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The headlines in the Marshall News Messenger January 2, 1941, read, “Local Business Leaders See ‘41’ As Banner Year -- Forecasts Are Made At Rotary Club Luncheon”
William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857. He was a graduate of Yale and the Cincinnati Law School. His political career began when he was made Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Hamilton County in 1881.
One of the lesser known elements of Rotary International is the Rotary Interact club, sponsored by local Rotary clubs around the world.
In the early years of Rotary, there was no email or internet, and telephone service was expensive and spotty. When Rotary was in its infancy, clubs depended on face to face communication at regular weekly meetings to pass on and receive instructions, carry on business, and announce upcoming events.
I would like to share an article from the "Marshall Morning News", December 25, 1921, written by the then-president of the Marshall Rotary Club, Frank Davis. Frank was to become the District Governor in 1931-32 of District 48, which included the Eastern half of the entire state of Texas at the time, and eventually became District 5830, which now includes the Northwestern part of Texas, several Counties in Southeastern Oklahoma, and Miller County in Arkansas.
Joe Hirsch, Manager, Joe Weisman & Co, 511-517 N. Washington Ave., was one of the charter members and one of the first officers of the Marshall Rotary Club.
