The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
Crippled US Bomber Down off Vanccuver
LIONS SHOW JUST HOW THINGS DONE
 AT DINNER PARTY


 The Juneau Lions Club met at an evening affair last night, with their wives and children as special guests, with Valentines Day the special event.
 Liens, wives, kiddies and guests, 120 strong, filled the banquet Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, where the program for the evening was regular business, for the benefit of the families getting the low down on how the Big Bad Lions behave when lunching away from home.
 Of the 49 children present. youngest child was that of MT. and Mrs. Robert Snuff, Bobby Jr., 21 months old, who received big Valentine box of candy as the prize. Oldest Child" present was intro duced by Mike Monagle, who pre- sented Keith Wildes (Rotarian.
 Mayor Wainc Hendrickson and Mrs. Hendrickson, were special guests of the Club and spoke brief ly on the plans of the City for Evergreen Bowl this summer. The Mayor praised the results of the combined efforts of Juneau and Douglas and the Lions Club in making possible the Douglas Beach facilities and stated that the City of Juneau had large plans for Ev- ergreen bowl to further outside sum- mer activities. He said plans were being made to construct road into the bowl, so that heavy equip ment may be brought in by truck. Much new equipment, including a new Merry -go-Round, and other playground equipment is on the City dock and will be installed for this summers use. The Merry-go- Round is not to be confused with the one the Fourth of July com mittee has purchased he said, but is a empowered playground type. Other sporting equipment, such as horizontal bars and ladders, pole vaulting equipment is also on hand, purchased recently by the city. The Lions Club efforts to heat the swimming pool fits into the general plans, he intimat- 1 ed. He felt that, with the resources the Club already has, and the pos sibility of the City sponsoring the program under the General Services Facilities Program, that the heat | ing of the pool could be completed in the near future.
 Lion Ed. Chester reported for Harry Sperling, Lions Club Sports manager, on the results of Friday nights game, with the House of David group. Total take $l,260; Lions share after expenses to be applied on score board, S358. Bal ance of cost of the electrical score board to be paid out of other Lions Club funds, $93.76. The electrical score board was presented to the School during the game.
 Lion Dr. J. o. Rude, thanked the Lions Club for the gift on be- half of the Juneau School Board.
 President Val Poor appointed Lions B. w. Matheny, M Holm and Joe S'hofner to serve on the staff of the "Cats-Meow' official weekly publication of the Lions, edited by Lion Sterling Sears.
 He also appointed Lions Robert Snuff, Laurence Wilcox, and Homer Hamilton to start the ball rolling on the Douglas Community Beach project for the summer season.
 Lions Earl Forsythe and Joe Shofner also named additional Lions to serve on committees for the Gold Medal Basketball Tourna- ment. Forsythe also announced that tickets for the Gold Medal Tourna- ment would be placed on sale at the Juneau Drug and Harry Race 
 stores.
 During part of the program, Lions Sextette was formed singing l sSchool Days" Program Chairman Shofner, introduced five year old Misses Danna Jean Poor and Clau- i dia Jean Smith who sang "Ihe Lions Club is The Best in Town, because it gave them place to play on the Douglas Beach, and oil the Douglas streets.
 1 Guests for the evening besides Lions families and the honored guests, the Hendricksons, were Keith Wildes and wife and Paul Alexander and family.