SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE ROTARY: The first 100 years

Rotary Club of Beaumont celebrates a century of service 2 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com

Congratulationstothe RotaryClub of Beaumont for100 Years of Service in building the Beaumontcommunity.

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Illustration courtesy of the Rotary Club of Beaumont An artist’s rendering, above, shows the barrier-free park to be built near the Beaumont Event Centre. Below is an example of playground equipment expected to be installed. Rotary’s play-park gift marks 100 years n Planners hope what will be the Children’s The club in Beaumont Museum at Crockett and was founded Feb. 27, 1913. the new playground Neches streets, east of the “The one idea which is will draw people to city’s new Event Centre being emphasized above and Town Lake. all others is the opportu- the Event Centre. The equipment is de- nity and obligation of busi- livered, but not yet built. nessmen to be of service to beaumont When Rotary has its formal their community. Rotary centennial celebration By Dan Wallach believes that every man on Thursday at the Event owes an obligation to his Centre, members will have The Rotary Club of generation and to his com- a ceremonial ground- munity. The Beaumont Beaumont is having its breaking even if some site 100th birthday celebration Rotary Club will always preparation already is be ready to assist if not and instead of unwrapping under way. a present, the club is giving take the lead in everything The park and play- that pertains to the best a gift — to children of all ground is just the latest ages and capabilities — at of Beaumont,” Emerson example of what Rotary wrote in 1915, two years the city of Beaumont’s means to a community, as after the club’s founding. newest park. described by the Beau- Emerson had come to It’s called a “barrier-free mont Rotary’s founding Beaumont in 1911 to playground” and it will president Ed Emerson, soon take shape next to writing in 1915. PLaYGRounD, page 4 Photo courtesy of Becky Mason 4 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com playground: Special project for 100th year

Continued from page 3 become president of the Beaumont Electric Light and Power Co. “We are working for the up building of Beaumont and its great future,” he said. For most of its history in Beaumont, Rotary was ex- clusively a man’s domain and a white man’s domain at that. The club admitted its first African-American members in 1972 and its first woman in 1987. Rotary’s centennial president, Becky Mason, said the club wanted a sig- nature project for its 100th Photo courtesy of Becky Mason year and sifted through 25 Equipment, above, that is expected to be part of the play- or so proposals. ground to be built at Beaumont’s Event Centre. Chuck Mason and her hus- and Becky Mason, right, discuss the playground, chosen band, Chuck, who was as a signature project for the Rotary centennial. Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise Rotary president in 2000 BeaumontEnterprise.com ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS Sunday, April 7, 2013 5 and 2001, said the barrier- free park would help draw people to the Event Centre, which is accessible from the west from the Rev. Mar- tin Luther King Jr. Parkway and is about a block from the Henry Dannenbaum Bus Transfer Station. “The overwhelming de- cision was the playground,” Chuck Mason said. “We could tie it into the Event Centre.” He said he’d seen the space for the first time in January 2012, well before the Event Centre was finished. “This was an abandoned area,” he said. “This (the Photos courtesy of Becky Mason playground) will make it a Some of the styles of playground equipment expected to be installed at the play park. magnet for families.” He said it even could tion in this design. for example, could hoist panels” that children could draw people from inter- “Many of our parks don’t himself or herself onto the manipulate, a spinner that state travel who might have have areas for pre-school table with hoops over it so wheelchair-bound kids children and look for the children,”Chuck Mason the child could pull along could get on and ride with by Beth Schreck, the but Chuck Mason said it nearest playground, using said. the table’s rollers, using a other kids, plus a variety of driving force behind the could be the largest one an application on their The playground also hand-over-hand grip, get- swings, see-saws and other Children’s Museum. Beaumont Rotary has at- mobile devices. would have a variety of ting a nice workout along pieces of general equip- She said the barrier- tempted. Pre-school children and accessible features, like the way. ment. free playground is not those who are physically a “roller table.” A child Other features would Becky Mason said the an unusual project for [email protected] disabled get special atten- who uses a wheelchair, include “sensory play playground was inspired Rotary Clubs to undertake, Twitter.com/dwallach 6 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com Beaumont Rotary covers a century

