HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARY!!

Today marks the 111th anniversary of the first Rotary club meeting.  Paul P. Harris, an attorney, wanted to create a professional group with the same friendly spirit he felt in the small towns of his youth.  On February 23, 1905, Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr's office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago.  This was the first Rotary club meeting.  They decided to call the new club "Rotary" after the practice of rotating meeting locations.