, 1921-07-21
i.iD>S ,lJH NOTES

"'- eff i.' mot important - Ia hold
by thu r'ah. as The election of Officers
and "'h.r equally imDarltnr bus
ness w brought before the mon
br"S. and The noon hour was hardly
sufficient TO carry out the work.
After the singing of Am"ricn. a
laps" was allowed in the routine Of
affairs n" permit The members to en-
JOY TIT" rrpaSt served before brin"-
ing up he important questions Of
the meeting, and as the lunch was of
excellent quality and well served.
lull justice was lone during the
time given. !. number of poppy
songs Y ere sang between courses to
htlp Keep the spirit To Lion tradi-
tons and at the ending Of one song
Gun eastman was heard TO remark
that he ordinarily WAS no much of
"A singer, but when properly enthused
ny "A certain type of spiritual help.
could sing with the best ot them.
TIL" Club was honored by the
presence of two visitors. who. o
being introduced By their Cub hosts,
gave" very interesting talks. Cub
kinnaman presented Mr.. Weller of
Denver, a Transportation expert. and
in his talk spoke of a dream" that
he would max" his subject. Mr..
Nrli"r has just completed "A trip
from RaWlins to Lander. and was
surprised upon the conditions of the
roads as he found them being in
comparatively good condition and the
business that Rawlins was losing be-
"&uS" Of not being "On the Job, he
stated that Lander was putting forth
all her effort to corner whatever
business possible by stating that she
was standing the larger portion of
the cost of construction and upkeep,
and that much business naturally
du" Rawlins. and especially so be
cause of her central location. and
point Of distribution. was being lured
to Lander when Rawlins should have
at least half, and perhaps a greater
portion. Mr.. Weller closed by stat
ing that he dreamed of the day when
Rawlins would he the premier in
business and especially of distribu-
ton of supplies because of her logi-
cal location for that purpose. and
that the Lions Club could do much
in showing Rawlins the way.
Mr.. Lewis. also OF Denver, and a
Hardware representative. was intro
duced by Cub billiard. and spoke
along the lines Of Mr.. Weller, stating
that he could s~uhstantiate Mr..
Welter's Statements, and that much
was up to the business men Of Raw
Inns. and the Lions Club, to obtain
for Rawlins. some if not all Of the
business that was rightfully hers.
Upon taking action on the nomi-
nation and election OF officers. Cub
Bible very capably handled the situa-
tion in the absence of Cub Chairman
Hadsell. Cub Bible stated that the
nominations should. in the opinion
of the committee. be made from the
floor, but read a list Of those whom
the committee thought would be
suitable for the various offices, and
then recommended that the meeting
be open for further nominations. the
list as read by Cub Bible was so sat
iSfactOry to the members that no
further nominations were made. and
upon motion of Cub Brimmer. the
nominations we're closed and the
members recommended by the Nom
mating Committee was elected en-
bloc.
Cub Paulson, upon being nominat-
ed for the position Of Secretary
arose and stated that he would
have to decline because he was of
the opinion that he could not prop
Prly perform the work. in view of
the fact that his regular work was
Of such a portion. that it left very
little time in which to do Justice to
the requirements of the Club. in an
swer, Cub President Whitehead Pro
TEN. arose and stated that the work
already performed had beer so sat
!sfactOry that unless it was an i'm
possibility. that Sec. Paulson Pro
TEN, should be elected to the officer
ship offered. and that there was no
question of a doubt but what the po-
sition would be filled with greater
efficiency and satisfaction than be
fore. The answer was in every in
dication, that of every member pres
ent, and Cub Paulson was prevailed
upon to accept the nomination.
The list of officers for the coming
year. or to serve until the regular
election which is held every May is
as follows: A. r. Whitehead. prcsi-
dent: X. II. iiadsell. vic" president;
II. NJ. Paulson, secretary: II. II. Mel.
son. treasurer; r. McMickcn, tail
twister; Paul Leimbarh. Lion tanner;
these officers are also directors and
in addition three directors were
elected. making a board of nine di-
rcctors. the following three members
were elected as directors o fill the
board. ID. G. kinnamban. Geo. A
Bible and c. A. Brimmcr.
Cub President Whitehead arose
following the election and speaking
in behalf Of the other newly elected
officers as we'll as for himself. gave
in a few appropriate words the
pledge of unremitting effort in
making the Rawlins Lions Den n
of the leading Dens in the state. and
that Che plan and efforts of the Den
for the betterment of the cOmmun-
ity and putting of Rawlins IN the
map" would re pushed to the ut
most.
Following the closing of the bust
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