By Dan Wallach A brief timeline of the he Rotary Club of Beaumont, since its founding on Feb. 26, 1913, Rotary Club of Beaumont Tintended to be firmly linked with good works in its city and with its economic development, which its first president, Ed Emerson, Feb. 26, referred to as “up building.” 1913 For the club’s second birthday in 1915, Emerson, still club president, ■ Rotary Club of Beaumont founded wrote in The Enterprise about how Rotary came to Beaumont. by Charles Emmer, Beaumont Tele- In a history written by phone Company; Marshall Muse, former Rotary president Rosenthal Dry Goods; Will Keith, Robert J. Robertson, Em- Keith Drug Co.; Marshall Walker, erson credited the club’s Beaumont Gas Co.; Jim Mapes, formation in Beaumont to business manager of the Beaumont the persistence of Houston Enterprise; Jim Edwards, Insurance club president Robert Cor- and Real Estate; and Ed Emerson, nell, who invited Emerson, Beaumont Electric Light and Power. then president of Beau- mont Light and Power Co., to a Houston club meeting. Beaumont Rotary found- 1915 ers include: 1. James S. Emerson took with him ■ Beaumont grew to Jim Mapes, business man- Edwards 2. M.G. Muse 3. 28,000 people, up from ager of The Enterprise. J.L. Mapes 4. W.F. Keith 9,000 in 1901 when the Emerson and Mapes 5. E.J. Emerson 6. M.J. Spindletop oil gusher blew were indifferent to Rotary, Walker 7. C.W. Emmer. but their attitude changed in. when they entered the There were 600 men work- Congratulations banquet room at the ing in the Magnolia refinery, Bender Hotel. 350 in the Spindletop oil “The minute we walked A long tradition of service field, 85 for Gulf Pipe Line, in, we found 150 business- 265 in iron working shops, men sitting at their tables uring its 100 years, the Rotary Club and more than 400 on chatting so you could sponsored a variety of community railroads. hardly hear yourself think,” D service projects, including a Back to ■ Beaumont had two Emerson wrote. “I was newspapers — Beaumont impressed greatly. That School Program, Student Loan Fund, Babe Zaharias Women’s Professional Golf Tour- Enterprise and Beaumont was nothing as compared Journal — and four banks: to my impressions later on nament, Arbor Day, Family Violence Center, American National, Com- as I listened to the different mercial National, First talks which were given by Babe Zaharias Park, wheelchair ramps in National, and Gulf National. several of the Houston club , Jacob’s Park, Wuther- members.” ing Heights Park, Camp Enterprise, Tyrrell ■ The city has 10 pub- Still, it didn’t take. Historical Library, Schlesinger’s Geriatric lic schools — seven for Cornell visited Beau- whites and three for black Congratulations mont, bringing with him Center, and the . children. an “R. Stanley, of Wichita, To pay for these and other projects, ■ There were more than 30 Kan., international vice the club created the Beaumont Rotary churches. Civic, social and president of the Rotary Foundation, an account that now exceeds cultural groups included the organization.” YMCA, Women’s Reading Emerson, continuing $400,000. Club, Shakespeare Club, to resist the idea of Rotary Its latest project is to build the all-ac- Daughters of the Ameri- and that Beaumont prob- can Revolution, Beaumont ably wasn’t ready for it, cess play park to accommodate children with physical or intellectual limitations Musical Society, Knights of dutifully called up some Columbus, Beaumont Coun- friends to meet at the near the downtown Event Centre and Town try Club, and Beaumont Crosby Hotel to hear the Chamber of Commerce. pitch. Lake on property that will be next to the future Children’s Museum. ■ Rotary membership CENTURY, page 8 reaches 100. BeaumontEnterprise.com ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS Sunday, April 7, 2013 7

