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LIONISM IN ST. GEORGE: WHERE THE FUTURE MEETS THE PAST!
THE 2003 ST. GEORGE-FUNDY BAY LION'S CLUB, ALTHOUGH NEW, HOLDS A CHERISHED PAST. LIONISM IN THE ST. GEORGE AREA GOES AS FAR BACK AS 1946.
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ST. GEORGE LION'S CLUB 1946
THIS CLUB WAS ORGANIZED APRIL 3, 1946 BY DUGALD B. DEWAR, WAS SPONSORED BY ST. JOHN CLUB, DISTRICT 41 C, & WAS CHARTERED WITH 31 MEMBERS. THE CLUB MEETINGS WERE HELD AT THE MASONIC HALL. THEIR CHARTER NIGHT WAS AUGUST 20, 1947. CHARTER FEE AT THIS TIME WAS FIVE DOLLARS A MEMBER. THIS CLUB DISBANDED ON OCTOBER 30, 1950.
THE CHARTERED MEMBERS WERE: LOUIS ACKER, RALPH L. ALEXANDER, WALTER S. ALLEN, FRED T. ATKINSON, HAZEN K. BONNELL, ARTHUR K. CALLAGHAN, WILLIAM N. CAMPBELL, JAMES D. CARMICHAEL, RUSSELL HOOPER, C. FRED CAWLEY, C. EDWARD DEWAR, DR. G.W. HAZEN DINSMORE, JOHN F. FOWLER, FRED W. HATT, HARRY R. HERSEY, ROY H. JACKSON, CECIL S. LELAND, DOUGLAS C. MAXWELL, CHARLES M. MCGEE, KENNETH C. MCGRATTAN, EDWARD S. MACKAY, WILLIAM E. MACVICAR, LOUIS M. NASON, HAROLD S. ROBINSON, MAURICE RUBEN, BARRY SHEEHAN, RAWLEIGH D. SMITH MD, FRANK D. SPINNEY, ALFRED G. STAPLEY, R. D. CALDWELL STEWART, & DELBERT J. THORNE.
OFFICERS OF THIS LION'S CLUB WERE:
PRESIDENT: R.D. CALDWELL STEWART
1ST VICE: DR. G.W. HAZEN DINSMORE
2ND VICE: C. EDWARD DEWAR
3RD VICE: HARRY R. HERSEY
SECRETARY: J. BARRY SHEEHAN
TREASURER: ALFRED G. STAPLEY
LION TAMER: FRED W. HATT
TAIL TWISTER: CECIL S. LELAND
1 YR DIRECTORS: WILLIAM N. CAMPBELL & HAZEN KENNETH BONNELL.
2 YR DIRECTORS: DELBERT J. THORNE & DOUGLAS C. MAXWELL.
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ST. GEORGE LION'S CLUB 1964
THIS CLUB WAS ORGANIZED ON NOVEMBER 13th, 1964, BY C. J. MAUND, AND WAS SPONSORED BY ST. STEPHEN-MILLTOWN LIONS CLUB. THIS CLUB WAS IN DISTRICT 41-N1, REGION 1, ZONE 1, AND WAS CHARTERED WITH 30 MEMBERS. THEIR CHARTER NIGHT WAS FEBRUARY 26th, 1965, HELD AT THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION HALL, ST. GEORGE. THEIR MEETINGS WERE HELD AT THE LEGION HALL, THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, AT 6:30pm. CHARTER FEES AT THIS TIME WAS TEN DOLLARS A NEW MEMBER, TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS FOR A TRANSFERING OR REINSTATED MEMBER. CLUB DUES WERE SET AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS EACH.THIS CLUB DISBANDED APR 25 1967.THE CHARTER MEMBERS WERE: ARTHUR ALLEN, JOHN E. BERNARD, GAILAND R. BRADFORD, VINCENT BUTLER, EDWARD CHRISTIE, RALPH J. DOYLE, SHERMAN DEWAR, GORDEN FLETCHER, FRED B. GALLIAH, HUBERT GIDDENS, ALFRED HAWKINS, GARRY HODGE, STERLING HENRY, WALTER HENRY, D.S. HUSLOP, DONALD KIMBALL, DONALD LACROIX, HAROLD LAWRENCE, GENE MAXWELL, BERNARD MCCARTEN, JOHN MCGARRY, MELVIN MERSEREAU, CHARLES MOREHOUSE, FRANK NIXON, DALE SHAW, STEWART CALDWELL, MAYNARD SWEENEY, DONAT TARDIF, DONALD TRYNOR, & HOLLIS C. WADLIN. OFFICERS OF THE CLUB WERE: PRESIDENT-ARTHUR ALLEN SECRETARY-CALDWELL STEWART TREASURER-BERNARD MCCARTEN CHARTER PRESENTATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN-JOHN E. BERNARD OTHER OFFICERS OF THIS CLUB ARE UNKNOWN AS THEY WERE NOT LISTED ON THE CHARTER ROSTER. THIS CLUB WAS CALLED THE ST. GEORGE LIONS CLUB.
