Lebanon Rotary was chartered as Club Number 1042, on December 28, 1921. It was the first civic club organized to serve our community. Many others have followed.
That December, 23 Lebanon businessmen decided to invest their time and talents to create a local Rotary Club. They followed the lead of Dr. James Robert Bone and became charter members. Six of them would eventually serve as President of the club.
The club was, and is, motivated and guided by the international charge, “Service above self. He profits most who serves best.”
Below are documents and records from 1931 to 1939, the first decade of the new club’s existence.
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Dec 10, 1930, The Weekly - Cumberland University is in the Southern Association of Colleges |
Loaning log house to Boy Scouts letter | ![]() |
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Sam Bone takes the reins newspaper story |
Feb 1940 - Bone transferring jobs. This may not be the best for the Rotary page. More as a text and image placeholder. | ![]() |
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Changed the newsletter to The Weekly Letter |
Letter to Dr. Bone | ![]() |
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Fascist Cadets program pg 1 |
The weekly letter | ![]() |
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Certificate of Award - Sam Bone |