Lexington Spoke - April 9, 2012
1st Annual Joint Meeting With Concord Rotary
On a beautiful cool April day, 30 Lexington Rotarians, 30 Concord Rotarians, one Visiting Rotarian and three Guests enjoyed lunch.
Concord Rotarian Arnold R. led the Pledge; the first verse of America was by PSA Charlie V., and the invocation by PDG Jack M. PDG Jack M. asked us to remember Rotarian Dan Busa, Sr.
PP Dan B. presented PP Frank S. with a bottle of Limon cello, a nice Liqueur, after a discussion regarding the beverage at our Social at the Depot. Frank gave his final two dollars as thanks. PP Dan B. then honored his father and mother with some nice words and PP Dan B. expressed how proud he was to be their son. P Murry A. contributed to the club in honor of Dan Busa, Sr.
PP Jim F. donated some happy dollars in recognition of Bill Hogan, Jr., a Brookhaven at Lexington resident, who will be throwing out the first pitch on his 100th birthday at Fenway April 14, 2012. Both Bill and Fenway Park are celebrating their 100th this year. Concord President Steve L. gave some happy dollars for the joint meeting. P Murry A. gave happy dollars for the joint meeting.
Raffle Donations were from Vail Studios, Lexington Periodontics & Implantology, Arlex Oil, and Lexington Ace Hardware.
P Murry A. asked Jason Iannuzzi, Director of the Lexington High School Choral Group to come up to the front of the room. P Murry A. presented Jason with a check for $1,500 from the club to support the Choral Groups trip to Finland, Sweden and Astoria. Jason thanked the club on behalf of the group and expressed how important it was to have community support.
Our speaker for the day was Sam Doran. Sam is a senior at Lexington Christian Academy. Sam is a member of the Lexington Historical Society. Sam’s topic was “Lexington through the Years” a series of essays by S. Lawrence Whipple. Lawrence Whipple was a friend of the Doran Family and visited their house frequently.
Lawrence Whipple was a town historian but he didn’t think of himself as a scholarly historian. On Patriot’s Day, 2010, a generous grant from the Dan H. Fenn/Lexington Minute Men Award allowed for the funds to put the essays together into a book, edited by our speaker.
Sam went through several of the essays in the book to the delight of those in attendance. Many remembering with fondness the stories and names he mentioned. Sam ended with some nice photos of historic Lexington, including Chiesa Farms.