1916 Beaumont Rotary Club meeting 1987 n The Beaumont Navigation on Nov. 13, 1974. n Rotary admits its first District and the U.S. Army Courtesy woman member, Margaret photo Corps of Engineers com- Cherb, its executive direc- plete a project to deepen tor. the ship chan- nel to 25 feet, deep enough to allow ocean-going tank- 1997-98 ers to fill up at the Magno- lia refinery and deliver the n Lois Ann Stanton, then a cargo to New York. Beaumont banker, becomes Rotary’s first woman presi- dent. There have been four 1918 more. n J.J. Nathan, Chamber of Commerce president, joins Rotary and both groups set 2009-10 out to improve the region’s n Kevin J. Roy, chief execu- economy, based on lumber, tive of InterFlow Factors, rice, railroads, oil produc- serves as the first black tion and refining. president of the Rotary Club sued another deepening for cargo tonnage on the wa- waterway is the nation’s bers — educator Joe Bryant of Beaumont. 1937 the ship channel, a project terway was 68 million tons. fourth largest, including No. Jr., and civil rights lawyer backed by then U.S. Rep. In more than 50 years, it 1 in the nation for crude oil Elmo Willard III, n Rotary membership Jack Brooks. The project 2012-13 reaches 200. has grown to more than import port and No. 1 for took the channel to 40 feet 100 million tons. The military cargo. n Becky Mason, the club’s deep and was completed in Sabine-Neches Waterway is 1973 fifth woman president, 1960 1970. By 1962, the project home to four oil refineries: 1972 n Rotary membership leads it during its centen- n A group led by John E. won approval and the re- ExxonMobil, Motiva, Total, reaches 350 and the club nial year. Gray, who served as Rotary sults would deliver. and Valero, and various n Rotary Club of Beaumont qualifies for “large club” president in 1952-53, pur- n In 1960, the annual petrochemical plants. The admits its first black mem- status. The Enterprise 8 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com

Members of the Rotary Club of Beaumont embark on a ‘cook’s tour’ of the in 1968. The Rotary Club of Beaumont’s first banner. century: Club works to better Beaumont Continued from page 6 Rotary Club will always be year career in banking. ready to assist — if not take Through his member- He called Charles Em- the lead — in everything ship in Rotary, Gray de- mer, of the Beaumont that pertains to the best of veloped a strong network Telephone Co. Marshall Beaumont.” of friends and associates. Muse, of Rosenthal Dry Emerson died the That network included the Goods; Will Keith, Keith next year, but the club he board of directors at First Drug Co.; Marshall Walker, helped to form thrived, Security National Bank, Beaumont Gas Co.; and as did the city it sought to a group of 28 people who Mapes. serve. owned the bank. In 1960, “There was absolutely Emerson served two those 28 bank directors no enthusiasm in a single terms as club president included eighteen Rotar- one of us,” Emerson wrote. and embraced Rotary ide- ians, men with whom Gray “But we met as promised. als about “Service above shared business and civic Hardly knowing what had Self,” and said “Rotary is interests and whom he happened, the Beaumont working for the up building saw every Wednesday at Rotary Club was formed of Beaumont and its great Rotary. that noon.” future.” These Rotarians in- Here is how Emerson By mid-century, one cluded H. E. Dishman, oil came to realize what hap- of the city’s greatest civic operator; Lum C. Edwards, pened. leaders was John E. Gray, J. S. Edwards & Co.; Roy “The one idea which is president and chief execu- Maness, Gulf Supply; L. being emphasized above tive of the First Security W. Pitts, architect;D. C. all others is the opportu- National Bank from 1959 Procter, Jefferson Drug; nity and obligation of busi- to 1972, a former chairman A. E. Shepherd, Shepherd nessmen to be of service to of the Chamber of Com- Laundries; E. Harvey their community. Rotary merce in 1958, and also Steinhagen, investments; believes that every man president of what was then Ewell Strong, attorney; and owes an obligation to his Lamar College from 1942 two of the most influential generation and to his com- to 1952 and again from leaders in town in Roy C. munity. The Beaumont 1972 to 1977 after his 20- Nelson, president of Gulf BeaumontEnterprise.com ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS Sunday, April 7, 2013 9

