Maquoketa Rotary Club

HARRISON, SHARP, HODGSON, SCHUMACHER, CARSON, RYAN

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 3/26/2008 at 07:50:32

Jackson Sentinel
Centennial Edition, 1938

Rotary Is Newest Service Club In Maquoketa

Maquoketa’s newest service club, the Rotary Club, was organized in the early spring of the year. This group of 20 men is under strict supervision of the national Rotarian setup, and was granted its charter early this year.

The organization of Rotary Clubs includes 8000 such organizations of almost 200,000 men in 70 different countries, each continent being represented. Each of the clubs was formed with the motto: “Service above self,” as their aim and purpose.

This club has strict rules regarding politics and community enterprises. The international organizations and rules do not allow any Rotary club is allowed to donate money toward any fund by the club as a whole.

The Rotarians of Maquoketa meet weekly on Tuesday noon at the Hurst hotel dining room. Each week a program is given and one of the members speaks, telling of his profession, or they have some other program. They discuss world problems, they listen to debates, and learn of the various vocations. Only one man from each profession is allowed to belong to such a club.

The officers for this year are as follows: John B. Harrison, mortician, president; Dr. Harry Sharp, dentist, vice president; Arthur Hodgson, lawyer, secretary-treasurer; and Jack Schumacher, proprietor of a restaurant, sergeant-at-arms. The board of directors includes Mr. Harrison, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Hodgson, Frank Carson, pharmacist, and G. C. Ryan, M. D.