No record of the club would be complete without some discussion of perhaps our most honored member, Joseph A. Abey. Of the some 21,000 clubs in Rotary International, approximately 80 can claim the honor as home club of the International President, a claim that the Reading club carries with pride.
Joe was elected to the Reading Club on 21 April 1936 and was loaned the classification of Newspaper Publisher. He served as president of the club in 1942-1943, as District Governor in 1948-1949, as Rotary International Director from Zone 5 in 1954-1956, and as President…
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