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Griffin, Go. f 30223, Sat., Dec. 31, 1966-Sun., Jan. 1, 1967
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while Andrew Blake of Griffin, and Russell Tungay of South Africa check newspaper
visiting m the Blake home in Griffin during the holidays.
Griffin Rotary Project
Students See Griffin
The Rotary Club of Griffin Js
truly living up to its fourth ave
nue of service — International
Service. The local club is a par
ticipant in the Georgia Rotary
Student Fluid Program and
sponsors two students each year
who attend a university or col
lege in the State of Georgia.
The current students are Geof
frey Black from Doubleview,
West Australia and Russell Tun
gay from Durben, South Africa.
Both young men are attending
the University of Georgia.
Mr. Black, 22, is majoring in
business administration. He
plans a career in industrial re
lations when he returns to Aus
tralia.
Mr. Tungay, 22, is also ma
joring in business administration
and plans to enter his family’s
holiday resort business and in
time hopes to offer himself for
election to a provincial or nation
al legislative body.
Both students have visited in
Griffin during the fall and were
entertained extensively during
the holidays in the homes of Gr
iffin Rotarians.
The Georgia Rotary Student
Fund Program is based on the
philosophy of an enimient Ge
orgian, William A. Watt of Tho
masville, Ga. It was in 19 4 6
when the world began to see, for
the first time in many years, the
light of peace and yet at the
same time, it saw desolation —
ruin despair in too many
of the war tom countries of the
world. It was here Mr. Watt
saw the need for a practical ap
plication of the Rotary ideal of
International Service, one whi
ch must look to the future of a
world peace and at the same
time, one which could give cour
age to those living in the des
pair of the, present. It was only
logical that this application of
International Service be center
ed around the youth of the world.
Thus the Georgia Rotary Stu
dent Program was founded and
in 1949 the Griffin Club joined
the cause of world understand
ing through practical experience.
The untiring efforts of the late
Charles D. Randall made the
Griffin Rotary Club become an
outstanding example of Mr.
Watt’s idea and the local club
has sponsored 24 men and wo
men from 18 countries under this
program.
These 18 countries are: En
gland, France, Austria, Sweden,
Norway, Holland, Germany, Bel
gium, Italy, Korea, Philippines,
New Zealand, Finland, Ireland,
Spain, Cyprus, Australia and
South Africa.
From 1949 to 1961 the Rotary
Club sponsored only one student
each year; however, since 1961
two students have been sponsor
ed each year. The money for the
student’s tuitions are derived
from contributions made by the
members of the club plus the
income from a $25,000 trust left
to the club by the late Wycliffe
C. Jackson of Griffin.
Mr. Jackson was a firm belie
ver in the person to person type
of diplomacy and this led him
to establishing a trust fund to
provide the money to bring a
student to America each year.
The Rotarians of Georgia look
forward to the friendships made
with the young men and women
who will come into their homes,
stay awhile and leave,; but will
take with them perhaps a new
idea that people of different
lands, customs and religions can
understand each other and
through such understanding of
fer leadership in achieving World
peace.