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The 79th convention, Philadelphia, PA,, May 22-25, with 16,316 in attendance

Charles C. Keller,

(California, Pennsylvania, USA)

A hush fell over the darkened auditorium. The spotlight illuminated the speaker and the silence was broken by the quiet passion of the words - two hundred and forty seven million dollars. The roof of the auditorium opened and thousands of multicolored balloons and confetti rained down upon the cheering Rotarians that were present.

Oh how I wish I were there that day in 1988.  MORE.....
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