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Organized and chartered on Aug. 1, 1920, Bucyrus Rotary Club commenced with 33 Charter Members.

The club was chartered as No. 760. Its first president, L.A. Dozer, died on Feb. 14, 1921. The treasurer, W.A. Blicke, filled out the balance of the first year as president.

The Bucyrus Rotary Club was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Columbus, Ohio. An article carried by the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph, dated July 13, 1920, states that the Bucyrus Rotary Club was officially instituted by W.J. Longbon, of the Columbus Club, who was designated as the Special Governor in charge of organizing the Bucyrus Club. The article states that 65 enthusiastic Columbus Rotarians came to bucyrus on a special electric car over the C.D. & M. Electric Traction Line for the evening. It appears that a number of Mansfield Rotarians also came for the occasion. The meeting was held as the Bucyrus Elks Club, with dinner at 7 PM.

Although the Bucyrus Club was instituted on July 13, 1920, the official charter was not presented until Aug. 1, 1920, at which time the Charter was presented by Mr. Frank Medick of the Columbus Rotary Club.

Past Presidents

indicate deceased.

2006-07: Dan Price 2005-06: Anne Spreng-Ferris 2004-05: Tony Lipscomb 2003-04: Donna Laipply 2002-03: Rick Peters 2001-02: Don Stone 2000-01: Wendy Reid 1999-2000: Harley Barstow 1998-99: Dale Hoyles 1997-98: Maggie Barth 1996-97: Edward Wise 1995-96: Sleiman Dagher 1994-95: Ron Moore 1993-94: Bob Laipply 1992-93: Tom Moore 1991-92: Scott Hastings 1990-91: James Costamire 1989-90: Alan Basinger 1988-89: Mentor Larsen 1987-88: Dr. Lowell Hone 1986-87: Walter Joseph 1985-86: Robert Palenshus 1984-85: Horst Lorenz 1983-84: Edward Wise 1982-83: Carl Diederich 1981-82: Rev. E. Parker West 1980-81: Donald Binau 1979-80: Jim Rindfuss 1978-79: Robert Morton 1977-78: John Spreng, Sr. 1976-77: Bruce Brenner 1975-76: Bob White 1974-75: Scott Hastings 1973-74: Ramon L. Sheally 1972-73: Guy Baggett 1971-72: Robert Sweeney 1970-71: Otto A. Palenshus 1969-70: J.F. Sherbundy 1968-69: Paul E. Downend 1967-68: Frank A. Bartos 1966-67: Julliard H. Blicke 1965-66: Ferenc P. Szasz 1964-65: Charles W. Ryder 1963-64: Paul Krauter 1962-63: John A. Gebhardt 1961-62: Franklin Armstrong 1960-61: Willard Clady

1959-60: E.J. Dager 1958-59: Frank P. Sitler 1957-58: Franklin H. Roberts 1956-57: Dr. L.L. Fisher 1955-56: L.C. Wertz 1954-55: Franklin J. Roelle 1953-54: Rollen L. Koons 1952-53: Fred C. Ward 1951-52: Millard E. Schieber 1950-51: Edward B. Hagaman 1949-50: Charles L. Wiles, Jr. 1948-49: M. Stanley Acree 1947-48: Ernest G. Pfleiderer 1946-47: Kenneth E. Gallant 1945-46: H.E. Kiess 1944-45: L.C. Haaser 1943-44: C.D. Albright 1942-43: E.E. Gearhart 1940-42: Glenn West 1940: Dr. R.J. Caton 1939-40: D.C. Baer 1938-39: R.R. Peters 1938: C.E. Davis 1937-38: J.D. Wise 1936-37: Charles Wilson 1935-36: Dr. W.G. Carlisle 1934-35: Clarence E. Hoiles 1933-34:Edwin S. Lewis 1932-33: Edward J. Myers 1931-32: E.R. Schoolfield 1930-31: E.N. Dietrich 1929-30: Roy Bowers 1928-29: H.E. Cook 1927-28: Frank P. Leonard 1926-27: L.W. Bailey 1924-26: James Hopley 1924: John R. Patterson 1923-24: Harry G.F. Walther 1922-23: C.A. Lingenfelter 1920-22: W.A. Blicke 1920:L.A. Dozer