Charter Members

Who were the founders of the Rotary Club of Ventura?  Here is a roll of the 35 citizens who signed the charter membership application that closed on February 12, 1919:

W. B. Aplin, produce broker.                       Nick Hearne, Jr., Edison Co. manager.

Don G. Bowker, attorney.                           Charles A. Jensen, physician.

John W. Burson, orchardist.                       John Lagomarsino, Jr., bank manager.

J. Hyde Chaffee, public accountant.           John J. MacGregor, bookstore owner.

Henry C. Chase, public accountant.           Arthur L. Moore, life insurance.

Frank M. Daly, haberdasher.                      George A. Morrison, optometrist.

Frank J. Dennis, meat retailer.                    Morton F. Murphy, railroad agent.

Waldo H. Dingman, photographer.              Thomas S. Newby, pharmacist.

Louis A. Durfee, musical instrument sales.  Claude C. Needham, auto dealer.

Frank C. Edwards, M. E. church pastor.      Charles W. Petit, civil engineer.

Ben Fazio, retail grocer.                               J. Ed Rains, retail shoe dealer.

Willard H. Francis, nurseryman.                   Philip M. Ranger, auto repair.

Thomas G. Gabbert, real estate.                 Harry B. Roff, furniture dealer.

H. A. Giddings, general contractor.             David J. Reese, Free Press publisher. 

James Harry Gray, barber.                          Charles Rea, Shell Oil manager.

Bert Hamilton, farm machinery.                   Arthur L. Vincent, school superintendant.

C. M. Hart, oil production.                           J. A. Walker, investor.

Lewis P. Hathaway, fire insurance.