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LIONS CLUB ANNIVERSARY YEARS OF SERVICE Communityminded Lions help in many ways The year started I annual v held In with the reopening of the rebuilt Main club tried a new venture operat ing a newspaper bingo the first game netted a profit of a monthly suit draw also proved profitable A successful campaign for the CNIB brought In donations In excess of ttSO Paid SI 675 toward the George town hospital and donated to furnish a therapy room at the North Helton School for Retard ed Children The annual Jw and car draw saw returns so the club turned to a 200 club draw as a dinner was very successful enabling the club to pay a further to the hospital fund Tn nosted the annual zone golf tournament attended by some golfers eye glasses were purchased for three local residents A profit of was realized from the club draw which was donated to the hospital fund In April the club found time to plant trees and around the hospital A pledge was also mede to sponsor three students at United Nations seminars The sponsor- kwagon races at the fair grounds Sept 12 with a net profit of MM The Lions annual campaign netted SI A further was presented to the hospital install- of S1550 was paid to the hospital In September The club donated 1300 to the Lake Joseph Holiday Centre for The Blind A new cub pack was sponsored in George town A large parade organized by the Lions celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Little NHL in Georgetown Attending were Georgetowns Bob Gold ham King Clancy of the Leafs Jim Roberts of the Canadians and Ron Stewart of the Bruins some 325 guests assembled in the arena and were treated to a banquet and awards The club donated to the Georgetown Public Library for the purchase of history books m The club hosted a millionaires night in the Legion Hall in October netting A very successful Grey Cup draw netted A draw for a netted m Sept The club asked town council for permission to take over certain lands with the object of building a park A draw was held in conjunction with the annual Grey Cup ing The Christmas welfare baskets headed by Lion Walter Gray were distributed to needy families In August a con tract was let for for the con struction of two tennis courts The clubs first attempt at a Bavarian Beer Garden In February realized a profit of In March the club hosted the regional effective speaking semifinals m The third annual beer garden show- Lions sponsored the newly formed Georgetown Lioness Club and presented them with a new gong and gavel A sale was held with the assistance of the boy scouts An allout effort was made on behalf of Don Fred in his campaign for District Governor efforts were rewarded with his election at the District Convention 1969 m wit Fred election all Lions were kept very busy with club visitations The new Lions park on was well established with tennis courts complete and new sod laidTV bingo was inaugurat ed end proved to be a very popular weekly attraction with more than 1000 cards sold some weeks was also approved that year purchase of a new heart machine for the hospital The Lions park I a5 WH completed in summer and a final payment of was made in January Lion Sam Arrigo and others formed a Leo club for boys and girls age to 21 interested in community service The first annual citizen of the year dinner and dance was held Feb with Peggy Treahy the first to be so honored The club took 97 I A underprivileged children on a visit to the African Lion Safari A color TV was presented to the senior citizens The club also purchased a new car for the VON The club proceeded with plans to build new for the pool and a Lions hall Citizens of the year were the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department Commenced work change rooms and hall Sept initial work consisted of demolition of the old building projects to raise money also had to be implemented a beer tent was set up at the international ploughing match Several fundraising projects got Into full swing including the old standbys Grey Cup and Stanley Cup draws A new lottery chair ed by Lion Ed was also established at per ticket and proved very popular Reverend Peter Barrow was Georgetowns Citizen of The Year m The club put in many hours build- the new change rooms and hall which were opened for the summer swimming season total cost exceeded and was paid off in three years The first lottery netted S21 Citizens of the Year were members of the Georgetown Volunteer Ambul Service m terms Pledged I for repairs to the arena Georgetown lost one of their most loyal and dedicated members in October when Lion Dick Llcata died ending years of service The annual Grey Cup draw netted Nieuwhof was Georgetowns Citizen of The Year m donated toward a Recording for the Volunteer Ambulance Service The annual Stanley Cup draw netted a profit of SI 300 was donated to sponsorship of a minor league baseball team a mortgage burning took place after final payment for the Lions hall and pool Senior citizens were entertained at a euchre night Saturday morning hockey breakfasts were initiated for the parents and players In the early morning minor leagues m AAA Lion Walter Gray Georgetown Citizen of The Year The international bantam hockey tournament was relln- by the Kinsmen its sponsorship assumed by the Lions A campaign Eyes for The Needy in conjunction with McDonalds was held during May purpose was to collect used eye glasses A group of Lions and their families spent a very weekend In May cleaning up the Earlscourt childrens camp for the disturbed near Peterborough The annual Cup draw netted a profit of The first windfall dance held in June netted a profit of SI The annual Citizen dinner honored Joy and Irwin Noble for their community work Twenty eight visually handicapped residents