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Show Milford Lions Get Charter ! Banquet and Dance Held Dr. M. M. Nielson Speaks c , PONS is. T The Milford Lions club received its charter from the Lions International Interna-tional last Saturday at the hand of M, M. Nielson, district governor. s The presentation was made the oc-' casion of a big banquet at the Atkin cafe, followed by a grand ball at the opera house. j The banquet was served on large tables set in the form of a letter 'U' nad was presided over by Sam Cline,' president of the club, who acted as toastmaster. About eighty were at the tables. invocation was offered by H. E. I oowmau, lollowed by the introduc-' uju of v i8i ling Lion. Major hi. ti. .bird, in a few wail chosen words, welcomed the visitors A duet by Mesdames Quayle and imith receiyed a hearty applause. Karl S. Carlton, in an address on "saifishness" kept the' banqueters in a roar of laughter. The Campground quartet, composed com-posed of Fournier, Bowman, Ward, MeKeon and Knudson (5) rendered that old familiar song, "Tenting on the Ofd Camp Ground," in a very unfamiliar un-familiar way. Jack Whitted gave a humorous description of a wild goose hunt, which proved to be a pelican. ! District Governor Nielson in presenting pre-senting the charter, spoke as follows: fol-lows: In presenting the charter to the iTjlford Lions, Dr. M. M. Nielson, : district governor addressed those present as follows: Lions Clubs are non-political, non-sectarian, non-sectarian, non-secret, organizations, composed of representative business and professional men who feel an interest in the welfare and progress of their city and community. Lionism promotes the principles j of good government ;.iu! good citizen ship. Lionism takes an acthe interest in the civic, commercial, social andj moral welfare of the community. j Lionism unites its members in the bonds of friendship, gtod fellowship and mutual understanding. Lionism is designed to further education, ed-ucation, enlarge social and civic opportunities, op-portunities, support the laws, direct public corjsels, and in every way, make the lives of men better and happier. Lionism is synonymous with civic progress. There are great possibilities possibili-ties in this new brand of fellowship that has been suggested to the world as, an agency that serves and begets borncooperation. The need for it was born as a reslut of the world war, which taught us the value of concentrated concen-trated effort. Lionism is not concerned concern-ed about self applause. Tt js, however, how-ever, concerned about getting things done in the communities in which it lives, and throbs and operates, and it never demands it's measure of reward, re-ward, it believes in subordinating personal praise and glory to the largeness of the work there is to do. i It believes that the world and peo-, peo-, el,, are less concerned in the agency f f" 'ircnt than in the finished , ;;roducl of the effort of such agency. If a club did no more than to make 'good Lions out of its individual .members. It would have earned its richt to existence. But we know that good Lions can only be made by putting then le ; work, not for the e!nh. hut fer the community. It is by Lions clubs mJ similar i organizations that the spirit of a city jand community is created, and the individual receives actual advancement advance-ment and development. There perhaps never was a time when the value of such organizations were more thoroughly appreciated than at the present time. We learned during the World war that to accomplish great things as a nation, absolute cooperation was required, re-quired, and we are now beginning to apply that same philosophy to our local affairs. We have also learned that by work ing and mingling together we be come a greater people. j The value of cooperation to ac-T'rri'ph ac-T'rri'ph a given task needs no argument, ar-gument, Kipling said: ! It ain't the guns nor ornaments, j Nor the funds that they can pay, But the close cooperation That makes them win the day. Lions Clubs stand for full and hearty cooperation with all other clubs, the chamber of commerce, Jnd other civic and commercia' organizations, or-ganizations, in all movements in the community which seek to promote any betterment, civic, industi al. or educational, and any plans looking look-ing toward the elimination of class distinction. j In line with their principles, and ts a direct result of their practices, Lions clubs throughout the United States and Canada have initiated many projects for the welfare of the communities. Let me emphasize one of the important im-portant activities of Lions clubs that I feel, means more to America and the world than any other that of the boy and girl. Did it ever occur to you that education of the boy and girl is not at the fireside, but away from home. The child welfare comnittee at the last International Lions convention conven-tion recommended the following in part; "Every Lions club should engage in some kind of boy or girl