ROTARY NEWS VOL 4 NO 32

ASHER SCHROEDER WAS NOT A MEMBER IN 1980.    AFTER RETIRING AND
MOVING  BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN, HE JOINED ROTARY AND HAS HARDLY MISSED A MEETING SINCE.

ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY IS CURRENT EDITOR OF "ROTARY NEWS".    NEARING THE END FOUR YEARS, WITHOUT MISSING A WEEK.     ROTARIAN VOY ALSO
EDITED A WEEKLY "ROTARY BULLETIN" AND ABOVE WAS BULLETIN NUMBER ONE.    NOTE, THEN IN 1980, AS PARAGRAPH TWO SAYS, THERE WERE
51 MEMBERS.    LATER IN 1988... ON CLUB'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY, RECORDS SHOW THERE WERE 58 MEMBERS.    THAT MAY BE TOP NUMBER EVER FOR THE CLUB.      TODAY, THERE ARE 34 MEMBERS.    CLICK-ON THE
ABOVE NEWSLETTER TO ENLARGE IT.

DALE CARAWAY WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER TODAY, TELLING ABOUT THE
BOOK HE WROTE, HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, STARTING WITH GROWING UP ON A
JACKSON COUNTY FARM.. AND COVERING THE YEARS TO  HIS RETIREMENT.    AFTER GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, HE WAS PARTNER WITH HIS DAD, GLEN, IN THE PURINA FARM STORE IN MAQUOKETA.   AFTER QUITE A FEW YEARS, HE LEFT THE PURINA STORE, AND WITH DAD'S BLESSING, WENT FARMING.   EVENTUALLY HE LOST THE FARM DURING THE  FARM CRISIS IN THE 80'S.   THEN INTO REAL ESTATE, BUYING THE VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE BUILDING ON THE CORNER ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY.
HE SOLD THAT AGENCY AND RETIRED.   HE NEVER MENTIONED WHERE ONE
CAN BUY THE BOOK, BUT I'M SURE IT IS AVAILABLE OR YOU CAN SIGN OUT
A LIBRARY COPY.

FELLOW ROTARIAN  ASHER SCHROEDER SPOKE TO  AROUND 300
(FROM 7 ROTARY CLUBS) AT NOON MONDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.    A TABLE OF MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS WAS THERE TO EAT AND LISTEN.  ABOVE....
THE FRONT OF THE PROGRAM.    THREE OTHER PROGRAM PAGES BELOW.

BILL TUBBS IS A FREQUENT VISITOR AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS.   HIS LATE FATHER, ED, WAS ONE OF OUR LONGTIME MEMBERS AND HIS BROTHER AL IS A MEMBER AND  HAS BEEN A MEMBER ALSO FOR A LONG TIME.   BILL ATTENDED THE MEETING MONDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS, AND SENT PRESIDENT SALLY AND ME THE BELOW EMAIL.

ASHER GIVE HIS TALK ON HIS POW DAYS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND I RECORDED IT.    GO TO THIS WEB SITE TO LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE SPEACH.

www.maquoketavfw.webs.com    

ASHER TURNED 92 ON MAY 12TH.    HE LIVES ALONE (WIFE CATHERINE DECEASED)  IN HIS NICE HOME AT 810 NILES STREET IN MAQUOKETA. 

THE BELOW PHOTO CAME TODAY, MAY 25TH.....

 THE ABOVE WENT TO CEDAR RAPIDS MONDAY   TO....

A/   GIFT SUPPORT TO ASHER

B/   FOR THE FREE MEAL

FELLOW ROTARIAN TED STRAIT, IN CHARGE OF THE FARMERS MARKET IN MAQUOKETA, PURCHASED A STRAWBERY-RUBARB PIE YESTERDAY AT THE

MARKET AND DONATED IT TO ROTARY TODAY TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION.

AMATEUR AUCTIONEER VOY SOLD IT FOR..$25..TO ROTARIAN NANCY JO (PAST PRESIDENT) MOORE.   THE CLUB IS $25 RICHER...THANKS NANCY...

AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE CALORIE RICHER BY THOUSANDS.

WONDER WHO?

WE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS.   COME VISIT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SOME WEDNESDAY NOON AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT.

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