The Martin Rotary Club was established in 1928 with the following 17 members: D.W. Harper, Lawyer; John M. Martin, Fire Insurance; Lem E. Taylor, Dentist; R.H. Reynolds, Dry Goods; E.M. Burge, Restaurant; F.J. Duke, Druggist; J.E. Jenkins, Superintendent Water Plant; A. B. Adams, Life Insurance; R.M. Little, Physician; K. H. Warren, Manager Wholesale Grocery; L.F. Hicks, Variety Store; H.K. Brasfield, Jeweler; S.B. Freeman, Pressing Club; Tom Culp, Gents Furnishing Store; W.M. Wells, Ice Manufacturer; E.P. Smith, Superintendent City Schools; G. M. Brooks, Wholesale Produce and they met at the Parkview Hotel. During the 1940’s the club hosted the Ms. Martin Beauty Reviews. Women were invited to join the club in 1988 and Suzanne Speight was the first woman president of the club. Today, the club has 71 members. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise…Service Above Self. The club is actively involved in the community and they host several fund raisers during the year to raise money for projects. Fund Raisers include the Annual Soybean Golf Tournament, Ham Breakfast, and this year, added a New Year’s Eve Gala, all of the proceeds going to fund projects in the community.

Some of the projects The Martin Rotary Club have helped fund include: the building of two of the pavilions at the Martin Recreational Complex, applied for Rotary grant money that went to pay for a water fountain at the Martin Elementary School and the Virginia Weldon Park, purchased and installed the playground equipment at the Martin Primary School, and the planting of trees and shrubbery at the Martin Recreational Complex. The club also paved the way to create the original baseball program in Martin and continues to support the program and softball programs today. Four $1,000 college scholarships are given each year to Westview seniors. Most recently the club sent shelter boxes to aid the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The Martin Rotary Club also has an active Interact Club (Westview), and Rotaract Club (UTM). These Clubs are for young people in high school and college who learn leadership while providing services to help others in the community. The Club donates money to help with programs in the community such as: Education Edge/TN. Scholars Program, the Carl Perkins Center, and Reading Railroad. If you are interested in finding out more about the club or becoming a member, please visit the web-site www.martinrotary.org, club members are also listed there.

The Martin Rotary is but one of the 63 Clubs in Rotary District 6760 and one of the more than 35,000 clubs all over the world. There are almost 1.3 million members all working to provide service to their communities worldwide and to promote World Peace. Polio Plus is one of RI’s largest projects and is being funded to eradicate Polio the world over and to date over $800 Million has be donated and with the help of Rotarians actively giving the serum the polio virus has been reduced to just a few hundred cases per year, from staggering figures of hundreds of thousands per year leaving people crippled for life.


President: Todd Hampton
P.O. Box 432
Martin, TN 38237
731-587-3160
The Martin Rotary Club web site address is:
http://www.martinrotary.org

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