RGHF Rotary Global History

 

"Slowly, we seek to serve others, believing that history will encourage membership retention."

HISTORY●GLOBAL●DISTRICT●CLUB●MISSING●LIBRARY●HARRIS●PEACE●TRF●PHILOSOPHY●PRESIDENTS●CONVENTIONS●NEW●COMMITTEE●JOIN●email●FORUM●SEARCH●RGHF RGHF is not responsible for Google translation errors

History Home SECTION HOME Women in Rotary  COORDINATOR NEEDED HISTORY CALENDAR
ABOUT 1st CLUB PRES. 1ST DG'S 1ST TRUSTEE 1ST DIRECTOR 1ST PRESIDENT
LEGAL ISSUES EARLY HISTORY FAMOUS WOMEN ROTARY ANN JEAN THOMSON HARRIS TIMELINE
Inner Wheel Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland  DISCUSSION UPDATES WHAT'S NEW?
(click photos to enlarge)
Comely Bank Comely Bank Path Dining Room Table Living Room

"Comely Bank" where Paul and Jean lived for 35 years in suburban Chicago. On the right Paul cares for his bird friends while neighbor (Rotary's first president) Silvester Schiele looks on.

Also See the effort to purchase Comely Bank

Jean and Paul at home where they observe "our ever changing picture of hillside, friendship garden, pines and spruce, gnarled oaks, Winter snow drifts, Spring flowers, Summer verdures Autumn colors, wary rabbits, impudent squirrels, quarrelsome sparrows, voracious starlings, raucous Blue Jays,

...  tuneful redbirds, the milkman's flashlight, newspaper boy, mystic sunrise, plodding mailman, friendly neighbors, and at eventide gleaming headlights of thousands of gliding motorcars bearing wearing city toilers to the light, warmth and love of their homes."

Photos and text from "My Road to Rotary" by Paul P. Harris, 1947
 

Become a member of Rotary Global History for only $30 USD. Dues support internet, membership services, and convention costs. Click here to join!

RGHF Disclaimer  Privacy Policy  Usage Agreement

The contents of this website, our electronic features and newsletters have been researched, collected, compiled, and written by Rotarians.

RGHF Mission: As an effort to serve others, RGHF accumulates and preserves the complete history, values and philosophy of the Rotary movement, as well as encourages others to do the same at every level of the Rotary movement, and publishes those histories, values and philosophies on the internet, as well as other forms of media as expedient. 17 March 2003, amended 20 December 2007, Rotary Global History Board of Directors.

This fellowship is not an agency of, or controlled by, Rotary International, but is affiliated with individual Rotary districts, clubs, other Rotary organizations and enjoys the support of Rotarians, clubs, districts, and zones world-wide. The views and opinions expressed on this website are not necessarily the collective views and opinions of Rotary International or all Rotarians. Rotary International is not responsible for any content and accepts no liability therefore. © 2000-2008 RGHF (Rotary Global History)