HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-05-05, Page 3Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 5, 1993 — Page 3
Lions club marks 35 years of service to community
The Lucknow and District Lions
Club marked,., 35 years of service to
the community this past weekend,
when a special anniversary night
was held at the Community Centre.
The Lions Club was formed in
1957. It was an organization that
followed in line of several others
that originated in the 1930s. From
an interdenominational young men's
Sunday class at the United Church
came a civic club of 10 members
called the Arena Club, which was
formed, as the name says, to build
the arena in 1937. After the arena
was built they changed names to
become The Clansmen. In 1956 that
organization was disbanded to make
way for the Lions.
The Lucknow and District Lions
Club's charter night was Jan. 26,
1957. Three hundred Lions packed
the Recreation Centre (now the
Legion Hall). The Wingham and
Goderich Lions Clubs chartered the
local club with president Rae Wat-
son and 93 -members.
Being strategically located, the
Lucknow Lions had members from
the village, as well as the
Townships " of Ashfield, West
Wawanosh and Kinloss.
The club rotated meetings bet-
ween Kinlough, Lucknow, St.
Helens, Holyrood, the Hackett
Church and the church at Crewe. In
later years meetings moved between
the restaurants in Lucknow, until
the time the Community Centre was
built.
Early fundraising was centred
around rummage sales; selling light
bulbs, . peanuts, etc; and the very
popular garden parties with Monte
Carlo nights held in the arena. For
a number of years the Lions
operated a food booth at the tractor
pull and now host weekly bingo
nights and sell Nevada tickets.
Someof the early monies raised
went to hockey sweaters, the school
band, ashphalt floor in the arena,
Dungannon Ball lights. The first
major project was the artificial ice
plant and permanent floor in the
arena. Then came the swimming
pool, community centre, house
numbering, fiberglass on the fence
and upgrading of the pool and park
area. Other projects include spear-
heading the new front on the Sports
Complex, the Novice Hockey Tour-
nament, the zamboni for (he arena
and this year the jaws of life for the
fire department.
Regular Lions oriented projects
include the Easter Seal Campaign,
Diabetes, Lake Joe for the visually
impaired, Lions Dialysis Camp,
The current president of the Lucknow and District Lions Club on Rs 35th anniversary Is' Bob Irwin
(centre). He Is flanked by charter members who were able to attend the banquet on Saturday
evening. From -the -left, Gordon Brooks, Donald MacKinnon, Virdin Mowbray, current president
Mr. Irwin, Orville ELIIott, Bill Hunter and Al Hamilton. Absent Omar Brooks, George Joynt and
Gordon Montgomery. (Pat Livingston photo)
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The club was proud to be one of
the first Lions Clubs in the area to
purchase telecaption TV . decoders
for the hearing impaired.
The club currently has a member-
ship of 57, nine of whom are
chart&• members and four life mem-
bers.
Lucknow Lions have served in
higher offices. The charter president
Rae J. Watson was the first gover-
nor of A-9. Harvey Webster, Pete
Bissonette, Grant . Chisholm and
Walter Arnold. all served as Zone
Chairmen and District Deputy
Governors. Bissonette and Chisholm
served as Governors respectively in
1964 and 1975.
The Lions Ladies have been
instrumental in the success of the
Lions. Club, giving assistance
whenever and wherever needed.
Special. Recognition
Special recognition was given to
nine charter members who continue
to hold membership in the club:
Gordon Brooks, Omar Brooks,
Orville Elliott, AI Hamilton, Bill
Hunter, George Joynt, Donald
MacKinnon, Gordon .Montgomery,
and Virdin Mowbray.
Two of these men, Al Hamilton
and Donald MacKinnon, are to be
commended for 100 per cent atten-
dance at meetings over the last 35
years. Congratulation's!
Lottery winners
Recent winners in the Ripley and
District Lions Club cash calendar.
lottery were Jim Campbell, Whitby;
Lee Fuller, Kincardine; Steve
Dymond, Toronto, Jean Sturgeon,
Kincardine, Ted and Anne Fin-
layson, Ripley, and Elmer Smeltzer,
Ripley with $50 each, John Ball of
Ripley was the lucky winner of
$500 on Apr. 30.
County council
makes decision
to join SWOTA
by Mona Irwin
Huron County is back in the
'Southwestern Ontario Travel
Association.
County councillors voted 23-7
Thursday in favor of the county
becoming a member of SWOTA at
a cost ,of $4,500. County planner
Cindy Fisher will be the county
representative to SWOTA.
Council's decision overturned a
recommendation by the county
agriculture, planning and
development committee, which
recommended the county stay out
of SWOTA.
SWOTA coordinates the
promotion of Southwestern Ontario.
at travel shows andmakes sure
pamphlets, from individual
communities are available at shows,
borders and elsewhere in the
province, as well as at sonic •
tourism shows in the U.S.
Last year county councillors
chose not to renew a membership in,
SWOTA, citing financial
constraints. •
At Thursday's meeting, Goderich
Deputy Reeve Bill Clifford objected
to the committee's recommendation.
Agriculture is definitely the
backbone of Huron County, Clifford
said, but, tourism is also extremely
important because its ripple effect
benefits everybody. Tourism boosts
the economy, said Clifford, which
in turn creates more jobs, which
helps the economy.
SWOTA also enables• the county
to publicize itself more easily, he
said.
"We couldn't do it alone - none •
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