The Archive · 1936

The Rotary Club in Ningpo

Ningpo, Dec. 12.

A Rotary Club has recently' been started in Ningpo, and Dr. C.

fang, retiring President of the Intei national Rotary Clubs of China, paid 'a visit to the port on December 11 to present the Charter to the new organization. Dr. Fong Sec, new International President, who was also to have been present, was unable to come, as he is attending a Rotary function in Hongkong. Dr. Wang, with his wife and two sons, arrived in Ningpo, which is his native oily, yesterday.

At the inaugural ceremony, which was held in the afternoon, after 2 suitable address, Dr. Wang presented the charter to Dr, Ren, chairman-of the Ningpo Rotary Club. Mr, 11. Benjamin, English secretary and Afr. TT. C. Ni, Chinese secretary, read out congratulatory communications from the Shanghai, Hangchow and other clubs. The Hangchow Club, which Is the sponsor of the Ningpo Club, through its secretary, Mr. Leo pre sented the new organization with a metal wheel—the Hotary emblem,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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