expression. “All ould sinners are wishful to pray with you.” But they’d never forgive him for.the poetic effort boldly prominent. cn a placard. Did you _o¥serve Dr. Horsford wistfully_regret' ting he had not sent along a bottle of tonsils? We made him a present of suitable caption “For your health’s sake put yours with them.” That ought to be worth a free op. (transferable). It was a great show! We have many letters replying to Douglas Haigh. We will see what’ can be done next week. ; As we write, a letter has been handed us addressed The Right Honble. Hore-Belisha, M. P., Whitehall, super.cribed “Try B. B. C.” and then to us. We must deal with this next week. Obviously the Display caused some traffic dislocation. Let’s begin planning on club representation’ at convention of R. I. at Nice next summer. rotary association adds greatly to the Bill and Alice Frankhauser. et the international It will b2 a wonderful trip.: pleasure of foreign travel... Kee ‘Tce Ask The program committee for January is ccmposed cf Norm Koh!, Chairman, Marshall Woodward, A’ton Hutchin=, Carly Vinton. For February it is Warner Van Aken, Chairman, Russe:l Alexander, Chas. Keep, Fred Leeder. ‘ �THE RAZZPETRY A Word About “Visiting” : BY “PUT” : During a recent discussion with one of the members of ot club I learned that he-did not quite understand the rights of a Rotarian to visit other Rotary Clubs and for the benefit of other members who hesitate to visit other clubs even when it is convenient I quote Article 6 XVI, Section 2 of the By-laws of Rotary International which reads as follows: “Every active and past service member of the Rotary’ Club shall have the pr-villege to attend, and whenever possible shall be expected to attend, the regular meeting of any other Rotary Club.” : Please note that this rule not only authorizes all Rotarians to attend the regular meeting of any other club but it goes just a little farther and says that they are “expected” to attend the meet:ngs of other ciubs whenever possible. A short news item on this subject recently appeared in “The News Letter”, the weekly publication of Rotary International, in which all Rotarians vere encouraged to visit other clubs. I am wondering how the number of “visits” from members of the Csldwater club compare: with the number of “visits” made by the members of cther clubs of a sim lar size and location. Much good can be accomplished by visiting cther clubs and the farther one is from his home club the more imperative his visits become. The members of*the host’s club benefit by your acquaintance and your own: club benefits by. the broadening influence cf the vist on yeu as an individual. Anything that helps you individually indirectly helps our club. —R. x E. P. The Ed has a letter from Colonel Evans, Director of the State Board of Aeronautics, suggesting that the project of improv:ng the airport w-th the assistance of federal funds be renewed. The recent major accident ‘in the air probably makes this an inopportune time to undertake it. However, the project is sound and cannot be permanently shelved. I: will have to be revived sooner or later. x: THE kinds UTICA CLUB There are three Those who get behind Those Those who climb aboard and ride; who ride and drag their feet. SAYS of Rotarians: and push; X Coldwater Boy Makes Good Merle Bennett, a Coldwater boy, who has made conspicuously good in Wayne County, has just published ancther book. The title is “Roadsides, the Front Yard of the Nation,” and is written to. improve the standard of decoration of the highways with trees, shrubbery and other plants. If the value of the work is indicated by its price it must be well thought of because the price is three dollars per volume. The Razzberry would like information as to other Coldwater boys who have made good in the world. It would be a worthwhite activity to give them notice in these pages. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- January 05, 1937 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 05, 1937 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) 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Provenance Physical items were lent to Branch District Library, for digital preservation. https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/06e4c62e344383eaeda086f344eb0c83.pdf a2870535ddf54c8250ceb4f24f304a26 PDF Text Text To Have Arrived Is Tragedy: Sy THE ‘ ISSUED “HE This Year Must Be Even Better! .RAZZBE RR Y¥ BY THE COLDWATER say PROFITS MOST WHO ROTARY SERVES JAN. 19, 1937 CLUB BEST” } VOL. 3—NO. 4 Michigan Society for Crippled Children. beet — Percy Angoor, executive secretary, could tell this story much better than this week’s assistant editor and that is just what we tried to have him do. We who heard him at Battle Creek knows how full he is of his subject and hew well he tells it; so full of it though thet it might take two Razzberries to carry all his message. But in a four page closely writ* ten letter he outlines the valient features of the work of the society. As a result of the Rotary Convention in Battle Creek in 1919, this society was launched and incorporated in 1921, and until 1934 was financed entirely by Rotary. During this time 61 free clinics were held and over 5,000 children were hospitalized. Coldwater was cne of the earlier cities to avail itself of the privilege of a free clinic, and under the able manage~ ment of Harry Lansing the entire county was combed for possible cases that could be helped. Over 80 children were examined and about fifty were hospitalized. We have had visual demonstrations of the wonderful help some of these children received. Again about five years ago a similar clinic was held, by which a dozen children were enabled to have needed hospital care. ! The.Michigen Society of Crippled Children in 1927 sponsored and created the act establishing the Michigan Crippled Children Commission, and ever since has been on the alert to protect this law, keep the work out of politics, and secure the needed appropriations. As.a result of the activities of the society and the ccmmission 26,959 crippled children have been reported and on June 30th, last, there were 13,616 cases in the active file. In the nine years 13,343 children have been discharged. Discharges of course, involve different reasons, but of this number 4,251 were actually cured, and 1,467 received rehabiliation services. 4251 children rescued from a condition of dependency and care, and placed squarely on their feet like other children, is certainly a worth-while work, and something in which we can be thankful to have had a part. The financing of the work of the Michigan Society for Crippled Children is accomplished almost entirely through the sale of Easter Seals, which this year will carry the slogan “Joyous Life for Crippled Children,” a worthy objective indeed. While it will be some little time before the actual sale of stamps begins it is not tco early to acquaint our members and the public with the chance they have to help do a lot of kiddies a lot of good by the simple process of buying liberally of these stamps. es THE FORGOTTEN FIELD OF ROTARY The so-called “forgotten field cf Rotary—Vocational Service—is th2 one wherein lies the real genius of Rotary. It is high time we re-discovered that “forgotten field” and reenlisted the efforts of all Rotarians to take back to their professions, their crafts and their trades, the Rotary ideal of unselfish service. Tcday there is a greater need than ever before to put the ideals of Rotary into business and the professions. —Manilla Rotary Balita. �PIE Aw Se hh Y A Sign of Littleness So, A man and said: now I “I have crossed me once, of my life.” have and my been waiting chance.” I will make ten years Another him to get even said: regret “That with fellow it if it takes me So-and- double- the rest Each of them was really saying, “I am a little man.” For jf biography and- history teaches us anything it is that big men almost always vefused to poison their spirits with vindictiveness and hate. Napoleon was by na means an ideal character, but he had superb :ndifference to personal animosity. When someone questioned his judgment in appcinting one cf his critics to an important. office, Napoleon expressed surprise. “What do I care what he thinks of me,” he demanded, “as long as he can do the work.” Abraham Lincoln amazed the nation by putting into h’s Cabinet his foremost political adversaries. As Secretary of War he chose Stanton, who had snecerinely characterized him as a clown and a gorilla, He made Seward Secretary of State, knowing well that Seward regarded himse’f as’much the abler man. Chase, his Secrtary of the Treasury, used his Cabinet influence to promote his own chances for the Presidential aomination. It meant nothing to Lincoln co long as Chaze kept the confidence of the country and did his work well. When McCle'lan snubbed him brutally, and Lincoln was urged to replace him, he replied: “I will hold McCtellan‘s horse if cnly he will give us v:ctories.” Disraeli had the same calm superiority to personal resentment. When a partisan of more vindictive turn expressed his astonishment at his meekness, he replied: “I never trouble to be avenged. When a man injures me, I put his name on a slip cf paper and Jock it up in a drawer. it is marvelous te see how the men I have thus label‘ed have the knack of disappearing.” In the Bible is this sentence: “Vengeance is mine. I will repay, faith the Lord.” A certain proportion of men feel that they must help the Lord in His task cf repayment, that otherwise He will get behind in His work. So they nurse personal injuries; they harbour resentment, and accept every opportunity to denounce and criticize. These are never big men. , Big men are too busy.