Past Officers of the NHPA
| This organizational history is provided by these legends whose names appear elsewhere on this page; Art L. Headlough, Delano D. Cottrell, Bob Pence and Ottie W. Reno.
O.W. Anderson, first president of the Grand League of American Horseshoe Pitchers Association, Met on May 6th, 1914 in the court room of the first district court of Kansas City, Kansas with co-founders judge Walter W. Lacy, attorney Henry Mead and others to adopt a constitution, by-laws and rules governing all regular horseshoe pitching tournaments, and selection of officers. The Grand League ruled Kansas and Missouri. In 1920 the Grand League affiliated with and adopted the rules of the Ohio Buckeye Horseshoe Pitchers Association (OBHPA) and had participants in the 1920 world tournament. The National League of Horseshoe and Quoit Pitchers, was formed by players from 29 states on Feb. 26th 1919. This was the brainchild of S.P.C. president Dr. E.C. Beach and Harry G. Haynes with the intention of a nationally recognized champion of each sport. C.M Hite of Ohio won the quoits championship in 1920, the first quoits tournament mentioned. This group was chartered in the state of Ohio on June 27th, 1921. This was formed to determine national champions only. This was an evolution of the Sunshine Pleasure Club (S.P.C.) which organized in 1909 with Samuel Clement of Pennsylvania being its first president. Due to founding fathers, Art Headlough and Harry G. Haynes, the OBHPA on October 29th 1919 in Akron, OH was created to become the first state association. Other soon to be affiliated states were the MN HPA which began in the late fall of 1919, CA June 12th, NE July 30th, IA and WI all in 1920. The NHPA of the United States was created to form state associations. Each having officers and a recognized state champion as well as a national championship. The NHPA also created a women’s and junior champion. The NHPA was incorporated on May 10th, 1921 by Art Headlough at the office of the secretary of state in Columbus, OH. A merger of these groups began at the 1921 summer world tournament in St. Paul, MN and was finalized on Feb. 26th, 1925 at the world tournament in Lake Worth, with a slight name change to NHPA of America being adopted. |
PRESIDENTS
O. W. ANDERSON, Kansas City, Kansas 1914
FRANK CRUMM, Independence, Missouri 1914
HENRY MEADE, Kansas City, Missouri 1915
HENRY HAYNES, Akron, Ohio 1919
WILLIAM WEIS, Akron, Ohio 1920
BEN LEIGHTON, Hibbing, Minnesota 1921
AL MICHLER, Lake Worth, Florida 1924
RALPH SPENCER, Picher, Oklahoma 1925
H. L. ERMATINGER, St. Petersburg, Florida 1926
ALEX CUMMING, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1933
L.E. TANNER, Anchor, Illinois 1935
LeROY PAGE, Des Moines, Iowa 1939
JACK CLAVES, St. Louis, Missouri 1940
HARRY WOODFIELD, Washington, D.C. 1941
ARLO HARRIS, Indianapolis, Indiana 1948
LOUIS DEAN, Pomona, California 1949
ARCH STOKES, Salt Lake City, Utah 1952
DALE DIXON, Des Moines, Iowa 1953
ARCH STOKES, Salt Lake City, Utah 1955
CLETUS CHAPELLE, Portland, Oregon 1957
ARCHIE GREGSON, Crestline, California 1958
REINHARD BACKER, Salt Lake City, Utah 1959
HAROLD CRAIG, Muncie, Indiana 1961
RALPH DYKES, Lombard, Illinois 1967
WALLY SHIPLEY, Orange County, California 1973
GLEN PORTT, Albany, Georgia 1983
DAVE LOUCKS, Grass Valley, California 1985
PAUL STEWART, Statesville, North Carolina 2004
STUART SIPMA, Bismarck, North Dakota 2010
SECRETARY TREASURER
WALTER TRAHERN, Kansas City, Missouri (Secretary) 1915
L.A. LILLY, Kansas City, Missouri (Treasurer) 1915
E.C. BEACH, St. Petersburg, Florida (Secretary) 1919
J.I. WARD, St. Petersburg, Florida (Treasurer) 1919
ART HEADLOUGH, Akron, Ohio 1920
RAYMOND HOWARD, London, Ohio (Secretary) 1921
ART HEADLOUGH, Akron, Ohio (Secretary) 1922
WILLIAM MORSE, Kansas City, Kansas (Treasurer) 1922
DELANO COTTRELL, North Coshocton, New York (Sec.) 1923
W.J. SEAS, St. Petersburg, Florida (Treasurer) 1923
BEN LEIGHTON, Hibbing, Minnesota (Secretary) 1924
RALPH SPENCER, Picher, Oklahoma (Treasurer) 1924
EDWARD M TWYNMAN, Akron, Ohio 1925
J.C. BEHLING, Athol Springs, New York(Secretary) 1926
RAYMOND HOWARD, London, Ohio 1933
LEE ROSE, Detroit, Michigan 1939
J. ROBERT TOMPKIN, Ames, Iowa (Secretary) 1940
KATIE GREGSON, Miami, Oklahoma (Treasurer) 1941
ARCHIE GREGSON, Miami, Oklahoma (Secretary) 1941
HARVEY CLEAR, Santa Cruz, California 1947
MARY JONES, Waukesha, Wisconsin (Treasurer) 1950
ARCHIE GREGSON, Crestline, California (Secretary) 1950
ELMER BELLER, Bellflower, California 1955
BOB PENCE, Gary, Indiana 1958
RAY WILLIAMS, Eureka, California 1971
DONNIE ROBERTS, Pike County, Ohio 1976
DICK HANSEN, Franksville, Wisconsin 1995
DAVID SIDLES, Omaha, NE 2015
JAMES KINNEY JR. , Dexter, MO 2019
NOTE: The office of Secretary-Treasurer was a combined
position some years and divided other years.
| VICE PRESIDENTS CHARLES MALOY, Kansas City, Missouri 1915 DR. FRANK ROBINSON, Poughkeepsie, New York 1919 FRED BRUST, Columbus, Ohio 1919 L. J. BYERS, Coldwater, Michigan 1919 JOSEPH BUCHHIET, Binford, North Dakota 1919 R.A. HARTON, Lansing, Michigan 1919 W.W. HENRY, St. Petersburg, Florida 1919 G.A. GLANT, Huntsville, Alabama 1919 HARVEY KRYDER, Akron, Ohio 1921 F.C. PARHAM, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1921 HOMER MARSH, Indianapolis, Indiana 1922 ALEX CUMMINGS, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1923 RAYMOND B. HOWARD, London, Ohio 1923 RALPH SPENCER, Picher, Oklahoma 1924 MRS. THOMAS HEENAN, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1924 DELANO COTTRELL, North Coshocton, New York 1926 L.E. TANNER, Anchor, Illinois 1933 REV. P.V. HARRIS, Holden, Massachusetts 1933 GLENN B. PORTER, Glendale, California 1933 DR. ALAN POTTLE, Dayton, Ohio 1935 L.R. BATES, Los Angeles, California 1935 ALVIN DAHLENE, Lawrence, Kansas 1935 SAM SOMERHALDER, Guide Rock, Nebraska 1939 JACK CLAVES, St. Louis, Missouri 1939 ANDY STOLARIK, Canton, Ohio 1940 CARL VON DER LACKEN, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1940 CLAYTON HENSON, Arlington, Virginia 1941 DALE DIXON, Des Moines, Iowa 1941 JOHN ROSSELETTE, Summit, New Jersey 1941 ARCH STOKES, Salt Lake City, Utah 1946 BRYON JASKULEK, New York City, New York 1948 IRWIN