of the area were entertained at a Lions dinner meeting The popular hockey breakfast continues on Saturday mornings during the winter and although profits were small Lions enjoy ed serving the public on these very cold occasions The club made many donations during the year Lions international Foundation received minor hockey Si Meals on Wheels CARE to purchase an artificial limb for a senior citizen Leader Dog School a piano for senior citizens home Canadian Cancer Society minor baseball Members were Vol busy on club visitations with our governor Lion Ron Lacey of Georgetown Our world service day in October featured a work weekend at Lions Camp Dorset for dialysis patients More than 100 hours were put in by our club in the building of cottages was donated to the Georgetown branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society toward the purchase of a stair glide for a local victim A donation was made to the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope The memory of Lion Dick was honored in renaming the Georgetown Lions Pool The Dick Licata Memorial l 5Q to be extremely busy for all Lions as they prepare for the clubs golden anniver sary The club this year voted to spend toward the purchase of a new time clock in the Gordon Alcott arena To raise this money the Saturday morning hockey breakfast has been revived after a years absence with excellent public response Planted 25 Silver Maple trees in Joseph Gibbons Lions Park Donated to the Eighth Georgetown Cubs and Scouts plus camping equipment Entertained 16 guests from the CNI B at a Christinas dinner Made two work weekend visits to Dialysis Camp Dorset and ran the Annual Saturday Morning Hockey Breakfast Program at the Lions Hall 1982 Lion Fred was honoured with a Life Member ship In the Georgetown Lions Club at a dinner in his honour March Purchased a special sight ap paratus for a ten year old girl whose sight was impaired Ran the Annual Bantam Hockey Tour nament Entertained 88 senior citizens at a Georgetown Little Theatre Production of Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde at the Cultural Center The club donated to Dialysis Camp Dorset to build and furnish an efficiency unit at the camp The club donated to the Georgetown Library for large print books Started used eyeglass collec tion for cleaning grading and packaging for distribution to Third World Countries 1984 Purchased benches to be installed on the hills on St and Main St for the use of senior citizens Donated to a Georgetown family who lost their home in a fire Donated to the Georgetown Library for their sign language program Pledged to the Bennett Health Care Centre Purchased a slide for the Dick Licata Pool Donated 2500 to Canadian Lions Foundation 1985 Donated to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Georgetown Girls Pipe Band were given 1500 toward their trip to Scotland The Annual Hockey Breakfast had a net profit of The Cranic Skin Disease Foun dation spearheaded by Lion Tony was given 200 toward charter expenses Sponsored a local blinddeaf boy to a vacation at Lake Joseph Raised through fund raising projects and had total ex penditures of 1986 Provided cleanup ser vices for local senior citizens for Lions World Service Day Conducted a commercial fund raising campaign for the CNI Donated to Canine Vision Canada at their official opening on Nov 12 1985 Purchased three talking book players for the Library raised during Drug Awareness Week was donated to Georgetown Drug Abuse Com mittee A further was donated to The Chronic Disease Foundation The Hockey Breakfast net pro fit for the year The club donated to build a walkway at Camp Dorset Most of the con struction was done by Georgetown Lions The club took over sponsorship of The Crazy Boat Race which raises more than annually for Cystic Fibrosis Donated to the Georgetown Drug Abuse Com mittee Donated toward the pur- chase of the Halton Hills Activan 1988 Donated to Multiple Sdorosls raised through the Crazy Boat Race was donated to the Downs Syndrom Association for the education of a child Donated to the Georgetown Open Door program Club members and wives visited Canine Vision and presented a cheque for The club under Chairman Fred sponsored the District Convention in Misslssauga Donated to the Chronic Skin Disease Foundation and helped with their Annual Golf Tournament Donated to Halton Homecare for the Physically Handicapped for installation of a chairliftinavan 1989 The club funded for a installed in the home of a Georgetown family whose son was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident Twenty five club members were presented with Life Memberships in Lions Canadian Foundation through a donation on their behalf Donated to Georgetowns new Precision Skating Club Donated to Georgetown Brownies for purchase of tents 1990 The club donated to the for the pur chase of a Visitation Rehabilita tion Kit The Georgetown Agricultural Society were given towards the erection of a new ex hibit building at the Fair Grounds Donated to the Recrea tion Department for installation of lights at the Ball Field Batting Cage Provided financial assistance each for two Georget High School girls selected for a world tour with the Up With Pen- pie Organization It is impossible to list all of the projects that Georgetown Lions have been involved in during this past sixty years To do so would more than fill this newspaper A few of the ongoing projects are listed below Santa Clause Parade Sixty Years Minor Hockey Sponsor a team annually Minor Baseball Sponsor a team annually Minor Soccer Sponsor a team annually Citizen of Year Dinner An nually High School Effective Speak ing Annually Work Weekends at Camp Dorset Twice per year Pioneer Days Pancake Breakfast Annually Fall Fair Booth Annually BlWeeklyBlngos