Bentonville Noon 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