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ST. GEORGE-FUNDY BAY LIONS CLUB 2003
THIS CLUB WAS ORGANIZED ON APRIL 2nd 2003, DISTRICT 41-0, BY MD 41 MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN JAN PHILLIPS, WAS SPONSORED BY ST. ANDREWS LIONS CLUB, WAS CHARTERED WITH 25 MEMBERS. THIS CLUB WAS FOUNDED BY WAYNE A. VANCE. THE CHARTER CLUB MEETINGS WERE HELD AT THE FUNDY BAY FIRE HALL, BACK BAY. OUR CHARTER NIGHT WAS JUNE 15th, 2003. CHARTER FEE AT THIS TIME IS THIRTY DOLLARS AMERICAN, A MEMBER.THE CHARTER MEMBERS ARE: WAYNE VANCE, DIANA WILCOX, HARRY BENNETT, MAMIE BENNETT, LAURA WILCOX, DOUG WILCOX, JERRY LEAVITT, CAROL LEAVITT, DONNIE BARRETT, GERALD BRADLEY, JOE BUDROW, RICK DOUCET, JANET FLEET, JAMIE FLEET, SANDRA HARRIS, TAMMY HATT, JASON HATT, DWIGHT HAWKS, DORIS KERNIGHAN, CHESTER LAMBERT, CORY LEAVITT, MARLENE LEAVITT, TAMMY MARCH, MELVIN MATHESON, & MELINA RUSSELL. OFFICERS FOR THIS CLUB ARE:
PRESIDENT: JERRY LEAVITT
SECRETARY: DIANA WILCOX
TREASURER: CAROL LEAVITT
1ST VICE: HARRY BENNETT
2ND VICE: DOUG WILCOX
3RD vICE: WAYNE VANCE
1 YEAR DIRECTORS: LAURA WILCOX & DORIS KERNIGHAN
2 YEAR DIRECTORS: MAMIE BENNETT & MARLENE LEAVITT
TAIL TWISTER: CORY LEAVITT
LION TAMER: DONNIE BARRETT
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN: DWIGHT HAWKS THE NAME OF THIS CLUB IS ST. GEORGE-FUNDY BAY LIONS CLUB
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LION'S MOTTO
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HOME COMING FOR LIONISM IN ST, GEORGE N.B.
AS WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 100 TH YEAR ANNIVERSERY AS A INCORPORATED TOWN BEING INCORPORATED IN 1904. MANY LARGE EVENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE ST.GEORGE AREA TO CELEBRATE OUR BIRTHDAY. ST.GEORGE-FUNDYBAY LIONS WILL BE PLAYING A BIG PART IN THIS. HISTORY TOO IS BEING MADE BY THE FORMATION OF THIS CLUB AS ST.GEORGE WAS THE ORIGINAL BIRTHPLACE FOR LIONISM IN THE AREA, WE LIKE TO CALL THIS A HOMECOMING BECAUSE AFTER FIFTY SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST LIONS CLUB WAS FORMED AND THIRTY NINE YEARS SINCE THE SECOND CLUB WAS FORMED, WITH THE RECENT FORMATION OF 2003 ST.GEORGE-FUNDYBAY LIONS CLUB, ONCE AGAIN ST.GEORGE AND THE COMMUNITY IS SERVED, AND ONCE AGAIN LIONISM IS BACK WERE IT FIRST BEGAN. |
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