—Bruce Barton. ———-—-x Last week as part of the refreshments fcr the Hi-Y banquet the ‘local organization asked Harold Stock of Hillsdale for five hundred dovghnuts. Stocks make doughnut flour, have doughnut machines, and the combination gave the local beys the idea that the mil makes doughnuts just for the fun of it. Harold generously complied and a couple of days later brought a party of eight or nine over to the Hillsdale-Coldwater basketba'l game. Bob Sharer recognized him, unceremoniously passed his entire party into the game. ; Harold is usually on the “giving end” of things and was genuinely pleased at this gesture. Bob Sharer’s a smoothie. x Sometimes we wonder what a Rotary table would say if it could talk. Perhaps it would say: “He always sits here.”; “He eats so fast he hasn’t time to talk.”; “He sings rather well”; “He doesn’t cing at all”; “He never brings a guest”; “He’s worried if the speaker gces 2 minute overtime”; “He has a good time every time.” What does the table know about you? Let us rejoice that the table is dumb. both Try listing things on all of the things you did for Rotary last your list in fairness to yourself—Charlotte year. And Mirror. put �TE ewe YY You Give—T hen Get No man, can come into Rotary, and expect to get all of the benefits which the cluk has to offer, without giving something. He’s got to make some effort—go to a little trouble now and then—if he is to get what he CXDECiSs e But after all, isn’t that true of life generally? The rewards come to those who are willing te dig down beneath the surface of life’s opportunity, to find that which they are seeking after. “He that seeketh, zindeth.” 3 Just look over the crowd at the next meeting of the club, and ob- serve for yourself those who are getting the most out cf their :nembership in Rotary. It. will be easy to pick them out. They are the ones who are investing their time and effort wholeheartedly. ‘They come there with a purpose—to give of themselves. And in giving—they get. Ther dividend cheques are there every Tuesday. The rewards are sure to those who seek after them. — Neen el, MAKING ROTARIANS If a man is not already a Rotarian in his viewpoint, temperament and ideals before he joins the Rotary Club, how much chance is there that we can make him a good Rotarian after we get him into the Club? The association with other men of energy, ability and high ideals, sympathy and personality, stimulates. those same qualities in a «ew member. Hew much change can be effected in one who does ‘not come into the Rotary Club with those traits is a matter of argument. The pr:mary purpose cf Rotary is to create and exnand the fellowship which shculd exist between those upon whom there falls the responsibility for leadership in the community. By reason of this fel’owship, there is generated a desire to be of greater service to the community. Do we make Rotarians when we bring new members into the Club and he’p to cultivate in them the ideals of Rotary, or do we merely ‘liscover men who had those qualities and provide them with an opportunity to display their worth? Siaeeee Be THE LATE KING GEORGE’S CODE The Weekly Letter of the Edmonton Rotary Club lowing articte about Xing George: “I was reading over the late King George’s code contains recently, the and folthere appears so much in it that it is worth passing on: ‘Teach me to be obedient to the rules of the game. ‘Teach me to distinguish between sentiment and sentimentality, admiring the one and despising the cther. ‘Teach me neither to proffer nor to receive cheap praise. ‘If I am called upon to suffer, let me be a well-bred beast that goes away to suffer in silence. ‘Teach me to win, if I may; if I may not, teach me to be a- good loser. ‘Teach me neither to cry for the moon nor to cry over spilled milk.” These are the sentiments of a man, in every sense of the word, and well worthy of emulation. + X- Mr. Sharer:—Young man, have you Howard:—yYes sir. Bob:—- You may stay after schcol. any more stories like that? eter ee ee Slogan for Mérshall Hungerford’s office: “No matter how the land lies, its got ncthing agent.” cn the real _ estate �THE “BA 4 Z.BE-R R-Y The Minstrel Show The way the club has buckled into the minstrel show is proof of its vitality. Last year the Razzberry began advocating it. Hugh Clark raised the objection that no adequate purpose was in view. The objection was, of course, good. People work for a definite concrete object. The primary purpose of the propcsal was the impulse such an enterprise would give to the life of the club itself. That, however, was too intangible to arouse the necessary enthusiasm. This year we renewed the suggestion and Roy Putnam supplied the objective. That removed all opposition. The success of the project seems assured. It will accomplish the following very worthwhile purposes: 1. Assure the success cf a worthy Iccal enterprise. 2. Popularize the club in the community. 3. Revitalize the club itself. MINSTREL SHOW NOTES Raymond Hitchcock Hearing Bill Frankhauser dust:ng off the old one about being fully apparelled with no destination takes us back to the old days of the San Souci minstreis, when Art Walker made that song famous. Incidentally The rule that also sang al! witty it. remarks at practices must emanate from leaders is almost causing suffocation to some of the wise-crackers. Marshall in the hands Hungerford announces of all Rotarians that on Friday tickets for the big of this week. Each show the will ke member will on lips receive $5.00 worth and Marshall hopes he sells them for we really want an audience, but if he fails, it’s just too bad, because they are not return-~ able. Nothing but the five spot goes. A good plan is to pay for them when you get them. The dates are Feb. Ist and 2nd; neighboring clubs please note: Worth the price of admission is the bezoming of the ladies in the whistling parts. it. The and lady ends are cutting a fast pace tantalizing pes puckers for the boys, but they the will make eee LOOKING BACKWARD For the benefit of the new, and to refresh the memories of the older members here are a few facts about our club: Organized Noy. 1921, sponsored by the Hillsdale Club with 22 charter members of whom eight are members today, viz: Geo. Branch Bob Kerr Neil Carroll Harry Milnes Hugh Clarke Sam Schultz Bert Fiske Roy Shattuck The men who have served us as president are: Frank Rowe Herb Lee Harry Milnes Bob Wade Bob Kerr Bill Frankhauser Bert Warner John Hardy Sig Wing Bert Fiske Glenn Cowell Clarence Ramsey In the fifteen President Herb Lee, Bob Sharer Frank Mooney Roy Putman years death President has Frank claimed Mooney, four from George our Snyder ranks: and Past Harold Tribolet. We will never forget Herb’s “Now take this serious men”, nor Frank’s Irish wit that took on all comers. Some of the high lights of the years were Paul Harris’ visit, our sponsoring and inaugurating the Marshall club, and the picnics at Sig’s and Hugh’s cottages. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- January 19, 1937 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 19, 1937 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) 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It was well attended, the splendid dining room of the Four Flags Hotel being filled with Rctarians from Niles, Ssuth Bend, St. Jo-Benton Harbor, The Dowagi2c Dowagiac, Sturgis, Coldwater, Charlotte. and other clubs. club made the occasion its regular meeting and was present almost 100%. President Johnson is a fine fellow. He is not experienced as a public speaker but he gave a very interesting talk which was essentially a report of Rotary activities during his administration. We repeat below a few interesting items of his talk. He was convention chairman last year and had charge of the convention at Mexico City. He described the pressure brought to bear on Rotary International to cancel its Mexican appointment for the convention because of the persecuticn of the church by the Mexican government and the decision of the Board of Directors that because Rotary is non-political and non-religious in its constitution the meeting would not constitute either an endorsement or a criticism of the Mexican government and that the convention should be held in Mexico City as planned He said that during the week of the International Assemb'y and just a few days prior to the convention international President Nelson, past President Tom Sutton, Secretary Ches Perry, and himself had an appointment with President Cardenas to arrange for the opening of the convention by the President. The appointment was for 7 P. M. When they arrived at the president’s palace they were informed the president had undertaken to: reach them to postpene the conference because of an unexpected cabinet meeting and they were obliged to wait until 9 o’clock to meet the President. Later they learned that the President at that meeting had asked for and received the resignation of the entire cabinet and was then and until after the closing of the convention the entire Mexican government. He said it was currently understood that the presence of large numbers of Rotarians from all over the world was the only thing that prevented a bloody revolution in Mexico at that time. He also described the regional conference last September and the pressure brought to bear to prevent the holding of that conference in Italy lest it should be considered an endorsement of Italy’s action, coming just on the eve of the declaration of war against Ethiopia. Again the Board of Directors said that because of the non-political character