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Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative

410 E Houston Street
Marshall, TX 75670
United States of America

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Rotary Club of Marshall

Centennial Celebration Banquet

Speaker, Mark Daniel Maloney

Rotary International President, 2019-20

Marshall, TX Rotary Club, Chartered, August 1st, 1919,
will be "Celebrating a Century of Changing Lives in Marshall – and Beyond",

5:30 PM, August 24, 2019, at the Marshall Convention Center, Marshall Texas

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Heidy McWhorter, Undaunted

Posted by Jim Fitzgerald on Aug 15, 2019

This article is the last of the Centennial Back-Flash stories and the one that I am most proud.

There are three events that everyone my age remembers as if they happened yesterday, JFK’s shooting, Lady Diana’s car crash and the 911 attack. But not everyone had an intimate connection to any of them, as did one young lady from east Texas, who has a special memory of the last two, and the story is as fascinating as it is moving.

100 Years Ago - Today

Posted by Jim Fitzgerald

One-hundred years ago today, history was made when the application for membership in the International Association of Rotary Clubs, was signed and submitted by the officers of the newest Rotary Club in the world, which would receive it's official charter August 1, 1919.

The First District Governor - Frank Davis

Posted by Jim Fitzgerald

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.

Charter Member, Homer M Price,

Posted by Jim Fitzgerald

Homer Price was a newspaper man first and foremost. He began his newspaper career as an apprentice printer in Marysville, Tennessee. He moved to Marshal and bought the Marshall Messenger in 1877 for $500 and sold it a few months later to W. A. Adair, after a brief and very stressful period of newspaper ownership.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Posted by Jim Fitzgerald

One of the things the early Rotary Club of Marshall did was involve the wives, daughters, and sweethearts in the Rotary experience by holding some of their regular meetings at night so the ladies could attend, and holding other special meetings such as Father-And-Son, and Ladies-Night banquets at night also.

The Stories Behind The Men and Club, Ike Hockhwald

Posted by Jim Fitzgerald on Feb 19, 2018

The story behind the man, Issac "Ike" Hochwald, The Founder and First President of the Rotary Club of Marshall TexasThe story of the early beginnings of The Rotary club of Marshall Texas is a story of a few business men who were actively involved in the social and business issues of the community of their day.