Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 4, 1981, p. 28

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Page LIONS ANNIVERSARY EDITION Wednesday February Heres what makes the FUNDRAISING HOCKEY BREAKFASTS Georgetown Lion are rati log money to buy a new for Gordon Memorial Arena partially through an annual series of Saturday morning pancake breakfasts put on or young hockey players The Webb family Bill and Lois and tons Scott and Murray were among the grateful recipients of some tummy warming Lion during one or this year ftrt served up by Lions Zen left and Ha r ley THE SANTA PARADE The Georgetown Lions recently awarded trophies to the winner lie I Float honors In the club annual Santa parade Lions Dave left and Sob right and I Ion re Dorothy second from light made the presentations to Jim and Rita Barrett of the Georgetown Agricultural Society and Jim Hancock of the Figure Skating Club Helping tl blind with leader dog Among hearing handicapp ed children there is a group who have additional problems such as cerebral palsy blind mental retardation and emotional disturbances Often these children do not have a family or if they do thelr parents are unable to cope or have rejected the child The Lions Clubs of multiple district A and the Ontario mission of the deaf have under taken to provide group homes for these children for moat of whom this Is Ihelr only home and their only family The group home parents to these children are unique In that The thoughts of Melvin Jt Excerpts from our founders speeches and writings On service You can t get very far until you start doing something for somebody else On naming the Association The lion stands for something not so much as a noble animal but rather as the traditional symbol of great deeds and high accomplishment On a rapid The lions had high ideals that could appeal to a group of young men just returning from the battle fronts with a worldwide vW on a group of young men active energetic enthusiastic the doers of the On personal fain Why was Lions International the first service club organisation My answer la that we were the first association to Insert Into our constitution the flat statement that no club shall hold out one of Its objects financial benefits to Its This was the beginning of unselfish service to others On treatment of others You must give the other fellow the benefit of the doubt Friendship la an end not a means A man must accept nothing that haa a string tied to ft On friendship The must beautiful thoughtln the Lions Code of Ethics is In the fourth clause to hold friendship as an end and not a means This thought if put into action makes a man a leader a big man In Questions of ethics to resolve all his doubts against himself On Objects If a Lions club carries out Its Objects It will have a full program It will be in Wrested in world affairs In national problems In the needs of Its own community and In the welfare of lta Individual neighbors On peace The Lions are unflinchingly united in a strong stand for a peace that ensures freedom and justice for all people and nations There can be no temporising where human values and rights are concerned

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