of Rotary no notice should be taken of the action of the Italian government. The conference was held with representatives from northern Africa, Asia Minor, Egypt, and most European countries present, the total attendance being 1500. He told an interesting story of the club in Alexandria, Egypt, when the Italo-Ethiopian war started. The club, about 60% of the members’ of which was British and Italian, ceased to meet. Shortly after that agitation was begun for resumption of its activities and the club voted on it. The British and Italian members voted solidly to resume meetings. Members of other nationalities voted against it, fearing friction between the British and Italians. Meetings were resumed, however, and have been �THE RAZZBERRY The Niles Meeting—continued carried on without friction. The British and Italian members have shown the utmost consideration for each other. He said the Rotary Club of Venice has recently passed a resolution showing that its national sentiment is much stronger than its Rotary allegiance because the resolution bitterly derides the 52 nations applying sanctions and particularly the British. An interesting fact about Rotary in Italy is the R. I. has always Pressure from Rotary International has stood for Rotary Italiano there. In the failed to induc2 Italian clubs to adopt the usual designation. last month, however, Italian clubs have voted to change the designation This is an evident attempt on their part to to. Rotary International. obtain sympathetic affiliation from the Rotary Clubs of other nations. Italian Rotarians have to pass a rigid test of membership because each candidate must have thel affirmative vote, not only of his own club, but of all clubs in Italy. What President Ed lacked as a speech maker, first assistant secreHe gave a very eloquent and vigorous address tary, Phil Lovejoy, supplied. He concluded that Rotary International on the subject ‘Dawn or Sunset.’ He said there are is at the dawn of its mission rather than its sunset. now 3901 clubs covering practically all of the countries and geographical When the depression came on there were approxiareas in the world. That gradually declined to 142,000 but the last mately 150,000 members, He year has been coming back there being at this time 164,473 members. told of some of the problems of the Secretariat, many of which were very amusing. Coldwater’s old friend, Walter Wood, acted as toastmaster. ried the program off very happily and successfully. President Mooney, Roy Putnam, John Hardy, Red McKnight, Ed were the Coldwater representatives there. He car- and the Phil Lovejoy gave an interesting illustration of the almost infinite He told of an obelisk 250 period covered by the history of the world. the feet in height. and said if you were to place a penny on top of obelisk and a postage stamp on top of the penny and consider the whole column as representing the span of the world’s. history, the penny would represent roughly the length of man’s inhabitation of it and the postage stamp the period of civilization. A striking statement that he quoted is big if you divide it into small jobs. from Henry Ford He quoted an old lady whom he met casually as saying a high and finer type of life to a community.” is “No task “Rotary brings It seemed the Dowagiac A number of Cassopolis fellows were there. The town already has club is undertaking to carry Rotary to Cassopolis. Asa Hadyn and the other 5, sarvice club but with no outside affiliation. this fellows from Cassopolis must have received a good impression of meeting. —— The Hillsdale club recently had a manufacturer’s day at which time The club's they entertained as guests the manufacturers cf the city. It recently broadcasted Rotary quartette is getting quite a reputation. over Station WOWO, Fort Wayne. a The magazine “The Rotarian” is twenty-five years old this month. �THE RAZZBE RRB Y The Embodiment of Empire The sympathy of the Coldwater club is extended to the Canadian. Soo Club in the loss of its sovereign. Bob Sharer’s suggestion last Tuesday was timely and thoughtful. In the toppling of thrones which followed the world war and the general tendency to treat the members of former ruling families as jokes the dignity of the English king has kept the British throne firm on its foundation, King George held the affection of all his dominions in remarkable degree. He had little actual power but tremendous influence. To his people he was the concrete embodiment of the Empire. The wisdom of the British system is called sharply to mind by his death. Without the throne, England might easily be in the situation in which Germany, Italy and other continental countries now find themselves. The good will of the world goes out to King Edward. The success of his reign means much to its peace and prosperity. Se The Razzberry Suggests The Razzberry wants to make a suggestion to the president. Mrs. Bess Milnes performs a peculiar function in the community. It is practically impossible to: hold a local theatrical without her assistance. Many a hit has been made by a local performer for which she is responsible, though the credit goes to someone else. She does her work very willingly and graciously and seeks no recognition of it. The community owes her a debt of gratitude for service performed in a true rotary spirit. The club could easily do something to make her work more effective. Almost every family has some bit of old fashioned, clothing, jewelry or other article which would make a good theatrical property. If all of these were collected and placed in her charge and those who. desire contribute to a fund for the purchase of cosmetics, wigs and other makeup articles, it would be a useful service on the part of the club. We nominate Florence Kiess, Alice Frankhauser and John Walker as a committee fer that purpose. X— The anniversary of the organization of Rotary is February 23. In his current monthly letter the District Governor suggests that the club meeting nearest that date be devoted to the subject, “International Friendship.” Doublless the February program committee will adopt his suggestion. x: J. A. Crabtree, British Director of R. I., recently died and Hugh Galloway of England has been elected to succeed him. The new director spoke to several clubs in our district last spring. a The Manistee club announces that it exrectsto have a candidate for District Governor next year in the person of Frank Barnes. He has been mentoicned in the Razzberry several times as a probable candidate. He was President ef the Manistee club in 1930-31 and engineered the District Conference, which was held there very successfully. The to the Barnes northern clubs have felt for some time that they were honor. Their claim seems to be generally recognized. is a very fine fellow and would make a good governor. entitled Frank �THE RAZZBERRY Fourteenth On List The Coldwater club just escaped going into the second division in atIts percentage was 90.26 and it stood fourteenth tendance in December. The Ionia This is the lowest it has been in some time. in the list. club which is usually way down was second with Zealand, a new club, third and Charlotte, which usually has a rather spotty attendance record, The new clubs at Belding and Lowell both cutranked Coldwater. fourth. eel NE Both the news letter from the Secretariat and the Governor’s Monthly Letter are beginning to stress the Atlantic City convention which is to be held June 22 to June 26. At a recent meeting the Board of Directors chese London, England, ; for the 1937 convention. xX The newly elected Rotary They include Chincha, States. vakia, and Lwow, Poland. clubs are none Peru, Limoges, of them in the United France, Zlin, Czechosio- ee Congratulations are in order for ‘W. J.’ Carlyle. His administration of the Homer Furnace plant has resulted in a conspicuous success. He was discharged last week as receiver and the plant turnecl back to the company. The value of his services has been recognized by his retention as manager. This plant means a great deal to Coldwater. EE the The district attendance record is improving, administration of Raymond Dresser. ———— which speaks well for Bill Shulters of the Hastings club missed a meeting the latter part of December because of illness. Ordinarily swch an item would not be news. The thing that makes it important is that it broke a 100% attendance record for a period of over fourteen, years. aE, Shortly before Christmas the Holland Rotary Club put on a theatre party for approximately 970 under-privileged children in their community. It also gave a party for crippled children at which about thirty of these unfortunate youngsters were present. 