San Dimas Rotary Club was sponsored by Glendora Rotary.

The presentation dinner was held on Wednesday June 29, 1960 at the Stuft Shirt Restaurant in Upland. Master of ceremonies was Dwight Bradley of the Glendora club, who was acting as special representative of the district governor. Jerel Richards, district governor of District 532 presented the charter to the new San Dimas Club, which had 23 members. Ballentine Henley, who was district governor of District 525, spoke about Rotary’s place in the evolving world. The solemnity of the event was emphasized by the tuxedos worn by all of the men in attendance.
 

Charter members of the fledgling San Dimas club were:
President--Dr. Robert Dukes
Vice—President--Bi11 Rose
Secretary--Dr. Robert Rosenberg
Treasurer--Roger Williams
Sgt. at Arms--Jack Stiles
Director--Robert Ashley
Director--Dr. Richard Crandall
Director-—Fred Smith
 

Members: William Andrew, Floyd Barnhart, Dr. Owen Claunch,
Dr. Robert Dickenson, Ted Douglas, Jerry Hammon, George Kerry,
Chester Lukens, Robert Rimpau, Lee Sonnentag, James Sossamon,
Paul Spencer, Keith Weeks, William Welch, Harold Wells.

Because San Dimas was still an agricultural community, classifications in the new Rotary Club included orange grower, avocado grower, and lemon grower, as well as
many of the classifications represented in today’s clubs Meetings were held on Wednesdays at the Western Chuck Wagon on Foothill Blvd in San Dimas.

**Our thanks to Ruth Crandall for this information

Personal words from Ruth can be found here