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The first Issue

The Rotarian History

Editors

A Word to the District Governors

The Faith of Rotary

Marco Polo of Rotary

We lie alike

Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends - Lincoln

Odds and Ends - Wheels

Odds and Ends - Fishing

Rotary Rhyme

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Marco Polo of Rotary

This article was published in The Rotarian in October of 1979 as a tribute to Jim Davidson
copyright Rotary International, courtesy of the Rotary International Archives

 

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