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 FrostJoe McCloud*
 Elden Augustus Anthony Gaccetta James Menzies
 John BarneyWalter Green Herbert Palmer 
Robert Bernhard Harold Hall Joseph Reno 
 Emerson Berry Robert HimesJerry Roberts 
Richard Cain  Lowell HoltRay 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 LowellChester 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 KohlsVance Kennedy  Bill Hamilton
 A. Douglas Yeagle Larry A. Spatz, Jr.Brian Lewis 
  John Healy Mike McGrewMike Harker 
  Joe McCloudRobert Himes Tom Kendo  
 John Kabel Paul Young Fred Dressel
 Roger McCormick John JeffriesDave Dutton 
 Joe Westbrock Jim HoogheBob Moore 
Richard Cain  Larry MooreMarc 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 BarnettLarry McVey

Past Governors 

 Tom FrazierHarry Vearn  Bob Moore

Past Lt. Governors

Jerry RobertsRobert HimesMatt Zimmerman
 Corwin KohlsMerle 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  

"Firsts" in the History of Dor-Wood: 1965-2000