Courtesy photos The Rotary Club of Beaumont takes over the Rose Room at the Hotel Beaumont. States Utilities, and L. E. Beginning with Emer- Rich said, in his pre- Cranston, plant manager son, the founding presi- sentation on Feb. 27 — as of the Mobil Oil refinery, a dent, the club has been close to the actual cen- descendant of the Mag- served by 100 presidents — tennial as a Wednesday nolia refinery and direct men and women who are meeting could get — that a ancestor to the ExxonMo- diverse in race, religion, new project for the Sabine- bil refinery. and culture, prominent in Neches Waterway was Gray worked to build business and the profes- approved in 2012 by the U. the bank and advance the sions and notable for civic S. Army Corps of Engineers financial interests of his leadership. to deepen the ship channel customers and associ- They include oil inves- to 48 feet, the first improve- ates. But also, he strived tors, real estate owners, ment in a half-century. to fulfill Rotary’s ideal retailers, agents, brokers, The cost will be $1 bil- of “Service above Self,” auto dealers, printers, con- lion with 70 percent from providing critical leader- tractors, publishers, min- the federal government ship for the Chamber of isters, rabbis, architects, and 30 percent from state Commerce; what was then lawyers, accountants, pro- and local resources. The called United Appeals; fessors, corporate officials, project is awaiting con- St. Elizabeth Hospital; plant managers, manufac- gressional authorization. McFaddin-Ward House turers, city officials, and “So the story of Rotary Museum; Beaumont Club; bankers, Robertson wrote and the Sabine-Neches Trinity-Neches Boy Scouts in his history. Waterway goes on and on Council; Neches River In a presentation that for 100 years — J. J. Nathan, Festival; Babe Zaharias traced the history of the John Gray, John New- Memorial; YMCA; U. S. Beaumont Rotary Club ton, Jim Rich, and other Savings Bonds; Beaumont from its founding, former Rotarians working with the Roughnecks baseball club president Jim Rich, Chamber of Commerce, team; Lamar College; and who also is chamber presi- Port of Beaumont, and the Beaumont Port Commis- dent and a commissioner Sabine-Neches Naviga- sion. on the Sabine-Neches Nav- tion District to improve In connection with his igation District, spoke of the waterway and promote service on the Beaumont how intertwined Rotary is economic and industrial Port Commission, Gray with the chamber and the development of Beaumont chaired the Southeast waterway, a logical pro- and Port Arthur,” Robert- Texas Citizens Commit- gression from Emerson’s son wrote. tee for the Sabine-Neches declaration that Rotary is Waterways Improvements dedicated to the “up build- [email protected] in 1961. ing” of Beaumont. Twitter.com/dwallach 10 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com Longtime Rotarians speak of service

beaumont ment of creation, but close tant thing we ever did,”he By Dan Wallach enough. said. “What make Rotary so He also had a great time Charlie Weinbaum good is service above self,” with the club’s softball helped blow out the he said, basically recit- team, he said. candles on the “happy ing the club’s motto. “It’s Through the years, the birthday, Rotary” cake on for the community, the club did a lot of small proj- Feb. 27 at the Rotary Club country and the world. ects, like refurbishing Little of Beaumont’s regular You’re doing things for League baseball fields, Wednesday meeting at people that they can’t do building gardens at Tyrrell the MCM Elegante hotel, for themselves.” Park, aiding Guatemalan but those candles and Weinbaum’s favorite Ro- women who have new- the combined exhalation tary accomplishments in- borns and collecting books of about a half-dozen 50 clude creation of the Babe to give to children in Africa. years or more members Zaharias Golf Tournament, Every year, Rotary also were enough to turn the which dates to the days gave a book to each first- years back to 1913 — if just when the world’s greatest grader in Beaumont titled, for a moment — to a noon- female athlete of the first “I Like Me” to help stimu- time meeting at the Crosby half of the 20th century still late reading, he said. Hotel in downtown. was alive. The longest-serving Weinbaum, 86, who Another project of Ro- member of the Rotary ran an insurance agency, tary’s of which Weinbaum Club is Smythe Shepherd, Photos by Dave Ryan/The Enterprise joined Rotary in 1949 when is proud is Camp Enter- 97, who joined in 1939. Several of the longest-serving and active Beaumont Rotarians attended their organi- he was 22 years old. prise, a weekend camp His grandfather, Thomas zation’s 100th birthday party in February. From left are Alex Broussard, Charlie Wein- His grandfather, H.A. for high school juniors to W. Shepherd, founder baum, Lum Edwards Jr., Tom Lamb and Dale Dowell. President Becky Mason, right, Perlstein, had joined the teach them about the free of Shepherd’s Laundry handed each a special mug when they were finished lighting the candles on the cake. club when it was 2 years enterprise system. around 1890, also was an old — not quite at the mo- “That’s the most impor- early Rotarian.