CARLBERG, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1948 GUY C. WERTZ, Waukesha, Wisconsin 1948 JAMES O’SHEA, Massachusetts 1947 LOUIS DEAN, Pomona, California 1948 JAMES O’SHEA, Massachusetts 1949 G. A. BERGER, Chatham, Utah 1949 WILLIAM McCLEARY, Murray, Utah 1949 MARIE KAMPSCHROEDER, Ottawa, Kansas 1949 ANDY MOEHN, Minnesota 1949 ADEN SWINEHAMMER, Aurora, Illinois 1950 JOHN LINDMEIER, Maywood, Illinois 1951 DALE DIXON, Des Moines, Iowa 1951 LEON HARMON, Salt Lake City, Utah 1952 CLETUS CHAPELLE, Portland, Oregon 1953 ANNA LINDQUIST, Morgantown, West Virginia 1953 CARL STEINFELDT, Rochester, New York 1954 ELOISE STANDARD, Canton, Illinois 1954 ELMER BELLER, Bellflower, California 1954 SAM SOMERHALDER, Minden, Nebraska 1955 GEORGE HART, New York City, New York 1955 RAY OHMS, Salt Lake City, Utah 1955 CLETUS CHAPELLE, Portland, Oregon 1956 DON TITCOMB, Los Gatos, California 1957 CURT DAY, Frankfort, Indiana 1957 PAUL ROSE, Salt Lake City, Utah 1957 |
ELMER BELLER, Bellflower, California 1958 MAURINE COOK, Salt Lake City, Utah 1958 HOWARD WHITE, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1958 E.C. SWARINGEN, Springfield, Illinois 1959 OTTIE RENO, Pike County, Ohio 1959 PAUL FOCHT, Dayton, Ohio 1960 AMOS WHITAKER, Orange, Massachusetts 1960 MARY CRAIG, Muncie, Indiana 1960 JIM JOHNSON, Covington, Kentucky 1961 BEN TROLLEN, St. Paul, Minnesota 1961 VICKI WINSTON, LaMonte, Missouri 1961 GLEN SEBRING, Erie, Pennsylvania 1962 CLARK BELL, Covina, California 1962 LUCILLE HOPKINS, Ottumwa, Iowa 1962 LESTER GEORGIANA, Chesterfield, New Hampshire 1963 WILL GULLICKSON, Moorhead, Minnesota 1966 JOE ABBOTT, Erie, Pennsylvania 1967 JIM KNISLEY, Bremen, Ohio 1967 GERALD SCHNEIDER, Rosemead, California 1968 RUTH HANGEN, Buffalo, New York 1968 HAL HANANIA, Middlesex, New Jersey 1969 LEO McGrath, Cincinnati, Ohio 1969 WALLY SHIPLEY, Alhambra, California 1970 CINDY DEAN, McGaheysville, Virginia 1970 RAY WILLIAMS, Eureka, California 1971 JOHN RADEMACHER, Plant City, Florida 1972 EARL WINSTON, LaMonte, Missouri 1972 DOROTHY PINCH, Sharon, Pennsylvania 1972 BONNIE SEIBOLD, Huntington, Indiana 1978 NORMAN GASEAU, Clearwater, Florida 1981 VINCE YANNETTI, Bound Brook, New Jersey 1983 BARRY CHAPELLE, Portland, Oregon 1984 GENE VAN SANT, Sun City, California 1985 MARY VAN SANT, Sun City, California 1988 BEVERLY BORN, Shattuck, Oklahoma 1989 GARY MINNICK, Flagstaff, Arizona 1989 DICK HANSEN, Franksville, Wisconsin 1993 CASEY SLUYS, Santa Rosa, California 1994 PAUL STEWART, Statesville, North Carolina 1996 ALLEN BAPTIST, Eagle, Colorado 2000 LORRAINE STERNBERG, Richfield, Wisconsin 2000 STUART SIPMA, Bismarck, North Dakota 2004 DAN SANDERS, Powell, OH 2005 JERRY LABROSSE, Greenfield, MN 2007 TINA HAWKINS, Marlow, OK 2009 DEBBY MICHAUD, Taunton, MA 2010 DAVID SIDLES, Omaha, NE 2012 BILL MARVIN, Mechanicsburg, IL 2014 JERRY SMITH, Nampa, ID 2015 GARY ROBERTS, Beaver, OH 2016 COYCE ALLEN, Little Elm, TX 2017 ROB HAGMAN, Anoka, MN 2018 LAURIE LAMPKIN, Bloomfield, KY 2018 DALTON RAKESTRAW, Kinmundy, IL 2019 WAYNE CALLICOATE, Alvin, TX 2020 BRIAN POOLE, Pocatello, ID 2020 BARBARA CARSON, El Mirage, AZ 2021 |
