Rotary Club of Marion, IL Rotascope Weekly Newsletter

The first issue of The Marion Rotascope appeared on July 1, 1924, 15 months after the Rotary Club of Marion was chartered.       The members keep in touch with the club's activities through the official publication of the club. In the early days, Sam Casey, editor and owner of the Marion Evening Post, printed the Rotascope every week from type set on the linotype.      Our Rotascope is usually a four-page edition distributed to members at our weekly meetings. The newsletter has items of interest plus each week's programs. Birthdays and anniversaries are also noted. Upcoming events for the Rotary Club are included. There is usually a joke and a trivia quiz.

Former Editors of The Marion Rotascope

Sam Casey Jo Bob Howard Lawrence Sanders W. O. Paisley Oldham Paisley Joe Shelton William Bundy Clarence Logan

Dudley Wright Wayne Hoelscher Charles Ingram, Jr. Edwin Soldner Clay Hunter Richard Darby Milt Witt Charles Melliges

Michelle Thieman Dick Livengood Steve Fisher George Trammell Diane Wilkins Thomas L. Wimberly Steve Shafer (current editor)

Rotascope Archives      The Rotascope is printed every week except the week of the Paul Harris Dinner and the Family Fun Day. There are usually 50 editions per year. Some editions are expanded to six or eight pages due to items of interest generated by club activities.

Volume 80 Rotascope Archives (Partial issues) Rotascopes from 01/01/2004 to 06/30/2004. Includes the inside pages of the Rotascope plus annual cover. Volume 81 Rotascope Archives Rotascopes from 07/01/2004 to 06/30/2005. Includes the inside pages of the Rotascope. All 50 issues are included along with the annual cover. Volume 82 Rotascope Archives Rotascopes from 07/01/2005 to 06/30/2006. Includes the inside pages of the Rotascope. All 50 issues are included along with the annual cover. Volume 83 Rotascope Archives Rotascopes from 07/01/2006 to 06/30/2007. Includes the inside pages of the Rotascope. All 50 issues are included along with the annual cover. Volume 84 Rotascope Archives Rotascope from 07/01/2007 to 06/30/2008. Includes the inside pages of the Rotascope. All 50 issues are included along with the annual cover Volume 85 Rotascope Archives Rotascopes from 07/01/2008 to 06/30/2009. Includes the inside pages of the Rotascope. All 50 issues are included along with the annual cover.

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