Doris Mollica played piano for the Lebanon Rotary Club's singers for more than 25 years, beginning in 1949 and continuing until a few years before her death at the age of 94. Doris, (nicknamed 'Honeybunny' by her beloved Rotary friend, John Brown), loved to make music for 'her boys' and attended every meeting faithfully through all kinds of weather.

Whitey Burnham, a visiting Hanover Rotarian, could always raise a blush on Doris's cheeks when he proclaimed she would play 'topless' for the club, just before flipping the top of the piano open. Doris would get even, though. When she was given the title of a song she didn't want to play, she'd play the song she wanted, confusing the singers and blaming the misunderstanding on her poor hearing.

Graduating from Keene Normal School in 1924, Doris came to Lebanon a year later to teach math and science at the Hanover Street School. The second day of her career, the school burned down, so she transferred to the School Street School, becoming its principal in 1926.

In 1931, Doris married Vincent Mollica who succeeded Doris's father as manger of the Lebanon Opera House. Doris remained in teaching until 1944 when she became chief clerk at the Lebanon Rationing Board. Upon the death of her husband, Doris became manager of the Opera House and remained manager for 22 years until she retired. She was most proud that, during her tenure, the theater never screened an X-rated movie; she felt that theaters were meant for family entertainment.

During the days of silent movies, Doris played piano to accompany the films. Hers was the first local theater to show, 'Gone With the Wind' and she was especially proud of a performance there by the John Phillip Sousa Band. While Doris was manager, the Opera House gave more than 1.5 million dollars to the (then) Town of Lebanon, which helped establish the skating rink, swimming pool, and West Lebanon playground. These funds also supported the Carter Community Building in addition to maintaining the Opera House.

Doris was a world class Red Sox baseball fan. In 1977, the Club chartered a bus and took Doris and her sister Margaret to Fenway Park. On the way back, Doris had dinner at McDonald's—her first (and probably last!) fast food.

In 1980, over two weekends, the entire Lebanon Rotary Club turned out to paint the exterior of her three-story Victorian home. Doris couldn't get over this outpouring of love for her and never quite accepted the return of the love she so graciously shared with the club. Formal honors from the Club included induction as an Honorary Member and the awarding of the Paul Harris Fellowship.

Upon her death, Lebanon Rotary learned that a substantial portion of her estate had been left to the Club to establish scholarships in music for children of the city. In death, as in life, Doris's thoughts were full of love for her companions, the voices of children, and for music.