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Club
grows in the 1960s From "Service Above Self: A History of the Rotary Club of Charleston -- 1920 - 2004," published Feb. 2005.
The 1960s were marked by benevolent activities, including extensive work on behalf of the disabled children in the community and donations to international causes. They were also marked by internal debates about controversial topics of the time during which Rotarians were able to voice differences in opinion without their differences becoming divisive. Membership By working together on community activities and permitting freedom of opinion and speech on controversial topics, Club members were able to grow together as people, and the Club grew by about 20 members and finished the decade with 167 members. Projects and community service The
Club's generosity and service to the community continued during
the 1960s as members helped to buy a station wagon for the Crippled
Children's Society and sponsored a Cub Scout pack for crippled children. Members also were instrumental in the Charleston community securing a traffic engineer to make area streets safer. The Club also made a contribution to help victims of a destructive flood in Florence, Italy, and held a major fund-raiser to provide $3,000 in funding for a new ward at a hospital in Malaysia. Notable speakers Throughout
the decade, members heard thought-provoking speakers, including
Dr. F.M. Ball, who opposed Medicare; Edward K. Pritchard, who discussed
relocation of Interstate 95; and Austin T. Smythe who talked about
consolidated county government. Other programs were on privatization
of Santee Cooper, the state's right-to-work law, blue laws, the
John Birch Society, South Africa and anti-Semitism. -- Amy Jenkins, contributing editor |
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For more than 80 years, the Rotary Club of Charleston has been the premier service club for the Charleston area. You can learn more about the Club and our accomplishments by looking at overviews of our more than eight decades of service. Or you can click on the PDF button next to each decade and read about it from our 2005 Club history, Service Above Self:
