My plan for our Club provided that only one member of each business or profession would be eligible for membership. We would thus be able to enjoy the fellowship and also to help each other in our respective vocations. The Club grew by leaps and bounds, and representatives of different nationalities, religions, and political faiths came in. Complete tolerance prevailed.
Our peace and tranquility soon burst their bounds, however. We ceased to be content with isolationism and began Community Service, built upon the rock of fellowship and goodwill, and that foundation has never been shaken. Rotary became known as a beneficial influence in the city of Chicago.
Almost contemporaneously, l started a campaign for Rotary Clubs in other cities. Most of the membership considered it a vagary beyond the bounds of reason. So, I went forward alone, but with the sympathy of all. It is a matter of history how Club Number Two was organized in San Francisco, how Rotary went across the Canadian border to Winnipeg and eventually across the sea to the British Isles, where it became an influence throughout the length and breadth of Britain. Cuba came in, and, eventually, Rotary spanned the world.
(A Gift for all holidays, from Paul P. Harris and RGHF)
Chattanooga Sunrise Rotary Club - Friday, 7:30 AM - Rivermont Presbyterian Church, 3319 Hixson Pike
Bradley Sunrise (Cleveland) - 7:00 a.m. -Thursdays, Bradley Memorial Hospital - NOTE Effective 1/2/14 the meeting will move to the Hampton Inn Cleveland - Exit 27 off I/75
CLEVELAND - Noon - Tuesdays, Holiday Inn North
DALTON - 12:00 Noon - Tuesdays, Dalton Golf & Co Club
DALTON 7:00 AM - Carpet City Club : The Oakwood Café, 201 West Cuyler Street Dalton, GA 30720
DAYTON - Noon -Fridays, First Baptist Church in downtown Dayton- two blocks from Pooh’s place, their former location
RINGGOLD - 12:15 p.m. - Tuesdays, Ringgold City Hall Building
SOUTH PITTSBURG - Noon CST - Wednesdays, Western Sizzlin' Steak House
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