April: Rotary Magazine Month. When did our magazine begin, and where is it now?
In 1911, Rotary decided it needed a magazine to inform club members. The Rotarian was born. Paul Harris himself wrote the story published on the front page of the first issue. Soon, Rotary club members around the world wanted publications they could call their own. In 1915, the first regional magazine was published, serving members in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1928, the predecessor to Rotary Down Under launched in Australia.
Today, the Rotary World Magazine Press is the umbrella under which Rotary’s 32 magazines flourish. Though The Rotarian is still the flagship publication, the 31 regional magazines are distributed in more than 130 countries and written in 25 languages. More than half of Rotarians worldwide receive a regional magazine instead of The Rotarian. They have a combined circulation of 872,000. Each magazine has a regional point of view but also includes articles and photographs of international interest from The Rotarian.
The garden project outside Cape Town is moving forward. Weldon Whiteman passed along a recent communication which described progress on the Rotary project. Some excerpts from that communication:
The site is under power lines and the community have been given permission to use the land... [which] is 409 metres long (it runs along a paved road) by 33 metres wide. The area under irrigation will be about 8850 m2... we will divide part of it up into 41 small gardens.
A small number of trainees will be taken on, and they will help the existing growers, producing vegetables to pay for their employment and ongoing expenses.
Winter is coming, so South African gardening is coming to a close for this season. Next year, the new site will allow more people to be trained to work in the agricultural setting, thereby improving their living situations. The South African club is managing the project; Burleson Rotary Club, and Rotary clubs in Bad Homburg (Germany) and Hull Paragon (England) are cooperating to bring Rotary Foundation funding to the project.
Superb programs
Last Friday's program continued the string of superb programs produced by Patsy Dumas and her program committee. Thank you, Patsy and crew.
Last week's speaker was asked for some Internet links, so here they are:
Several members missed last week's program because of another community activity. Remember, you can make-up and keep your Rotary attendance record intact.
Surely you jest
Hollywood Squares Redux
Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A.. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.
Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospitals, dying of nothing.
A kindergarten teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment. Each student was instructed to bring in an object that represented their religion to share with the class.
The first student got up in front of the class and said, "My name is Benjamin and I am Jewish, and this is a Star of David."
The second student got up in front of the class and said, "My name is Mary. I'm a Catholic and this is a Rosary."
The third student got in up front of the class and said, "My name is Tommy. I am Methodist, and this is a casserole."
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The garden project outside Cape Town is moving forward. Weldon Whiteman passed along a recent communication which described progress on the Rotary project. Some excerpts from that communication: