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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.
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ROTARY/One Historian 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. |
RGHF Institute | 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. |