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History of
District 6670
Rotary
arrived in Southwest Ohio when
Robert Wilson of Cincinnati invited
Brad Bullock, President of the New
York City Club and a Vice President
of The National Association of
Rotary Clubs, to come and assist in
establishing Rotary in Cincinnati.
As a result of their efforts, the
Rotary Club of Cincinnati received
Charter Number 17 and was
admitted into Rotary with eight
members on November 18, 1910. Dues
were $3.00 per year.
Cincinnati remained the only club in
the district until May 17, 1912,
when several Dayton men met with
Russell Greiner, president of the
Kansas City Rotary Club, to found a
new civic organization called the
Dayton Rotary Club. Dayton was
formally admitted into Rotary
International on August 1, 1912 and
was issued Charter Number 47.
Springfield became the third club to
be admitted to Rotary International
and they were chartered on March 1,
1914. Other early clubs chartered
were as follows: Piqua, Charter
Number 195, 1959; Troy, Charter
Number 420, 1918; and Hamilton,
Charter Number 538, 1919. Piqua had
the distinction of being one of the
early clubs to be formed in a city
with a population of less than
20,000. According to information in
the Piqua Club History, Rotary
International officials of that time
did not believe that Rotary was a
practical idea for a small city and
were hesitant to issue charters.
However, after a group of
enthusiastic and resourceful men
made several trips to Chicago, a
charter was issued on January 1,
1915.
In 1918,
the Troy Club became the first club
in our district to have a sponsoring
club. Prior to this time, clubs were
organized by direct contact with the
secretariat. Troy was sponsored by
the Piqua Club. By 1915, Rotary had
grown to 160 clubs and 20,000
members. This growth brought on the
establishment of districts to
facilitate the administration of
this expanding organization. Ohio,
West Virginia and lower Michigan
became known as the 7th
District. Each district’s presiding
officer was called an International
Trustee and later, this title was
changed to District Governor.
In 1918,
Rotary had grown to over 400 clubs
and it became time to re-district.
We then became District 10, which
consisted of the entire state of
Ohio. In 1922, growth of new clubs
made it necessary to split the state
into two districts, District 21 and
22. On July 1, 1937, Districts 21
and 22 became Districts 157, 158 and
159. We remained 159 until 1950 when
we again divided and southwestern
Ohio became District 231. Then in
1957 we became District 667. Our
last district number change occurred
in 1991, when we became District
6670.
Following the five clubs chartered
from 1910 to 1919, the clubs, in
their order of charter year are:
1920
Lebanon
1921 Xenia, Greenville,
Washington Court House
1922 Tipp City, Franklin,
Greenfield, Miamisburg
1925 Middletown
1927 Eaton
1928 Brookville, Sidney,
Germantown
1929 Blanchester, London
1930 Wilmington
1931 Fairborn
1936 West Carrollton, Hillsboro
1938 Batavia
1944 Farmersville
1945 West Milton
1946 New Lebanon, Phillipsburg,
Williamsburg
1950 Waynesville
1956 Bellefontaine
1957 Urbana
1958 Vandalia
1959 Versailles
1963 Kettering
1965 Oxford
1971 Fairfield
1972 Trotwood, Northmont,
Centerville
1973 Beavercreek
1975 New Carlisle
1978 Huber Heights
1980 Oakwood
1983 Springdale
1984 Moraine
1988 Wilmington A.M.
1990 Blue Ash/Montgomery
1991 West Chester
1993 Union County
1995 Mason Deerfield
2003 Springboro
Information provided by PDG Curtis
Reynolds, PDG Bruce Cook, PDG Rodger
Borror, PDG William Harrison and DGE
Susan Bantz. |
