Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
What Is This Thing
Called Rotary?

The wheel with the hub spOkes,
and cOgs (insignia of Rotary has a
particular meaning, especially to us,
for the Rotary Club in our COM
munity has done much. 1t has given
business men a different light OH
the question of public welfare. The
Rotary is an international OrganiZa-
tion, though it strives to bring its
members to their community re-
spOnsibilities.
The Rotary was started about
twenty-five years ago in Chicago by
Paul Harris, a lawyer, and three of
his friends who met once a week
to discuss their business problems.
They decided to form a club and
called it Rotary, which means ro-
tating the meeting places to differ
ent offices of the members. The RO-
tary Club gradually grew and in
1910 had sixteen clubs and 1900
members. Today Rotary consists of
3400 clubs and about 100000 men,
bers. One of these clubs is in Mil
.lord The Milford Rotary Club was
formed in July, 1925, with fifteen
members. The club today has twen-
ty-tWO members of the twenty-five
needed in order that they might
have 1000.
A distinctive feature of the RO-
tary is that its membership is linn
tied to but one member for each dis
tinctive business or profession of
the community. There must be no
competitive spirit in Rotary. The
members of the Milford Rotary Club
are: DR.. O. V. James, DR.. l.. o. Ad
kins, Mr. J. w. Burris, Mr.. r. A.
Derrickson, Mr.. G. H. Draper, Jr.,
Dr.. w. l.. Grier, Dr. G. l.. Grier Mr..
w. V. Grier, Mr.. r. P. Davis, Mr.. L.
N. Hearn, Mr.. J. P. Hammond, Mr..
c. D. Holzmueller, Mr.. w. o. Lank-
ford, Mr.. G. w. Perry, Mr.. H. J.
PettyjOhn, Mr. W. c. Smith, MIR. N.
NJ. Stokes, Prof. r. E. Shilling, Mr..
C. e. Varney, Mr.. r. Warren and Mr..
w. Berry The past presidents of the
club are: Mr. r. A. DerricksOn, Mr..
Geo II. Hall, DR.. o. V. James, Mr..
c. t. Varney and Mr.. w. c. Smith.
The present president Isl Mr.. Harry
J. PettyiOhn. In order to maintain
good attendance the Rotary Club
has a rule that if any member is alb
sent more than three times he au-
tomatically loses his membership.
The motto of the Rotary Club is
"He profits most who serves best"
and it is a very fine motto, for the
man who really profits in life is the
one who serves, and the one who
profits most is the one who serves
best.
The principals of the Rotary Club
are: Acquaintanceship, Fellowship, |
Friendship, Fair Dealing and Ser
vice.
The Rotary work is the taking UP. |
for discussion and action, subjects
of community help and information
al interest. TO feature and uphold |
community spirit. Anything that is !
of national and community interest /,
you can rest assured is thoroughly |
discussed and promoted by the Ro-
tary Club.
A Rotarian from one club is al
ways welcome to another no matter |
where. The entire. club of one COM
munity meets with the club of an
other community at least once a
year to get more acquainted and to
broaden the interests of the nation.
The Rotary meeting is of the SIM
pie organized way. There is no ov-
Just a group of chosen
men brought together to discuss
of international interest,
and to act with due regard to the
best and wisest method.
I think that the Rotary Club in
our community has done wonders in !
bringing about the cooperation of
many and interest of all.
I wish to- thank each member for
their kind cooperation and courtesy
to me, especially Mr. PettyiOhn.
Ray A. Wilson 81