The Rotary Club of Newtown was chartered in 1939.  Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bridgeport, the charter members were:

George Stuart- President

Dr. Clifford Moore- Vice-President

Dr. Benton Egee- Secretary

Joseph Ringers- Treasurer

Paul Cavanaugh- Director

Edward Troy- Director

Nelson Curtis- Director

John Anderson

Stanley Blackman

Dr. Lawrence Chasko

Dr. Waldo Desmond

Edward Hampton

Milton Hull

Carl LeGrow

Arthur J. Smith

Dr. Russell Strasburger

Dr. Earl Lasher