2 SARSARA w The Coldwater Daily Reporter Paid for by 3360 shows that Reporter—a few hours after you’ve about it over the radio. heard subscribers hereabouts—which the public can “take it.” ——All the news that’s pit to frint. Read it first in the Subseription rates, one year $3, 6 bushels cf spuds, a cord good hunting pup, er what have you? of wocd, a CORREO � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- January 21, 1936 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 21, 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) Additional Item Metadata The additional item metadata element set, consisting of all item elements created by an administrator and not assigned to an item type, and item elements created by plugins and not assigned to an item type or other element set. Additionally, the metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `items` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka items. Provenance Physical items were lent to Branch District Library, for digital preservation. https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/b7f7d462586842355e6e96dbd1ddae92.pdf 888d428b822d9cfe4d099be3e1af4472 PDF Text Text Psie THE cr “This Must Be Coldwater’s Best Rotary Year.” ISSUED “HE RAZZBERRY- BY THE COLDWATER eS PROFITS MOST WHO ROTARY SERVES CLUB BEST” JANUARY 7, 1936 VOL. 2—NO. 6 Another Form of Service The last issue but one, contained an editorial articie about community service. We discussed individuals who had performed service for the community collectively and the measure of reward or censure which those individuals received. There is another form of community service, however, of un entireiy different nature which subjects,an individual neither to pra’se nor to criticism. That is his quiet, steady application to his own business. The community needs both kinds cf service. There are men whose minds envision the community as a whole, who can and should do community things. They should be encouraged tc do so and that encourage- ment is oné of the functions of Rotary. There are others who do not think in community terms but whose lives are filled with useful effort and of quiet good citizenship. It is these men—and women—who form the basis of a sound healthy community. The difficulty so far as these individuals is concerned is not to pre- vent criticism of them but to secure recognition. They secure a certa’n reward in the quiet rescect of the community but in most cases the community is not articulate encugh in its appreciation. Usually the expressioni cf it is delayed until the death of the recipient. Carl Bailey, a good Hillsdale Rotarian, died recently and the community turned out enmasse to his funeral. He was proclaimed Hillsdale’s b-st loved citizen and the Central School was renamed “The Carl L. Bailey School” in his honor. It is probable, however, that it never dawned cn Carl Bailey in his lifetime that he was especially popular in the- community. Here is another objective the Rotary community service committee might have in mind. Public recognition cannot b2 given to every good citizen. There are tco many of them. The’e could be, however, a word of appreciation in the Rotary meetings of men who have spent a long life of quiet. useful service in the community. Those men should be present to hear it too. Jt should noti be pestpored until their death. An outstanding example of such men wh‘ch occurs to the Ed is Dan Greenameyer—eighty-five years old—ffty-seven years in the service of the community—sti!l on the job—the first man 9t the store in the mornine, the Jast to leave at nisht—doubtless unab'e to accomplicth what he could in his prime but still useful. Another is Thurlow Titus—seventy-five years old—who has not only furnished castines to the community for a lifetime but who has been the instrument of employment of thousands of people. Both of these men have stainless reccrds: Both are sti Jiving. A word cf recognition to them would..not-orlv make them fel that their life work was appreciated but would furnish an ‘insviration to youn7?r men to so conduct themselves as to be worthy of the sam2 appreciation in their declining years. For this reason the Ed has taken the liberty of inviting the*e two me» to the meeting next week and propcses that they be accepted as guests of honor cf the club. We provose sim‘ler recogn'tion of others entitled to it and suggest that members cf the club furnish the community service committee with names of those who should be so honored. �THE RAZZBERRY Twenty Five Years Hence Is your club maintaining a concise running questions that undoubtedly will arise five. ten, from now? : ‘ history which will answer twenty, twenty-five years Rotary clubs get older they begin to realize the need for keeping Some of them have found it impossible to get the life a history. story of the club completely because several administrations failed to keep historical records. such -year As European a report clubs particularly are locking for this by publishing of club activities and membership changes during the each year. Perhaps every club that does not issue such an annual report. should have a committee of one to three members whose responsibility it would be to see that a running historical record is maintained.—R. I. Heekly News Letter. If the Razzberry is continued long enough it will be a partial answer It does not, however, purport to review club to the foregoing query. In this connection we would like to suggest to methodicai activities. members that. they have a pigeon hole in their desk, preferab y at hone Many. of the Rotary Anns would be inwhere they file the Razzberry... The Secretary’s recsras are terested to read it if members take it home. Thcse records together with the fi es doubtless kept in permanent form. Neither. howev: r. of the Razzberry, would be reasonably satisfactory. nor both together take the place of the regime cf mcetings which Hugi started to give but discontinued when Hutch razzed him about it. Th y were good, even though a trifle caustic at times, and should ke re-umed. Several members of the club wi'l attend the meetine at Niles <t which President Ed Johnson and First Assistant Phil Lovejoy will have The meeting is too late for an account to be ‘charge of the program. given in this issue of the Razzberry. x. Charlie Pollock’s report of the toy committee was crowded out this It showed 32 fully dressed dolls contributed by Rotary Anns and week. 33 sleds, most of which were condelivered to the King’s Daughters; tributed by the Pratt Corporation; $41 contributed by Rotarians, in adThe committee has done good work. dition to used toys. Sf “Put? Was Generous You certainly have to hand it to Roy Putnam. Last summer when the city’s new parking lot was opened (by the way, it is one of the best buys the city ever made), Roy very gracefully and graciously offered the city the free use of the alley south of the telephone company’s) building as an entrance to the parking lot from Monroe S‘reet. The offer was accepted thankfully. It now transpires, however, that All the tel:phone company has is the alley belongs to George Branch. a right of way over it. You certainly have to hand it to Roy. XX The Belding Club is starting well in attendance. second in the district with a percentage It customarily takes some time for new of regular and punctual attendance. In October it was That is rather unusual. of 77.3. Rotarians to get into the swing : _ �THE RAZZBERRY It Should:Be Done Dr. Ellis gave a very interesting talk on juvenile delinquency last Tuesday. He ran ten minutes over time without inter:uct.o1. That is something the President should nct alcw to occur. It certainly would be bad form to interrupt a guest speaker and ask him to stop at 1:30. However, it is not discourteous nor embarrassing io interrupt his r2marks to give time for those who are obliged to leave to do so, at the sime time inviting the speaker to continue his talk to its co clusion. That should always be done. The members can then make appointments with assurance of their ability to fill them. eK At the meeting this week each member will be asked to write and hand to the editor a New Year’s resolution. It is not necessary, however, that he sign his own name. If he has in mind a resolution which some other member ought to make he can hand in his contribution with that member’s name signed to it. In our next issue we will print those resolutions which (like the bituminous coal industry) are affected with a public _ interest. Sa One of the fine things which the club has done recently is the enthusiastic adoption of Roy Newberry’s suggestion last week. At various times there has been talk of estab'ishing a student loan fund. © The necessity for that has been somewhat weakened by governmental assistance to students. That assistance is limited to upperclassmen, however. The case which Roy brought to cur attention seems to be an unusually worthy one. xX Failed to Deliver Dr. Harry Schneider was ordered to furnish a short autobiographical sketch for this issue. He failed to deliver. He will pay Norm Kohl twenty-five cents each week until he comes across. Dr. Fred Leeder is the next victim—subject, of course. to the same penalty. The fact is that we are embarking on a program of printing a sketch of each member’s life. This is in an effort to make the Razzberry a permanent record. We are starting with the new members and going backward. . We could probably secure these sketches each issue by repeated telephone calls and without fine. That impcs-s a considerab’e burden cn the Ed. Besides it doesn't provide the funds to pay his salary. So we will stick to the old penalty method. ay Nea ee More of the February Circus “TED GODDEN PERFORMS KINDLY ACT FOR LOCAL PHYSICIAN. Aids in.resurrection .of antique morning. coat to cover large hole in seat of trousers. Ed Drobnyk called in on case recognizes own handiwork of vintage of 1902.” “Speaking of Comfort Stations, Hugh Clarke has solved the problem. As a reprisal for the new Meat Marketin Coldwater, announcement, is made of E. R. Clarke & Co. Rest Room. This now makes it unnecessary for the ladies to go to the A. & P.” �THE RAYZBERRY Hugh Responds In a recent issue we asked Hugh Clarke for a financial report of the The request was somewhat untimely be-ause it came in the :n‘ddie club. of a fiscal year. Hugh responded, however, w.th a statement as cf March We would like to print tie. 7, 1935. That statement is printed be'ow. annual statements at the close of cach fiscal year and request Hugh to furnish them to us for that purpose. WEAR Balance. Receipts. Dies: Meal on hand May 1, 1934 CLUB ROTARY COLDWATER STATEMENT FINANCIAL 1934-1935 $432.06 2. .2)...........