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Welcome to the World of Rotary!

Here is a video to help with new member orientation to our Rotary Club.  It is about :50 long.  Feel free to view over multiple sessions at your own pace!
(117) Multi-District Membership Monday - Welcome to the World of Rotary - YouTube
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Meetings

Our club meets on Tuesdays at Noon in the Rotary Room at the Clifton Springs Hospital at 2 Coulter Rd.. (Take the stairs or the elevator from the West Entrance Lobby to the second floor.  The Rotary Room is across the hallway from the cafeteria.)  The meeting is a hybrid In-Person/Zoom meeting.  See the current The Sulphur Smell  newsletter for more information on the next meeting.

The Board of Directors meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7:30am in the Community Bank (Main St.) conference room, also hybrid via Zoom.

2022-2023 Club Officers

Officers serve from July 1 to June 30 for the year they are elected.
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President
​David Hamilton​
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President Elect
​Mary DePorter​
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Vice President
​Susan Schemerhorn
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Secretary
​Theresa Dorgan
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Treasurer
​Hugh Kane
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Immediate Past President
​Tracy Crosby

Club History

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​​HIGHLIGHTS OF ROTARY IN CLIFTON SPRINGS
 
General Information:
The club name of Rotary was picked because members originally met in rotation at their several places of business.
 
Rotarians take part in community welfare, foster good citizenship, promote high business and professional standards, improve rural-urban understanding, advance international peace, understanding and good will
 
1905- Rotary founded in Chicago by Paul Harris
 
1908- 2nd Rotary Club formed in San Francisco
 
1910- First International Convention held
 
1912- First Canadian Club formed
 
1917- Rotary takes on the name of Rotary International
 
1932- The 4 way test is instituted
 
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Club-Specific Information:

June 3, 1933 - Rev. Boyd Little of the Clifton Springs Club of Businessmen invites the Rochester Inter-City Rotary Club to meet at the C.S. Sanitarium. Over                             500 Rotarians representing 25 Clubs meet and encourage the formation of a Rotary Club here
June 22, 1933 - 25 names are gathered and application is made to headquarters in Chicago for a charter
July 7, 1933 - Word received approving application and first meeting held here. Officers as follows were chosen:
                       President - Boyd Little
                       Vice-Pres. - W. Malcolm Griswold;
                       Treasurer - Carl DeGraw;
                       Secretary - Adolph Hollander
                       Directors - Albert Bosshart, A. B. Dusinberre, Frank Gross
                       Sergeant-at Arms - Frank Tomlinson
July 11, 1933 - First luncheon meeting held at the Sanitarium
October 3, 1933- Charter Night - Largest gathering in the 28th District of Rotary. Some 629 sat down in the 3 dining rooms of the Sanitarium. 37 clubs were                          represented headed by 102 members from the Rochester Club. Charter members were: Boyd Little, (Minister), Malcolm Griswold, (Telephone                            Co.),  M. H. Stewart, Chester Hovey, (School Principal), Adolph Hollander, Luther Roper (Druggist), Max Lindner (San Treasurer), Richard                                        Devereaux (Book Store Owner), P. Artley Kemp (Newspaper Publisher), David Rolfe (Home Decoration Official), J. A. Banks ( Hardware),                                      Hubert Schoonmaker (San doctor), Lee H.    Leland ( Manufacturer & Hardware Owner), Harry J. VanDyne (Sanitarium Officer), James Quigley                            (Milk Distributor), A. B. Dusinberre (San doctor),  Frank Gross (Village Employee),  Merwin Knauss (Barber & hair dresser), George A. Durkee                                (Village Employee), W. H. Holbrook, Arthur Keys (Garage Owner),  H. H. Griswold (Telephone Co. President), Adrian S. Taylor (San Doctor),                                    Clifford Newland ( San doctor),  R. T. Hoffman and Albert Bosshart, Jr. (Jeweler).
1936 - Club makes our first donation to the Rotary Foundation
1938 - Clifton Springs Rotary hosts Rotary District Assembly
1939 -Inter-City dinner held at the Sanitarium with Walter D. Head, President of Rotary International as guest speaker. New members officially received at              that meeting were William Spencer (Education), Wilford Down (Banking), Harold Button (Coach), G. Edward Walters (Retailing), William “Doc”                          Salisbury (Veterinary Medicine) and Paul Newland, MD (Medicine)

