RIP 1946 - Richard Hedke

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.  MORE...