ROTARY CLUB

OF

SACRAMENTO

CALIFORNIA

ROSTER

1929-1930

OFFICERS

MITCH NATHAN, President

Charles Lumbard, Secretary

Jack W. Morshead, Assistant Secretary

Fred L. Martin, Treasurer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Eugene Benjamin, John E. Boyer, James S. Dean, Edward P. Dell, Walter E. Dorman, Jack A. Foster, Tom J. Hanrahan, R. L. (Spray) Moore, H. Jedd McClatchy, Ed. W. Florence, Sergeant at Arms, J. W. (Jack) Morshead, Executive Secretary.

Fred W. Links, Song Leader

Harold W. Cloughley, Pianist

THE SACRAMENTO

ROTARY CLUB

The Rotary Club of Sacramento was organized September 15, 1913, by a committee of Rotarians from San Francisco and Oakland. The first meeting of the Club was held at the Chamber of Commerce, 918 Sixth Street.

At this meeting Fontaine Johnson was appointed chairman of a committee to select the officers of the Club, and the following officers were chosen: Sam Gilbert, President; Dick McKay, Vice-President; Fontaine Johnson, Corresponding Secretary; Charles Lumbard, Financial Secretary; Tom Scott, Treasurer; Charlie Doyle and Charlie Alvord, Directors.

The charter for the Rotary Club of Sacramento was granted February 1^st, 1914.

The first meeting of the Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Sacramento was held in office of Sam Gilbert, 919 Sixth Street and the following officers and directors being present; President, Sam H. Gilbert; Vice-President, R. S. McKay; Directors, Chas. Becker, F. C. Chinn and Chas. F. Doyle.

The charter members who still hold membership in the Club are:

Charlie Alvord, Louis Breuner, Hon., Drury Butler, Jack Fenton, Joe Hebrecht, Fontaine Johnson, Charlie Lumbard, Jack Morshead, Jack Reese, Tom Scott, Fred Weil.

Following is a list of the Presidents who have piloted the Club through its various stages of growth and development:

Sam Gilbert, 1913-14; Dick McKay, 1914-15; Doc Cameron, 1915-16; Joe Hobrecht, 1916-17; Charlie Bills, 1917-18; Fontaine Johnson, 1918-19; Jack Lynn, 1919-20; Egbert Brown, 1920-21; Milt Ferguson, 1921-22; and Dr. Walter Taylor, 1922-23; W. I. (Bill) Elliott, 1923-24; Carl A. Lamus, 1924-25; August F. Brinkman, 1925-26; Joseph H. Stephens, 1926-27; Jack Reese, 1927-1928; Ed. Schoff, 1928-29.

In seventeen years the Club has grown from a membership of fifty to two hundred and fifteen. It became a Class A Club in October, 1921. It was the ninety-seventh club to join the International Association of Rotary Clubs.

The Sacramento Club has been the sponsor for new Rotary Clubs organized in Marysville, Chico, Vallejo, Auburn, North Sacramento, Davis and Woodland.

AIMS & OBJECTS COMMITTEE

President Mitch Nathan, Spray Moore, John Boyer, Milton Ferguson and Gus Brinkman.

Vocational Service: Gus Brinkman, Chairman.

Community Service: John Boyer,, Chairman.

Club Service: R. L. (Spray) Moore, Chairman.

International Service: Milton J. Ferguson.

PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEES

Business Methods: Gus Brinkman.

Classifications: Gordon Russell.

Membership: Secret.

Program: Spray Moore.

Fellowship: Jack Lynn, Chairman; Andy Willi, Spray Moore, Curt Setzer, Boyd Oliver, Fred Ryan, Lou Ficetti, Bill Henery.

Education in Rotary: Sam Levinson, Chairman; Henry Spring, Newt Wise, Charlie Burden.

Public Relations: Bud Bottorff.

Rotary Day State Fair: Gun Lundlee, Chairman; Irv Erickson, Chas. Fortune, Jim Keating, Harry Krebs, Jim Leitch, Harry Martin, Frank Minch, Chas. Paine, Luke Peart, Al Spilman, Fred Weil, Pat Sneed, Ernie Carithers, Walt Callahan.

