THE YEAR WAS 1936-1937…”DID YOU KNOW?”

Posted by J. Daniel Matthews 
on Mar 16, 2015
 
 
 
  1. President Walter Witham’s presidency was remarkably free from innovations.
  2. Frank Onesto got complaints that the room was too small for the club’s increased membership which was now at 119 members all year. Frank’s reply was that he wasn’t making any money off Rotary Club, and that he couldn’t enlarge his quarters under existing conditions. If they wanted to go elsewhere, go ahead and he would go along with them. But they stayed, except for a couple of golf days in July 1936 and June 1937 at Orchard Hills Country Club, which always pulled the attendance down.
  3. Club attendance received special attention and showed material improvement. The directors acted and passed new regulations at a June 8, 1937 meeting in line with International requirements to take effect July 1, 1937 that membership would be automatically terminated after four consecutive absences without valid excuse or after a six months’s record of less than 60% attendance, without valid excuse. Two resignations were received due to the new regulations, with intentions that 20 more were going to resign, but the directors stood pat.
  4. The Rotary International Convention was held in Nice, France but no one from Canton Rotary attended.
  5. The YWCA continued the use of the Lake cable property for the second year for a Day camp. The Crippled Children’s Christmas Party was held at The Ohio Power Company with 60 children attending and 150 – 200 Canton Rotarians and guests in attendance.