BERNARD WARREN HEHL (WARREN) IS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB HAVING JOINED THE CLUB IN APRIL, 1959. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT FROM 1970 THROUGH 1971 WHEN THE CLUB WAS 97 MEMBERS STRONG. WARREN STRESSED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CLUB ACTIVITY. AMONG THE FUNCTIONS HE INSPIRED WAS THE REGATTA OF UNION ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS AND THEIR BOATS ON BARNEGAT BAY AND AFTERWARDS A GET-TOGETHER AT ROTARIAN BILL BUCHANNAN’S BAYSIDE HOME; AND
WARREN HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE UNION ROTARY CLUB THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS IN MEMBERSHIP, PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROTARY CLUB, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL OCTOBERFEST EVENTS WHICH WERE A STAPLE OF THE CLUB, FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN AND OTHER EVENTS, ALL OF WHICH BROUGHT COMRADERY TO THE CLUB AND RAISED IMPORTANT FUNDS FOR VARIOUS ROTARY CHARITABLE PROJECTS; AND
, WARREN’S FAMILY HAS ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN ROTARY WITH HIS WIFE EMMA ATTENDING MANY OF THE DISTRICT CONFERENCES AND OTHER ROTARY EVENTS. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, THE LATE ERNIE TRETOLA WAS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CLUB AND A PAST PRESIDENT IN 1958 AND 1959. WARREN RECEIVED A PAUL HARRIS AWARD FROM THE CLUB IN 1985 AND HIS WIFE EMMA RECEIVED A PAUL HARRIS AWARD IN 1999. WARREN’S SON, STEVE, HAS ALSO BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CLUB SERVING AS PRESIDENT IN 1991 AND 1992 AND WAS ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF THE PAUL HARRIS AWARD IN 1994; AND
WARREN’S ACTIVITIES WERE NOT LIMITED TO THE ROTARY CLUB. HE IS A PAST GRAND KNIGHT OF THE UNION KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 4504 AND IS A 4TH DEGREE MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE COLUMBIAN CLUB OF THE UNION KNIGHTS. WARREN HAS ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNION COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION AND WAS A TRUSTEE FOR UNION COUNTY OF THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION; AND
WARREN AND HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, EMMA, ARE LONG-TIME RESIDENTS OF UNION TOWNSHIP AND ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF FOUR CHILDREN, WARREN, STEVE, MARY CATHERINE AND JOSEPH. THEY ARE ALSO PROUD GRANDPARENTS OF EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN.