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The Golden Strand |
| The Founder of Rotary This Rotarian Age My Road to Rotary |
 Ruggles
kept the "boys" from
disbanding
more than once by quite literally jumping into song. But when the
meetings began to have long reports of news about new clubs, mostly from
the west coast
and the work of Homer Wood, the club became unsettled. When it was clear
that many in the club did not want time taken up with talk of
"extension" of new clubs, ironically, Rotary's 4th president, who'd
saved Rotary with a song, Harry Ruggles? Well, he and Charles Newton put
their heads together to pick someone who would stop Paul Harris. They
picked the man who would become the "Builder of Rotary"
Chesley
R. Perry.Now, read the actual sections of "The Golden Strand" by Oren Arnold, copyright Rotary Club of Chicago 1966. (signed copy at right Thomson)  How
did the book get its name? See
Glasgow Rotarian Harry Lauder. San
Francisco gets its start, but the talk of new clubs takes of up too much
time at Chicago meetings and Harry Ruggles is in a bad spot.  Ches
Perry became the builder, he soften things, but when time came to pick a
president for the new "Association," Paul Harris was not the unanimous
choice. Ches,
Paul and others worked hard to create the association and the first
convention of 1910. Paul Harris was the unanimous choice as the first
president of the National Association of Rotary Clubs. What
did the Irishman from San Francisco do? And what was the preposterous
prediction at the 1910 convention by a New York Rotarian? 1931
Award of Merit
 Harry
Lauder in 1922 |
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