Volunteering with Heritage of Flight is one of his favorite activities. Only a couple of days after McGlothin took the microphone to help usher in 2012 at the New Carlisle New Year’s Eve celebration, he became mayor.
He seems to be everywhere, including area golf courses when the weather cooperates.
But McGlothin hasn’t always been in New Carlisle.
For more than 20 years he had an entirely different career. To his office of mayor he brings unique life and business experiences.
McGlothin grew up here, but soon after graduating from Tecumseh High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and was off to see the world.
As a new Marine, he received what most would consider a dream set of orders. He was assigned as the guard for a two-star admiral. Stationed at Long Beach, Calif., his duties took him all around the Pacific Ocean, including Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines.
Near the end of his military commitment, his life went from good to even better when he accompanied the admiral on a tour of MGM studios.
Believe it or not, that was when he was “discovered” by a famous acting coach.
McGlothin took acting lessons with John Wayne’s son, Patrick Wayne, Marianne Mobley, and Lyle Wagner, but soon came to the conclusion that acting was not for him.
“I couldn’t act my way out of a paper bag,” McGlothin said.
The drama coach suggested modeling as a way to support himself while he worked on his acting skills. He modeled for a while with an agency in California, but soon began a career as a model with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency in New York City, where he lived for 20 years. For a short time he was married to one of the Doublemint Twins.
Life was good in New York, but New Carlisle was still on his mind. With an eye on the future, he bought a farm in this area.
He also bought a restaurant at the corner of Ohio 235 and U.S. 40 and split his time between New York and New Carlisle. The restaurant, Faces, was open between 1977 and 1982.
In New York, he and his second wife, who was also a model, had two sons, Brock and Blake. As the boys approached school age around 1983, McGlothin decided he didn’t want to raise them in the city. He headed home to Clark County, where he still had family and the farm.
Life in New Carlisle turned out to be even better. The boys grew up and stayed in Ohio, and now McGlothin is looking forward to the arrival of his first grandson in a few months.
“I really prefer small towns,” he said. “I like the friendliness. I really enjoy being here.”
As the new mayor, he is looking forward to using his business experience and love of small towns to work for the betterment of New Carlisle.
“I know the big city and the West Coast, and I know common sense goes a long way,” he said.
Mayor McGlothin sees funding the needed street maintenance as the biggest challenge this year. He also wants the people of the town to know how hard the council is working for them to make sure that New Carlisle continues to be a great place to live.
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