The Rotary Club History

From Mansfield Richland County Public Library’s Sherman Room: An addition of “The Amplifier,” the Mansfield Rotary Club’s bulletin. This issue is from May 3rd, 1982, reviewing the McGowan Courage Awards.
“In an inspiring talk before the presentations, Bill McGowan stated that ‘Life is a complex mysterious quest,’ and that ‘Life to be full must be courageous.’ Bill further said that ‘Real courage pits a solitary figure against the world,’ and that ‘Real heroes are most times nameless.’
Real courage means a ‘discovery of values beyond the self and involves mainly three elements:’
1. The courage to live with dignity.
2. The courage to live beyond yourself.
3. The courage the search for the truth, to question and examine what that is.”
From Mansfield Richland County Public Library’s Sherman Room: A clipping from an article from The Mansfield News Journal on The Rotary Club. July 13th, 1958
From Mansfield Richland County Public Library’s Sherman Room: A clipping from an article from The Mansfield News Journal on The Rotary Club. February 13th, 1940
From Mansfield Richland County Public Library’s Sherman Room: An addition of “The Amplifier,” the Mansfield Rotary Club’s bulletin. This issue is from May 10th, 1983, reviewing the McGowan Courage Awards.
“Once in a while you come away from a Tuesday Rotary meeting that has really taken your mind off your own problems. Such was the case last Tuesday. When was the last time you sat through a program with a lump in your throat? If you’re anything like me, again, the answer was — last Tuesday. The occasion? Dick Warne’s excellent program during which Rotary presented the McGowan Courage Award to this year’s winner, Ontario High School’s Miss Terri Elaine Ohl.”
From Mansfield Richland County Public Library’s Sherman Room: A clipping from an article from The Mansfield News Journal on The Rotary Club. May 2nd, 1943.