ABOUT US
WELCOME TO
The Kirkwood Optimist Club
Established in 1946
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ABOUT THE KIRKWOOD OPTIMIST CLUB
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Our Mission
Our Vision
OUR CREED
Promise Yourself-
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE CLUB
PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE CLUB
The list below summarizes Past Presidents of the club by year:
2023 T. Jones
2022 K. Kienker
2021 T. Medlock
2020 B. Finan
2019 B. Finan
2018 D. Davenport
2017 R. Grimes
2016 S. Gassen
2015 B. Stone
2014 R. Ringsdorf
2013 C. Schuder
2012 D. Kriegshauser
2011 F. Jones
2010 R. Schulz
2009 G. Hilleren
2008 G. Hilleren
2007 M. Meidinger
2006 M. Meidinger
2005 D. Bilyeu
2004 R. Morris
2003 S. Hippert
2002 J. Flynn
2001 R. Collis
2000 F. Burk
1999 T. Ream
1998 R.A. Dotta
1997 F. Jones
1996 K. Hutchison
1995 D. Geeting
1994 G. Hilleren
1993 P. Schaefer
1992 F. Baxendale
1991 G. Votruba
1990 J. Baxendale
1989 P. Krutewicz
1988 C. Early
1987 R. Pfeffle
1986 T. Walther
1985 P. Sale
1984 S. Zoelle
1983 T. Flavin
1982 R. Archie
1981 T. Forsythe
1980 R. Pfeffle
1979 L. Schaefer
1978 R. Lenz
1977 R. Sands
1976 G. Pfitzinger
1975 K. Horan
1974 P. McNeely
1973 L. Craft
1972 D. Sanburn
1971 J. Fell
1970 D. Buercklin
1969 P. O'Brien
1968 R.A. Dotta
1967 H. Sammons
1966 R. Wagner
1965 W. Duncan
1964 H. Coleman
1963 D. Sheehan
1962 D. Fulton
1961 R. Etter
1960 F. Rouse
1959 K. Martin
1958 L. Roberts
1957 E. Fendler
1956 B.D. Farber
1955 W. Pfitzinger
1954 H.C. Blood
1953 G. Lorenz
1952 B. Doll & J. Perez
1951 J.B. Norwine
1950 E.B. Martin
1949 F. Baker
1948 E. Messmer
1947 G. Stagg
1946 L.T. Fritch