55 Years of Service to the Community
When you are the longest tenured active member in a Rotary Club, and you have done the club's weekly bulletin for most of your tenure, you become the club's historian. Dave Duskin, fits that bill, and he was our program at our June 12th meeting.
Dave Duskin
Dave joined the club in 1974, when the club was just over four years old. To keep him honest, Don Richards, an honorary member and the last charter member still living, was a special guest at the meeting, as was Marcia Smothers, our first female president.
Most of our club's history is documented on our website. At the top of the home page, a menu is available with a link that directs you to a site page featuring subpages covering various topics, such as a list of all our club presidents and important dates in our club's history. To go to the site page, click
HERE.
Dave Duskin with Charter Member Don Richards & 96+ Year Old Bell
Fifty-five years ago, Rotary International (June 20, 1970) issued a new charter to a club in north Snohomish County. It was chartered as the Rotary Club of Marysville-North County. The first meeting was on April 6, 1970, in what was then the Turkey House and is now Denny's. Marysville had a club from 1929 to 1934, and the widow of the previous club's secretary still had the original bell, presented to the Marysville club by its sponsoring club, the Rotary Club of Everett, in her basement. She gave it to the new Marysville-North County Club.
Charter Night at the Everett Elks Club September 11, 1970
After the Marysville-North County Club changed its name to North Snohomish County and some of its members split off to form a new club in Marysville in 1985, the bell was given to the new Marysville Club. Since then, the two clubs have had fun "exchanging" the bell, all in the name of fun! See the previous story, "The Great Bell Caper!" by clicking
HERE.
Five years ago, we were deprived of celebrating the club's fiftieth anniversary because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our last anniversary celebration was our 40th, and we celebrated at our 25th anniversary. Planning for our 55th celebration is underway for August 10th. A breakfast for past presidents is being scheduled for the GlenEagle Country Club, and a celebration in the afternoon at the home of Rotarians Cindy and Jeff Huleatt. We will be celebrating both our completion of our 37th annual Great Stilly Duck Dash and the 55th anniversary of the issuance of our club's charter.
25th Anniversary Celebration
Our 40th Anniversary Celebration
In the photos above, starting clockwise with the top left photo: Dale interviewing Charter Member and Retired Superior Court Judge, Bob Bibb; top center, Joe Weller, Gerry Wigren, and Dennis Haug; upper right: the three charter members living at that time--John Mitchell, Don Richards, and Bob Bibb; bottom left: John Henken; bottom middle: "The Core Group" foursome who always gave themselves an award at club golf tournaments; and bottom right: a foursome of Jim Minifie, Jeff Garcea, Phil Bartlow, and John Peeters.
At the 40th Celebration, the bell was secured by giving it back to Marysville with a chain and pad lock.
Lee Harman is assisted by Ron Love (the normal bell thief) and MC Dale Duskin
Dave's Slides Converted to a PDF, click
HERE
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