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Show Local Lions Club Installs Officers Installation of the new officers elected some few weeks ago by the Gunnison Lions club featured an extraordinary ex-traordinary meeting of the local Lions at the Wistaria cafe Wednesday evening. eve-ning. George Last, manager for the local Christensen's Inc. store, was placed at the head of the club as president for the ensuing year. Serving Serv-ing with President Last will be D. E. Borg, manager for the C. W. & M. Co., as vice-president. Norman Johnson, John-son, local manager for the Telluride Pewer company, was installed as secretary-treasurer. W. H. Farr, with the Gunnison Sugar company, is the new Tail Twister, and Vearl A. Peterson, the well known service and garage operator, will act as Lion Tamer. The club now has a membership of 16, and the attendance at the Wednesday Wed-nesday evening meeting was 100 per cent. Through the interest shown by the members in attendance, the local club has established a record for clubs in the smaller towns. At the district convention held early in June at Idaho Falls, the Gunnison club walked away with the first prize in attendance, and its record was highly commended by the district officers. One of the main objects under the new administration will be an effort to enlist more members. President Last has announced that soon he will name the standing committees, and he also added that several new projects pro-jects would be promoted and advanced advanc-ed during the tenure of his office. |