Los Banos Rotary Club History
M. Smith Tells of Rotary Convention

Max Smith, superintendent of the Merced Elementary School and delegate to the recent Rotary Club International convention at Havana, Cuba, was a guest at the Los Banos Rotary Club’s luncheon Tuesday noon. He gave an interesting account of the convention and his impressions of the convention city.

Due to the European war the convention had the smallest attendance in many years, only 3,800 delegates being present. For instance, the usual large delegation from England was cut down to a single representative.

Mr. Smith traveled down the Atlantic coast and on the causeway to Key West, which he said was a disappointment to him. He spoke glowingly of the beauty of the Havana harbor and Cuban mainland, described to the characteristics and habits of the four million inhabitants, and told of interesting places he visited while there. The narrow streets particularly impressed him, as did the movement of traffic, and apparent lack of traffic regulations.

August 2, 1940

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