William Parsons was elected president of the proposed club.  Other officers included Frood Smith and Amos P. Trussell, vice presidents; Fred Williams, treasurer; H. L. Arthurs, secretary; Volney Bell and Dr. John Dodds, directors.

Also attending the organizational meeting were James E. Downing, Gerald A. McAleese, John L. Hazeltine, Wm. T. Gilbert, Paul A Biering, Gordon Fellows, Kenneth Claypool, William J. Uhland, R. J. Eller, James B. Castle, John C. Wells, E. Mineah, Charles A. Carpenter, Chester E. Galyean, Theodore Finch, Bruce M. Ruppenthal, James P. Carlson, Ernest B. Pechstein, Stanley A. Mahr and William Livingston.

Chet White, H. D. Gibson and Dr. Phil Putman from the sponsoring Escondido Rotary Club were also present.

April 9th, 1956 - Received Charter.

May 4, 1956 - Charter Presentation event.
     

January 14, 1965 - The county's first Interact Club was chartered under Rotary International auspices.  The new club at San Marcos High was formed to pursue local and international service projects.

March 1966 - Pine trees were planted between the railroad tracks and Mission Road.  The project of city beautification was spearheaded by Flora Brown and the trees were donated by the merchants and citizens of San Marcos.  Representatives on the San Marcos Rotary Club in the work party were then President Richard Bivin and Bill Uhland.

February 9, 1979 - San Marcos Rotarian Rick McCarthy volunteered to have his beard shaved off as a fund raising effort to benefit the San Marcos Boys' and Girls' Club at a club meeting.  Donations of $1585 were raised.  Members Bill Uhland and Lee Baron did the deed of removing the 8-month old beard.

Members, help us out here.  Please let us borrow your old photos, newspaper clippings, etc., so we can fill in the blanks.  Bring them to a meeting and give them to Rob Eckert.  They will be handled with care and promptly returned.

Special Thanks to Bill Uhland and PDG Bill Sturgeon for digging through their archives and coming up with this information.