1941 - November 11 - Founder of Rotary, Paul Harris, visits local Sanitarium for treatment and takes part in an inter-city meeting here on that date
1945 - Forty-nine Rotarians draft United Nations Charter
1947 - Founder Paul Harris dies
1949 - Clifton Springs Rotary hosts Rotary District Assembly
Early 1950’s – Began supporting the foreign student program
1953-54 - Jack Loveless serves as District Governor
Fall of 1954 - Jack Loveless appointed District Treasurer
1956-57 -Under the presidency of John Fabrizi the club received an award for promoting the best project centered on the 4-way test. It held a Four Way          Test Week involving the local churches, schools and businesses
1961 - We instituted a high school scholarship award based on need and merit to promote continued education following graduation
1962- First inter-act club organized nationally
1968 - Phelps & Clifton Rotary Clubs were hosts at the District Conference held at the Concord Hotel in the Catskills
1970 -72 - Pledged $10,000 towards the new hospital by raising a thousand dollars a year for ten years
1973 - Clifton Springs Rotary celebrates its 40th Anniversary
           1st club Paul Harris Fellowship awarded to Jack Loveless.  Since then, Clifton Springs Rotary Club has named 91 Paul Harris Fellows, each                                   representing a $1000 donation to the Rotary Foundation

1977-78 - Howard Smith serves as District Governor
1985 - Polio-Plus drive begins nationally to eradicate polio world-wide
1989 - Rotary International invites women to membership - Locally Jean Day became our first woman member and female president (1994-1995)
1990 - First Rotary Club formed in Moscow
1995 - Completed the new bandstand in Clifton Springs Village Park at a cost of between $35,000 and $40,000 dollars. Park renamed in honor of Malcolm                Griswold
1998 - Celebrated clubs 65th birthday and Mal Griswold’s 95th year
1999 - International Study for Peace formed
2001 - The 30,000th Rotary Club was chartered
           Lower park re-named in honor of John Brown
2004 - Our last Charter Member, Malcolm Griswold, passed at the age of 100
2005 - Rotary’s 100th year is celebrated.  Clifton Springs Rotary Club gathers locally on February 23, 2005 to commemorate the event
2009-Today - Largest fundraisers have been a food booth at the annual NY State Pageant of Steam and the biannual John Deere Days
2014-15 - Scott MacDonell serves as District Governor.  We host the annual District 7120 conference at the Hyatt Regency in Buffalo
2014-Today - Assist the Seneca Falls Rotary Club in supporting an irrigation, education, and health care project at the Malawi Children’s Village
2018-22 - Pledged $10,000 towards the hospital's Medical Village project

List of a few of our major area projects over the years:
 
During World War II, provided funds to send the Clifton Springs Press, our weekly newspaper, to all service men and women
Sponsored a Boy Scout troop and helped raise a cabin for meetings
Began an annual Christmas Basket project for the needy
Provided staff yearly for hot dog stand at local carnivals for club and YMCA support
With other clubs, we contribute to Camp Onsewaya for handicapped children
Every year numerous requests are received from local civic and other institutions for financial support of special projects. The value of these gifts of                 support run from a few hundred dollars to several thousand

We are deeply indebted to the Ontario Telephone Co. Inc. of Phelps and Clifton Springs who, from our founding and for many years, published our weekly    Rotary bulletin known to most of us as “The Sulphur Smell” since our founding
We also owe a debt of thanks to the Clifton Springs Hospital Administration and staff who have provided this club a meeting place since its inception in        1933 and provided the members of Rotary and their guests with a tasteful luncheon in support of our weekly meetings

 (Fred Gifford, Clifton Springs Rotary Historian- January 25, 2005)



