Charles LeRoy Lewis - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

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Lewis: No I didn't go in - 1 guess it was 1919 that I went
in. But then f was Counselor and then they elected me Chairman
of the Board of Trustees. Had a lot of money; there were a lot
of owned that building out there. They had stock in
the old Baltimore Trust Company. Fortunately, they got rid of
that before they went bankrupt, I saved $10,000 there [laughs].
But that was more or less an accident,
But those organizations and the people - see, the members
you didn- get paid for that. It was just like a f ellow said
termed the or races or anywhere - he don't get paid
far that. He don't even get any expenses, that is personal
expenses. Of course, any charity he gets reimbursed for
that. All them organizations, &ions Club - all them -
Optimists, they all do a certain amount of charity work.
Yau don't hear a lot about it, and that's the way it should
be. I think it was much bettex the way we took care of our
own then it is now, because there wasn't a whole lot of
recores or anything else.
I was in the organization not too long ago . . , well, we
always give a floral design. At times, my job take care of
floral designs. I had to know the family was up against it,
and I went to the woman and I asked her. I know things are right
rough for you; if you want, I'll give you a check instead of a
floral design. She said we can use that money a whole lot
better than we can use the floral. design. So 1'11 be honest
with you, I had that privilege. I added more
onto it and I give it to her. 3 had a monkey raised hell