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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2005 The Acton Rotary Club in conjunction with 31,606 Rotary Clubs around the world will be celebrating the 100" anniversary of this well known international organization dedicated to serving their community. Mac Sprowl, a member of the Acton Rotary Club for 50 years, has written a short history of the Club's found- ing, for The New Tanner. Later he will review the history of the Acton club and the many community (Celebrations ) Hit Steve and Nicola Toth (nee Tinker) _ are proud to announce the safe arrival of Cameron Steven, born Feb. 3rd, 2005 weighing 7lb 60z at Guelph General Hospital. Proud grandparents are Dorinda and Stefan Tinker of Georgetown and Raymond and Christine Toth of Acton. Tayler Hunt (left) and Erika Stokes, both 11, decided to have a double birthday party and invite their entire grade 5 class from Robert Little to the Milton Leisure Centre. They decided to ask for donations to the Tsunami Relief Fund instead of gifts. With the generosity of their friends they raised $405.00. j Love Paula, Maia 100 years of service Acton club will join in celebration Rotary's centenary endeavours for which they have been responsible. By Mac Sprowl On February 23, 1905, four men met at Gustavus H. Loehr office room 711 of the Unity Building in Chicago to conduct what has come to be known as the first Rotary Club meeting. The four men were Paul Harris, a lawyer, Gustavus H. Loehr, a mining engineer, Silvester Schiele, a 'coal dealer, and Hiram Sho- rey, a merchant tailor. At that time their purpose was not to found an interna- tional service organization but to build friendships among business men in Chicago reminding them of the small town camaraderie they enjoyed during their boyhood. The second club meeting took place later in Harris's office. Harry Ruggles, of- ten referred to as the fifth Rotarian, was in attendance as well as real estate dealer William Jensen and Albert White, a piano manufac- turer. Ruggles, a printer, is credited with starting the practice of singing at Club meetings. Contrary to popular as- sumption, Harris was not the first president of the club. That honour went to Schiele who was elected at A CENTURY OF SERVICE the third meeting held in his office. It was then that the fledging group named itself Rotary based on the three time practice of rotating meeting sites. Gus Loehr is believed to have left Rotary after this meeting and not long after Hiram Shorey also relin- quished his membership, though not his life long regard for the movement he helped to found. Schiele and Harris re- mained loyal Rotarians and close friends until their deaths living next door to each other in Chicago and in adjacent vacation homes in Michigan. Soon after the club name was agreed upon, one of the new members suggested a wagon wheel design as the club emblem. It was the precursor of the familiar cogwheel emblem 8066 Wellington Cty Rd 124, RR1 Guelph Ge" ae. @) (519) 824-4222(On Old Highway 24 NI by Guelph Lake towards Eramosa) www.knappscountrymarket.com Unique VALENTINE'S DAY Baskets Also Featuring... HOMEMADE Mackenzie" INVESTMENTS , Made from the Heart... Chocolate Treats cre Time is running out! Sponsored in part by: Knowing pays: PARQ AIM TRIMARK™ $$399NS 4O AUN.LN3O M3N V now worn by Rotarians around the world. By the end of 1905 the club had 30 members. The second Rotary Club was founded in San Francisco, the third in Oakland. Others followed in Seattle, Wash- ington, Los Angeles and New York City. Rotary became Interna- tional when a Club was founded in Winnipeg in 1910. In 1910 the first Ro- tary Convention was held with 14 delegates. There were now 16 Clubs with a membership of 1,500 Rotar- ians. What is now the Rotary foundation of Rotary Inter- national grew from a small endowment fund started in 1917. It became the Rotary Foundation in 1928 but grew only modestly until 1947 when it rescinded a number of gifts in-memory of Paul Harris upon his death on January 27, 1947. Since 1917, contribu- tors to the Foundation have totaled $824.3 million in- cluding $61.7 million in 1994-95. Among programs Rotary has undertaken in recent years, the largest has been Polio Plus, whose goal is the eradication of polio throughout the world. In 1949 Rotary had 7,000 clubs in the world in 86 countries, a membership of 330,000 members. In 1975 there were 24,400 Clubs in 166 countries. : In 2004, Rotary member- ship consisted of 31,606 Clubs with 1,211,723 mem- bers. Rotary is the leading private sector partner to eradicate polio, the largest public health initiative in history. Rotary International and its Foundation have mobi- lized hundreds of thousands of volunteers in support of local clinics and their The deadline for your 2004 RRSP contribution is March 1s', 2005. 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Five million children who might have been polio victims are walking and playing normally. More than 500,000 polio cases are prevented each year. Polio grants have benefited 122 nations. Rotary International headquarters at Evanston, Il- linois, occupies the top four floors of a skyscraper. Daily business includes incoming mail of 5,000 pieces per day while head office puts out 2,500 pieces per day. In the early years of Ro- tary to prevent competition it was agreed only one mem- ber could be admitted from each occupation. No restric- tion was imposed as to race, creed or colour. As a result of a United States Court ruling several years ago, women are now proposed and inducted into Rotary Clubs. The Rotary Magazine has a monthly world wide circulation of 750,000 and is distributed in 127 countries in 24 lan- guages. The 100" Anniversary party in Chicago will be from June 18 to June 22, 2005. The new board of directors of Rotary Inter- national numbering 20 includes President Glenn E. Estess Sr. The Anniver- sary is expected to draw 60,000 Rotarians, spouses and guests.