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Club History

 

A Brief History of Rotary

  • The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, IL on February 23, 1905.
  • The first regular luncheon meetings were in Okland, CA, chartered in 1909.
  • The first Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910.
  • The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1910.
  • The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin Ireland in 1911.
  • The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba in 1916.
  • Rotary established the first "Endowment Fund" in 1917 which became the forerunner of The Rotary Foundation.
  • The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uraguay in 1918.
  • The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines in 1919.
  • The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1921.
  • The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921.
  • The Bentonville Rotary Club was organized on October 23, 1924 with 18 members meeting in the Hotel Massey and President Dave Peel presiding.  The Charter Meeting was held at the Hotel Massey on December 12 of that year. 
  • In 1928 with 29 members, the Bentonville Rotary Club was meeting at the Presbyterian Church and paying 75 cents for meals.
  • In 1968 the club had 49 members and worked at helping with such projects as the County Fair, Girls and Boys State and Boy Scouts.
  • By the year 2000 the club had 115 members and was meeting at the Ramada Inn.

Bentonville/Bella Vista Noon Rotary Club

Past Presidents

 

David Peel, Jr.

1924-1926

Ronald Anderson

1967-1968

Jim Knott, Jr.

1926-1927

Davis Patterson

1968-1969

Dane Greer

1927-1928

Tom L. Harrison

1969-1970

C.A. Linebarger

1928-1929

Lawrence McCarroll

1970-1971

John Applegate

1929-1930

Bob Jones

1971-1972

Archie Henderson

1930-1931

Bill Fulkerson

1972-1973

Tom McGill

1931-1932

Jim Henry

1973-1974

Stan Hayden

1932-1933

Charles Hatfield

1974-1975

Jack Luekens

1933-1934

Jim Von Gremp

1975-1976

Arlie Beck

1934-1935

Ed Beaty

1976-1977

"Doc" Eldridge

1935-1936

Harvey Ricketts

1977-1978

Powell Corley

1936-1937

Charley Scott

1978-1979

Elliott Berry

1937 -1938

Jim Reynolds

1979-1980

Fred H. Berry

1938-1939

Jim Crabtree

1980-1981

Ross Whitlock

1939-1940

Steve Hoffman

1981-1982

Bill Dalton

1940

Maurice Easterling

1982-1983

Carl McKinney

1941

Bob Bolain

1983-1984

Ross Martin

1941-1942

Johnnie Qualls

1984-1985

Dr. M.W. Chastain

1942

Russell Salomo

1985-1986

Elbert Cunningham

1942-1944

Jim Ryan

1986-1987

Bryant Settle

1944-1945

David Hausam

1987-1988

Charles W. Riggs

1945-1946

Hank Foldberg

1988-1989

Harold Eggensperger

1946-1947

Steve Carter

1989-1990

Lester Drake

1947-1948

Danny Watson

1990-1991

Charley Craig

1948-1949

Meriam Benson

1991-1992

D. Roy Stewart

1949-1950

Johnny Haney

1992-1993

Bruce Williams

1950-1951

Dale Snodgrass

1993-1994

Floyd Rees

1951-1952

Dennis Chastain

1994-1995

Joe Applegate

1952-1953

Ed Clifford

1995-1996

Sam Walton

1953-1954

Kathy Turner

1996-1997

L.J. Gnagey

1954-1955

Jeff Serfass

1997-1998

Edwin M. Craig

1955-1956

James Allen

1998-1999

Sam Morrison

1956-1957

James Henry

 

Otis Corley

1957 -1958

Wayne Calhoun

1999-2000

Bob Bogle

1958-1959

Carol Bemis

2000-2001

R.E. Baker

1959-1960

Doug Overstreet

2001-2002

Bill Enfield

1960-1961

George Spence

2002-2003

John Neal

1961-1962

Laura Fleetwood

2003-2004

John Fryer

1962-1963

Bob Clinard

2004-2005

Don Winfry

1963-1964

Lee Myane

2005-2006

John Wright

1964-1965

Ruthanne Whitehead

2006-2007

Ernie Lawrence

1965-1966

Mike Robinson

2007-2008

Max Burger

1966-1967