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SELECTED HISTORIES OF BRAZILIAN ROTARY CLUBS
7). Rotary Club of Londrina
The Rotary Club of Londrina was formed on 7
November 1940.
The Rotary Club of Londrina, founded in November 7,
1940, has celebrated its years of foundation and
has in its midst, Rotarian founder the pastoralist Ruy Cunha, eye witness
to the history of the club.
The influence of club life in the city is so
striking that it is difficult to say what he, his
associates and their wives, have not made to improve
the lives of Londrinas, in his office files and
documents that tell the story of the city of
Londrina. Imagine the work of the founders, the
joints, the many visits and calls, the amount of
refusal, the crumpled mud, dust in the eyes, saliva
spent, the spirit when accepted and participate
dismay when no one heard. If today is difficult to
explain the philosophy of Rotary, it was certainly much more
difficult in 1940.
They should ask, what does this foreigner causing
trouble for us, we have more important things to do,
now this. But the gringo and representative of
Rotary International, James H Roth had won after a meeting at
the residence of Dr.
Willie  Brabazon  da  Fonseca Davids
in the middle of
the second world war, on November 7, 1940, was born
the Rotary Club of Londrina, with the club's godfather
being
the Rotary Club of Cambara.
The
meeting held to form the club took place in one
of the rooms of the Commercial Association of Londrina, kindly provided by its chairman, David
Dequech.
Its founders were men of Londrina society who
at the time fought for the development of the city
and saw the creation of Rotary, plus a factor of
progress and launching a tool to serve a nation that
needed everything.
Among the founders were Bonifacio and Jose Silva,
Jose Rocha Oliveira, Leopoldo Newton House, AnÃsio
Figueiredo, David Decquech, Milton Ribeiro de
Meneses, Ulysses Medeiros, Percy Cecil Crewe, John
Baptist Gurgel Pismel, Luiz Estrella, Ian Fraser,
Herminio Victorelli, Edgard Paes de Mello, Carlos
Aldigueri, Antonio Camargo Correa Ferraz, Nestor
Guimaraes, Simon Rocha Chueiri, Gabriel Martins
Carneiro, Neman SahÃo, Edesio Correia Steps and Ruy
Cunha.
Achievements
of the club, its members and wives were so influential in the life of the
city that it is difficult to untie the older works,
the performance of those remarkable gentlemen and
ladies.
Among
them are: The Santa Casa, work of Jose Bonifacio;
the Aeroclube; AnÃsio work of Figueiredo; the
Commercial Association; working from David Dequech,
the Association of Amparo the Bottom of Londrina
which was the
joint work of Jose Bonifacio, Almeida Junior ,
Aristides de Souza Mello, Ruy Cunha, Harry Prochet,
Edivino Andrade Noronha and Benedict Ferraz Pacheco;
the Lake Igapó and Concha Acoustics, work of
Antonio Fernandes Sobrinho; the Country Club work
of Aristides de Souza Mello; the Home School Rotary
(Ilece ) and Creche Haydée Colli Monteiro, ladies
work of the Association of Rotarians ladies of the
Model Law Office, work of Ruy Cunha and more.
The Club has been responsible for
the creation of 13 additional Rotary Clubs in the
area.
Among
the body of members of the Rotary Club of Londrina,
we have in our history: mayors, councillors,
principals, state and federal parliamentarians,
Secretaries of State, officials of senior echelons
of government, men of achievements that are part of
the city's history, and Today many streets, schools,
health posts and hospitals with their names, spread
by the four corners of the city.
Within Rotary International, this
club, provided Governors of nine districts, who
are the links between clubs and Rotary
International.
Acknowledgements to Rotary Club of Londrina
In the city of Joao
Pessoa some local leaders, encouraged by the
companions of the Rotary Club of Recife, met to
establish the Rotary Club of Joao Pessoa, the fourth
of Rotary club being founded in the northeast and 16
of the Brazilian club.
Replicate now the full content of the minutes of
foundation:
"MINUTES OF THE SESSION OF THE
FOUNDATION OF ROTARY CLUB JOHN PERSON"
"At twelve and a half hours from four
days of February anno one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-three, meeting the honourable James
Roth, Diógenes Caldas, Casemiro of Costa
Montenegro, Jose Regis Cavalcanti, Alvaro
Correia de Oliveira, Joao Mauricio de Medeiros,
Eudes Barros, Dorgival Mororó, Nestor de
Figueiredo, Waldemar Milk, Hortêncio Ribeiro,
Gilbert Di Lascio, Cicero Francisco de Mello
Filho, Oswaldo person, Horacio de Almeida, Julio
Rique, John Vasconcellos, Pedro Baptista, Jose
de Borja Pilgrim and Matheus de Oliveira, a
lunch at Hotel Parahyba chaired by Mr. James
Roth, Commissioner of Rotary International has
begun the work of the foundation of the Rotary
Club of Joao Pessoa, and approved the Statutes
and Internal Regulations, after the discussion
of them, during which Mr. Gilbert Di Lascio
submitted an amendment on the part concerning
the election of members, as follows: It is
resolved that the first election of candidates
for admission to a vote suspending the trial for
the next meeting, which still has only one vote
against the candidate against, I say, the
candidate will be acceito, but if the candidate
in the first and second escrutineo get two votes
to be considered definitively rejected. The
amendment put into discussion and then to vote,
was approved unanimente. Then stand up to Mr.
