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Rotary Global History Fellowship Day

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RIP 1946 - Richard Hedke
Richard Hedke, RIP 1946
Detroit Rotary was born at a fire; which fact possibly explains why it has always been such a "hot" club.

One night in the summer of 1910 there was a neighborhood blaze. Jim Gregg went to see it. At the fire he ran across the writer. In his characteristic manner he held the first Rotary meeting in Detroit - although the minutes do not record it.
"Say, Frank," said Jim, "there's going to be a meeting tomorrow noon to organize a club. Come over!"

"What's the name of it?" I asked.

"They call it a Rotary Club. 
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ROTARY/One Historian Richard "Titch" Harrison
Richard "Titch" Harrison
 A Rookie Rotarian

            With my leave short, my father, a Charter Member of the small Shelby, Michigan Rotary Club, spoke to me about joining the club as an Honorary Member.   We walked a block down to the club Secretary's commercial  establishment.   Without the benefit of the Board's OK, I became a Rotarian. It took a matter of minutes.  The Secretary gave me a pin and a card, "NAVEL (sic) RESERVE".  I did not notice that until the San Pedro, California club Secretary asked me to reserve a few for him.  Since 8 May 1942, those keepsakes have lain on bottom in the Coral Sea, still aboard LEXCV2. MORE...  
 
Meet Titch at the ROTARY/One luncheon on Tuesday 12 October 2010. Reservations here.

 
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Join RGHF at our annual institutes. See the world, and study Rotary's Global History. www.rghfinstitute.org
 
Future institutes scheduled for Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany and Auckland, New Zealand. Detail at our website.

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