Rotary Club of Pocatello

MC122 - Scope and Content

Collection Inventory

This collection consists mostly of meeting minutes and publications from the Rotary Club of Pocatello. There are, however, a few folders of material from the International Rotary Club. There is also material on the history of the Rotary Club. The date range of the collection is from 1918-2001.

History of the Rotary Club

1918

The members of the Pocatello Rotary Club met at the Yellowstone Hotel on Monday, February 11th, 1918 for the purpose of perfecting the organization of the club, District Governor George Relf of Salt Lake City was present with authorization to institute the Club. Walter H. Cleare was chosen temporary chairman and E.A. Krussman temporary secretary. The following officers were elected:

President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Secretary Treasurer (Term—February 11, 1918 to May 31, 1919)

J.T. Young Walter H. Cleare Wm. McCarthy J.H. Bistline Finis Bentley D.W. Church

Presidents

1920-1921 Jesse R. Budge 1921-1922 Charles C. Bowerman 1922-1923 Walter Cleare 1923-1924 Dr. E.N. Roberts 1924-1925 Finis Bentley 1925-1926 W.H. Bolcheld was the newly elected President 1926-1927 A.L. Merrill 1927-1928 Jim Young 1929-1930 Joseph Clothier 1930-1931 F.E. MacKenzie 1931-1932 Nicholas Ifft 1932-1933 E. L. Anderson 1933-1934 Richard Wells 1934-1935 Claude Bistline 1935-1936 R.P. Stratford 1936-1937 Arthur Peterson 1937-1938 A.B. Arps 1938-1939 Ruel D. Merrill 1939-1940 Hugh MacCosham 1940-1941 A.L. Baker

1941-1942 Don Brown 1942-1943 T.R. Neilson 1943-1944 Chester Wells 1944-1945 Fergus Briggs 1945-1946 William S. Cady 1946-1947 C.S. Billmeyer 1947-1948 L.C. Johnson 1948-1949 M.T. Deston 1949-1950 C.R. Peterson 1950-1951 W.S. Hill, Sr. 1951-1952 H.B. Yearsley 1952-1953 Henry Fletcher 1953-1954 W.C. Carnes 1954-1955 Carl McIntosh 1955-1956 E. Norman Vaughn 1956-1957 E.C. Collins 1957-1958 Ralph Comstock 1958-1959 Art Young 1959-1960 Norman Stedtfeld 1960-1961 Perry Nelson