New Britain herald., 1922-06-13
LIONS ROARING FOR
 ADDED MEMBERSHIP Committees Appointed at Pre-
 liminary Meeting of Club Today LIVELY INTEREST IS SHOWN
Eighteen Men In Attendance At First Gathering At The Elks' Club This Noon-,Jolrn Gleason Speaks.

Noon-Jolrn Gleason Speaks. A great deal of enthusiasm and in- terest was shown at the orga niza ton meeting of the New Britain Lions club held at the Elks' club on Wash ington street this noon. Eighteen members were present and Harry Me- Kinnon, director for the purpose of organizing such club in this city, expressed himself well pleased with the attendance.
 Committees Named MT. Mckinnon believed that it would be best to wait until the mem bership is larger before officers are elected and therefore appointed sew eral committees to act temporarily. Thomas F. Jackson was named as chairman of the publicity committee and will have Robert Vance and Wal ter Doyle to assist him.
 Those who will serve on the lunch con committee are C, w. Buckley, A. w. Piper and w. w. Bullen. The membership committee which will pass on the nominee consists of Fred
  Rev. John l.. Davis, J. A. Andrews, w. H. Allen and Fred Porter. Mr. O'Connor was named chairman of the entertainment committee and will ap- point his assistants. James Onorato was named chairman of the telephone committee and will also choose men to serve with. him.
 Director Speaks
 Following the luncheon and the ap- pointment of the various committees, MT. Mckinnon spoke to the mem bers He said that the Lions clubs were started as the result of gathering held in Dallas, Texas, in 1917, Sew eral small clubs with different names had been organized throughout the middle west and it was decided that they all should become one.
 With this in mind. the speaker said. the meeting in Dallas was called. Each club member was asked to sub init a name for the new club to be called, Most all of the second choices mentioned Lions" and thus the name was adopted.
 John Gleason Present
 John A. Gleason, an active worker for the Hartford Lions club. was present and spoke to the members He told Of the interest which has been shown in Hartford and was sure that the club would become d success in New Britain.
 The slogan of the club is, Liberty. Intelligence, Our Nations Safety" l." is to stand for loyalty to country, community and home 1T" is for the individual integrity in thought, word and deed. 70" is for one flag, one language. IN" is for new ideals, new hopes. new ambitions in business and profession. "S'' is for service that is founded on the Golden Rule
 Members Present
 Those present at the meeting of the club this noon were w. H. Allen, John A. Andrews, Charles A. Renee. Dr. Ernest F'romen, Thomas Jackson, Fred Macomber Thomas w O'Con- nor, Robert C. Vance. Clarence w. Buckley, Stanley J. Traceski, Dr. Leon F.. Dary, A. w. Piper, Claude J. Le- roux. William w. Bullen, Fred Por- ter and Dr. Charles Wahberg. John Gleason and Harry Mckinnon Others who have signed as members but were not present are Judge B. w. Allen, Harry C, Brown, Rev John l.. Davis, George T. Denby, Walter Doyle, Harry H. Howard, James r. | kiniry. Angelo M. Paonessa, George Quigley, Frank Goodwin. Rev. Walter | McCrann, Henry Iudorf.
 Meetings On Tuesday
 It was voted by the members to hold regular meetings on Tuesday 1oons of each week at 1o.15 o'clock lntil a permanent set of officers have | ,een elected and they make a change.