From the left seated - Rtn. W. Hacking (President Nelson), the mayor (Ald. J. E. Parkinson), Rtn. Reubin Jackson (President Burnley), Rtn. G. Kilpatrick (Chairman District 119). Standing - Rtn. F. Coates (Treasurer), Mr. H. Schofield, Rtn C. Harry Mudd (President Rossendale), Rtn. E. Riley (Council Member) and Rtn. W. Taylor (Secretary).

The contribution which Rotary had made in the transformation of Burnley from a once smoke begrimed town to this "modern new dynamic Burnley" was praised by a near neighbour at the 46th Charter Dinner of the Burnley Rotary Club at the Keirby Hotel on Tuesday.
Rotarian C. Harry Mudd, president of Rossendale Club, recalls seeing Burnley when a boy when his grandfather described it as the dirtiest town in England. Things have changed very much, you have new buildings, new roads, new houses and new factories said rotarian Mudd.
The whole town has changed and with it there has been a change in the people because here in Burnley you have leaders with very great foresight. Rotarian Mudd particularly recalled the part Rotary had played in establishing the local Civic Trust and the Towneley Hall Society and expressed appreciation of recent help to the Rossendale Club in connection with aid to students from the developing countries.
He was proposing the toast to the Burnley Club which was responded to by the president rotarian Reubin Jackson who said that to give service and give it with enthusiasm would help end disruptions which our modern economy seems to generate. Responding to the toast Rotary International Chairman District 119, Rotarian G. Kilpatrick recalling that there were 600,000 rotarians throughout the world so that with their friends in social and business spheres and their friends there must be no limit at all to the Rotary influence.
Other speakers were rotarian Tom Alston, Peter E. Riley, The mayor of Burnley (Alderman J. E. Parkinson) and Mr. Harry Schofield.
The object of Rotary was read by past president Ernest Hindle and the toast master was rotarian J. C. Pollard.
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