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HISTORY OUTLINE ROTARY GLOBAL HISTORY First 100 Clubs of Rotary International HISTORY CALENDAR  CLUBS 1 -100
ALPHABETICAL LIST ANNIVERSARIES CENTENNIAL BELL OTHER 100'S LANDMARK CLUBS ROTARY/One
CANADA THE UK CLUBS OF RIPS CONVENTION CLUBS RI 50TH ANNIV. DISTRICTS
REGIONS COUNTRIES HISTORY CALENDAR FRIENDSHIP TREES COMMITTEE FEATURES
First 100 Clubs Census Study DIST, CLUBS, & COUNTRIES DISCUSSION RI ARCHIVES WHAT'S NEW? HISTORY OUTLINE
This section of our project is to recognize landmark clubs as noted in the appendix of the first edition of "My Road to Rotary" by Paul P. Harris, copyright A. Kroch and Son, 1928
1915 = #200 Columbus, Georgia. War underway in Europe 1917  = #300 Huntington, Indiana. Rotary Endowment fund is established 1918 = #400 Fort Scott, Kansas also First Club in South America in 1918, membership at 40,000 1919 = #500 Fremont, Nebraska There are now 15 countries in Rotary
1921 = #1000 York, UK also First Convention outside of the US. Edinburgh in 1921 1925 = #2000 Ketchikan, Alaska. Also First branch office of Rotary in Zurich in 1925 1936 = #4000 Hanover, PA. Also first regional conference in So. America. Valparaiso 1939 = Rockmart, Georgia. Also first club in French West Africa in 1939
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