Lafayette County WI Archives History - Books .....Lions Club 1976
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Book Title: A History Of Blanchardville, Gem Of The Pecatonica

Lions Club

    The Blanchardville Lions Club was organized in September of 1951 and
chartered on December 10, 1951. The purposes for which it was organized were
assistance to the visually handicapped, betterment of the local community and in
turn, the betterment of the world. The initial officers of the club were Atty.
Eldon R. Hird, president; Thomas J. Watson, secretary; Lyall M. Cowley,
treasurer; O. Harold Saether, 1st vice president; Russell E. Hanson, 2nd vice
president, and Donald J. Hanold, tailtwister.

    The first civic improvement project completed by the Lions was an ice
skating rink and this was followed by the financial and leadership
reorganization and sponsorship of local Boy Scout Troop #129, annual financial
support of a boy from the high school junior class to Badger Boys' State at
Ripon; sundry improvements to McKellar Memorial Park including bathrooms,
athletic field lights, concrete parking bumpers and construction of a shelter
house (funds for shelter house provided by Garden Club); promotion of Christmas
decorating contests and a "get out the vote" campaign; collection of donations
for purchase of an ambulance; erection of signs giving directions to Yellowstone
Lake and better highway markers for Highway 78; the purchase and installation of
street signs and house numbers throughout the village; assistance in the
electrifying of the town clock; participation in the county planning committee
to encourage industry to locate in this area; sponsorship of bus transportation;
the provision of music for the Christmas season for public listening; and the
collection of old eye glasses for use by new eyes.

    In addition to the foregoing projects, a child was sponsored for one week
each summer to the Wisconsin Lions Camp for the visually handicapped at Rosholt,
Wisconsin and Miss Patricia McGinnity of Argyle was sponsored as a delegate to
the White House Conference on Children and Youth. An international venture
resulted in two girls from Norway being hosted at the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Paulson and Mr. and Mrs. James Lageson and in reciprocation, Lynn Paulson
of Blanchardville was sponsored on a six week's trip to Norway.

    Some of the fund raising events of the Lions have been the rummage sales,
light bulb, broom, candy and fruit cake sales, pancake suppers and talent shows.


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