Clifton Springs
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Clifton Springs Rotary Club
History:
The Rotary Club of Clifton Springs is the successor of the Clifton Springs Club which, for several years, had functioned as a local association of business and professional men, meeting bi-weekly in the YMCA gymnasium for a dinner served by the ladies of the Auxiliary.
Various national and international service clubs had made overtures to the group, but Dudley Field of the Rochester Rotary Club, who at the time was District Governor of the Rotary district, brought the matter to a head in 1933. Mr. Field, working through Reverend Boyd Little, a Methodist minister and a Rotarian in his former parish, organized a Rotary Inter-City meeting for June S, 1933 which was held in the hospital and was attended by over 500 Rotarians. The local men were guests at the dinner. After this dinner, Boyd Little obtained the necessary 25 signatures of men who intended to join a local Rotary club and on June 22, 1933, they voted to form a Provisional Rotary Club and to apply for a charter. Rotary International quickly granted a charter so that on July 7, 1933, a meeting was held which set the date for the presentation of the charter in early October. At the July 7th meeting, Tuesday noon was established as the time for the weekly meeting and the hospital was made the meeting place. The officers of the Provisional Rotary Club of Clifton Springs were President, Boyd Little; Vice-President, W. Malcolm Griswold; Treasurer, Carl DeGraw; Secretary, Adolph Hollander; Directors, A. Bosshart, A.B. Dusinberre, Frank Gross; Sergeant-at-Arms, Frank Tomlinson. These men held office during the club's first year.
About the Club:
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 29,000 Rotary clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
The Rotary Club of Clifton Springs is the successor of the Clifton Springs Club which, for several years, had functioned as a local association of business and professional men, meeting bi-weekly in the YMCA gymnasium for a dinner served by the ladies of the Auxiliary.
Various national and international service clubs had made overtures to the group, but Dudley Field of the Rochester Rotary Club, who at the time was District Governor of the Rotary district, brought the matter to a head in 1933. Mr. Field, working through Reverend Boyd Little, a Methodist minister and a Rotarian in his former parish, organized a Rotary Inter-City meeting for June S, 1933 which was held in the hospital and was attended by over 500 Rotarians. The local men were guests at the dinner. After this dinner, Boyd Little obtained the necessary 25 signatures of men who intended to join a local Rotary club and on June 22, 1933, they voted to form a Provisional Rotary Club and to apply for a charter. Rotary International quickly granted a charter so that on July 7, 1933, a meeting was held which set the date for the presentation of the charter in early October. At the July 7th meeting, Tuesday noon was established as the time for the weekly meeting and the hospital was made the meeting place. The officers of the Provisional Rotary Club of Clifton Springs were President, Boyd Little; Vice-President, W. Malcolm Griswold; Treasurer, Carl DeGraw; Secretary, Adolph Hollander; Directors, A. Bosshart, A.B. Dusinberre, Frank Gross; Sergeant-at-Arms, Frank Tomlinson. These men held office during the club's first year.
About the Club:
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 29,000 Rotary clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.