Optimist Club of Raleigh

NC East District / Zone 6 / Club #43355
P.O. Box 26155
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: (919) 210-0901
2013-2014
OFFICERS
Dayne Brown / President
(Vacant) / 1st Vice-President
Carolyn Lackey / 2nd Vice-President
David Fritz / Treasurer
Trish Miller / Secretary
Douglas Holland / Chaplain
Joe Donaldson / Sergeant-at-Arms
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OPTIMIST / TERM EXPIRES
Dayne Brown / September 30, 2014
1st Vice-President-TBD / September 30, 2014
Carolyn Lackey / September 30, 2014
David Fritz / September 30, 2014
Trish Miller / September 30, 2014
Charles Dunn / September 30, 2015
Douglas Holland / September 30, 2015
Joe King / September 30, 2015
Bob Hassebrock / September 30, 2014
Stan Pickett / September 30, 2014
James Sherrod / September 30, 2014

Optimist Club of Raleigh – http://www.raleigh-optimist.org

NC East District – http://www.nceast-optimist.org Optimist

International – http://www.optimist.org

2013-2014 Optimist Club Year

October / 5 / 8a-4pm / Kisses for Cancer Fundraiser
7 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
12 / 9:00AM / Opt Farm Road Cleanup
14 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
15 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
21 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
24 / 6:00PM / Host Zone 1st Qtr. Mtg.
28 / 6:00PM / Family Night at the Farm
November / 4 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
8-9 / All Day / District 1st Qtr. Mtg. Wilson
11 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
16 / 9:00AM / Tree Lot Setup
18 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
19 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
23 / 8:30AM / Unload Christmas Trees
25 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
28 / n.a. / Thanksgiving Day
29 / Noon / Tree Sales Begin
December / 2 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
9 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
16 / Noon / Christmas Party
17 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
23 / n.a. / No Meeting Today
25 / n.a. / Christmas Day
30 / n.a. / No Meeting Today
January / 6 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
13 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
20 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
21 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
27 / Noon / YAW Luncheon - tentative
30 / 6:00PM / Zone 2nd Qtr. Mtg.-Wake Forrest
February / 3 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
7-8 / All Day / District 2nd Qtr. Mtg.-Wilson
10 / Noon / Valentine Party-tentative
17 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
18 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
24 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting

2013-2014 Optimist Club Year

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March / 3 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
10 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
17 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
18 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
24 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
31 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
April / 5 / 9:00AM / Roadside Cleanup-tentative
7 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
10 / Oratorical Contest
14 / Noon / Luncheon Mtg. & Election
15 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
21 / n.a. / No Meeting Today
28 / 6:00PM / Family Night at the Farm
May / 1 / 6:00PM / Zone 3rd Qtr. Meeting
3 / 9A-1PM / Take a Kid Fishing-tentative
5 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
9-11 / Mile of Hope-Atlantic Beach
12 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
16-17 / District 3rd Qtr. Mtg. Wilson
19 / Noon / Golf Tournament-River Ridge
20 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
26 / n.a. / No Meeting Today
June / 2 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
9 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
16 / 6:00PM / Family Night at the Farm
17 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
23 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
30 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
July / 7 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
10-13 / OI Convention-Las Vegas
14 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
15 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
21 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
28 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
31 / 6:00PM / Zone 4th Qtr. Meeting

2013-2014 Optimist Club Year

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August / 4 / 6:00PM / Family Night at the Farm
11 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
18 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
19 / 5:30PM / Board Meeting
21-24 / District Convention in SC
25 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
September / 1 / n.a. / No Meeting - Labor Day
8 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
15 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
16 / 5:30PM / Joint Board Meeting
22 / Noon / Luncheon Meeting
29 / 6:00PM / Installation Banquet

Calendar Notes

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PAST PRESIDENTS

NOTABLE CLUB ACCOMPLISHMENTS

George Elliott / 1948-49
Dan W. Wiggs / 49-50
James D. Hartman / 50-51
J. O. Stanton / 51-52
C. L. Haney / Honor Club / 52-53
Darrell Dean / 53-54
Robert E. Goodwin / 54-55
Reginald R. Brown / Honor/Distinguished Club / 55-56
Tom Wilkerson / Honor Club / 56-57
Ernest R. Allsbrook / 57-58
Blair E. Beasley / Honor Club / 58-59
Tom Bruce / Honor Club / 59-60
Frank C. Ruth, Jr. / 60-61
Bill Barr / Honor Club / 61-62
J. B. Harris / Honor/Distinguished Club / 62-63
W.W. Austin / 63-64
Wilbern F. Cranfill / 64-65
Douglas R. Taylor / Honor/Distinguished Club / 65-66
Frank W. Arnold / 66-67
Clement H. Matthews / Honor Club / 67-68
Horace Springer / 68-69
Rufus E. Thompson / Honor/Distinguished
Outstanding Club / 69-70
Ebern T. Watson, Jr. / 70-71
Lonnie F. Thompson / 71-72
Burgess M. Waller / 72-73
Oscar A. Elmore, Jr. / 73-74
James L. Norris / Honor Cub / 74-75
Steve Stroud / 75-76
O. D. Fleming, Jr. / 76-77
Bob E. Kelly / Honor Club / 77-78
Carlyle Teague / Honor/Distinguished Club / 78-79
Fred E. Whitfield / 79-80

