Back in the late 1950's Earl Stone, Omar Budge, and Floyd Jarvis were known to get together and enjoy each other’s company while enjoying various pursuits, not the least being food and drink. Over time the three of them came up with a dry rub used to barbecue pork ribs that they would use when entertaining.
At some point in time Floyd was asked to 'initiate, prepare, and supervise the cooking' of some pork ribs for a Logan Golf & Country Club summer party.
At that time there was an old Chinese Cooker on the North side of the parking lot, West of the clubhouse, that these fellows used.
What started out as a good excuse to get together progressed through the years until it reached a point that the cooker, besides falling into disrepair, had created its own problem in that there was no way to cook the quantity of ribs in the old, original cooker, needed to feed the Club membership.
These fellows not wanting to allow this inconvenience to slow them down, in 1973 set about to construct what is known as their version of a Chinese Oven that they had seen and read about in other places. This is the second cooker that has had a place in Logan Golf & Country Club's history.
About the same time, the Logan Rotary Club was inviting the Rotary Clubs from Ogden and Salt Lake to come to Cache Valley, spend the day golfing and enjoy the fellowship of like-minded individuals. This had been going on since the early 1950's.
After the success of the ribs for the Club members, some of them, who were also Rotarians, asked Floyd to fix ribs for the annual golf day beginning in 1973 in the new and larger Chinese Cooker #2. And, as they say, the rest is history. That began a long tradition known as Rotary Golf and Ribs.
Our guess is that every year for at least the last 30+ years this tradition of Rotarians playing golf, followed by a Rib dinner in the clubhouse has been one of the highlights of most Rotarian’s summer.
It might also be noted that several members of Logan Golf & Country Club have enjoyed the ribs over the last 50 years as well. Either by stopping by as the ribs were being cooked by Earl, Omar, and Floyd, or for the Rotary club’s Golf ‘n Ribs Tournament & Dinner, or as a Logan Golf & Country Club event run by the Club Manager.
In 2008 the Fellowship Committee of the Logan Rotary Club built a new Chinese Oven (#3) to the Logan Golf & Country Club to carry on this tradition. This was done at no extra cost to Logan Golf & Country Club. A Mason donated his labor, and the club’s Fellowship Committee donated the rock and materials.