Borja Pilgrim acclamasse propose that if the
Council Director and submitted the names of
Casemiro of Costa Montenegro, for President;
Celso Mariz, to Vice-President; Matheus de
Oliveira, for secretary; Waldemar Milk, for
Thesoureiro, and Gilbert Di Lascio, for vowel,
and applausos and received the general
acceitação of the founders of the Rotary Club
of Joao Pessoa. After stand up Mr. James Roth,
who delivered a brilliant allocução auspicious
event of congratulations on the founding of the
new club, expressing itself in high concepts and
indoctrination on the rotarismo. Matheus de
Oliveira The Secretary then read the telegram
that he had been led by President of Rotary of
Recife, that inability to attend aquella
foundation sent congratulations to the
companions of Joao Pessoa. Fallou then Casemiro
Monteiro to thank his election, making the same
Waldemar Milk. Then the President of the
Commission envisaged Action Rotária Diógenes
Caldas, in a speech full of fair and balanced
comments made deserved praise for the effort and
dedication to the Commissioner James Roth, with
enthusiasticos applausos of all members of the
Rotary Club of Joao Pessoa. Falou Gilbert still
Di Lascio the cooperation which had the
Organizing Committee for the new club in the
person of Lauro Borba, who, proposed, if
telegraphasse expressing our feelings of
camaraderie and highest recognition for services
rendered here. And, as nothing else had to deal
, Have to work on the foundation, and to be
lavrei this record, which vae assignada by
Commissioner James Roth, members of the Rotary
Club and me secretary, wrote that. "
The then Governor of District 72 was Carlos Buschmann
from the Rotary Club of Petropolis, reported in its Charter
Monthly the following message:
"Immensa is my pleasure to be able to report
that February 4 is founded, and Joao Pessoa (Parahyba)
a new club that gathers up the 12.30 hours at
Hotel Parahyba, every Saturday."
The
Rotary Club of Joao Pessoa was admitted
to
Rotary International
on March 27, 1933
Acknowledgement to the
Rotary Club of John Person and Google translation services
9). The Rotary Club of Pocos de Caldas
The Rotary Club of Poços de Caldas was founded on February 23, 1934,
as a result of the desire of a small number of people keen to provide humanitarian and educational services, aimed at improving
life in the city and supporting the national and international interests through contacts with Rotarians of other clubs.
The company Caldense-Wells, for some time, maintained contact with members of the of Rotary Club of
Rio de Janeiro, such as Rodrigo Octavio Son, Nascimento Brito and the representative of Rotary International for South America
James Roth.
Roth had been scheduled to attend a meeting in Poços de Caldas, to be attended by Dr. Assisi Figueiredo,
Dr. Oscavo de Faria Lobato, Joao Moreira Salles, Dr. Souza Lima, Dr. Aristides de Mello e Souza, Marçal Santos, Dr. Pedro
Alfonso Junqueira and Leng Joao Lopes Ribeiro of the Rotary Club of Rio de Janeiro.
That meeting resulted in the formation of the 1st Rotary Club of our city.
The Club worked for some years although for reasons we can not establish, there was very little progress until the end of 1935.
But remnants of the founding committee met again in the Pálace Hotel, on January 13, 1936, and was chaired by Leng.
James Roth spoke of the reasons why Rotary International would not allow more than one Rotary Club,
convincing those present of the great advantages not only for the life of society, but also for each of its members.
After approval, the first board was elected for the 1936year :-
President - Dr. Jose de Souza Lima; Vice-President - Dr. Aristides de Mello e Souza; Secretary - Vinicius Vivas;
Treasurer - Cássio Amarante Junqueira; Director of Protocol - Dr. Walter Moreira Salles and Sergeant at Arms Clodoveu
Dr. Davis and Dr. Paulo de Morais Garden.
Since then, the club functioned efficiently holding its first ordinary meeting on 15 January 1936 in the Hotel
Loyalty.
The Rotary Club of Poços de Caldas hosted the first National Conference of Rotary Clubs in Brazil.
During this period, it has conducted many satisfying community service projects; hosted four new clubs;
Founded the "Ladies of Rotarianos", the first in Brazil,
inspired by the personal influence of presitente of Rotary International, Armando Arruda Pereira, in 1939.
Monument to the flag of Parque da Fonte Luminosa.
School Rotary. A series of other activities related to promote community well-caldense in social, humanitarian and educational.
The club stands out in 4560 by district Tuesday, as part associations, two Governors:- Rowilson Flora in 1955/56,
and José de Alencar Silva and 1987/88.
Acknowledgement to the Rotary Club of Pocos de Caldas and Google translation services
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