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Optimist Club
of Arlington, Virginia
Capital-Virginia
District 16, Zone 4, Club 16005
The Arlington Optimist Club is an organization of men and
women in our community concerned with giving youth a better future. Our
members are retirees, young adults establishing their careers, parents,
and everyone in between. We count teachers, bank presidents, housewives,
judges, former elected officials, small business owners, lawyers, doctors,
and much more among our membership!
Founded on December 12, 1946, the Arlington Optimist Club
began with 78 charter members,
many of whom remain active in the Club today. Currently, there are over
100 members of the Arlington Optimist Club who, among other activities,
organize scholastic and other character building programs within the Arlington
school system to promote youth. Members also organize and participate
in Club fundraising activities whose proceeds provide the Club with resources
to award college scholarships as well as sponsor numerous sports and community
programs for the youth of Arlington.
The Arlington Optimist Club is a part of Optimist International,
headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Optimist International is the world’s
largest civic youth service club. Last year alone, it raised $45 million
and sponsored 62,000 youth projects that affected 8 million young people.
There are 4,300 Optimist Clubs throughout North America, Europe, and the
Caribbean.
The Arlington Optimist Club meets for lunch every Wednesday from
12:15 TO 1:30 p.m. at the Army Navy Country Club. The meetings include
a program with distinguished and informative speakers. The weekly meetings
provide members with an excellent opportunity to network with business
associates and to make new friends.
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Arlington
Club 2004
Distinguished
Club Awards
1954-55, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1988-89
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Honor
Club Awards
1959-60, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1984-85,
1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1993-94,
1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04.
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Charter
Members
(District 16, Club 005, Zone 04)
Organized: December 12, 1946
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DuVal Allen |
Iverson H. Almand |
Gordon
W. Ball |
Lawrence P. Ball |
Samuel J. Bell |
Ralph A. Bowman |
Charles C. Bradley |
W. Pierce Bragg |
Wilmer J. Bray |
Herbert C. Broyhill |
Joel T. Broyhill |
Thomas J. Broyhill |
James H. Carpenter |
R. Kilbourne Castell |
Alvin T. Coppage |
Charles Donnelly, Jr. |
Albert Duryee |
William Easton |
Garth Edwards |
C. L. Ellis |
Frank S. Embrey |
L. J. Fair |
Charles D. Frank |
Curtis P. Gardner, D.D.S. |
Griffin T. Garnett |
Clyde L. Gierse |
M. W. Glover, M.D. |
Walter B. Golden |
Leo T. Goode |
Albert H. Grob, D.D.S. |
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A.
L. Handy, Jr. |
Robert L. Hanna |
A. Wesley Harrell |
James R. Harris |
Lawrence H. Hubbard |
Dana H. Johnson |
Charles D. Joyce, Jr. |
John H. Judson, M.D. |
Charles P. Kale |
Burton Kephart |
Ralph M. Kimble |
H. Lee Krout |
Theodore O. Lohmeyer |
Clayton S. Long |
Edward S. Loveless |
J. C. Magruder |
Frank P. Mann |
W. Lee Marcey |
Edward R. Marcus |
Roy C. May |
Francis A. McGonegal |
H. Paul Mount |
H. Paul Murray |
Glendon B. Myers |
Frank C. Palmer |
Robert C. Peck |
Edward M. Pitt |
Delmer C. Ports |
Lee Potter |
Marcus C. Powell |
Charles M. Radigan |
John Z. Rathbone |
Ralph E. Richards |
Maynard C. Rohrback |
Richard H. Sanderson |
Charles H. Simmons |
Robert Schepmoes, Jr. |
W. R. Schreck |
Lynn T. Stuckey |
Ben L. Tabor |
Charles Harris Taylor |
Roy S. Thompson, Jr. |
Austin H. Toms |
Harold Upfold |
Francis W. Wayland |
Frasier Williams, M.D. |
Ernie D. Wilt |
Harry W. Wright |
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Past
International Vice-President
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Harold E. Knight, Jr. |
1988-90 |
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Past
Governers
Roy D. Hansen
Harold E. Knight, Jr. |
1971-72
1985-86 |
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Past
Lieutenant-Governers
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Martin E. Brown
Gideon L. Haynes
Robert
P. Rucker
Albert B. Zea
A.
Leslie Phillips
Fred A. Gosnell, Jr.
