Rotary District Assembly in Columbus, GA
Whine or Wine TODAY @ Hubs & Hops
First Tuesday of the month from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. It's a great time to get to know one another and it is a make up!
This week's program is
Randolph G. Russell, author of American History in No Time
Florida.
THANK YOU
Will Watt for last week's presentation
Thank you
John Blackmon - Classification Talk
Look what our
C.H.A.R.T. Interact Club is doing
Our C.H.A.R.T. (Christian Homeschoolers Association of Regional Thomasville) Interact Club, lead by Heather Lindquist, served Saturday, March 23rd picking up trash for Keep Thomas County Beautiful Day. Seven students worked and picked up 10 bags of trash on Reid Street.
ABC's of Rotary
Paul Harris - First but Not First
Was Paul Harris the first president of a Rotary club? No.
Was Paul Harris the first president of Rotary International? Yes.
There is an easy explanation to this apparent contradiction. Although Paul Harris was the founder and organizer of the first Rotary club in Chicago in 1905, the man selected to be the first president was one of the other founding members, Silvester Schiele. By the year 1910 there were 16 Rotary clubs, which linked up as an organization called the National Association of Rotary Clubs. Two years later the name was changed to the International Association of Rotary Clubs, as Rotary was organized in Winnipeg, Canada, and then in England, Ireland and Scotland. In 1922 the name was shortened to Rotary International. When the first organization of Rotary clubs was created in 1910, Paul Harris was selected as the first president. He served in this position for two years, from 1910 until 1912. Thus, the founder of the Rotary idea, who declined to be president of the first club, became the first president of the worldwide organization, Rotary International.
From the Desk of President Andre'
