Club History
During the years of 1921-22 a small group of Circleville business and professional men believed the city needed a service club. A delegation from the Chillicothe Rotary Club convinced these men that Rotary was the best organization to meet their needs.
On February 22 1922, charter no 1807 was presented to the Circleville Rotary Club. This charter meeting had over 200 Rotarians in attendance from Circleville and a number of surrounding cities. Twenty-three of these comprised the new Circleville club. Today there are approximately 100 members.
The Circleville Noon Rotary has generated four district governors.
One of the club’s first projects was in connection with the Ohio Society for Crippled Children and involved a local clinic. Other major projects over the years included Red Cross blood donor recruitment, institution of a Lifeline program, a safeguard for senior citizens, participation in District’s 669’s Honduras Water Well Project in the 1980’s, financial support for education, contributions to the Rotary International Polio Plus campaign, and sponsorship of the Circleville Sunrise Rotary Club.
Presidents of Circleville Rotary Club
Harry G. Stevenson Feb. to July ’22
Tom O. Gilliand 1922-23
Robert L. Brehmer, Sr 1923-24
Arthur L. Wilder 1924-25
Emanual S. Neuding 1925-26
Oscar S. Howard 1926-27
Clark G. Will 1927-28
Harley B. Colwell 1928-29
Meeker Terwilliger 1929-30
George Foresman 1930-31
Frank Lynch 1931-32
Stanley Lewis/ Donald Watt 1932-33
Edward L. Daley 1933-34
Samuel G. Rader 1934-35
Charles H. May 1935-36
Karl J. Herrmann 1936-37
Ed Wallace 1937-38
Ray Rowland 1938-39
William D. Radcliff 1939-40
Frank Barnhill, Sr 1940-41
Harry Heffner 1941-42
Frank Fischer 1942-43
Glen D. Phillips 1943-44
Leslie D. May 1944-45
Norbert Cochran 1945-46
Russell Palm 1946-47
James Yost 1947-48
Vaden Couch 1948-49
Arthur McCord 1949-50
Larry Best 1950-51
Robert L. Brehmer, Jr 1951-52
Mac Nogle 1952-53
Fritz Sieverts 1953-54
Edward Grigg 1954-55
Ervin Leist 1955-56
Ray Friend 1956-57
William Defenbaugh 1957-58
George Young 1958-59
Emory Riddon/Harry Diehl 1959-60
Robert Call 1960-61
Frank Barnhill, Jr 1961-62
Eldred Parsons 1962-63
Robert Smith 1963-64
Ned Harden 1964-65
Richard Plum 1965-66
Henry Walters 1966-67
James Grant 1967-68
Dave McDonald 1968-69
Robert Johnson 1969-70
David Goldschmidt 1970-71
Boyd Stout 1971-72
Dr. Carlos Alvarez 1972-73
Robert W. Wood 1973-74
Earl Palm 1974-75
Dick Tootle 1975-76
Sterling Poling 1976-77
Walton Spangler 1977-78
Robert McKelvey 1978-79
Howard N. Stevenson, Jr 1979-80
Charles Hickey 1980-81
Thomas Tootle 1981-82
James Hill 1982-83
William Stout 1983-84
Donald E. Metzler 1984-85
Harry Canfield, Jr. 1985-86
Larry Plum 1986-87
Norman W. Wilson 1987-88
James D. River 1988-89
Jack Maddox 1989-90
Charles Hosterman/James D. River 1990-91
Michael Clark 1991-92
Ronald Berlin 1992-93
William M. Campbell 1993-94
Sherman Dixon 1994-95
Dannie Fouts 1995-96
Robert Liggett 1996-97
Nelson Stevens 1997-98
Gary Scherer 1998-99
John Prince 1999-2000
Vince Yaniga 2000-01
Todd Stevens 2001-02
Dave Webb 2002-03
Ty Ankrom 2003-04
John Stout 2004-05
Dan Dailey 2005-06
Charlie Hedges 2006-07
Mark Taylor 2007-08
Eric Liggett 2008-09
Larry Powell 2009-10
Tom Theller 2010-11
Judy Wolford 2011-12
Bob Tootle 2012-13
Sr. Monica Justinger 2013-14
Debbie Hoffman 2014-15
Carly Neff 2015-16
Chris Mullins 2016-17
Gary Dean 2017-18
Ian Webb 2018-19
Bob McCrady 2019-20
Tony Chamberlin 2020-21