Inter-City Visits: Carl Lamus, Chairman; Gus Brinkman, Jimmy Dean, Harvey Wiseman.

Attendance: Lee Doherty, Chairman; Ed Pickett, Phil Taylor, Ed Crawford, Chas. Carter, Fred Martin, Jim Wilson, Gus Brinkman, Vice-chairman.

Menu: John Meyer.

Golf: Lou Brayton.

Budget-Finance: John Boyer, Chairman; Fred Martin, Charlie Lumbard.

Boy's Work: Bob Small, Chairman; Irv Erickson, Al Spilman.

Charity: Gus Wilson, Chairman; Ed Florence, Frank Casey, Ernie Chappell, Frank McNally, Eugene Benjamin, Earl Langdon.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

AHL, FRANK Z. ALBRIGHT, SID S. ALLEN, ARCHIE D. ALVERSON, OSCAR C. BACHMAN, JOHN S. BALDRY, GEORGE E. BALDWIN, GEORGE A. BARR, GEORGE W. BARNETT, LE ROY BEATTY, WILLIAM A. BENJAMIN, EUGENE BENNETT, LOUIS C. BILLS, CARLITOS. BOTTORFF, HARRISON C. BOWDEN, ROBERT A. BOYER, JOHN E. BRAYTON, LOU G. BREUNER, CLARENCE H. BRICKLEY, MIKE J. BRIGGS, GEORGE A. BRINKMAN, AUGUST F. BRISBANE, RAYMOND D. BROWNELL, LESTER G. BURDEN, CHUCK BURHANS, FRANK C. BUTLER, DRURY CALLAHAN, WALTER M. CAMP, SYDNEY M. CARITHERS, ERNEST E. CARTER, AL. B. CARTER, CHARLES H. CASEY, FRANK J. CHAPPELL, ERNEST B. CHRISLER, AL. A. CLAUSS, JOHN CLAUSS, JOHN, JR. CLOSE, ORLAND A. CLOUGHLEY, HAROLD D. CONN, FRANK H. CONOVER, GEORGE C. COX, ED. H., JR. CRAWFORD, EDWARD S. CRUIKSHANK, ANDREW CULVER, VERN A. CZARNOWSKI, FRANK M. DAY, STEPHEN S. DEAN, JAMES S. DELEHANTY, W. J. DELL, EDWARD P. DEMAND, HERMAN P. DESCHLER, EDWARD L. DIGGLES, HENRY G. DIVINE, SHERMAN L. DOHERTY, LELAND JAMES. DOME, BYRON S. DORMAN, WALTER E. DUDLEY, ARTHUR S. DWYER, BILL EBEL, MARK H. ENOS, WILLIAM H. ERICKSON, IRVING N. ELLIOTT, WILLIAM IRVING EVERSON, WALTER T. FERGUSON, MILTON J. FICETTI, LOUIS FLORENCE, EDWARD W. FORTUNE, CHARLES S. FOSTER, JACK A. FULTON, JACK W. FUNK, WILLIAM H. GALLOWAY, A. RUSS, JR. GEARY, WILLIAM F. GODDARD, AL E. GOLDIE, JACOB S. HAINES, CY A. HALE, NATHAN HANRAHAN, TOM J. HANSEN, CARL F. HENDERLONG, RALPH W. HENERY, WILLIAM D. HENNING, ARTHUR F. HEVENER, BILL HIBBITT, WILLIAM E. HIRSCH, ROBERT L. HOBBS, ARTHUR H. HOBRECHT, JOSEPH C. HOBRECHT, PHIL J. HOLYOAKE, P. BERT HOSKING, WILLIAM A. HUBBARD, JAMES D. HUDNUTT, GEORGE D. HUGHES, CHARLES C. HUTH, PETER J. JACKSON, WILL F. JENSEN, GEORGE C. JOHNSON, FONTAINE JONES, CHRIS R. KEATING, JAMES P. KENNEDY, JAMES KERSEY, VIERLING

