Rotary Club's New Officers Take Over

Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1949, Page 4

Rotary Club's New Officers Take Over

The officers e1.ected' at the Levin E^gtqry Glub!s regent " annudl meet- - tng wefe ipstaPqd m p%g at the elub's wepkly |u^'Ghepu yesterday. [n relinqUishing tljg fihMf ? 'the '*rebiring prpidpnt, DF. § J. TfiO^pson thanked members for tjieir coppepatipn "" ip the** etub's activities during fhe past ygaj apd pxtended gpod wishps to tlieemcQming president, Rev. H.*"S. ^ings~ "fbr a useful apd q|eagant"'term of office. *» ■ ' r'Acknowredging these remarks, ®8^rs ' for' fpe fijpP.Qur pohferred on-' nim and pledge'd 'hipi^eJf to give the bPst servicelhe wa's canab1e of. He add"ed: that"- he;t would- gladly welcome . the t:counsel of" m'embers and remin'ded thPm ' that he couTd only prppe'ed with 'their- co-opera|fbn. ' |"Thfe"first reaily -greatladvahbe of tpp- b'umari "facp' on • the road to ■ prpgfe^s wqs nfpdq % the man who turned ' the "'first wheel," continue'd Mr. Kings. "We cannot imagine life wfthqut whee^ tpday. In fact, wheri the wheels- stop" our modern » ]ife becppips jrppos^jblf- The wheel is' the symbol' of pbwer, indusfry, prqgress and pleasure* *" "Thpie is great. ^ignificance in that Rofg,ry l^as fgkep the-whee1 as its svmbT," sp4 the speaker. "The cons'ifufipn snpa^ qf; the control centre (the hub) , the spokes teP of equality and thp" 41 care. Tlie wheel is a fine illustrar tioh of "cb-operation."'l "**" '?* After payine tribute to the work of past prpsidents, Messrs F. H. Hpdsqij- §• fe- Y: •Todd,' and 'DrJ'Thompsbn, "Mr. Kin|s said. he 'beljgyed that yith fhe assistance "of members * tne wheej couM bp kept furning.