PAST PRESIDENTS

NOTABLE CLUB ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Tom Fry / Honor Club / 80-81
Fred Ward / Honor/Distinguished Club / 81-82
William C. Hinson / Honor/Distinguished Club / 82-83
William R. Roseberry / Honor Club / 83-84
Glenn Petty / Honor/Distinguished Club / 84-85
Joe S. King / Honor/Distinguished Club / 85-86
Jim Knight / 86-87
Frank Grady / 87-88
Fred Keller / Honor/Distinguished Club / 88-89
Ed Moore / Honor / 89-90
Howard Langdon / Honor/Distinguished Club / 90-91
John Van Pelt / 91-92
Philip M. Armstrong, Jr. / 92-93
John Cline / Honor/Distinguished / 93-94
Stan Pickett / Honor Club / 94-95
Bobby Pippin / 95-96
Linda Davenport / Honor Club / 96-97
Earl Miller / 97-98
Tim Hess / 98-99
Wayne Yeargan / Honor Club / 99-00
Robert Michaud / 00-01
Keith Bandy / Honor Club / 01-02
Bobby Murray, Jr. / Honor Club / 02-03
Gary Turner / Honor Club / 03-04
Joyce Peters / 04-05
Rich Walters / Honor/Distinguished Club / 05-06
Carolyn Lackey / Honor Club / 06-07
C. David Fritz / 07-08
Bob Merlo / Honor Club / 08-09
Hank Mattocks / 09-10
Bob Hassebrock / 10-11
Dayne Brown / 11-12
Stan Pickett / 12-13

PAST DISTRICT GOVERNORS

Thompson Greenwood / 1954-55
Reggie Brown / 59-60
Bob Goodwin / 65-66
Cran Cranfill / 76-77
Doug Taylor / 87-88
Carlyle Teague / 90-91
John Cline / 96-97
PAST OI OFFICERS
Reggie Brown / International Vice Presidents / 1970-71

NEW CLUBS BUILT

Year Club

1952 Durham

1956 Wilson

1957 Rocky Mount

1959 Breakfast Raleigh

1959 Evening Raleigh

1962 Roanoke Rapids

1962 North Raleigh

1966 Garner

1968 Cary

1970 Smithfield

1975 Southeast Raleigh

1976 Rose Hill

1979 Cary

1982 Roanoke Rapids

1983 Wake Forest

1985 Apex

1986 Louisburg

1988 Ravenscroft H.S. Octagon

1989 Durham

1991 Holly Springs

1994 Cary

NEW CLUBS BUILT

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Year Club

1997 East Wake H.S. Octagon

1998 Chapel Hill

2005 Knightdale H.S. Octagon

2006 Southeast Raleigh

2010 Southern Wake

CLUB AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIPS

Optimist / Awarded / Optimist / Awarded
______ / ______
C. L. Haney / 1955 / Glenn Petty / 1986
Reginald R. Brown / 1956 / Joe King / 1987
James D. Hartman / 1957 / Dick Roseberry / 1988
Ernest R. Allsbrook / 1959 / Frank Grady / 1989
Robert E. Goodwin / 1960 / Fred Keller / 1990
J. B. Harris / 1961 / Howard Langdon / 1991
Frank C. Ruth, Jr. / 1962 / Ed Moore / 1991
James L. Norris / 1964 / Joe A. Chapman / 1992
Douglas R. Taylor / 1965 / Phil Armstrong / 1993
Wilburn F. Cranfill / 1966 / John Cline / 1994
W. W. Austin / 1967 / Gene Lilley / 1995
Frank W. Arnold / 1969 / Stan Pickett / 1997
Rufus E. Thompson / 1971 / Linda Davenport / 1998
Ebern T. Watson, Jr. / 1972 / Earl Miller / 1999
Steven Stroud / 1973 / Gene Baskett / 2000
Lonnie Thompson / 1974 / Bill Lindimore / 2001
Burgess M. Waller / 1975 / Keith Bandy / 2002
Oscar A. Elmore, Jr. / 1976 / Bobby Murray, Jr. / 2003
Horace Springer / 1977 / Wayne Yeargan / 2004
Vance Daugherty / 1978 / Dick Shirk / 2005
Bob Kelly / 1979 / Gary Turner / 2005
F. Carlyle Teague / 1980 / Joyce Peters / 2006
O. D. Fleming, Jr. / 1980 / Carl Cross / 2007

CLUB AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIPS

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Tommy Weaver
Joe Edwards
Fred Ward
Bill Hinson
Fred Whitfield / 1981 / Carolyn J. Lackey / 2008
1982 / C. David Fritz / 2009
1983 / Bob Merlo / 2010
1984
1985

