ROTARY CONGRESS
GATHEEING AT NICE LAVISH PREPARATIONS ENTERTAINMENT OF MEMBERS The President of France, M. Albert Lebrun, will open the congress of Rotary International, which will be held in Nice from June 6 to 11. M. Duperrey, president in France of Rotary International, lias organised what is expected to be one of the most important conventions held in recent years. • "We expect from 8000 to 10,000 Rotarians to attnd the Nice congress," said M. Duperrey recently, "and approximately 4000 to 5000 will be from the United States and 1000 from Canada. Great Britain and the other Dominions will send nearly 2000 more." Among the notable people of the Rotary movement who are expected to attend are Mr. Will 11. Manier, of Nashville, Tennessee, president of Rotary International; Mr. G. M. Vcrrall Reed, president of Rotary International for Great Britain and Ireland; Mr. Hugo E. Prager, of Zurich, first vice-president; Mr. Cecil Ray, of the Federated Malay States, second vice-president, and Mr. O. B. Sellers, of Fort Worth, Texas, third vice-presi-dent. Altogether 4200 Rotary clubs and S3 different countries will be represented, and 85 corporative reunions to be held during the congress will assure a thorough discussion of every phase of modern commercial, industrial and professional activity. The City of Nice has been planning its entertainment programme for over a year, and every resource of the famous Riviera town will be called into service. A reception by the President of France will start events, followed by a banquet, at which the President will be attended by numerous Cabinet Ministers. On the beautiful Promenade des Anglais a flower battle, for which magnificent floats have been designed, many them representing foreign cities, such as London and San Francisco, will last several hours. An evening garden party, with magnificent fireworks, in the Jardins Albert Premier, will turn one night into a dream under the soft southern sky of France. For this, singers and dancers iii the costumes of the French provinces will be a feature. A gala at the Casino will bring before the Rotarians some of the finest talent in France.
The municipal authorities of Nice are making every effort to secure adequate housing, not a serious problem in a resort which each year welcomes hundreds of thousands of international visitors in. its mammoth hostelries facing the Mediterranean. The Municipal Casino will be the Convention Hall and the Casino of the Jetee Promenade will be the international clubhouse. Thus every possible facility will be placed at the disposal of Rotarians. to assure not only working ease for the convention, but pleasure and comfort for the delegates.
ROTARY CONGRESS
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22741, 29 May 1937, Page 19
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