Ashville Kiwanis History

Kiwanis Club of Ashville

Chartered 1961

In late Summer of 1961, several members of the Circleville Kiwanis Club and representatives from Division Ten of the Ohio District, Kiwanis International, contacted four persons in the Ashville community (Warren Bastian, Franklin (Bud) Glitt, John Little and Benis Lutz) and scheduled a subsequent meeting to discuss the possibility of forming a new Kiwanis Club in the Ashville area. That meeting was held in Donaldson's Restaurant (where the Ashville Apothecary is now located).  From that discussion came the decision to recruit members and charter a new club under the sponsorship of the Circleville Kiwanis Club.

The Charter Party was formally held on November 7, 1961 at the Ashville School; two-hundred-forty-two Kiwanis members and spouses from Division Ten and Ohio District were present.  Earl Brooks, Governor of the Ohio District, and C. Carlton Hartley, Lieutenant Governor of Division Ten presided; the sponsoring committee included Tom Bennett, Virgil Cress and William Ammer from the Circleville Kiwanis Club.  The Kiwanis Club of Ashville, with thirty-seven members, was formally chartered.  

The following constituted the charter membership:

1961 - 62*

Warren Bastian

1963

Benis Lutz

1964

Siebert Duvall

1965

Howard Hosier

1966

Harold Richard

1967

Gene Vonlns

1968

William Fortner

1969**

Stephen Cook

1969 - 70

Everett Beers

1970 - 71

Donald Collins

1971 - 72

Rodger Southward

1972 - 73

Charles Morrison

1973 - 74

Russell Toole

1974 - 75

GeneTosca

1975 - 76

Donald Forquer

1976 - 77

Larry Toole

1977 - 78

William Welsh

1978 - 79

Donald Rathburn

1979 - 80

James Moody

1980 - 81

Earl Stewart

1981 - 82

Eugene Wilson

1982 - 83

JeffBeatty

1983 - 84

John Crowder

1984 - 85

Lawrence Fullen

1985 - 86

Charles Wellman, Jr.

1986 - 87

James Mathers

1987 - 88

Robert Toole

1988 - 89

Thomas Rathburn

1989 - 90

Thomas Heil

1990 - 91

David Rainey

1991 - 92

Marty Mathers

1992 - 93

Robert Mabe

1993 - 94

Keith Deel

1994 - 95

John Beers

1995 - 96

Linda Nutter

1996 - 97

Patricia Southward

1997- 98

Doug VanAernum

1998 - 99

Thad Reynolds

1999 - 00

David Gentilini

2000 - 01

Dennis Blaney

2001 - 02

Franklin Christman

2002 - 04

Cindy Carnahan

2004 - 05

Rodger Southward

2005 - 06

Dave Rainey

2006 - 07

Ann Parker

2007 - 08

Teratia Welch

2008 - 09

Wayne Rayburn

2009 - 10

Dan Litzinger

2010 - 11

Michael Freeman

2011 - 12

Teratia Welch

Warren Bastian

Robert Bausum

William Carter

Donald Collins

Donald Courtright

Siebert Duvall

Rolland Featheringham

William Fortner

Robert Glick

Franklin (Bud) Glick

Earl R. Gregg

Russell Gregg

Dorwin Hay

Donald Hedges

Howard Hosler

Robert Knode

Claude Kraft

David Kraft

Coit Gail Leatherwood

Guy Leatherwood

John Little

Benis Lutz

John Morgan

Charles Morrison

Gordon Perrill

Thomas Ramsey

Charles Ransom

Paul Reiss

Harold Richard

Gerald Riegel

John Rinehart

Herbert Seymour

Robert Sliwinski

Gene Vonlns

Donald Wean

William Wharton

Ronald Wi