Silvester Schiele First Rotary Club President
29 June, 1870 - 17 December 1945
It was Paul and Silvester who met for dinner on Thursday evening, the 23rd of February 1905.
We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
410 E Houston Street
Marshall, TX 75670
United States of America
Marshall, TX 75670
United States of America
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The announcement of the forming of a new Rotary Club in Marshall was published in the February 13th, 1981 edition of the Marshall News Messenger, announcing the forming of the Rotary Club of Marshall Metro.
Frank Davis was president of the Marshall Rotary club in 1922, and no doubt instrumental in having a pictorial disclosure of the members of the young club published in the newspaper, February 23, 1922, on pages 33, 34, 35, and 36, but the responses of the members suggest that it was not a popular idea, yet, everyone seemed to treat it with a good deal of levity and some respect.
Six years before the Rotary Club of Marshall was organized, congress had created one of the most contentious pieces of legislation in the history of the United States, the income tax. In 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution made the income tax a permanent fixture in the U.S. tax system.
The Marshall Rotary club wanted the first president of the club, Ike Hochwald, to be the first district governor from the club, in 1921, but Ike felt that he was not able or experienced enough to accept the position and withdrew, and threw his support to another candidate from San Antonio.
Some TV evangelists thrived and prospered for decades by urging their flocks to “give till it hurts”, others suggest “give, and it will be given to you”. Now, the internet is rife with charities, appealing to our sensibilities and our checkbooks.
