Courtesy of Ray Leisy, Club Historian
This starts a series on the history of Wooster Rotary, the first of which addresses the founding of Rotary International.
The first Rotary Club was formed when Paul P. Harris, an attorney, called three of his business acquaintances in downtown Chicago together for lunch at the office of Gustave Loehr, a mining engineer and a freemason. The other two attendees were Hiram E. Shorey, a tailor, and Silvester S Schiele, a coal merchant. The members choose the name “Rotary” because they initially decided to rotate subsequent meetings between their respective offices. However, the Club soon began to grow so quickly that they decided to select a permanent meeting place.
The first Rotary Club was formed when Paul P. Harris, an attorney, called three of his business acquaintances in downtown Chicago together for lunch at the office of Gustave Loehr, a mining engineer and a freemason. The other two attendees were Hiram E. Shorey, a tailor, and Silvester S Schiele, a coal merchant. The members choose the name “Rotary” because they initially decided to rotate subsequent meetings between their respective offices. However, the Club soon began to grow so quickly that they decided to select a permanent meeting place.
The 16th annual Wooster Arts & Music Festival will be held on Saturday, September 14th in historic downtown Wooster from 12:00pm to 8:00pm. The all-day event will include many genres of live music on different stages throughout the day. There will be a variety of fine arts and craft vendors, local beer and wine, quality food, and free children’s arts activities. Visit beautiful downtown Wooster to shop, dance, craft and enjoy great food from one of the food trucks on the square or one of our many outstanding restaurants.
Scholarships were presented by Rotary Club of Wooster President Cathy McConnell at the Wooster High School annual awards assembly on June 2, 2016.
