Rotary Club - 100 Years - Bowie, TX
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N 33° 32.862 W 097° 49.954
14S E 608381 N 3712617
Rotary International was founded in 1905, and to celebrate their centennial, the Bowie Rotary Club erected a stone welcome sign along US 81 to greet you as you enter Bowie from the southeast.
Waymark Code: WMRC2C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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On the front of the sign is the emblem of the Rotary Club, and on the reverse is a plaque with the Rotary Club emblem, and:

2005
Centennial Project
Bowie Rotary Club

The Rotary International website provides some history:

Paul P. Harris, an attorney, wanted to create a professional group with the same friendly spirit he felt in the small towns of his youth. On 23 February 1905, Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago. This was the first Rotary club meeting. They decided to call the new club “Rotary” after the practice of rotating meeting locations.

Within five years clubs had formed across the country, from San Francisco to New York.

In August 1910, Rotarians held their first convention in Chicago. The 16 clubs that existed at that time united to form the National Association of Rotary Clubs.

In 1912, the name changed to International Association of Rotary Clubs to reflect the addition of clubs in other countries. The name Rotary International was adopted in 1922.

By July 1925, Rotary had grown to more than 2,000 clubs and an estimated 108,000 members on six continents.

Rotary’s reputation attracted presidents, prime ministers, and a host of other luminaries to its ranks — among them author Thomas Mann, diplomat Carlos P. Romulo, and composer Jean Sibelius.

As Rotary grew, members pooled their resources and used their talents to serve their communities. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its motto: Service Above Self.

In 1932, Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor created The Four-Way Test. The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions:

Of the things we think, say or do

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Anniversary Year: 2005

Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1905

Address:
413 Pelham St
Bowie, TX USA
76230


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