The Rotary Club of Harwich-Dennis Charter Members
Charter Members
The Rotary Club of Harwich-Dennis had its organizational dinner meeting during April 1948 at the Stanley Inn in Harwich Port. Our club was sponsored by the Hyannis Rotary Club whose president Kenneth VanBuren attended this meeting as did Rotary District Governor Casper H. Martin. The first official club meeting was held on May 21st that same year. The twenty-five charter members of the Rotary Club of Harwich-Dennis are:
President Robert W. Stone Resorts
V.P. Sidney Brooks Moody Photography
Secretary Raymond H. Grayson Law
Treasurer Clarkson Bearse, Jr. Banking
George E. Armeson Law - Municipal
Leon A. Griffin Building Construction
William I. Pierce Retail - Oil Products
Edward R. Barlow Investment Consultant
Theodore Watson Nickerson Laundries
Robert E. Ellis Education - H.S.
Ernest C. Soulis Public Accounting
George N. Gardner Painting & Decorating
Herman Nelson Smith Dentistry
Howard R. Sullivan Real Estate
Russell Benton Morgan Retail - Clothing
A. Shephard Mazzer Book Distribution
Gilbert S. Kelley Retail - Coal
Elmer E. Wadsworth Past Service
Richard J. Stanley Hotel - Family
Arthur W. Tobey, Jr. Family Business
Donald T. Bates Retail - Hardware
Paul H. Butterfield Physician - Urologist
George W. Maxwell Plumbing & Heating
A. Lawrence Lovequist Insurance