Charlie Weinbaum, who joined the Beaumont Rotary in 1949, got to blow out the candles on the club’s 100th birthday cake at the centennial meeting in February. BeaumontEnterprise.com ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS Sunday, April 7, 2013 11

son took off his suit coat, Beaumont in 1913. rolled up his sleeves and Edwards, 81, joined in proceeded to walk around 1957, becoming the third the Rose Room to shake generation in his family to every Rotarian’s hand. join. There is a fourth gen- The club’s importance is eration in it now, he said. evident because it includes Edwards cited Rotary’s much of the leadership of famous “Four-Way Test: Is Beaumont, Broussard said. it the truth? Is it fair to all “I’d say that is its impact,” concerned? Will it build he said. “It focuses atten- goodwill and better friend- tion on the city’s needs. I ships? Will it be beneficial look forward to many more to all concerned?” years of the same.” Smythe Shepherd Sr. is the “That stays in front,” Broussard, whose family Edwards said. “That’s the Beaumont Rotary Club’s has operated a mortuary type of businessman you longest-serving member. since before Spindletop He joined in 1939. in 1901, looked across the can admire and use as a expanse of time since he model to build your com- Alex Broussard, 84, who joined and said it’s difficult munity. I think it’s a plus to joined in 1955, clearly to point to any major devel- have an active Rotary that’s remembers a regular meet- opment in the city’s life that not just a lunch place. It’s ing when the club occu- has “Rotary” stamped on it. given us guidance and we pied the Rose Room at the “We’ve quietly done a lot freely exchange methods of Hotel Beaumont before it of little things that made doing business. There are finally outgrew it. big things,” he said. wonderful similar orga- That day’s speaker was Lum C. Edwards Jr., who nizations, but I think the a U.S. senator from Texas spent a career in insurance, leaders of the community named Lyndon B. John- can trace his Rotary roots would be missing a lot if we son, who upon finishing back to the club’s begin- didn’t have Rotary.” his speech asked all the nings. His grandfather, From left are longtime Rotarians Louis Beard, Alex Broussard, Charlie Weinbaum, Lum members to remain in their J.S. Edwards, was among [email protected] Edwards Jr., Tom Lamb and Dale Dowell at the club’s centennial meeting. The poster seats. Broussard said John- theCongratulations! founders of the club in Twitter.com/dwallach behind them lists members with 50 or more years of service with the organization. 12 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com What does future hold for Rotary?

beaumont Now, that’s changing as By Dan Wallach people who want to be- come more involved want The challenge for any their efforts to be more social service club — or tangible, like with the play just about any organiza- park that will accommo- tion — is how to adapt to date children with varying meet the future, said Becky capabilities in physical or Mason, president of the mental development. Rotary Club of Beaumont She said when a club for 2012 and 2013, the committee cast around for club’s centennial year. a centennial project, more Distilled down to its es- than 20 were proposed sence, the challenge is how and many of them were do you last for another good. century — at least — so “We wished we could future Rotarians in 2113 do them all,”she said. “So will look back and say perhaps the way to go is something like, “It’s been to address some of the an eventful 200 years for smaller projects.” the club.” Mason said she hopes For Mason, that means the club will become more Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise attracting younger mem- reflective of the commu- Beaumont Rotary Club President Becky Mason and near the Event Centre in Beaumont. The club raised bers from a wider array of nity it serves, but said its Chuck Mason discuss the new playground to be built $275,000 for the playground in a matter of months. professions with interests bylaws aim for member- that can help drive the ship among people who club toward achieving its are in business leadership main goals of service to its positions or who are estab- community without dilut- lished community leaders. ing what made the club a The intent is to assemble successful organization in a group of people who are the first place. in a position to contribute The Rotary Club of time and money, or to help Beaumont drew from the raise money, for projects city’s business leadership like the play park. throughout its first century “We were able to raise and adapted to changing $275,000 in a few months times more than 40 years for it,” Mason said. ago by inviting its first Because Beaumont is black members and then often a temporary stop for again a quarter-century many industrial manag- ago by inviting women to ers who come to the area become members. for a three- or four-year As to new members, rotation, it creates a little Mason said, “We have to difficulty in gaining a long- find what will get them term commitment, she engaged in the club. But said. we don’t want to lose the On the other hand, the kind of people who are our club still has a member 50-plus-year members. We who joined in 1939. have to find fresh ideas.” “We are trying to adapt Mason sees the club as to a different business cli- becoming more hands-on mate and still maintain our with its service projects. strengths,” she said. “Thirty or 40 years ago, we were a check-writing [email protected] club,” she said. Twitter.com/dwallach BeaumontEnterprise.com ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS Sunday, April 7, 2013 13

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The Rotary Club of Beaumont: A century of presidents

