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'An almosl lost a»f." Bill Mitchell worked lor 60 do»» on the illummotton.
Call Him
Luther
By ROLAND GIDl'Z
A unique memento of Tarhcelia.
a statement of tribute garnished by an
originally-drawn illumination, was pre¬
sented Rotary International President-
Elect Luther Hodges at the testimonial
dinner recently staged for him in
Chapel Hill. The illumination, an al¬
most lost art nowadays, is reproduced
here.
This month at the Rotary Interna¬
tional convention at Nice. France.
North Carolina’s former governor will
assume the presidency of the world¬
wide civic group which involves over
600.000 members and 12.600 clubs
in 134 countries.
Rotary has always meant something
special to Luther Hodges. As a gradu¬
ate fresh out of the University at
Chapel Hill in 1920 he was a charter
member of the fledgling Lcaksvillc-
Spray Rotary Club — a number of
members of which were present at the
dinner to pay tribute to him. Eight
years later as a district governor he
chartered a new club in Chapel Hill.
Last year he became a member of it
upon settling in the University com¬
munity.
While Luther Hodges has been busy
globe trotting for the Research Tri¬
angle Foundation he has often at¬
tended two or three Rotary club meet¬
ings a week — this year, for instance,
in Nepal, India, and Lebanon within
the period of a few days.
"Call me whatever you want to when
you see me elsewhere," he tells his
Rotary friends, "but when you see me
in Rotary, call me Luther."
Another high point in the «oreer of the World'*
Number One Rotorian come recently when he
pinned
о
Rotary membership button on Luther
Hodges, Jr.
THE STATE. June 1. 1967
The Illumination
The illuminated certificate pre¬
sented to Hodges (and another to in¬
cumbent International President Rich¬
ard Evans) were made by Rotarian
Bill Mitchell, well known in the
graphic arts circles of Charlotte, who
spent about 60 days on the job. Presen¬
tation was by "Pat" Gilchrist, chair¬
man of the event, who did the writing.
Bill Mitchell has been doing engross¬
ing as an avocation for years. “It is
no great problem, once you have es¬
tablished a pleasing layout, to ‘pretty
it up’ and do a bang-up job of letter¬
ing," he says, "but my greatest pleasure
comes when I see the recipient point
to a tiny detail which has a meaning
for him alone."
Even North Carolinians who have
closely followed the notable Hodges
career may gain some new bits of en¬
lightenment from Mitchell’s master¬
piece. The colorful panels include: a
panorama of North Carolina . . . the
tenant cabin where Hodges was born
in Transylvania County. Va. ... old
Nantucket Mill, where he began his
industrial career in Lcaksvillc . . . Pilot
and Grandfather Mountains. The
Smokies, a lighthouse, the Inland
Waterway, campus scenes of the "Tri¬
angle" universities.
Flanking the tribute are scenes de¬
picting the pinnacles of his career —
the highways and timbcrlands; the state
and national Capitols; Greenfield Gar¬
dens; i he Kremlin, where he has visited
on government business; Sugarloaf
Mountain, at Rio. where he chaired a
Rotary International convention. Mont
St. Michel, in France, where he will
take over his new international Rotary
duties.
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