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President:
Todd Street
ist Vice President:
Terry Musselman
Secretary:
Joann Williams
Assitant Treasurer:
Dick Walck
Treasurer:
Ted Mercado
Lion Tamer:
Paul Freeman
Tail Twister:
Charlie Booze
Membership/Chaplain:
Joel Leckron
Bd Dir 1yr.:
John Alleman
John Rishel
Ron Snyder
Bd Dir 2 yr:
Charlie Booze
Bill Needy
Member:
Earl Bodes, Jr.
Don Coldsmith
Ed Cordell
Robert Crunkleton
Duane Cunningham
Steve Facchina
Sandy Fink-Freeman
Fred Fisher
Cal Hausenfluck
Justin Hollingshead
Glenn Knepper
Fred Lehman
John McDowell
Ernie Mellott
Darrel Miller
Sam Needy
Charlie Parsons
Paul Sauder
Michael Stevens
Frank Traver
Charlie Try
Darrel Veilleix
Marty Zimmerman
Member-at-Large:
Bill Little
Allan Mairose
Associate Member:
Dianne Howland
LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL PA STATE COUNCIL OF LIONS CLUBS, MD 14T DISTRICT 14T GREENCASTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LIONS LEARNING CENTER
Greencastle, Pennsylvania
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Who Are We?
The Greencastle Lions Club is comprised of men and women who volunteer their time, talents, and efforts to serve the community where they live and work.
We meet at the Antrim House Restaurant, Baltimore and Washington Streets, Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
We meet the second and fourth Thursday evenings at 6:30PM. We endeavor to provide a wide range of interesting topics for our meeting programs.
Melvin Jones, the founder of Lions International was born at Fort Thomas,Arizona, January 13, 1879.
Growing into adulthood, Jones, now living in Chicago, Illinois, was invited by a friend "to meet some of the boys". The "boys" turned out to be members of the Business Circle of Chicago.
In 1915, Melvin Jones was elected secretary of the group. As he worked at his elected position he had the feeling that something was wrong wioth the picture. 200 successful, influential businessmen could have a great influence for good in their community. Instead, they met, dined,patted each other on the back, and counted it a good day when they exchanged profitable orders.
With a wealth of information gleaned from correspondence and visits with other clubs, Jones made the suggestion that the Chicago group merge their affiliation with other similar orgaizations.
June 17, 1917, at his invitation, 20 delegates representing 27 clubs from over the United States met in the East Room of Chicago's Hotel LaSalle.
Through a little campaigning, the name of the Organization became the Lions -- the names stood for courage, strenghth, fidelity and vital action. The first convention was held in Dallas, Texas October, 1917. The second in 1918 in St. Louis.
An adoption of the emblem, official colors, the Code of Ethics and Objects, and a strong Constitution came later, but Lions International was founded.
The founder of the now 87 year old organization,the world's largest service organization, died in 1959.
Our Club History
Hoping to enlist the efforts of at least 25 of the area's men, a meeting was scheduled for March 9, 1944 in the McLaughlin Hotel. The session proved successful with 26 men in atendance. Allen Gaddis was elected as the first President of the club. On April 13 of that year, the State and International charter was presented to the Club during a special "Ladies Night" banquet held in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Guests from neighboring clubs of Waynesboro and Chambersburg attended bringing with them gifts of a gong, a gavel, and a set of flags for use at each meeting. Since 1944, over 47 individuals have served as President of the club, only four men have served more than once as President. The Club has met at several places since its beginning; members homes, the Family Restaurant, Potter's Restaurant, the Lions/Lioness Den and the Antrim House Restaurant, which is the same building in which it began. Withn the Motto: We Serve", the Greencastle Lions Club has held a variety of fund raising activities over the 65 years it existed. These activities include: Pancake Day , White Cane Day, Christmas Tree sales , broom sales, bingo games, calendar sales, Ice Cream making and selling. In the past, cars were raffled, beef cattle were auctioned, white elephant auctions were held. The Greencasle Lions Club hosts the annual Easter Egg Hunt, donated the lighting system to the Jerome R. King Playground, drilled a well and placed a pump at the Enoch Brown Park, helped raise subscriptions for the Chambersburg Hospital. The Club purchased the former McLaughlin Hotel in 1975. Members donated time, labor, and effort in renovating the building and restaurant facility. Members of the Club were involved in a combined community fund-raising drive for benifit of the Antrim House and the John L. Grove Medical Center, generating aproximately $260,000,. The money which was raised through volunteer effort was divided equally between the two facilities. We endeavor to be busy and productive.
The Greencastle Lions Club began with meetings in the homes of prospective members when an apparent need for such an organization in Greencastle and the surrounding community was realized. The time was early 1944, and the suggestion came from members of the Chambersburg Lions Club and representatives of the International organization. Local businessmen were contacted and the suggestion was well received.
The Club also renovated the old Walck Hatchery and operated it as the "Lions/Lioness Den" where meetings and bingo games were conducted.
The Club participates, or has participated in, Highway Cleanup, Student of the Month program, photographic eye-screening of pre-school youth.
