Murphys, CA…500 lucky ticket holders attended the largest fundraiser of the year for the Angels-Murphys Rotary Club. This annual event is always a high point on the local social calendar. Music by PlanB, Huge Silent Auction, Great Catered Food By The Murphys Hotel.

What is Rotary?

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. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, members of more than 29,000 Rotary clubs in 160 countries.
A Brief History
Paul Harris

Paul Harris
Founder of Rotary
Rotary’s first day and the years that followed…

February 23, 1905. The airplane had yet to stay aloft more than a few minutes. The first motion picture theater had not yet opened. Norway and Sweden were peacefully terminating their union. On this particular day, a Chicago lawyer, Paul P. Harris, called three friends to a meeting. What he had in mind was a club that would kindle fellowship among members of the business community. It was an idea that grew from his desire to find within the large city the kind of friendly spirit that he knew in the village where he had grown up.

The four businessmen didn’t decide then and there to call themselves a Rotary club, but their get-together was, in fact, the first meeting of the world’s first Rotary club. As they continued to meet, adding others to the group, they rotated their meetings among the members’ places of business, hence the name. Soon after the club name was agreed upon, one of the new members suggested a wagon wheel design as the club emblem. It was the precursor of the familiar cogwheel emblem now worn by Rotarians around the world. By the end of 1905, the club had 30 members.
The second Rotary club was formed in 1908 half a continent away from Chicago in San Francisco, California. It was a much shorter leap across San Francisco Bay to Oakland, California, where the third club was formed. Others followed in Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles, California, and New York City, New York. Rotary became international in 1910 when a club was formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. By 1921 the organization was represented on every continent, and the name Rotary International was adopted in 1922. See the Rotary International timeline.
The 4-Way Test

One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the Rotary 4-Way Test. It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression-caused financial difficulties. He drew up a 24-word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. The 4-Way Test became the guide for sales, production, advertising and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy.
Herb Taylor became president of Rotary International in 1954-55. The 4-Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than a hundred languages.

Here is the English version:

Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to All Concerned?
Will it Build Goodwill & Better Friendships?
Will it be beneficial to All Concerned?

Angels-Murphys Rotary Club – Past Presidents

2009-2010 Jim Bailey
2008-2009 Bert Lucas
2007-2008 John Brohy
2006-2007 Donna Stevenson
2005-2006 David Studley
2004-2005 Lynda Tusoni
2003-2004 Michael Schwartz
2002-2003 Larry Byrnes
2001-2002 Al Smith
2000-2001 Roger La Jeunesse
1999-2000 Joe Wilimek
1998-1999 Liz Millier
1997-1998 Clayre Quick
1996-1997 Robert Henkel
1995-1996 Bob Watson
1994-1995 JoAnne McDonald & Chuck Milazzo
1993-1994 Chuck Milazzo
1992-1993 Dr. Robert Coleman
1991-1992 Vaughn Tribble
1990-1991 Jay Quick
1989-1990 Alan Armstrong
1988-1989 Jerry Pezzi
1987-1988 Maureen Elliott
1986-1987 Keith Howmiller
1985-1986 Tony Tyrrell
1984-1985 Mearl Lucken
1983-1984 Duane Papais
1982-1983 Jordon Freitas
1981-1982 Al DeNeveu
1980-1981 John Weaver
1979-1980 Charter President – William B. Wolfson