-.: errs $ 455.00 oe Coulected S050) = : Profits mOtale RECCIDIS. ee ee $485.50 $485.50 $917.58 * Disbursements. Rotary International. $ 297.00 es oe ee DUCS $299,15 2.15 | eee ee ee: (Sito) OI District Governor. boas ae $50 00 A ng EM UTD Cleeg) ose 5.06 1934 Gift (Bond .... $60.00 5.00 sa cede 1935) Gith.. EEO): eee Pa 60 00 RG Oa SAS aces Cares Ore CALS (Cy ENS OR WasVo ke Rec 12.75 eee ce) emeen Jv. Rotarian, Trewerge Ciba a ctcccscc Cora Brown. Dinner for Starr Commonwealth 6.00 2.00 12 ree sot ees ae mam an cr OTECTOVS Southworth, wepainvine elem. ee J. B aera Pathe Tax on checks issued -........ Total.-disbursements .. a eee Balance on-hand VEC We CSD fe # Uncollected dues May ee ———_—___—— $917.56 d 1, 1985. ....)...........-.- $35.00 Respectfully submitted, HUGH ee Ithaca has recently voted a new It is hinted that the influence of the to do with the success of the project. $ 440.02 477.54 W. CLARKE, Sec’y. ae community new Rotary hall and gymnasium. Club there had much Derhammer Motor Sales If it isn’t right, Matty will have a good cry with you over it. We move often but each new lecation is bettcr than the last. When better cars are built we wil! still be selling Fords. Harry: Marty: Xk “Have ycu heard “I hope so.” the last Ford joke?” ‘¥¢ LLL NE � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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RAZZBERRY BY THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB Xx ee JULY 14, 1936 “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” VOL. 2—NO. 19 Roy Putnam Inaugurated Seventeenth President of Coldwater Rotary Club oe2 A NEW The OPPORTUNITY Atlantic City convention of Rotary International gave its approval to the experiment with “Rotary Outposts” for business and professional men in communities unable to have Rotary clubs. A report on the value and progress in this experiment will be made at the 1937 convention in Nice, France. ‘his legislation is a, definite challenge to the Coldwater Club. Why not establish “Rotary Outposts” in Bronson, Quincy, and Union City? The project will have the backing of Rotary International. It at least mer-ts our interest, study, and attention. THE LONG LAKE CAMP “This job of running a Rotary Club is like that of a quarterback in a football game. I’ll be carrying the ball, but unless everyone of you fellows run interference for me, and play the game, there will be no touchdowns.” With this clear cut challenge, our new president, Roy Putman, began his year of responsibil.ty. Roy is the seventeenth president of the Coldwater Rotary club. President Roy will be thirty-eight years old July 22. He was born in Dariington, Wisconsin, where he attended grade and high schools. Before the war! he worked for the Buda Motor Car company and for the Wisconsin. Bell Telephone com| pany. June 15, 1917 he enlisted in | the 3rd Canadian Engineers Batal- ‘lion. He served in France from The arrival of a car load of boys. June 17, 1918 until May 16, 1919. driven by “Hutch”; last Monday! | After the war, he worked for varmorning at eight o’clock, started the ‘ious telephone companies in Wis‘consin and Illinois, gradually winRotary section of the Long Lake, ‘ning his way from lineman, to forecamp. Sixty boys spent last week man, to district manager. During at this camp, twenty-six of which this time Roy worked hard comwere sponsored by Coldwater Rotar- pleting his education in Electrical ians, the remainder by Hillsdale Engineering by carrying corresponRotarians. 4|dence courses in Columbia UniverThis year the camp is much bet- ‘sity, the University of Wisconsin, ter in equipment and in personnel. and the Wisconsin Bell Telephone There is a counsellor in each tent. company school. He also pursued All tents have wood floors, and are courses in psychology and salesmanframed and netted against mosship at the Madison Wisconsin Pubquitoes. lic Vocational School. The Kellogg Foundation is again Roy came to Coldwater in the giving financial support. The Hills- Spring of 1931, from Be‘videre, Illidale county unit has granted. the nois. He is manager of the Michigan camp one thousand dollars, and the | Associated Telephone Company ‘n Branch county unit six hundred ; Southwestern Michigan and is in dollars. | charge of fifteen exchanges. �Tide RAZ THE RAZZBERRY Published semi-monthly by THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB Coldwater, Michigan OF WHAT AVAIL THE PLOW OR. SAIL, OR LAND OR LIFE, IF FREEDOM FAIL? (Inscription the on the statue ef Minuteman at Springfield, New Jersey.) —EDITORIAL— ZBERRY passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.” Law is an ugly thing if one approaches it in the spirit of revolt. It eventually breaks us if we defy it. But if we approach it in the spirit of love and loyalty, and express that love in terms of obedjence,we acquire a vast and transcendent freedom. Real freedom is found at the point where Jaw meets spontaneous love which in turn not oaly fuifills but transfigures the law so that it no longer repels but attracts. True love to liberty is never foe, And he who truly loves is truly free: Thus thought I when I heard the Herb. Hurrell plusing flow Of mighty music rushing gloriously Not long ago I read this gem that I would like to share with my fel- Along the channels of unchanging time ago, “Some law; low Rotarians: says Clovis G. Chappell, I heard a Thus thought I when I gazed upon the skies great artist play the piano. He made you hear the crash of thunder, the And there the circling universe I plaintive note of birds, the roar of Sawa the sea as angry waves fought with Moving obsdient in glad harmoragged rocks. There was a wild freenies dom about his playing, a kind of About a central, inescapable power; But his freedom No sun, nor planet now wild comet joyous abandon. was only the perfect obedience to : course, the law of his art. Had he for a But owns that sway in every separmoment sought that freedom which | ate hour flouts the Jaw, his music would) Of all its centuries; to that one have crashed into discord.” Thus| force every man who sets out in search! Freely it yields—as hearts that nevof freedom apart from obedience to er rove Jaw only ends by finding a bondBut pour their being in a single adge that puts his very soul in love.” chains. Nor is this mere theory; it (—-R. W. Gilder) is universal experience. There lived a man, two thousand years ago, of = whom it might truly be said that N He was the first free man in whose heart law truly and completely lived. He was an incarnation of that Jaw whose love is perfect freedom. This is best illustrated by pointing out that He found the way to freedom without license, and to stabil- | ity without slavery. In His life law | was set to music. From Him an a-, postle of revolt, who would impa- | Ehrle Schmedlen again pleased the tiently set aside the sanctions of so- |, entire club with his timely talk and ciety, may learn the secret of hav- | demonstration of fly casting. Suming all the liberty he desires. But, mer program committees have a task that liberty consists of freedom in doubly difficult, to interest the club law and not freedom from law. | and to overcome the discomfort of Said Hnery Ward Beecher:' the weather. Harry Milnes succeeded last week in setting a standard. “There is no liberty to men whose “FREEDOM THROU JGH CBEDIENCE” \ = �THE BALA S EWR Y Only Six Weeks Remain Six weeks from tomorrow will mark tht opening of the Branch county observance of the Centennial of Michigan’s statehood. Committees have been working. Assignments have been made to various organizations. The Rotary club has not been given a specific job, since the policy of the club has been that its members actively take part in community projects as jndividuals rather than as an organization. Ten thousand printed invitations will be mailed to former residents of the county, inviting them to return to the Homecoming. The Junior Chamof ber charge has Commerce of clubs, granges .and organizations vo iheir friends this. in the Members county of all churches, will be asked lodges, to mail these The task of providing financial backing for the celebration is sucThey The plan is to ask citizensto underwrite the project. ceeding. If a profit is made, will be repaid if the celebration is a financial success. the profits will be set aside for use later. Plans for the concessions and for decorating the towns of the county will be announced later GLENN RECEIVES FROM FAR Rotary Club Dear Rotarian: LETTER A AWAY SAFETY HAWAII Kediri Kediri 18 May 1936 On behalf of the members of the Rotary Club of Kediri, I wish greatfully to convey to you and to your fellow Rotarians my hearty thanks for your greetings and good wishes to our Clvb, upon its election to membershiy in Rotary International. : We will do our share in spreading and promoting the ideal of intennational fellowship and understanding, which at the present time is more needed than ever before. Anyhow the spirit of service above self, mutual friendship and understanding, which are the foundations of our organization, will be our common ideals. Will you kindly extend to your members the cordial greetings and good wishes of the President and members Kediri. Sincerely of the and Ir. Rotary Club Rotarily yours, L. of Gebuis Secretary. EDUCATION Safety Education courses will be cempulsory in all schools in Michivan next year, unde: a ruling made by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dr. Elliott was urged te make this rulings at a recent meeting cf the Education commi.tee of the State Safety Council. In our own high school this course was taught during