The History of
Whitchurch Rotary Club
1938 - 2008
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We meet in the Dodington Lodge Hotel every 1st & 3rd Tuesday evening at 6:30pm for Dinner, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 12:45pm for lunch, and if there's a 5th Tuesday, we meet at 7:00am for Breakfast. Visitors are welcome.

Presidents of Whitchurch Rotary Club

 

 
1938-40 AG Eccleston
1940-42 RES Tuckey
1942-44 EJ Bailey
1944-45 P Smith
1945-46 Rev T Thompson
1946-47 Rev WJ Baldwin
1947-48 HWB Richards
1948-49 JD Patrick
1949-50 Rev JH Hall
1950-51 WA Palin
1951-52 EP Eaton
1952-53 WV Birchall
1953-54 S Biggins
1954-55 HT Fisher
1955-56 CJH Hubbard
1956-57 F Young
1957-58 GL Bowen
1958-59 JA Matthews
1959-60 EA Youatt
1960-61 JN Rushton
1961-62 H Woollam
1962-63 BL Gibbs
1963-64 GGJ Owen
1964-65 C Robertson
1965-66 AW Palin
1966-67 F Clayton
1967-68 RR Howell
1968-69 DW White
1969-70 RJL Eccleston
1970-71 CJH Hubbard
1971-72 Rev CA Chamberlain
1972-73 JN Hopley


1973-74 GW Harris
1974-75 JK Taylor
1975-76 GV Bradbury
1976-77 RD Wyatt
1977-78 J Mitchell
1978-79 GL Bowen
1979-80 JT Roberts
1980-81 JS Bellis
1981-82 K Jennings
1982-83 WH Grosset
1983-84 JR Fisher / E Vickers
1984-85 JW Rigg
1985-86 N Ford
1986-87 P Wagstaffe
1987-88 D Bennion
1988-89 JK Taylor
1989-90 D Langford
1990-91 WS Thickett
1991-92 WTG Parker
1992-93 D Pearce
1993-94 DH Williams
1994-95 BRR Kimmitt
1995-96 PR Twiss
1996-97 JA Beeston
1997-98 PW Churms
1998-99 DI Corfield
1999-20 RJL Eccleston
2000-01 P. Williams
2001-02 P. J. Hayward
2002-03 D. M. Watson
2003-04 T. Kelly
2004-05 J. Mitchell
2005-06 Campbell Mackellar
2006-07 David Pritchard-Jones
2007-08 Raymond F. Hatton
2008 -09 Bill Carmichael

Secretaries
1938- 40 WD Jones
1940- 45 HWB Richards
1945- 52 CJH Hubbard
1952- 55 B Holland
1955- 59 JN Rushton
1959 - 60 C Willis
1960 - 70 CJH Hubbard
1970 - 78 W Grosset
1978 - 82 JK Taylor
1982 - 05 JT Roberts
2005 - 08 D Ryder
2008 W. Collins/D Walker



Treasurers
1938 JD Patrick
1945 D Douglas
1951 S Biggins
1952 GL Bowen
1954 HN Johns
1956 BN Fletcher
1959 JH Ashcroft
1960 V Foster
1998 A Percival
2007 P. Williams
In 70 years there have been ten treasurers and 12 secretaries with John T. Roberts and Charles Hubbard eclipsing 40 of these years.
Vic Foster served for 38 years as Treasurer

Odd Membership Statistics
Presidents : Only one father and son combination have served the club as president - WA (1950-51) and son AW (Alan) Palin (1965-66). Except for the war years, only four Rotarians have occupied this office.on two occasions : GL Bowen (57-58 and 78-79), CJH Hubbard (55-56 and 70-71), JK Taylor (74-75 and 88-89) and RJL (Sam) Eccleston (69-70 and 99-20).
Copies of this concise history, as published, the fifty year history, a complete list of members, present and past, have been deposited in the Whitchurch Library and the Heritage Centre. Also a visual, static display of the Whitchurch club's activities is occasionally staged in local shop windows and in the Whitchurch Library.
In October, 2008 through the efforts and expertise of Rotarian Chris Smith this history plus photographs and pen portraits of the Presidents has been made available as a CD.

Rotarian Chairmen of Whitchurch Urban District Council or Mayors of Whitchurch Town Council
Chairmen : WH Smith (31-33), LJ Medway (34-35), EJ Bailey (43-45), GR Blackshaw (45-47), Rev. T. Thompson (46-56. 57-58), BN Fletcher (57-62), George Dawson (69-71).
Mayors : RF Hatton (75-77), RFC Hughes (77-79), P. Wagstaffe (93-95).

Father and Son Membership, 1938 to 2007
1. BRADBURY, Wilf and Vincent
2. BIRCHALL, Vin and Philip
3. EATON, Percy and Roger
4. ECCLESTON, Rupert and Sam
5. EVANS, Gresham and Jeremy
6. LANGFORD, Derek and Andrew
7. PALIN, Bill and Alan (only 'pair' to be President)
8. THOMPSON, Rev. Thomas and Bill
9. HATTON, Don and Ray