City Information: Akron Ohio Photo Tour

About our Unit!

The WBCCI was formed in 1955 by Wally Byam, the founder of the Airstream Company. Shortly after the founding of the WBCCI, the Akron Unit was organized in 1964. At the present time, we have approximately 50 trailer families in the unit. We have six dinners and six rallies each year. Most of the rallies are held in Northeast Ohio but we have had some in other states including Mystery rallies. We also have a Regional Rally and an International Rally. The International rally typically draws thousands of airstreamers to one location!

The annual membership dues are $55.00 for the International and $12.00 for the Akron Unit dues for a total annual cost of $67.00.

We are very proud of our Akron Unit and its history as well as past Presidents. Following is a list of those that have worked so hard for our unit over the years as President:

Honor Roll of Past Presidents

1964 Ira Lockhart 1965 Ira Lockhart 1966 Bill Thompson 1967 George Beck 1968 Jesse Blankenship 1969 Ken Meek 1970 Harry Walker 1971 Ralph Cornell 1972 Eldon Grant 1973 Don Emch 1974 John Trout 1975 John Feldscher 1976 Ross Ducker 1977 Gail Zickefoose 1978 Vide Hudec 1979 Riley Russel 1980 Bill Thomas 1981 Don Hostetler 1982 Bob Pethel 1983 Carl Narducci 1984 John Huffman 1985 Gene Hill

1986 Frank Spuhler 1987 Don Shipe 1988 Herb Page 1989 Paul Feller 1990 Howard Stein 1991 Tom Dean 1992 Lois Hudec 1993 Dennis Ballard 1994 Charles Miller 1995 Jim Wottle 1996 LaVerne Ketchum 1997 Tom Dean 1998 Eldon Lown 1999 Jack Ketterer 2000 Clyde Wagner 2001 Jim McAdams 2002 Jean Mears 2003 Clyde Wagner 2004 Betsy Ketchum 2005 Jerry Weaver 2006 Gary Auman 2007 Tom Losasso 2008 Vern Ketchum 2009 Gary Auman