1913-1915: Ed J. Emerson 1969-1970: Charles B. Locke 1990-1991: Dan S. Hallmark 1915-1916: Marshall Muse 1970-1971: Joe Bob Kinsel 1991-1992: Bruce C. Irvine 1916-1917: T. S. Reed 1971-1972: Thomas K. Lamb, Jr. 1992-1993: W. Brock Brentlinger 1917-1918: P. B. Doty 1972-1973: Kenneth E. Ruddy 1993-1994: David G. Hitt 1918-1919: Henry D. Keith 1973-1974: Elvis L. Mason 1994-1995: Thomas E. Polk 1919-1920: J. Cooke Wilson 1974: Robert J. Robertson 1995-1996: Michael J. Bradford 1920-1921: M. E. Moore 1974-1975: Mark Steinhagen 1996-1997: Thomas K. Lamb, III From left, the first, second and third presidents of the Beaumont Rotary Club — Ed J. 1997-1998: Lois Ann Stanton 1921-1922: J.L. Mapes Emerson, Marshall G. Muse and Tom S. Reed; Lois Ann Stanton, a Beaumont banker 1975-1976: Robert J. Robertson 1998-1999: John B. Quigley 1922-1923: W.J. Crawford who became the first woman to lead the organization in 1997; Kevin J. Roy, chief execu- 1976-1977: Benny H. Hughes, Jr. 1999-2000: Floyd F. McSpadden 1923-1924: C. E. Walden tive of InterFlow Factors, who became the club’s first black president in 2009; and Mason 1977-1978: Daniel P. Wheat, Jr. Construction Co.’s Becky Mason, centennial year president. 2000-2001: Chuck Mason 1924-1925: Ed Stedman 1978-1979: John A. Neild 1936-1937: J. F. Roane 1947-1948: C. R. Dollinger 1958-1959: Robert W. Akers 2001-2002: Roger McCabe 1925-1926: William Saenger 1979-1980: Warner E. Rogers 1937-1938: J. C. Clemmons 1948-1949: Herf M. Welnert 1959-1960: H. D. Carpenter 2002-2003: Harland Merriam, Jr. 1926-1927: Ben Jackson 1980-1981: Jerry J. Nathan 1938-1939: Kyle Wheelus 1949-1950: Jack Neil 1960-1961: Lee G. Griffin 2003-2004: Azim Karamati 1927-1928: B. S. Woodhead 1981-1982: Joe B. Kinsel, Jr. 1950-1951: Randolph C. Reed 2004-2005: Maurine Gray 1928-1929: P. P. Butler 1939-1940: Tom Walker 1961-1962: Frank Betts 1982-1983: Carroll Broussard 2005-2006: Terry Bourdier 1940-1941: John W. Newton 1951-1952: E. L. Robinson 1962-1963: Peter Wells 1929-1930: B.A. Steinhagen 1983-1984: Charles H.Weinbaum, Jr. 2006-2007: Gerald Condon 1941-1942: Ed Stedman, Jr. 1952-1953: John E. Gray 1963-1964: Roy S. Nelson 1930-1931: Sam Rosinger 1984-1985: James B. Broussard 2007-2008: Angela Baker 1942-1943: T. Kelsey Lamb 1953-1954: Pat T. Peyton 1964-1965: Will Wilson 1931-1932: Jim Edwards 1985-1986: James M. Stokes 2008-2009: James E. Rich 1932-1933: Chester Easley 1943-1944: W.J. Ivers 1954-1955: George B. Morgan 1965-1966: Gene Ohmstede 1986-1987: Wilton G. White 2009-2010: Kevin J. Roy 1933-1934: Keith T. Hotchkiss 1944-1945: W.W. Leach 1955-1956: Eweil Strong 1966-1967: J.O. Crooke 1987-1988: Ray A. Riley 2010-2011: Roberta Applegate 1934-1935: Charlie Terress 1945-1946: B.H. Hughes 1956-1957: L. W. Pitts 1967-1968: William W. Phillips, Jr. 1988-1989: Larry Beaulieu 2011-2012: C. David Locke 1935-1936: Will F. Graham 1946-1947: E. Edgar Arthur 1957-1958: Frank E. White 1968-1969: William Alex Broussard 1989-1990: Robert A. Swerdlow, Ph.D. 2012-2013: Becky Mason 16 Sunday, April 7, 2013 ROTARY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS BeaumontEnterprise.com