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The Rotary Club of White Rock was chartered by Rotary International on June 2nd., 1955 and its charter was presented to the club July 5th. by Past District Governor George Maloney. Charter members were:
Officers: Martin Deacon, President; Finance-Banking
Vic McPherson, Vice-President; Lumber Retail
Charlie Caldwell, Secretary; Insurance (Fire & Casualty)
Simon Cameron, Treasurer; Land Investment
Harry Blomme, Sgt.-At-Arms; Meat Retail
Directors: Dudley Evans; Funeral Parlor Operation
John Hunter; Law, Judiciary
Cec Parsons; Renting Property
Members: Louis Biro; Medicine, Physician George Heard; Auto, Mechanical
Bob Black; Construction, Heating Franklin Johnson; Sales, B.C.E.
Tommy Blades; Medicine, Surgeon Bob Langlands; Building Materials
Art Bourassa; Oil, Distributing Ernie Lewis; Shoe Repairing
Jack Burrows; Grocery, Retail Tom Lockhart; Autos, Retail
Gordie Caldwell; Publicity, Advertising Len Long; Recreation, Curling Rinks
Graydon Connor; Construction, Carpentry Ed Middleton; Customs
Bob Cooper; Florist, Retail Punch Mitchell; Real Estate
Don Crawford; Optometry Ron Robertson; Clubs, Management
Harold Davis; Chicken Production Todd Spicer; Restaurant Management
Sid Fennel; Construction, Electrical Jim Shaw; Feed & Seed, Retail
Bruce Fraser; Law Bill Walton; Service Station, Management
Roland Harvey; Customs Brokering Leighton Young; Refrigeration Engineering
Ceremonies took place at the Tara Supper Club, corner King George Hwy. and Crescent Road.
We became a member club of District 151; the fourth club south of the Fraser River. District 51 was composed of 70 clubs with about 4,500 members. It covered an immense area - Alaska, Yukon, western B.C. (roughly from the Fraser River to the Pacific Ocean, including Vancouver Island) and western Washington. In 1956 the District was split. A new District 152 was formed.