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Rotary Club of Butler PM Charter Members

President: Fred Stover, manager of Zenith Coal Company

Vice President: Dr. Milo Kottraba, dentistSecretary: Clyde Watson of Watson and Ferguson Insurance CompanyTreasurer: Paul Eisler, manager of H.J. Klingler and CompanyDirector: John E. Flack of the Electric ShopDirector: LeMoyne R. Graham of Hart and Graham Sons' Co.Director: James E. Marshall, attorneyCharter members: John J. Campbell of Spang and Co.; Carl R. Cleeland, optometrist; W. Carl Cheeseman of the Butler Buick Co.;Raymond Cornelius of the Cornelius Lumber Co.; David E. Dale of the life insurance firm Abrams and Dale; George H. Fleming, accountant;Donald McDonald, secretary of Donaldson Lumber Co.; Joseph E. Heineman, advertising manager of the Times Publishing Company;William Horwitz, manager of Keystone Pipe and Supply Co.; Gardner C. Lowry, assistant secretary of Butler Savings and Trust Company;Frank A. McClung, county superintendent of schools; Phillip W. Ruff of Ruff A. Ruff and Son; Roland Spaide, manager of Spaide Shirt Factory;O. Clyde Steele, manager of Bell Telephone Co.; Frank E. Troutman, president of the Standard Plate Glass Co.;Milo R. Williams of O. N. Williams and Brother; George Woner, manager of Zeigler Printing Co.; and John L. Wise, managing editor of the Butler Eagle.Twenty-five business and professional men in the city signed the application for charter. The first meeting was Jan. 19, 1920, in the Nixon Hotel.Source: Butler Eagle, March 1920

Fred Stover

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