the last year, to 400 high school students. While largely an experimental course, it seemed effective. A special bulletin, issued by the state departmnt of Public Instruction will be the main textbook of the 1936-37 course. The Safety Council also suggested that definite means be taken to educate adults in the necessity for safe driving. Luncheon clubs were named as a practical instrument for this type of education. No doubt our own club and our own Rotary District will find a way to aid this problem. Our Police Department in Coldwater is to be commended for its efficiency and its interest in this problem of safety on the streets and highways. Chief of Police Hill has cooperated with the schools and with the local Safety committee in promoting a better attitude toward safety among our younger drivers. . �7-H EB. Re ASZ ZBERRY Things You) Should "! Know !! MAUDLIN (4 ON VERSES THE FLYING OF THE MAN TRAPEZE The year 1634 marks the beginning of written history of Michigan. In July of that year Jean Nicolet, French Ste. explorer, Marie. landed at Sault There is some evidence that as early as 1659 the French adventurérs Radisson and Des Groseilliers, may have visited the area of Branch county. I sat by the Duchess at tea, Embarrassed as I could be; Her rumblings abdominal Were something phenomenal— And the guests all thought it me! It is quite certain that in 1680 . there was a trading post at the junction of the St. Joseph and Coldwater rivers, operated by French or, Girls Canadian traders. | According to reliable history, Robert de LaSalle was the first European to visit Branch county. He traveled across it in March 1680, on his way from Niles to Montreal. In 1701 Detroit was founded by Antoine Cadillac, French governor. In 1763 all white settlers in southern Michigan were massacred by the Indians under command of Chief Pontiac. The entire British garrison at Niles perished in this uprising; also several unknown white families in Branch and St. Joseph counties. First recorded residence of a European in Branch county was in 1822, when Joseph Godfrey built a store on the bank river, near the Memorial bridge. of the Coldwater present Veterans Branch county surveyed by conpressional surveyors. beginning Feb. 8, 1825, and finishing January 12, 1829. Are who ers wear always long free from Edith Donahue Ate her fill of woolen was bloom- evil rumors. McQuellan watermelon. Later that nite with Baron Pruitt Edith wet before she knew it.— Goops who can’t control the bladder Will never top the social ladder. Will Rogers once suggested an epitaph for a:much-married Hollywood matron. It was: “At last she sleeps alone.” Epitaph in a South Carolina graveyard— Here lies the body of my daughter Charlotte, Born a virgin and died a harlot. -For twelve long years she kept her virginity, Which is. vicinity. quite a record for this There was an old man with a beard, Who said “It is just as I feared!— Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren, Have all built their nestsin my beard. Branch county established as a legal area of the state, by act of the No members of the Coldwater RoTerritorial Legislature, Oct. 29, 1829. Named after John Branch. Secre- | tary Club attended the 1936 convention at Atlantic City. The Coldtary of Navy in President Jackson’s water Club sent Oscar Renshaw ar cabinet. a delegate to the ccnvention of KiLegal organization of Branch! wanis International in Washington, D. C. county completed March 1, 1833. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- July 14, 1936 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 14, 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) 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RAZZBERRY BY THE COLDWATER ROTABY CLUB X: “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” JULY 28, 1936 : VOL. 2 NO, 20 Put Tells About Assembly the All but four of the 38 Assembly held International are District clubs two in the 35th District ago at Grand organizers and weeks were represented at of Haven. Come their supervision them had two and three members in attendance besides the President and I was deeply impressed with the degree of efficiency mainSecretary. The speakers as well as the sestained throughout the entiré session. sions started on time and stopped on time. ‘The new Governor, Frank Barnes, seems to know exactly what he The executives administering the affairs cf wants and how to get at. Rotary expert if throughout the coming year and other years to follow is nearly as the organization set-up there*is not much danger of Rotary backward. Kim One of the best things I got out cf the conference Sigler, to account past president for that club’s of the Hastings remarkable Club, attendance in as good slipping was an address by which he attempted says the complimented our record. He Hastings reoord is the result of continuous and carefully directed efforts to follow the organization plan laid down by R. I. The club has 58 memThey bers, and the secret of its success lies in their intelligent select.on. enforce the attendance, as well as other rules of Rotary International, to the léiter. Any member who misses four meetings in succession js automatically dropped from the Club regardiess cf his prestige in the community. "They take their Rotary seriously at Hastings. Carl Horn, past president of Dowagiac, presented a very. interesting discussion, the “Youth Movement,” and Al Hammer, Secretary of Grand Rapids, stressed “Rotary Extension.” Bill.Qtto was the first speaker on the afternoon program, He gave us a good deal to think about regarding “Vocational Service”. “Rotary in My Town” was the subject discussed by our immediate past District Governor, Ray Dresser, and again I learned something about what Harold Hunt once called “the smug complacency” of a citizenry that becomes too well satisfied with their existence and surroundings. M. J. Lucid, of the Grand Rapids Club, presented a novelty designed to create more interest in our magazine “The Rotarian,” and as confession is supposed to be good for the soul, I might as well admit I was quite surprised to learn exactly what this publication really contains. It is a rather long drawn cut process but I returned from Grand Haven convinced that every Rotarian should serve as president of his club sooner or later because I know cf nothing that helps to broaden a fellow more Rotarially than attending cne of these assemblies. To those who have not attended a District Assembly, whether you expect to be Club President or not. I highly recommend the articles and other material appearing in “The Rotarian.” Paul Bond presented “Club Publications” and club very highly on Glenn’s efforts as publisher of the now somewhat famous “Razzberry.” Eiehteen of the thirty-eight clubs in this district issue bulletins or publications of some kind regularly and if I do say ro myself, the old “Razzberry” looked kind of sood to “yours truly” when laid out beside a lot of other samples of editorial handicraft. Some of �THE RAZZABERRY Put Tells About Assembly— Cont'd. the publications were merely mimeographed on a poor grade of paper and among the 18 issues could be found almost all variations, shapes, sizes and colors it is possible to turn out. Walter Wood presented a very interesting discussion’ on “International Service” and while his ideas are fresh in my mind I am going to pass on the following suggestions to all members who want to do something of an international nature... Walter recommends all members entertain foreign students attending nearby schools and universities, I think this is a splendid idea. We have several gcod schools in the immediate vicinity and, no doubt, the officials at any of these institutions would be more than glad to cooperate by placing your inv-tation in the hands of some boy or girl from a foreign land. In this respect I speak somewhat from experience because I had the good fortune to receive several such invitations from kind-hearted Englishmen and Scotchmen while stationed in London and Glasgow after the war. In every case invitations were extended in the proper spirit but I remember one occasion when my host’s curiosity overshadowed his hospitality. Hugh VandeWalker, Past District Governor, Ypsilanti, and Chairman of the Crippled Children’s Commission of the State of Michigan (without pay) ,stressed the necessity for immediate and larger appropriations. from the State Treasurer to. carry on the crippled children’s work in this state. Our club has been relieved of some of its duties in connection with this activity since the organization of the Branch County Health Department. However, cur obligations in this field have by. no means been totally discharged either locally or in a state-wide rense. There are many ways in which we can assist the County Health Dement. I expect to call on some of you fellows who are supposed to have influence in Lansing. Get ready. Fred Hill gave me a new conception of “Club Service Work” and with the cooperation of the committees apnointed last Tuesday we will try te give you a balanced ration in our diet cf programs. You do not have to wait to be called upon by Herb Hurrell. Each member shou'd feel this is HIS club and he is directly responsible for the amount end kind of fellowship we enjoy.. It is a good deal jike the singing which follows the luncheon. If everyone does his bit it goes over hig. The 1937 District Convention will be held at St. Joseph and Benton Harbor next April. The thing that impressed me about the assembly was that everything “Clicked”! We can attain a similar degree of perfection if all the committees do their stuff. Remember it’s your club—it’s tip to you. x: A