Charles
M. Radigan
Roy D. Hansen
Arthur W. Buschman
Paul G. Breen
Beverly G. Stevenson
Harold E. Knight, Jr.
James A. Puglisi
James W. Arnold
Fred E. Lott
Mel Janssen
John Maxwell
J. Almont Pierce
Gerald E. Williams
Benjamin H. Winslow, Jr.
Benjamin H. Winslow, Jr.
Sandra K. Bushue
Sandra
K. Bushue
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1953-54
1961-62
1963-64
1968-69
1975-76
1977-78
1979-80
1983-84
1986-87
1989-90
1990
1990-91
1994-95
1995-96
1997-98
1998-99
2000-01
2004-05
2005-06
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2005-6
Lt. Governor Sandra Bushue
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Optimist-of-the-Year
Awards
J. Bernard Bradshaw
Edward S. Loveless
Burton Kephart
William R. Davies
Robert J. Bonaccorso
Robert A. Peck
Roy D. Hansen
James A. Puglisi
Robert P. Rucker
Joseph A. D'Amico
James W. Arnold
Fred E. Lott
Robert L. Charlton
Chuck Weir
Don Pless
Lawrence P. Ball
Andrew M. Barr
Paul Mount
Gerald Williams
Lawrence Hynson
Lawrence Gaydos
Eugene M. Iwanciw
Eugene
M. Iwanciw
Suzanne
S. Gartner
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1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1997
1998
2002
2003
2004
2005 |
Eugene
Iwanciw (2004 Award Recipient) presents
Suzanne
Gartner with 2005 Optimist of the Year Award
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Inter-Service
Club Council-Arlington,
"Optimist" Man/Woman-of-the-Year Awards
Bob Rucker
Andy Barr
Bob Bonaccorso
Jeff Steger
Jim Puglisi
Larry Ball
Les Phillips
Sue Gartner
Warren G. Richards
Richard
Rhoads
Beth
Wolffe
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1972
1973
1986
1988
1990
1992
1997
2000
2002
2003
2005
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Warren Richard |
Beth Wolffe |
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Distinguished
Service Award
Joseph D'Amico
Harold E. Knight, Jr.
Paul G. Breen
J. Leroy Young, Jr.
Joseph P. Bracco
H. Paul Mount
Leon Harrow
Andrew Bardagjy
Lawrence P. Ball
Mike Spencer
Larry Hynson
Suzanne S. Gartner
Tricia
O'Hara |
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1997
2004
2005 |
Suzanne
Gartner (2004 Award Recipient) presents
Tricia
O'Hara with 2005 Distinguished Service Award
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Past
Presidents
Gordon W. Ball
Joel T. Broyhill
Harris Taylor
Clifford W. Perrin
Edward S. Loveless
Charles C. Bradley
Martin E. Brown
Gideon L. Haynes
Roy C. May
Alvin T. Coppage
Robert P. Rucker
Lynn T. Stuckey
Charles S. Baumann
Fred A. Gosnell, Jr.
John W. Fisher
Harold E. Knight, Jr.
Burton Kephart
Charles E. Richardson
Charles M. Radigan
Donald R. Maxfield
Roy D. Hansen
John L. Palmer
James H. Monroe
Iverson H. Almand
Stanley P. Mayers, Jr.
Charles W. Isbell
Kenneth G. Thompson
Arthur W. Buschman
William R. Davies
John C. Holmes
M. Patton Echols, Jr.
Richard E. Hylton
Beverly G. Stephenson
Richard R. Rhoads
William L. Matson
John P. Sverha
Robert B. James, Jr.
Howard R. Boose
James A. Puglisi
Gary A. Reese
Robert J. Smith
James W. Arnold
Fred E. Lott
Robert L. Charlton
Charles J. Weir
Herbert Parker
Jeffrey J. Steger
Andrew M. Barr
J. Almont Pierce
Warren G. Richards
Gerald E. Williams
Benjamin H. Winslow, Jr.
William R. Swanson
John R. Maxwell
Michael D. Lane
Sandra Kay Bushue
Barbara Nicastro
Eugene
M. Iwanciw
Suzanne
S. Gartner
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1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
1959-60
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
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Walt
Petersen (President 2005-6) presents
2004-5
President Suzanne Gartner with
Past
President certificate and gratitude of the club.
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