DISTRICT & ZONE OFFICERS

2012-2013

NORTH CAROLINA EAST DISTRICT

Governor N.C. East / Errol Warren
600 Tiffany Blvd., Suite E
Rocky Mount, NC 27803
Work: (252) 977-7787
Cell: (252) 903-8895
Email:
Lt. Governor Zone 6 / David Bast
297 Travel Lite Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603
Home: (919) 772-7317
Work: (919) 772-1296
Cell: (919) 270-4022
Email:

NORTH CAROLINA EAST DISTRICT

ZONE 6 CLUB PRESIDENTS

Chapel Hill / Patricia Vern (Bob)
Club 43502 / 6803 Turkey Farm Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Home: (919) 942-4144
Cell.: (919) 619-2970
Email:
Garner / Elwood King
Club 43185 / 9901 Old Stage Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
Home: (919) 779-3167
Email:
Northern Wake / Jennifer Timmons
Club 43003 / 709 N. Main Street
Rolesville, NC 27571
Cell: (919) 671-8086
Email:
Raleigh / Dayne Brown
Club 43355 / 5009 North Glen Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
Email:
Raleigh Dinner / William J. Olive, Jr.
Club 43126 / 6417 Bassette Road
Wendell, NC 27591
Home: (919) 366-2177
Email:
Raleigh - North / Gene Dodd
Club 43330 / 204 Sampson Street
Raleigh, NC 27609
Home: (919) 782-2886
Work: (919)876-7355
Cell: (919) 815-2321
Email:

NORTH CAROLINA EAST DISTRICT

ZONE 6 CLUB PRESIDENTS

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Southern Johnston / Pam Holland
Club 43005 / 122 Lake Shore Drive
Benson, NC 27504
Home: (919) 894-4389
Cell: (919) 669-0419
Email:
Southern Wake / David Fritz
Club 43479 / 6105 Wilkinsburg Road
Raleigh, NC 27612
Cell: (919) 602-6386
Email:
Wake Forest / Cathy O. Potter
Club 43000 / 8048 Hogan Drive
Wake Forrest, NC 27587
Home: (919) 554-4774
Email:

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Committees 2013-2014

Audit Charles Dunn 919-787-8989

Bulletin Carlyle Teague 919-782-5406

Gary Turner 919-851-9101

Christmas Tree Hank Mattocks 919-413-4286

Directory Dayne Brown 919-906-0149

Farm Scott Brown 919-835-9781

Golf Tournament Hank Mattocks 919-413-4286

Insurance Doug Holland 919-612-1097

Membership Stan Pickett 919-272-2898

Nominating TBD

Roadside Cleanup Carlyle Teague 919-782-5406

OI Foundation Stan Pickett 919-272-2898

Childhood Cancer: Ed Moore 919-782-6471

Mile of Hope

Essay Contest Joe Donaldson 919-851-2134

Kisses for Cancer Bob Hassebrock 919-787-5693

Octagon Club Joe King 919-872-8122

Oratorical Contest Bob Hassebrock 919-787-5693

Take a Kid Fishing Wayne Marshall 919-872-2850

Carl Cross 919-847-1592

YAW Scholarships Gary Turner 919-622-4730

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MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

KEY:
Optimist's Name (Nickname)
Birthday - Anniversary - Spouse's Name
Business Connection - Business Phone
Home Address - Home Phone
Email
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Samuel E. Barnette (Sammy) /
B 12-03
Sir Walter Chevrolet / 787-3700
2521 Deanwood Dr. 27615 / 870-8751

Eugene B. Baskett (Gene) /
B 05-31 / A 08-28 / Gwen
Retired
4803Westhall Ct. 27612 / 791-0179

Robert C. Bittner (Bob) /
B 01-17 / A 12/31 / Roxie
FacilityDude.com / 674-8722

2800 Cornerstone Ridge Dr. / 661-3525
Apex 27539-7468 Cell: / 606-8778

David J. Brown /
B 08-25 / A-04-14 / Janet
CarMax / 783-9494
5420 Live Oak Trail 27613 / 896-7542

Dayne H. Brown /
B 08-18
Retired
5009 N. Glen Dr. 27609 / 906-0149

Scott A. Brown /
B 02-24 / A 06-12 / Ashley
Lighthouse Engineering / 835-9781
4204 Sentimental Ln. / 771-1712
Apex 27539 Cell: / 815-5946

Alice S. Cline /
B 12-23
Retired
455 Clearview Dr.
Columbia, S.C. 29212
(Emeritus)
Eddie L. Cooper (Coop) /
B 11-15 / A 10-27 / Rosemary
Retired 910-231-5151
4204 Russling Leaf Ln. 27613

N. Carl Cross /
B 08-01 / A 08-01 / Ramona
Retired
1308 Knights Way 27615 / 847-1592

Eugene H Darrow (Gene) /
B 03-11
Retired
6401 Winthrop Dr. 27612 / 781-7555

Linda C. Davenport /