Welcome
The Sweetwater Rotary Club was born on Saturday night, May 23, 1925 with a total of 25 members present. The club was admitted to Rotary International on June 2, 1925. The charter members and their classifications are listed as follows:
Charter Member | Classification | |
Joe Booth | * | Life Insurance Agent |
Albert Brann, DDS | Dentist | |
Claude W. Bryant | Retail Lumber Company | |
D.A. Clark | Fire Insurance | |
W.R. Costehens | Retail Hardware Company | |
S.I. Edwards | Retail Grain Dealer | |
A.H. Fortner, MD | Physician and Surgeon | |
L.D. Galbraith | Cleaning and Press Shop | |
L.J. Geer | Texas Electric Service | |
L.T. Grabbe | United States Gypsum Company | |
John H. Hubbard | Men's Clothing Shop | |
Abe Levy | Retail Dry Goods | |
M.C. Manroe | Wholesale Gas and Oil | |
R.K. McAdams | First National Bank | |
John A. McCurdy | Sweetwater Building and Loan | |
Mose Newman | Rancher and Capitalist | |
C.C. Perkins | Lawyer | |
Jess Robertson | Restaurant | |
R.M. Simmons | Sweetwater Cotton Oil Company | |
C.R. Simmons | Sweetwater Laundry | |
Minor Shutt | Newspaper Editor | |
Roy W. Thompson | Real Estate and Insurance | |
W.E. Wade | Wholesale Meats | |
Rufus Wright | Wright Furniture | |
Earnest Wright | Wright Hotel | |
* First Club President |
"I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom."
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Special thanks to Rotarian and Past President Bill Clark for providing this information.