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Comely Bank Reunion 1943

Date

2006-07-13

Type

source_document

Era

Depression and War Years · 1930

1943 visit by The Rotarian to Comely Bank

1943 reunion of the “Boys of 1905”

Contributed by RGHF Senior Historian Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler 13 July 2006

Magazine page "Reunion" with photos of the 1943 Comely Bank gathering: men reenacting a 1905 meeting in Paul's discussion room, portraits of Montague M. Bear, Robert C. Fletcher, Harry L. Ruggles, Silvester Schiele, Bernard E. Arntzen, and Rufus F. Chapin, a group dinner scene, and men shaking hands in farewell

1943 Rotarian magazine page "Class of '05" showing early Rotarians reunion: group seated in Harris's home, Paul Harris telling a story in sequential photos, two men sparring playfully, and men gathered singing around a piano

Photo spread of Paul and Jean Harris at Comely Bank: breakfasting by a window, Paul walking in snow and filling bird feeders with a neighbor, Paul writing at his desk, and the couple reading together beside a window overlooking the snowy Friendship Garden

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