History of the Dor-Wood Optimist Club
Organized: May 13, 1965
Chartered: June 12, 1965
Dorothy Lane & Woodman Drive
Optimist Club of Kettering, Ohio
Sponsoring Optimist Club: The East Kettering Optimist Club
President: Frank Unzicker
New Club Building Chairman: Tom Short
Meeting Place: Vito's Venice Inn, evenings
Dor-Wood's Charter Dinner: evening of June 12, 1965
@ Imperial House South
(cost of dinner: $4.00)
Initial Dor-Wood Officers
President: Jerry Roberts
V. President: Corwin Kohls
V. President: Chester Thompson
Secretary / Treasurer: Fred Smith
Board Members: Richard Cain, Robert Corey, Tom Frazier,
Anthony Gaccetta, Ray Schoonover, Doug Yaegle
Initial Dor-Wood Meeting Place
Vito's Venice Inn, Thursdays @ noon
Charter Members of the Dor-Wood Optimist Club
| Paul Arnold | Joseph Frost | Joe McCloud* |
| Elden Augustus | Anthony Gaccetta | James Menzies |
| John Barney | Walter Green | Herbert Palmer |
| Robert Bernhard | Harold Hall | Joseph Reno |
| Emerson Berry | Robert Himes | Jerry Roberts |
| Richard Cain | Lowell Holt | Ray Schoonover |
| Farrell Cole | John Kabel | Leroy Shue |
| Robert Corey | Kenneth Kelso | Fred Smith |
| Robert Davis | Corwin Kohls | Vernon Teer |
| Frank Demus | Valdis Lapsins | Ralph Terry |
| James Duncan | Gordon Lowell | Chester Thompson |
| Harold Ericson | James Marlow | Robert Wellbaum |
| Tom Frazier | Donald McClain | Douglas Yeagle |
* Joe McCloud
Dor-Wood's only currently active member from the original Charter Members
Past Presidents
| Jerry Roberts | Paul Atkinson | Matt Zimmerman |
| Corwin Kohls | Vance Kennedy | Bill Hamilton |
| A. Douglas Yeagle | Larry A. Spatz, Jr. | Brian Lewis |
| John Healy | Mike McGrew | Mike Harker |
| Joe McCloud | Robert Himes | Tom Kendo |
| John Kabel | Paul Young | Fred Dressel |
| Roger McCormick | John Jeffries | Dave Dutton |
| Joe Westbrock | Jim Hooghe | Bob Moore |
| Richard Cain | Larry Moore | Marc Jewell |
| William Jackson | Jerry Widener | Jack Akerman |
| Robert Himes | Jack A. Smith | Charley Schuerholz |
| Al Lewis | William Roberts | Dave Mills |
| Harold Hall | Robert McCoy | Tom Hanna |
| Merle Hoover | Fred VonGruenigen | David Hammond(2) |
| Jerry Starr | Jerry Barnett | Larry McVey |
Past Governors
| Tom Frazier | Harry Vearn | Bob Moore |
Past Lt. Governors
| Jerry Roberts | Robert Himes | Matt Zimmerman |
| Corwin Kohls | Merle Hoover | Tom Kendo |
| Joe McCloud | Paul Atkinson | Bob Moore |
| John Kabel | Larry Spatz, Jr. | Jack Akerman |
| Dick Cain | Larry Moore | Fred Dressel |
| Bill Jackson | Bill Hamilton |