My Road To Rotary (Text Only)

Here is My Road To Rotary by Paul P. Harris in 42 easy to read chapters. Enjoy his writing style as he envelops you in his family, childhood friends, and neighbors in rural Vermont. Discover an aspect of Paul as a prankster, and in his own words, a rapscallion, that you may not have expected of the man who founded Rotary. Learn how the youthful Paul was molded by his grandfather, a taciturn Yankee who reserved his opinions and who was tolerant of others whose opinions and lifestyles varied from his own.

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CHAPTER 1

1	Our Arrival In The Valley	22	The Railway Station
2	Our Farm & Mr. Wynne	23	Our Front Porch
3	Our 14 Room House	24	The Debating Society
4	Mr. Webster Makes A Dive	25	Entertainment Comes to Town
5	Church Reveries	26	Dr. George
6	The Bells of Wallingford	27	Firewood
7	Buttercup, Queen of the Pasture	28	An Industrious Community
8	My Red-Headed Chum	29	Grandfather Passes On
9	Parental Peculiarities	30	Farewell to Grandmother
10	Rapscallions	31	Five Years of "Folly"
11	A Pond is Discovered	32	A Shingle is Hung Up
12	Thank-You-Marms	33	The First Rotary Club
13	Then Comes Spring	34	Rotary Begins to Spread
14	Vermont Maple Syrup	35	The Architect Finds A Builder
15	The Last Day of School	36	Rotary Serves In Two Wars
16	Berry Picking and Trout Fishing	37	We Thank You, MR. Chesterton
17	A Christmas Disappointment	38	My Valley In These Days
18	Cupid and Bacchus	39	My Valley In These Days
19	A Sad Tragedy	40	Resting And Visiting
20	A Reunited Family	41	Mountains And Folks, Lakes And Birds
21	A Tongue-Tied Feud	42	The End Of The Journey

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