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Statuettes of Bison on Desk
On the side are two statues
of bison. One shows a Bison statue with white marble base.
"Presented To Paul P. Harris by the Members of the Rotary Club
of Winnipeg Canada at their 5th Annual International Goodwill
Meeting Commemorating the 24th Anniversary of the Founding of
Rotary By Him, on FEB 23rd 1905 23-2-29". At the Goodwill
Meeting in February 1929, Paul Harris was the guest speaker.
The 22nd such meeting was held in 2006 and the event is now
supported by all nine Winnipeg Clubs.
Next to it is a Bison statue with black marble base. "Paul
Harris from the Rotary Club of Calgary Alberta [Canada] Feb 27,
1923". . [Bison has a broken leg.] The origin of this is
currently something of a mystery. The Red Deer Rotary Club in
Alberta was chartered on February 23, 1923, four days before the
date of this gift. However there seems to be no record of
Harris attending either the new club or the original Calgary
Club. But, in the year 1922/1923 R. Jeffery Lydiatt, a
member of the Calgary Club served as a Director of RI, and it
seems probable that it was Lydiatt who presented Harris with
this gift, as a souvenir from his Club.
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