Wise Amendment At the 1933 (Boston) Rotary Convention the delegates from the elus oe an amendment to the standard club constitution reading as folOWS: foes Honorary membership shall terminate on the first day of July next after the date of election provided however that the Board. of: Directors in their discretion may by resolution continue such honorary membership from year to year thereafttr. Such honorary membership may be continued by the Board although: the person so elected has ceased to reside within or to be definitely associated with the territorial l'mits of the club. The adoption of this amendment makes it incumbent upon each club operating under the standard club ccnstitution to confirm from. year <o year on the first day of July the membership of each of its honorary members, whom it wishes to retain in membership. Failure to fo low this procedure would appear to terminate automatically the membership . of an honorary member. : �Pee ea ae eekRY ——__ Introducing Mr. Kim Sigler . Mr. Hugh W. Clarke, Secretary Coldwater Rotary Coldwater, Michigan. My Dear July 20, 1936 Club, Secretary: At the last meeting of the Hastings Rctary Club, by a unanimous vote the members expressed their desire that Mr. Kim Sigler be placed in nomination by the Club for District Governor at the next annual Conference. If you know Mr. Sigler, or if you have ever met him, or heard him talk, you will appreciate that he is a “live wire”, a very public-spirited man and always ready to support worth-while movements. Recognized aS one of the keenest and most successful lawyers in Western Michigan, his practice takes him into many counties throughout the State. When Rotary can secure the services of a man of his character, ab‘lity, sound judgment and wide experience to-head its District activites it is indeed fortunate. Mr. Sigler is a Rotarian at heart. He joined the Hastings Rotary Club March 17th, 1930, and has never missed a meeting since. He has been at the head of about every prominent Committee; was President of our Club for the year ending July 1, 1935, during which time we made a splendid growth; and has been foremost in all of our activities We will appreciate it if you will read this letter before your Club, greatly pleased with any support you may give Mr. Sigler’s candidacy, and very confident that you will have no occasion to regret any assistance you may render. ie Rotarily yours, . HASTINGS ROTARY CLUB By C. W. Wespinter, President. W. R. Cook, Secretary. We have commented before on the prospect that Kim would be a candidate. What the Hastings Club says about his professional ‘standing is not exaggerated. He is an outstanding lawyer, an able man and an. active rotarian. x Help! Help! Says The Razzberry The Ed is grateful to Bob Sharer for assuming responsibility for the last issue of this sheet. It was so successful that we intend to insist on various members editing future editions. In doing so it must be understood that copy should be submitted to Roy Newberry as early as Thursday prior to the date of issue. Bob is willing to undertake another issue. In fact, he says he enjoys it. He will be away for a couple weeks, so. we have postponed his next issue and’ put*Bill Frankhauser in first. After that we have assigned various members to issues up to the close of the year. We expect each man will accept the assignment as he would any other Rotary obligation. If he fails to do so he is expected to contribute $1.00 to Norm Kohl but that does not expiate his sin. It merely keeps him out of purgatory temporarily. Eventually he will fill the same assignment and may spend several dollars trying to avoid it. Following is the schedule: August Editor; Sept. 11. Bill Frankhauser; 22. John Hardy: August October 25, 6, The Bob Sharer; Editor; Sept. October Olmsted; November 3, The Editor; November 17, John Symons; ber 1, The Editor; December 15, The Editor, December 29, Charlie 8, The 20, Ken DecemPollock. �THE RAZZBERRY Will Guide The Good Ship “Rotary” President, Roy E. Putnam . Vice President, H. J. McKnight Secretary, Hugh W. Clarke Treasurer, Harry Van Dusen Board of Directors: The above men and W. J. Carlyle, Wes Wilour and Harry Taylor. will consist of : Herp Hurrell, The A'ms and Objects Committee Norm Kohl, Kenny Olmsted and Glenn Cowell. Club Service Committee: Herb Hurrell, General Chairman; Classifications, Hugh Clarke; Membership, John Hardy; Fellowship, Marty Derhammer; Attendance, Fred Leeder; Program, John Walker; Music, Alton Beil Olds; Cusodian, Mort Flag Newberry; Publicity, Roy Hutchins; Club Publication, Glenn Cowell ;Rotary Founda~ Custodian, Wes Wilbur; tion, Bob Scharer; Sergeant-at-Arms, Walt ‘Bien;. Vocational Service Committze: Norm Kohl, General Chairman; ProManufacturing, Business, Marshall Woodward; fessions, Harry Snyder; Sig Wing. International : Committee: Glenn Cowell, General Chairman. Community Service Committee: Kenny Olmsted, General Chairman; Youth Crippled Children, Chas. Pollock; Boys Work, H. J. McKnight; Rural-Urban, Schultz; Sam Rotarian, Junior Hutchins; Alton week Gordon Schulbatis. Service MONTHLY PROGRAM COMMITTEES The monthly program committees are: August: Boh Wade, Chairman, 2oll Kerr, Harry Taylor, Gordon Schulbatis; September: Red McKnight, Chairman, Kenny Olmsted, Frank Moore; October: Rex Kiess, Chairman, Si Treat, Neal Carroll, Chas. Clarke; November: Bob Sharer, Chairman, Dan Hodgman, Wes Wilbur. Sam Schultz; December: Glenn Cowell, Chairman, Rey Newberry, Sonny Bauer, Harry VanDusen; January: Nerm Kohi, Chairman, Marshall Woodward, Alton Hutchins, Carl Vinton; February: Warner Van Alken, Chairman, Russell_ Alexander, Chas. Keep, Symons, Fred Roy Leeder; March: Shattuck; April: Bert Bill Fisk, Chairman, Frankhauser, John Hardy, Chairman, George John Vail, John Walker, Chas. Pollock; May: W. J. Carlyle, Chairman, Mort Olds, Walt. Bien, Marty Derhammer; June: Harry Milnes Chairman, Geo. Branch, Herb Hurrell, Bob Kerr; July: Harry Schneider, Chairman, Sig Wing, Frank McConkey, Roy Putnam. ——x The last. issue of the London Rotarian carries at its masthead this definition of a Rotary Club. “A Rotary. Club: is..an- association’ of -pusiness and professional men who -desire to-grow in capacity for service— personal, civic, national and international: x FROM THE CHARLOTTE MIRROR-—-Grrir!!! “You fellows may be thankful that the news sheet you get is the Mirrer, not the Coldwater Razzberry. Goodness, gracious, they must have a rough editor down there. The poor Coldwater Rotarians must breathe easily each time the Razzberry comes and they seé that they are not mentioned.” ; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry- July 28, 1936 Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource A newsletter issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club twice a month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 28, 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Used with permission by the Coldwater Noon Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coldwater (Mich.) Branch County (Mich.) Additional Item Metadata The additional item metadata element set, consisting of all item elements created by an administrator and not assigned to an item type, and item elements created by plugins and not assigned to an item type or other element set. Additionally, the metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `items` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka items. Provenance Physical items were lent to Branch District Library, for digital preservation. https://branchdistrictlibrary.org/archive/files/original/d2b5031033bfa282794198d696c6595b.pdf 34acb36acd2a04f6fac498122c322be1 PDF Text Text THE “This Must Be Coldwater’s Best Rotary Year.” ISSUED RAZZBERRY BY THE COLDWATER ROTARY CLUB X “HE JUNE 16, 1936 PROFITS MOST WHO | SERVES BEST” VOL. 2—NO. 17. The Centennial Celebration The discussion of the Centennial Celebration two weeks ago was very valuable. Several suggestions were made in the meeting which will be of much value to the committee but the greatest benefit came from suggestions later made by members. No enterprise of that character can be worked out successfully withcut the friction of many minds. The skeleton plan can be determined upon by a few men in a committee meeting.. That plan is not enough, however. The whole program must be enriched by ideas that are the product of general discussion. The Ed had a valuable object lesson along that line during the War. Frequently demands were made- upon. the County War Board which seemed impossible of realization, but it was the war. They did not come in the form cf requests. They were peremptory orders. The County War Board shook its collective neads and said “ impossible”, but always a meeting of the’ Township War Boards of the county was called. Many of the members of those boards were men of a high order of intellect. Some were not as good thinkers.. Such a meeting started at ten o’clock in the morning. The Proposition was presented. Someone made a suggestion. Usually it was very impractical. Others discussed it. After a time another suggestion was made and was discussed. Tris process was continued until four or five in the afternoon. In the meantime the thinking of everyone in the group was advanced by the ideas of the other members. At the close of the meeting it never failed to develop a practical answer to the situation. In every instance the county met the requ‘rements of the general organization. The result could not have been accomplished by the same individuals or twice their number acting Separately. Even though the individuals had been of much _ superior mentality it could not