A collection of old Hickory, NC postcards featuring many of Hickory’s prominent old buildings may be found at Old Hickory, NC Postcards. Included in the slideshow is Hotel Huffry where the organizational meeting for the Hickory Rotary Club was held on February 11, 1921. The club continued to meet there for five years. Hotel Hickory…
For decades, Hickory Rotary Club has emphasized the importance of a good education. On May 19, 2011 the club recognized the best and the brightest of Hickory High School. The Hickory Rotary Club’s Service Above Self Scholarship recognizes students who excel in the classroom, are recognized by teachers as leaders and who go the extra…
Hickory Rotary Club has been presenting its annual Wilmer Jenkins Teacher of the Year award to a teacher in the Hickory Public Schools for over thirty-five years. The late Wilmer Jenkins was Superintendent of Schools for the Hickory City Schools and was also a member of the Hickory Rotary Club. There is one nominee from…
On October 28, 2010 Davidson College head men’s basketball coach, Bob McKillop, spoke to the Hickory Rotary Club. Coach McKillop was the 2008 NABC national coach of the year.