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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2007-10-03, Page 10Page 10 The Huron Expositor October 3, 2007 News After 60 years with Seaforth Lions John Turnbull receives Melvin Jones award Susan Nundertniark To hear John Turnbull tell it, he doesn't do much more than warm a seat and eat his meal at the Seaforth Lions Club. But, his fellow members know dif- ferently. As he marks his 60th anniversary with the Seaforth Lions Club, Turnbull has been awarded the Melvin Jones fellowship award. From the 1950s when he chaired the committee to build the Lions pool to the past year when he sug- gested saving electricity with a smaller horsepower motor on the fountain in Silver Creek, Turnbull has never stopped finding ways to improve what he believes is one of Seaforth's best assets - Lions Park. "He's always been very passionate about the park and pool," says fel- low Lion Bob Beuttenmiller. Turnbull was the fundraising chair in 1955 when the Lions Club raised $40,000 to build a pool. He was also instrumental in cre- ating a reserve fund 15 years ago to ensure that when the Lions pool needed repairs, the money would be there to do it. "Without that reserve, we'd have had to fill it in last year," says Lions president Bill 'Mall of the $225,000 in repairs done last year, of which the Lions asked the community to raise $50,000 after receiving $40,000 from the Trillium Foundation. "He had great foresight in seeing we would someday need the money," adds Beuttenmiller. Turnbull was also the leading force behind the new wheelchair accessible ramp that replaced the two small bridges over Silver Creek into Lions Park in 2000. "He designed the ramp," says Beuttenmiller. "It really made the entrance to the park much easier for baby buggies and wheelchairs." As well, Turnbull was the man behind the move to replace stacked logs with a moveable wall at the Silver Creek dam, cre- ating an easier solution to regu- lating water flow during flood con- ditions. Turnbull remembers join- ing the 50 -mem- ber Seaforth Lions Club 60 years ago when he was going on 30 himself. "It was some- thing to do and a way to join the You are invited to attend these area churches t. Thomas Anglican Church A Congregation of the Pinsh of The Holy Spirit Jarvis St. SeaVorth 519-527-1522 Sunday Oct. 7 Worship at 9:30 am Harvest Thanksgiving - Holy Communion We welcome Rev. Lynn Mitchell as our guest celebrant and speaker. Kid -Zone Sunday School at 9:30 E :We Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 519-527-0982 Sunday School • All Ages • 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH 54 Goderich St. W. Ray. John Gould Sunday Oct. 7 Worship 11 am Sermon: "Redeeming the Familiar" Everyone Welcome St. James Roman Catholic Church Welcomes you 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 519-527-0142 Sunday Mass 11:00 am St. Patricks, Dublin Sat. Mass 5 pm - Sun. Masa 9 am Fr. Chris Gillespie Egmondville United Church Sunday Oct. 7 Pastor Steve Hildebrand Worship 11am Thanksgiving Service Sunday School 10am Everyone welcome First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W., Seaforth Rev. Henry Huberts Sunday Oct. 7 11:15am Service Communion Service Bible Study Thursday 7: at the manse John Turnbull, of Seaforth, holds his Mel Lions president Bill Teall and Lions zone community because I was new in town at the time," he says. He says building a pool was a big interest of his at the time. "I was young and more active in those days and the community seemed much more involved - every- one was out to help the other fel- low," he says. "We wanted to build a place for kids to go who didn't have cottages or camps to go to in the summer," says Turnbull. Ironically, Turnbull says he's never been swimming at Lions pool. "I just wanted to provide it for the kids," he says. Some of Turnbull's most vivid memories of his time with the Lions Club are of the Lions' summer car- nival that used to run for three days in Lions Park during the summer. "It was a big event, usually in June. We used to raffle off a car and we always had a midway and games of chance. But, TV came in and the crowds stopped coming," he says. Beuttenmiller also remembers the Lions carnival, which he says ended in the late 1970s. "I came to Seaforth in 1959 when the carni- val was in full swing. It was vin Jones award as he poses chair John Stewart, of Blyth. very popular and a big money- maker for the club," he says, adding that a talent show was one of the big draws to the carnival. "It ran its time but people often wonder it we could revive it again," says Beuttenmiller. Turnbull remembers, as well, the day when Lions members always wore shirts, ties and jackets to club meetings. "It was more fun when there were more of us and we were younger. The last 20 years, I've just kept a chair warm and filled my face at the meetings," he says, adding he'll be 90 his next birthday. Beuttenmiller says Turnbull's vast experience is still a great asset to the club. "He has quite a sense of humour and a lot of stories. And, he still sells a quarter of our tickets in the annual elimination draw every year," he says. "He goes out for a day and sells them all over the countryside. He jokes that he goes out at suppertime so people will get their chequebooks out quick to get rid of him," says Beuttenmiller. The Melvin Jones fellowship award recognizes outstanding indi- viduals that embody humanitarian ideas consistent with Lionism and have provided exemplary service to the club and community. THE SECRET GODERICH - A new free report has recently been released that reveals how to stay healthy for Life! How to heal yourself & others. 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