, 1921-06-23
LIONS CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED

The Lions Club. a new social
civic-business organization for Raw
Inns will be launched at a dinner at
the Ferris Hotel Friday night. Dele
cations from Cheyenne. Laramie
and Rock Springs Lions Clubs are
expected to be present to welcome
the new club into their International
Association.
A membership committee consist
ing Of II. Fl. Nelson, chairman; A.
T. Whitehead. d. c. Kinnaman. Carl
Hilliard. George o. Pierce and John
! H. Burnsmier. with Deputy District
Governor Orlando Jones have been
quietly working for the past few
days. and some twenty-five OF the
leading business and professional
men have already become charter
members.
The club will meet once each week
at luncheon and matters OF public in
terest and benefit will be discussed
and measures taken to further them.
Membership Is limited to leading
business and professional men in a
community and Is by invitation only.
Clubs are usually composed Of the
younger men who have earned for
them the title of The Tribe of Pep.
Purpose. Push and Progress" and
caused a very rapid growth for
Lionism.
First Organization In Chicago.
Lions International was formed in
Chicago. June Z. 1917, the original
association being composed OF
twenty-one various Independent Or
CARNATIONS. Many of these, like the
Business Mems circle OF Chicago,
were at that time ten to fifteen years
old. From it's earliest inception.
Lionism has kept itself free from
difficulties arising through political
or sectarian activities.
Growth was retarded during the
war. the individual clubs devoting
all of their energies to war activities.
Early in 1920 in response to many
petitions from various cities, a
policy of expansion was adopted. At
the present time the total number
of clubs in the United States and
Canada is 225 with $4,000 members.
New clubs are only established on
request. and then only after a thor
ough investigation of a city, Its citi-
zens and its prOgressiveness by
neighboring clubs and a field direc-
tor of Lions International. Even
with these restrictions and while
establishing from fifteen to twenty
clubs a month. the International as
ISOLATION has been unable to meet
the large demand for clubs from all
over the United States, Canada and
foreign countries.
Cheyenne and Laramie have had
Lions clubs for about one year.
| Cheyenne club is one OF the members
| 80 tha ntarnofinn hna ri IF IiVno.
tors. A.. Baker, state land commits
sioner is dirtrict governor for this
Estate. Both the Cheyenne and Lara
ME clubs have been very anxious
for some time to establish other
clubs in the state. The demand for
clubs from cities all over the cOun-
try has made it impossible to meet
these desires until the present time.
when Mr.. Jones was sent here by the
International association to assist Mr..
Baker in the establishment of new
clubs.
A club was organized in Sheridan
in May, another in Rock Springs on
June 10th. The Rawlins club will
be the fifth in the state.
CO-OpcratiOn is Demanded of Tub
The name Lions is taken from
their slogan. Liberty, Intelligence.
Our Nations Safety"
The principals of each local club
and the international association de-
mand full and hearty cooperation
with all other clubs. the chamber of
commerce and other civic and COM
mercial organizations. in all move
ment in the community which seek
tn promote any betterment, civic.
industrial or educational and any
plans looking towards the elimina-
ton of class distinction: the uniting
of its members in the bonds Of
friendship. good fellowship and
mutual understanding; the strict adj
herance to the highest code of ethics
in business and social relations: and
absolute and answering loyalty to
the community. state and nation.