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µ C aTse. earaYbt Aa ,Mr.Barber also has a cane,, Not -education classq.4(By D�bbie I)arling)from the
that he needs it,to get around, but Seafortb Collegiate, who heCharles. A.,Barber is one of two, it's another. souvenir of that'trip. brought as he instructed them in.
At the convention they handed the art of usingmen who areable to'remembera shovel, -the first, Lions meeting, held incanes out to everyone. At the He sailo. the griginal -object ofScafortb. The others',have since dance there, Mro -Bissonnette �thelions was tG help the crippled
died, but Mr. Barber and hisdecided to dance so he hung_his children and the blind. When the
memories live on.cane on Mr, Barber's arm Ang club would become aware 'of
"I'll be 95 in October," he said h n cane. -wit -his ow someone in need they would see
• smiling. By the'end 6f that dance I had -what they could provide, for the
rst meC4The fihalfa dozen canes lined up on my children if the parents could not
_7as held--onNovember 25, 1924, dnd Mr- arm," he laughed. afford to pay for help themselves.Barber has his application to . The work the Lions did in the, The Lions still do this today,
prove it. The Lions found the cird early days are very much A part of "but there aren't the"cases there
and presented it to him when he Mr. Barber's mejiories as well. were then,"4he said.
marked his 45th ypar of, The pond at the Lions Park was Mr. barber islooking forward
membership in 'the. club.; It now u to the anniversary celebrations
s4sin a bldSrame in his house. all hand d g by members such as this year.
Mr. Barber with the aid of teamsMr. Bhrber has two other of, horses and wagons. They .did "'if I feel as good as I'do now,
_rnementos fiom the eafly days of I'll be at As many events -as I
the Lions. have some manpower help fromMr. Bis$onnett's physical can.''He and R.N.6issonnette, theother surviving charter member,attended their first International
Convention in1925 together.
Mr. Barber s name tag adorned
with an acorn' isstill carefully
t / pres'erved.The convention was held 'in
Cedar Point,'on the -shore of Lake
Erie in Ohio. They took aweek offin honor of the affair and motored
CHARTER LIO!Nli� CLUB MEMBER Charlesdown in'�an- old Ford coupe.
Barber a member;of the original 1S24 Seaforth Lions The car did have its troubles on
Club remembers fifty years of Lions activity in town. the trip.
Mr. Barber, who is 94, plans to attuhnd most of th.ls' told Bi.ssonnette I didn't. likeweekend's anniversary festivities.. (Staff Photo) the' sound under the car," he
explaiqed'. He then got his friend
to stop the car so hecould get outand exarni ne the �9bottom of the
vehicle'. "When he turned -the wheel toSluthe left the tie -rod fell O'uf. ThenPPOthe hose came off the radiato'r top to
and we could only go five miles an
hour to the nearest gag station."the Lions CuHe saidhe was a little worried
about getting a. speeding, ticket
when ffiqy went 35 miles an hour
coasting down a -hill but the01 policeman only waved.when he,,
pr. P I saw the placard coy'ered carheading for the conventiomeaforth Lions Club
OLonSEAFORTH LIONS .,of 'servce
Yearson your .50th An'nivefsaryTORONTO'DOMINION
The bank Where people
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Lions Park PavilionBisse-tt Bros.- Ltd*
Seaforth Ontario
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