Jim Monroe [1987-88 and 2002-03] and Dick Lobdell [1973-74] take a break at Canton Rotary Club annual Pancake Breakfast, 1996.  

The first meeting of the Canton Rotary Club was held on October 28, 1937.  Earl MacFadden, a local insurance agent, was elected president for the year 1937-1938.  Presidents of the club for the years since have been:

1938-39               Clarence Armstrong

1939-40               Charles M. Tait

1940-41               William S. Mead

1941-42               Daniel T. Spencer

1942-43               Lawrence Pasel

1943-44               Glenn Wright

1944-45               Russell Cary

1945-46               Milton M. Pitt

1946-47               George M. Phillips

1947-48               Max A. Kapp

1948-49                    Norbert C. Black

1949-50                    Everett E. Howard

1950-51                    William P. Gardner

1951-52                    Albert E. French

1952-53                    Robert J. Houston

1953-54                    Harry F. Buerschinger

1954-55                    R. Clark Scott

1955-56                    L. Grover Hatch

1956-57                    Fay Bailey

1957-58               Percy L. Sayer

1958-59                    Lorence F. Pries

1959-60                    Glenn E. Wright

1960-61                    John B. Cheney

1961-62                    C. Edwin Brackett

1962-63                    Frank J. White

1963-64                    Richard L. Sayer

1964-65                    William C. Cooper

1965-66                    Calvin J. Keene

1966-67                    Robert J. Shirkey

1967-68               Duane A. Dittman

1968-69                    Edward F. Huntington

1969-70                    Henry Bradford

1970-71                    Varre A. Cummins

1971-72                    Floyd Morter

1972-73                    Daniel O’Connor

1973-74                    Richard J. Lobdell

1974-75                    Edward J. Blankman

1975-76                    Charles Goolden

1976-77                    Neal Caneen

1977-78               Paul Clements

1978-79                    Stanley Howlett

1979-80                    Ross Hudson

1980-81                    James Roach

1981-82                    Fr. Griffith Billmeyer

1982-83                    Charles Howland

1983-84                    George Donovan

1984-85                    Thurlow Cannon

1985-86                    Michael Crowe

1986-87                    Joseph Furnia

1987-88               James Monroe

1988-89                    Roger Harris

1989-90                    Hugh Grady

1990-91                    Tom Benton

1991-92                    Cathleen O’Horo

1992-93                    Farid Haq

1993-94                    Severn Brown

1994-95                    Richard Hartig

1995-96                    Penelope Rattan

1996-97                    Peter Van de Water

1997-98               Francine Perretta

1998-99                    Philip Bisselle

1999-2000               Mahlon Clements

2000-01                    Diane Burns

2001-02                    Fred Peets

2002-03                    James Monroe

2003-04                    Scott Goldie

2004-05                    Theodore Linn

2005-06                    Thomas Lee

2006-07               Gerald Lambert

2007-08               Varick Chittenden

2008-09                Rene-Paul Forier

2009-10                Linda McQuinn