Charter Members of the Niles Optimist Club
Chartered September 30, 1970
| Warren Anthony | Fred Hahn | Sherwood Quick |
| John Armitage | Richard Heger | John Roman |
| Joseph Balog | Vern Jennings | Lawrence Smith |
| Richard Bedore | William Kanalos | Denis Stevens |
| Iam Bhisitkul | Andy Legus | Robert Thomson |
| Donald Boyer | Dale Lindley | John Tolly |
| David Burch | Charles Luke | Bill Travnik |
| H. Dale Bussler | John Lupe | Richard Truex |
| David Daugherty | Richard Mantke | Charles Waldrop |
| Vincent DiMaggio | Glen Matthews | Robert Walker |
| Ronald Donoghue | Chan Namtze | Donald White |
| H.E. Dungan | Maurice Nelson | Leonard White |
| Stan Espenship | James Nice | Ed Wisemann |
| Gerry Gloden | George Nicholson | Jim Yocum |
| Gregory Gunder | Andrew Plym |
| We still recognize and appreciate the strong, diversified foundation fashioned by these men which we have reinforced and built upon during the succeeding years of service to the Niles community. |