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     The Rotary Club of Longview was admitted by Rotary International in a ceremony on May 1, 1920, in downtown Longview.
 
     The charter night dinner was served in the Magnolia Hotel. Rotary District Governor Lutcher Stark of Orange appointed as his special representative Ike Hockwald of Marshall. Hockwald presented the Charter and the Longview Rotary Club, the 715th Club in Rotary, was officially in existence.
 
     The weekly meeting day was set as Tuesday, and it has remained so throughout the entire history of the Club. The meetings were continued for many weeks at the Magnolia Hotel.

 

Charter Members and their Classifications

Dr. B. H. Acker..............Dentistry

G. A. Bodenheim............Insurance, Life

J. J. Boyd..........,..........Dry Goods, Retailing

F. B. Brown...................Real Estate

E. H. Bussey..................Banking

J. W. Bussey..................Cotton Buying

D. B. Coates..................Newspaper Publishing

A. L. Connor..................Dry Goods, Retailing

J. L. Fentress................Drugs, Retailing

D. W. Gans...................Insurance, Fire

P. J. Hayes...................Electric Light & Power

T. E. Huffman................Transportation, Railroad

Rev. W. H. Joyner..........Ministry, Protestant

L. D. Kelly.....................Agricult. Implements, Mfg.

R. M, Kelly*...................Agricult. Implements, Mfg.

L. N. Markham, M.D.........Medicine, Gen. Surgery

K. S. Melton...................Milling, Cotton Seed Oil

A. E. Morgan..................Lumber, Retailing

E. A, Morgan..................Groceries, Retailing

A. Nix............................Banking

W. D. Northcutt, M.D.,.....Medicine, General Practice

A. C. Numsen.................Groceries, Wholesaling

W, B. Smith....................Insurance, Casualty

T. B. Stinchcomb.............Law, General Practice

J. F. Stuckey..................Dry Goods, Retailing

W. H. Terrell...................Soda Fountains

J. C. Turner, Jr................Groceries, Wholesaling

 

Founding Officers and Directors
 
President ......................................E. H. Bussey
 
First Vice President .....................G. A. Bodenheim
 
Second Vice President..................J. F. Stuckey
 
Secretary.......................................P. J. Hayes
 
Treasurer ......................................A. Nix
 
Sergeant-at-Arms.........................A. E. Morgan
 
Directors:
K. S. Melton
J. J. Boyd
W. H. Terrell
L. D. Kelly
Dr. B. H. Acker
A. C. Numsen