Rotary Club

The Rotary Club is considered probably the premier service club with no slight to Lions or Kiwanis. Rotary members include the business and professional leaders in a community. They have a quirk in their membership application in that only one representative of an industry can be a member. So it came to pass back in Philadelphia circa 1960 that the U.S. Lines Manager applied for membership and was put on the "wait list" as the manager of Cunard Line was the current occupant of the "steamship seat". Our man had to cool his heels until his Cunard competitor retired a few years later. Talk about being stymied. In 1964 I was passing thru the Port of Manchester, England a red brick city of the time and our agent invited me to their monthly Rotary luncheon. He reminded me of the protocol that nobody lights up a cigarette until the Queen is toasted. That was the same Queen who hosted President Obama recently and someone should have clued him in to the etiquette of dealing with royalty. The Brits do have their protocols.
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