HAMILTON, OHIO

CLUB HISTORY

         








 

Corvettes of Hamilton was organized in October 1978.  At the November, 1978 meeting, decisions were made concerning club patches and jackets.  By May 1979, the jackets were ready! 

In July 1979, we designed business cards and ordered club T-shirts, printed membership applications and secured Kihm Chevrolet as a sponsor and meeting site.

Some "FIRSTS"

First annual Vette Show, Middletown City Centre Mart, June 1979

First water activity/canoe trip July 1979

First car wash for charity, $2/car & Vettes Free! August 1979

First caravan to McDorman’s Corvette Show/Swap Meet September 1979

First homecoming parades October 1979

First Club Participation at a car show at Americana, July 1980

First yard sale August 1980

First fun rally November 1980

First binder for club history purchased November 1980

First incorporation registration & non-profit status with State of Ohio, 1981

First window decals for members February 1981

First Holiday Dinner December 1981

First PO Box 103 at $10/6months December 1981

First Open House at dealer & Charity Raffle, April 1982

First Brookville Lake activity/COH Picnic July 1982

First Bowling Green KY trip & display of club patch at Corvette plant September 1982

First Fire Prevention Parade October 1982

First progressive dinner February 1983

First joined National Council Corvette Clubs, Spring 1984

First weekend trip to Brown County Indiana Fall 1984

First Gatlinburg Vette Fest, October 1986

First time co-sponsor Fairfield Indian Summer Days Car Show June 1987

 

The 1990’s saw Corvettes of Hamilton at the Bowling Green NCM Grand Opening caravan, Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry & Crook & Chase TV Show, Natural Bridge KY, Brookville Lake,  and meetings at Pusch’s Restaurant.  For fun,  there was a covered bridge tour, parades, a scavenger hunt, and lots of restaurants, and the ever-popular Valley Vineyards cookout!  For holidays, the club Vettes made an appearance at a local nursing home (along with an Easter Bunny), attended Hamilton’s 4th of July parade, attended Hamilton’s Labor Day weekend Dam Fest, and adopted a family as Santa’s helpers.  And we won attendance awards at Friendship Days.

First White Elephant auction, February, 1994
 

First weekend trip to Longaberger Baskets June 2000

 

First COH website February 2001

First Toys for Tots Road Tour November 2001

 

First co-sponsoring of DARE Car Show at Butler Co. Fairgrounds, June 2002

First NCM Caravan Ohio Co-captains from COH - Darel & Carole, June 2003

First 50th Anniversary Corvette Celebration, Nashville, TN, June 2003

First "sister" club, Corvette Association of Hamilton, Ontario, August 2003

First attendance at Corvette Show at Ohio State Fair, August 2003

First 25th Anniversary Lapel Pin design, September 2003

 

First Weekend Get-together with our Sister Club from Canada, Ashtabula, OH, June 2004

First time membership hits 100, June 2004

First picnic & Cruise In at Lake Lorelei, September, 2004

First try at Go-Carting, December 2004

 

First time website total pages viewed hits 8000!!, January, 2005

First Cruise-In Alliance hosted by COH, Grand Victoria Casino, April 2005

First "Cruzin Under the Stars" Drive-In Movie charity event, May 2005

First time traveling to Niagara Falls, Canada for Sister Club weekend June, 2005

First "Tom & Jerry" Christmas Party, December 2005

First re-association with Rose Chevrolet, December 2005

 

First Sister Club Visit to Kentucky, Indiana, and Hamilton, Ohio!, June, 2006

First Proclamation by Mayors of Hamilton & Fairfield of "Corvette Days June 16-18, 2006"

First Somernites Cruise to Somerset, KY, August, 2006

First Cruise to MidAmerica Motorworks FunFest in Effingham, IL,  September, 2006

First "Tom & Jerry" party compliments of Dale & Alta, December 2006

 

First Scenic Road Rallye LLC scavenger hunt, June, 2007

First caravan to Black Hills, SD Corvette Classic, July 2007

Honored West Side All-Stars with parade, September, 2007

First Tour the Troops cruise, Ft. Campbell, KY November, 2007

 

Updated NCM with new brick display & Flint wall brick, May, 2008

Celebrated 30th Anniversary with a party, October, 2008