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Statuettes of Bison

Statuettes of Bison on Desk

On the side are two statues of bison. One shows a Bison statue with white marble base. "Presented To Paul P. Harris by the Members of the Rotary Club of Winnipeg Canada at their 5th Annual International Goodwill Meeting Commemorating the 24th Anniversary of the Founding of Rotary By Him, on FEB 23rd 1905 23-2-29". At the Goodwill Meeting in February 1929, Paul Harris was the guest speaker. The 22nd such meeting was held in 2006 and the event is now supported by all nine Winnipeg Clubs.

Next to it is a Bison statue with black marble base. "Paul Harris from the Rotary Club of Calgary Alberta [Canada] Feb 27, 1923". . [Bison has a broken leg.] The origin of this is currently something of a mystery. The Red Deer Rotary Club in Alberta was chartered on February 23, 1923, four days before the date of this gift. However there seems to be no record of Harris attending either the new club or the original Calgary Club. But, in the year 1922/1923 R. Jeffery Lydiatt, a member of the Calgary Club served as a Director of RI, and it seems probable that it was Lydiatt who presented Harris with this gift, as a souvenir from his Club.

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