Clifton Springs Rotary Club Presidents
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1933-34 Boyd Little
1934-35 W. Malcolm Griswold
1935-36 David Rolfe
1936-37 Hovey H. Griswold
1937-38 Merwin K. Knauss
1938-39 Charles H. Dayton
1939-40 William Peisher
1940-41 Harry J. VanDyne
1941-42 Stanley Stuber & Ralph Reed
1942-43 Max Riegel
1943-44 William C. Eikner
1944-45 John W. Karr
1945-46 Jack Hunter
1946-47 Charles Rolland
1947-48 George Wolfe Jr.
1948-49 Edwin T. Morphy
1949-50 G. Edward Walters
1950-51 John E. Loveless
1951-52 Glen Copeland
1952-53 I. A. Morris Jr.
1953-54 Charles D. Corwin
1954-55 Frank DeMarco
1955-56 Francis Walters
1956-57 John H. Fabrizi
1957-58 James H. Piper
1958-59 I. Robert Wood
1959-60 John L. Brown
1960-61 George H. Doherty
1961-62 Edward S. Gill
1962-63 Wallace B. Sharpe


1963-64 Maurice J. Comings
1964-65 Bernard J. Meath
1965-66 Felix J. Landschoot
1966-67 C. William Parker
1967-68 David J. Retchless
1968-69 Robert E. Kloepfel
1969-70 John D. Fahy
1970-71 Raymond J. Ganowski
1971-72 Lowell Burke
1972-73 Alan L. Hagerman
1973-74 Howard Smith
1974-75 Paul Cruz & Joe Liss
1975-76 John Griswold
1976-77 John Riley
1977-78 Glen Copeland
1978-79 Milton Walborn
1979-80 Willima Emblidge Jr.
1980-81 John L. Brown
1981-82 Rodney P. Goodman
1982-83 Richard Baldwin & Richard VanHorne
1983-84 Kenneth Maslyn
1984-85 Richard VanHorne
1985-86 Robert Banfield
1986-87 Ovid O. Randall
1987-88 Hugh Kane
1988-89 Donald Polan
1989-90 Russell Williamson
1990-91 William Lindner
1991-92 Dave Riggs
1992-93 Harry Burt


1993-94 Paul Griswold
1994-95 Jean Day
1995-96 Lyman Warner
1996-97 Robert Woodhouse
1997-98 Michael Finnerty
1998-99 Lori Reals
1999-2000 John Galati

2000-01 Jerry Zehr
2001-02 Ray Weidmann
2002-03 Mark Kowalski
2003-04 Deb Cary
2004-05 Charlotte Wytias
2005-06 William Anderson
2006-07 Scott MacDonell
2007-08 Linda Lindner
2008-09 Gary Carnevale
2009-10 Dick Egan
2010-11 Tina Weller
2011-12 
Ethan Fogg
2012-13 Mike Ford
2013-14 Jeff Graff
2014-15 Carole Jensen
2015-16 Jeff Criblear
2016-17 Christa Socha
2017-18 John McCarthy
2018-19 Mary Beer
2019-20 Vivian Ryan
2020-21 
Lori Reals, Jeff Criblear, Jeff Graff
2021-22 Tracy Crosby
2022-23 David Hamilton


2022-23 Is our 90th year.

Paul Harris Fellows

Current Clifton Springs Rotarians

Non-Rotarians & Former Members

Ralph Adams+1
Phil (Nub) Allen
Mary Beer
Jeff Criblear+1
Jean Day
Mary DePorter
Theresa Dorgan+1
Jeff Graff+1
​David Hamilton
Doris Hunter+2
Hugh Kane+1
Scott MacDonell+4
Lori Reals+1
Vivian Ryan+3
Susan Schermerhorn
Robert Woodhouse+1
Ruth Adams
Tina Bounds
Gary Carnavalle+1
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Deborah Cary
Gail Conners
Melissa Correia
Barbara Criblear
Barbara Delpriore
Richard Egan
Michael Finnerty
John Galati
Rodney Goodman
William Hunter+1
Gary Husk
Carole Jensen
Mark Kowalski
Linda Lindner
William Lindner


Denise Morphy
George Mueller
Mary Lue Mueller
Ovid Randall
Coby Reals
Nancy Reals

John Riley
​Christa Socha
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Lynn Spence
Martin Teller
Scott Upchurch
Richard Vanhorne
Daniel Walborn
Russell Williamson
Charlotte Wytias
Jerry Zehr

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