A Little History of Your Rotary ClubA very remarkable gentleman named Howard Hoeflich was a major fringe benefit for the Rotary Club of Coral Gables when I became a member in 1975. He was the club secretary for many years and a weekly feature of the program when presented door prizes along with his famous "one-liners". Howard was a close friend of Cleve and Bert Dorgan. I grew to know, appreciate and love him. On his 100th birthday, November 9, 1981, we honored him with the biggest party ever held by the Club. The party was complete with a giant screen and a three-projector presentation of Howard's brilliant life and career, paralleled with a world history of the same time span. (Howard was 60 when Pearl Harbor was attacked). Senator Claude Pepper attended along with many local dignitaries and greetings were received from President Reagan, Governor Graham and a host of famous folks. A surprise entertainer was hidden inside Howard's birthday cake and TV cameras were whirling away all over the place. Howard attended his last meeting at 101 and stayed with us in spirit, right up to his passing shortly before reaching 103.
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