have been done. It was the composite action of forty minds which accomplished the object, The Board of Managers of the celebration is under obligation to Kenny Olmsted for being willing to dedicate a program to the purpose, even though Ken did it only because he failed of another program. x The strike in the Homer Furnaceplant is a regrettable incident from all standpoints. In saying this we do not attempt to pass upon the merits of any question which may be at issue. Out of such a controversy, however, grows suffering for veeryone involved. The men suffer, temporarily at least. Many of them will suffer permanently because it cannot but result in a sharp curtailment of the company’s volume. The plant will suffer and the city will suffer. It is greatly to be hoped that cooler counsels will result in a speedy agreemen t which will m‘nimize the damage as much as possible. = : Welcome To Coldwater June 19-20-21, 1936 �THE ——— RAZZABERRY Rotary In Germany A recent Associated Press dispatch announced that no member of the This is proactive military force in Germany may join a Rotary club. bably purely an internal regulation of the country with regard to its military forces. In a recent letter from District Governor Kroger, he said: We “Rotary is going on pretty well but slowly in the 73rd Dis'rict. hope to have a fine district conferezce in Salzburg in not quite a fortand the It’s remarkable that both Governments, the German night. Austrian, have given their consent to hold the conference in an Austrian As the beauties of Salzburg both nature and art, are known all town. I have just come over the world I think the attendance will be fine. home from England where I had the great honor of representing Rotary It was a International at the district conference at Great Yarmouth. great pleasure for me to spend a few days amid English Rotarian friends. My speech about ‘What I found a truly fine and Rotarian reception. Rotary Can Do to Promote International Understanding’ was favorably received by the audience.” x Put’s Big Job As a club gets older it loses enLife is something that is thusiasm. and equally hard to define to hard It is a Gift of God to preserve. It is an Acquisition to Age. Youth. of has the Spark Roy Putnam Life. It remains to be seen whether, in his year ag president, he can still it into the club. That is BIG inhis JOB. = Rotary Problem g a If a members of a Rotary club is guilty of conduct unbecomin member? Rotarian, has the club any right to action against that himself or Yes, the membership of any member who fails to conduct of Roary, ne has business in accordance with the principles and ethics vote of the may be terminated by the board of directors by a two-thirds that said member board at a meeting called for that purpose provided of such pending shall have been given at least ten days’ notice in writing action. TS by “Turn freeing your back on any you from work.” leader who offers you ease and abundance �SS is a a The ten ee ey The Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation million dollars which is gradually when accumulating acquired will be funds. a It’s great goal stabilizing influence in Rotary. In a time of depression (and don’t kid youre, it is coming some time) it will enabie Rotary International to carry on without heavy burden upon its members. In good times it will provide an income which can be used to further the objects of Rotary, The Board of Directors of R. I. and the Trustees of the Rotary Foundation have recently established three objectives for immediate emphasis as follows: 1. A research bureau and clearing house to make available to all Rotary Clubs world-wide information on boys’ work and crippled children’s work. 2. Assist in the formation and extension of institutes of international relations. 3. Provide for Rotarian speakers to del:v_r in counti:s other than their own, addresses regarding the principles of Rotary and their practical application in their respective countries. The naming and emphasizing of these three objectives is not exclusive nor permanent. The purposes of the foundation are broad and inclusive and insure ever increasing opportunities for service. — SX The Voice of Sturgis Rotary complains of the condition of Rotary signs at the approaches of the city. The club is planning to fix them up to create a better impression of the club. Belding is also talking about signs. A Suggestion On Ex-Members Every Rotary club has an interest in its ex-members who take up residence in another town where this is a Rotary club. If this interest does not exist, it means that many gocd men are lost to tre movement even though they may still be Retarians at heart and would appreciate an opportunity to continue enjoying the contacts and privileges of Rotary. It is natural that the individual would feel that he should wait until he is appreached. In instances, then, where a Rotarian of good standing leaves the club and takes up rezidence in another town, where there ‘s a Rotary club, it is in the interest of the progress and development of the Rotary movement that you do what you can to establish a contact for him by writing to that club and informing them that Rotarian So-and-So is now a member of their community, and suggesting that: some member call on him and that he be invited to attend a meeting of the club. Many times. of course, his classification will be filled in the town where the Rotarian goes as a new resident. It may nevertheless eventually prove helpful to the club and to the ex-member if you make it possible for him to continue his contact with Rotary. rr es The city’s WPA paving project for this summer is encounter’ng rome obstacles. Under new rulings the city would be required to furnish $5,000 worth of cement for the enterprise in addit:on to the amount offered in the application. This additonal requirement leaves it questionable whether the council will be able to comply. Effort is being made to remove this condition. The decision on the application will not be made until July 1st in any avent. Probably the machinery will be so delayed there wi'l have to be sharp action to finish before Jack Frost calls a halt on operations. x Wonder if the Club is to be represented at Atlantic City this year. The Ed was honored by an appointment as Vice Chairman of the Club Publications Assembly at that convention but is unable to accept. It would be very nice if some of the local Rotarians could arrange a tri» east so as to attend. We had a representative to the convention last year, so it is not obligatory this year. It would be best that we shou'd, however. our Next year representative the will be convention obliged is to to travel be held farther in London, in order to England, attend. so �THE BRAZZABERRY Letters To The Ed ROTARY CLUB Siege: HOTEL 10, Place Monsieur Coldwater : GLENN de_la COWELL DE PARIS CRILLON Concorde - PARIS Paris, Le 3 Juin 1936. MICHIGAN Cher Monsieur, Des reception de votre lettre, je m’empresse de faire part de votre desir a notre imprimeur qui fera le necessaire pour que vous receviez regulierement notre Bulletin. : Je vous prie de croire, Cher Monsieur, a ]’expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs. Robert GIRARD Secretaire General. Mr. Hugh W. Clarke, Secretary Coldwater Rotary Club, Coldwater, Mich. June 5, 1936, ‘Dear ‘Hugh: We read excerpts from your “Razzberry” to our club members yesterday and passed it around for them to see. They were. very much taken with it and asked me to inquire if you might spare us about a dozen copies. The bulletin was so newsy and complete and complimentary in its reference to the Muskegon confe-ence that many of the boys would like to have a copy to keep among their souvenirs. We think the report of the conference was excellent. Several said “We did not realize it was so good.” Appreciating your generous cooperation, I am Sincerely and Rotarily yours, CHESTER C. WELLS, President, Muskegon Club. Dear Glenn: I seldom write to “the Editor” but since reading the latest edition of Razzberry I am moved to write you an essay entitled “Give Me Back My Baby”. On page 1 you say, “There has been a net gain of 111 members and a new club at Belding”, etc. Now I have no quarrel with the “gain of 111 members”, but that NEW club at Belding is MY second baby, birth of which was announced at last year’s Conference at Battle Creek, and whose charter night was on June 15 last year, two whole weeks before my successor took office. Greenville was the mama and I was the papa or vice versa or something, and we have the records to prove it. Now you come along and try to Razzberry our baby away from us, and, Glenn, it ain’t fair. I’m sure Ray Dresser ani-ycu together, with all your . legal training can’t prove that Belding is Ray’s baby. Why we can even prove that Lowell (our first baby) gave a nice rattle and scme other baby things to little Belding the night she was born and you should have s:en how tickled she was. Not cnly that, she is having a birthday party next Monday, to celebrate rer 1st anniversary, so Glenn, how could you be so cruel as to claim that Ray is her papa? That is all of the essay, so I will close by saying again, “Please, Glenn, give me back my baby.” Sincerely, BILL OTTO. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Razzberry Subject The topic of the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Coldwater Noon Club (Coldwater, Mich.) Description An account of the resource The Razzberry was a bi-monthly newsletter, issued by the Coldwater Rotary Club Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rotary Club (Coldwater, Mich.) 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