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History of the North Myrtle Beach Rotary Club

The North Myrtle Beach Rotary Club was chartered on June 28, 1969.

First Year Officers included:

Dillon Barnhill, President
Edward Jerdon, Vice President
J. Carlton Bell, Secretary
Donald Moore, Treasurer.

The following people were Charter Members of the club:

The Clubhouse at the Surf Golf and Beach Club served as the first meeting place for the new Rotary Club. Subsequently, The Club moved its meetings to the Holiday Inn on Crescent Beach. After meeting there for some years, the Club moved to Jimmy Floyd’s Restaurant located on Second Avenue North in the Ocean Drive section.

After several years the club again changed locations and began holding it’s meeting at Don’s Pancake House where it met until 1990. The Club has returned to its beginnings by moving the meetings back to the Surf Golf and Beach Club upon completion of the new Clubhouse.

Past Presidents

1969-1970   Dillon Barnhill
1970-1971   Dillon Barnhill
1971-1972   Lloyd Bell
1972-1973   Virgil “Coach” Yow
1973-1974   Walter Schaffer
1974-1975   Frank Green
1975-1976   Don Moore
1976-1977   Charlie Sprinkle *
1977-1978   Robert MacMillan
1978-1979   Lloyd Bell
1979-1980   George Lindsay
1980-1981   Davis Stevens
1981-1982   Jack Trexler
1982-1983   Frans Mustert
1983-1984   William McDonald
1984-1985   Steve McMillan
1985-1986   C. Ray Smith
1986-1987   Harry Thomas *
1987-1988   Hilton Dickson *
1988-1989   Jack Himmelsbach *
1989-1990   Bill Brucks
1990-1991   Mike Fanelli
1991-1992   Don Thomas
1992-1993   Charlie Stuart *
1993-1994   Jeff Chestnut
1994-1995   Allen Jeffcoat*
1995-1996   John Smithson*
1996-1997   Doyle Smith
1997-1998   John Schwab*
1998-1999   Gwen Fowler
1999-2000   Tom Heyward
2000-2001   Mary Martin*
2001-2002   Todd Canipe*
2002-2003   Charles Watson
2003-2004   Tom Scott*
2004-2005   Drew Hansen*
2005-2006   Randy Byerly*
2006-2007   Cheryl Kelley*

* active member

1. Is It The Truth
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Rotary Club of North Myrtle Beach
PO Box 823
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597
info@northmyrtlebeachrotary.org
© 2007 Rotary Club of North Myrtle Beach, SC