History: 

In 1938, Harry D. Poulston, a Rotarian from Lima and a Rotary International officer, with an assist from the Wapakoneta Rotary Club, spearheaded the effort to charter Rotary in St. Marys. As Glen Steve, intimates interested businessmen had considered other organizations but chose Rotary. Poulston presented the charter on a March evening that year along with a bell, which was a present from the Lima club. Dr. Fred Jennings was the first president.