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Show Gunnison's Jungle Will Resound With Lions' Roar At Ceremonies when Local Club Is Awarded Charter . Next Saturday evening, July 19, and beginning at seven-thirty, the Gunnison Lions club, organized only a few months ago, will emerge from the "cub" state and the local will be elevated to the standing of the many other hundreds of clubs throughout the United States. On this evening attended with pomp and glory, the Gunnison Gun-nison Lions club will be presented with the regular charter and thereafter it will be a "regular." Gunnison and her citizens are looking forward to the event and it promises to eclipse any event of its kind ever staged in the city. The many committees appointed for the various duties are putting forth the strongest efforts, as Lions do, to make the "Charter Night" festivities an event long to be remembered. And there will be things doing. Officials high in the organization's roster, will be present. Visitors from Ogden, Salt Lake, Midvale, Murray, Pay-son, Pay-son, Mt. Pleasant, Salina, Richfield, Ephraim and Manti will be present and the entertainment committee has estimated that some three hundred will be present. Beginning at seven-thirty an elaborate banquet will be served at the auditorium of the Gunnison Valley high school. During the banquet an excellently arranged program will be given and dull care will be cast aside and the spirit of Lioniem only will predominate. The Gunnison Lions club was organized or-ganized in the later part of February of this year. At the time of the organization or-ganization thirty "cubs," vowing that Lionism was the right and proper method to follow, signed as charter members of the local. During the interim of being placed in the column of "regular Lions," renewed activity in the development of the city, has resulted. As the "cubs" have grown so has the enthusiasm in the organization, organi-zation, and today Gunnison has one of the most active, ambitious and eager set of Lions to be found anywhere any-where in the "jungles." And this is not the end. Following Follow-ing "Charter .Night" and when the local has been duly presented with the much coveted charter, real things will be doing. The various ideals which Lionism fosters will be foremost fore-most in the heart of every member of the Gunnison club. Civic improvements, improve-ments, civic pride, a helping hand, loyalty, advancement in educational lines, and hundreds of other good things will be the objects to work for. The local organization, though young, is "pepping up" and in due time the roars from this city can be heard far and near. At the organization of the Gunni- ! son Lions club the following enrolled as charter members: L. J. Arnold, L. G. Anderson, F. A. Beck, Frank O. Bullock, H. W. Cherry, Parley Christiansen, S. J. Duggins, C. M. Edwards, Geo. S. Francis, Leo Gledhill, P. T. Henry, N. L. Hermansen, Dr. J. A. Hagan, J. R. Howard, F. H. Jones, J. W. Jones, L. Ludvigson, June Metcalf, B. A. Madsen, R. C. Norman, Ira Overfelt, R. J. Parr, Fletcher Peterson, Peter-son, Louis Peterson, John S. Peterson, J. B. Roper, Lenno Rosenvall, Hart Sanders, E. L. Swalberg, and D. H. Whitenburg. The original roster . isr still intact with the exceptions of R. C. Norman arrd"" Louis Peterson. These Lions recently left the city, Mr. Norman locating at Fairfield, Iowa, and Mr. Peterson, at Pocatello, Idaho. The officers chosen at the time the local was organized, and who yet hold office are, J. W. Jones, president; L. J. Arnold, vice president; D. H. Whittenburg, secretary; F. A. Beck, treasurer; C. M. Edwards, Lion tamer; J. R. Howard, tail twister. ,The offiicers, together with Ira Over-felt, Over-felt, F. H. Jones, E. L. Swalberg and Parley Christiansen, constitute the board of directors. |