[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh-Some Place Special

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings

I agree.

The Rotary in Tarentum met Tuesday evenings.  Mostly local offices  &
stores.  Pittsburgh, Chicago and SF Rotary met at noon.  Mostly busines smen.

There are many reasons why people dont join as much as they used to.
There are so many things to do.  Plus TV, cable TV at home, etc.

Also people are now involved with the computer.

When I first joined the National Guard in NY, we had a TV in the day
room.  The Armory was open every evening and guys would come to watch TV.
They had none at home.

Pgh Rys and all transit lines lost a lot to TV.  Before, there might be a shot
at additional riders in the evening to downtown.  Now people stayed home.

Also people travel long distances to their job now.  In Tarentum, I was the only

member who did not live in the Allegheny Valley.  This was a very active
club of 50 members...including many from the hospital.

The New Kensington Club met at lunch which made it convenient to make up.

Harold Geissenheimer

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> I was in the local Kiwanis some years back...we always had membership
> problems.  Younger people -- the kind any group such as this desperately
> needs -- are generally too involved with their kids' activities to be
> supportive of service clubs.  I would also suggest the "me-first" attitude
> of so many people these days also has a lot to do with the lack of
> members -- you'd be surprised at how many thoroughly modern folks don't
> really give a damn about their comminuty or anyone else's welfare.  Those
> service clubs which seem to do well are the ones that meet at lunch -- the
> members take the time away from their work, not their families.  And another
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