KIRKPATRICK, GLENN E. KLEINSORGE, HENRY E. KREBS, HARRY G. KRUSE, J. ROY LAMUS, CARL A. LANGDON, J. EARL LA RUE, MORGAN E. LEITCH, ALBERT E. LEITCH, JAMES G. LEMMON, DAL M. LEVINSON, SAMUEL LEWIS, GEORGE W., JR. LINKS, FRED W. LUMBARD, CHARLES LUNDLEE, GUNERIUS T. LUPPEN, LUPPE B. LYNN, JACK E. McCLATCHY, H. J. McCLATCHY, VALENTINE S. MCCURRY, HAROLD J. MCDOUGALL, GEORGE B. MCKENZIE, FRANCIS R. MCNALLY, FRANK L. MADDOX, RICHARD MARTIN, FRED L. MARTIN, HARRY MASON, WALLACE M. MASON, CHARLES L. MEISTER, GEORGE J. MERING, CHARLES MERRILL, WILLIAM L. MEYER, JOHN N. MILLER, ROBERT P. MILLER, ROLAND M. MILLER, ROYAL MILLS, ABNER BANKS MINCH, FRANK MOORE, R. L. MORGAN, WILLIAM H. MORSHEAD, JOHN W. NATHAN, MITCHEL W. NELSON, ARCHIBALD E. NETHERLAND, BENJAMIN F. NOACK, CARL G. W. OLIVER, BOYD OPELT, CLYDE PAINE, CHARLES W. PEART, LUKE W. PEMBERTON, FRED W. PICKETT, ED R. PRATT, MERRITT B. PROTZMAN, HAROLD O. READ, FRED W. REESE, JACK K. REESE, PERCY D. RICCIARDI, NICHOLAS ROWRAY, JAMES B. RUSSELL, GORDON K. RYAN, FRED B. SCHOFF, C. E. SCOLLAN, BERNIE SCOTT, TOM SETZER, CURT F. SHORROCK, ROBERT P. SMALL, MELVIN J. SMALL, M. J. SNEED, WELLINGTON H. SNYDER, JAMES R. SPILMAN, CHARLES E. SPRING, HENRY STANLEY, ELMER L. STEPHENS, JOSEPH H. STEWART, WALTER W. STONE, MERVYN TAYLOR, PHILIP B. THUNEN, GEORGE W. TOBEY, JOHN O. UPSON, L. S. VERESS, JOSEPH WAHL, EDWARD WANZER, HARRY S. WARD, HARRY B. WARD, WILLIAM A. WARNER, WILLARD WARREN, BURT WEIL, FRED C. WEISMAN, WILLIAM J. WILKINS, FRED E. WILLI, ANDREW H. WILLIAMS, AUSTIN D. WILLIS, HAROLD E. WILSON, GUSTAVE WILSON, JAMES R. WILSON, MORTIMER H. WISE, NEWTON E. WISEMAN, HARVEY WISSEMANN, WALTER WITTENBERG, HOWARD L. WOODS, GEORGE H.

HONORARY MEMBERS

ALVORD, CHARLES S. BILLS, CHARLES B. BREUNER, LOUIS F. FENTON, JOHN F. HOGAN, MONSIGNOR THOMAS INMAN, JOSEPH M.

McCLATCHY, VALENTINE S. MORELAND, WM. HALL, SR. SHIELDS, PETER J. TAYLOR, WALTER J. YOUNG, CLEMENT C.

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OFFICERS

1928-29

C. E. (Ed) Schoff, President

Charles Lumbard, Secretary

Fred L. Martin, Treasurer

Frank J. Casey, Sergeant-at-Arms

Jack Morshead, Assistant Secretary

DIRECTORS

Frank C. Burhans, John Clauss, Jr., R. W. (Dick) Faulkner, W. D. (Bill) Henery, Dal M. Lemmon, George J. Meister, Curt F. Setzer, J. O. (Jo) Tobey & Austin d. (A. D.) Williams.

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