History of our Club

 

The club was officially chartered as the Rappahannock-Fredericksburg Rotary club on June 19, 1985, which makes this year our 34^th anniversary. 

 

The club was presented its charter by then-Rotary International president Edward Cadmon at the Boy Scout Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia on July 23, 1985.  The 1985 Jamboree marked the 75th Anniversary of Scouting in America and the Jamboree held at Camp A.P.Hill that year was the largest on record. Many of Scouting's national leaders were in attendance, including Sanford McDonnell, the President of the Boy Scouts of American. RI President Cadmon was a special guest and a featured speaker at the Jamboree's Service Club luncheon - a luncheon the newly formed Rappahannock club had been asked to host. According to Executive Secretary Roy Strohl, the presentation of the charter by such a significant Rotary International official came as a complete surprise to all nineteen of the club's charter members:

 

Dick Ayres – FBI academy	Barry Lutz – travel agency
Jack Bales – Mary Washington College library	Blanton Massey – lawyer
Chuck Baxter – Baxter Insurance	Bob McGrail – dental
Bill  Brashers– Southland Corporation	Dick Mills – computer repair
Chip Cherry – Chamber of Commerce	Roy Strohl – Mary Washington College library
John Coker – orthodontics	Ed Tully – FBI Academy
Mickey Dowdy – Mary Washington College foundation	Keith Wampler – PBGH cpa
Ed Evers – Rappahannock Regional Police Academy	Joe Wilson – PermaTreat
Sam Harding – Fredericksburg Savings and Loan	Jim Zinck – National Park Service
Carter Hudgins – Mary Washington College historic preservation
(current members)