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A year is an age to some, a moment to others. In the history of the Dothan Rotary Club, whose first anniversary is but now, shows the wonderful stride that can be made where and when but though a few loyal works, pulling together in even team work, can accomplish, during most depressing times and pessimistic conditions of twelve calendar months.

Just one year dothan, when it seemed that the descending floods had washed all hopes of prosperity into bottomless gullies; when the pest of boll weevil swarmed gluttoned and destroyed our cotton prospects then our only money crop even as the German Hun overran and ravished Belgium; when gay darkening sky and sodden earth there seemed no ray to limn the depressing financial condition, a few citizens of Dothan, as much as despair as of hope, met and formed a club Rotary Club, for the purpose of keeping the wheel of Progress from stopping entirely and opening some avenue for business from the cul de sac into which this section had been thrown.

A call was sent out by Mr. Lisenby, after consultation with others, and on the eighth day of August,there was gathered in a room in the City Hall Building a group of men who formed themselves into a Dothan Rotary Club, with objects and purposes only that of helping to bring this city out of slough of despond and bring it to apex of success.

The officers elected and the members who have proved faithful are men whose names should be graven in letters of gold on tablets of bronze, for they served and served well, giving their time thought, energy and money to bring that here which was not; encourage those who were timid; help those who were weak and at any, every and all times, talk for, work for and boost Dothan and the wiregrass section, with the result that within the short space of twelve months they can point with modest pride as the result of their efforts to the establishment of a: Grain Elevator Salting Station Syrup Refinery Feed Mill and Peanut Oil Mill To a successful campaign of boil weevil destruction Bringing the Shriners to Dothan Bringing the National ball teams to Dothan Arranging for eight sets of hog serum inoculating instruments to help hog owners save their hogs.

Helped to make markets for sweet potatoes and arranging for the building of curing houses. Arranged with the banks of Dothan to furnish thoroughbred bulls for use of cattle raisers. Got up, had printed and circulated thousands of booklets, showing the advantages of this section of the country.

Corresponded with hundreds of people who contemplate moving to this section. Now have on way, a small packing plant, a stock yard, a wheat and rice mill; and many other industries, all of which gay be of great benefit to this entire section. But one of the greatest, if not the very greatest object, attained by and through the Rotary Club is the competitive freight rates which is furnished by the railroads to any enterprise which will locate here and make bona fida shipments to other markets.

That all this work was not dothan without much labor goes without saying, but the labor was one of love of achievement and pride of success. Individuous mention where all have done well their part is of course not de trop, but even at that risk, the Daily Dispatch cannot refrain from, at this particular place, to bring to mind the fact, that in all this work of upbuilding, from the very inception of the good work, the Dispatch columns have been filled with panegyric and eulogy, with praise and laudation of club development contemplated, suggested or made, that would benefit this section: no effort has been spared to say all the good things possible and no laxity has been shown towards any and every movement for gay upbuilding of Dothan, Our columns dothan been devoted and filled with the news of progress, of advance, of benefit.

And now with the entrance of the Rotary Club into it second year, it is but fair to say that every member is proud of his membership, club in the part he has taken in the development of its moral and material strength and all hope that at the gateway of its entrance to its second anniversary the Rotary club will have become so much a part and parcel of Dothan that they will be one and inseparable in all that is good, great, loyal and lasting.

Samuel Windham — Mark S. Cannon — Paul Felts — Charles H. Chapman — Joseph L. December 1, — The Dothan Rotary Club celebrated its 50th anniversary. During the 50th anniversary celebration, it was noted that R. Wells of Osceola was the only surviving charter member of the Dothan rotary Club.

Minutes of meetings during that period show a lot of local talent was used for programs, and that members were not doing a lot traveling. The subject of disbanding was dropped and club programs were aimed at getting members and doing more work for the community. Byas many as children were being examined and treated at the clinic held in temporary locations around the city.

A 15 man board of directors was named after the club approved the foundation and authorized the construction of a clinic to serve the area.

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Later the site was swapped for acreage on the opposite of the road so that it could be beside New Hope Industries. More than Rotarians and their Rotary Anns turned out for a rare and celebrated occasion. The first ladies night was held at Fritter Springs on July 10,