welfare work in its local community. "Every Lions club should make a thorough and complete survey of the child welfare in its local community in order that they may know the facts regarding the boy and girl problems and determine what Lions Can do to best render service. "Every Lions club should support the National boys ai)d girls work organizations already established and to that end endorse the organizations organ-izations towit: Boy Scouts, Young Men's- Christian association, Camp-fire Camp-fire girls, Girl Scouts and Junior Red Cross, as being worthy of support. Every Lions club should be a "Big Brother" to some handicapped boy or girl, especially the orphan. The ' physically defected, the delinquent and neglected child. Help see that they have employment when needed and if possible, secure further education educa-tion and training. Every Lions club should promote and encourage father and son week every fall and boys.' week every serine, in the hope that the boys, the f it hers and Eons, and the citizens of each community where there Is a Lions club, may receive inspiration of the value and the posibllitie.- rf 'he boy life of such community. Tee 7. ions International has noted v. :th much co:yprn the fa' t that 70 er rr-,t of the greater crimes are n-x coreml'terl by ycing men under 2.". yenr? of -:. in many instances. ;:.o j-.-.rnnis show that the greatest cff. ns'S known to the laws of God and man have been committed by 1 'oung men well educated and with adequate means for their maiutenan-' maiutenan-' ce aud support. They have, however, ' Scorned the laws and failed to recognize rec-ognize and respect the individual rights of others. 'roaay the prevention of crime ciiailenges oar attention. touch work should be done before ue chilu reacnes the police station or ine reformatory. This work should ; be done in the home, the school, in 'the church and through proper community com-munity activities:. Every Lion and every Lions club should interest itself it-self iu the matter of prevention of crime, Lionism has from the beginning declared one of its objects be the promotion of the theory of good government gov-ernment and good citizenship. Lions should not only be good citizens themselves, but should teach the boys and girls of this generation respect res-pect for law, recognition of the rights of others, duty to God, loyalty loyal-ty to country and service to others. What is a boy? He is the person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is to sit, right where you are silting, and attend to those things you think are so important, when you are gone. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried on, depends on him. Even if you make leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them. He is going to sit at your desk In the Senate, and oocupy your place on the Supreme Bench, He is going to move In and take over your prisons, churches, universities, univer-sities, counting houses, and corporations. corpor-ations. When you get done, all your work is going to be judged and praised, or condemned by him. Your reputation and your fortune are in his hands. He will read the books you write, or sell them to the second hand man. He will assume control of your cities. Right now the future President is playing marbles. And the most famous fam-ous actor of his day, is complaining, because he does not want to go to bed, Not your contemporaries and fellow fel-low citizens, but the boys out there in the school yrd. are going to say whether, after ail, you were a grand and noble hero or a blatherskite. It is the boy who will amend your rules, alter your creeds, laugh at your mistakes. He may think kindly of you and say you did the best you could, or he may not. Watch your step. All your work for him, and the fate of the nation and of humanity is in his hands. Let us resolve to pay the boy some attention. The real purpose of my trip waa not to preach Lionism to you good people, but to make you members of this wonderful association of service and self-sacrifice. And now, Lion President and Lions of the Milford club, by authority author-ity vested in me, I present to you the hardy hand of goodfellowship of the many thousand Lions throughout the country, and with i I present to you the Charter of the International as-ociation of Lions clubs of which you are now a part, ' The acceptance of the charter on your part obligates all the clubs In the association as a urit, to protect and look after you as one of its own. It obligates the entire membership member-ship of the associa'ion to accord to yon a brother's love and interest as a member of their f'.v.ily. I.'l me impress on ycu that the nati'e Lion has ren' sirrifieance: liberty, Intellige" " --Out Nation's Safety. The letter (L) In die charter and or: :hr button, whi-i has been given to yen, signifies Lo,';i Pnd typifies the r-mbol that b.i- c'.rr.n down to ec Tht,,i;ph the pe.'-t ; r '. -. r: s a re-Hiiii'ier. re-Hiiii'ier. that the I '- ,. Irue to him-rc-lf. for, "To thine own sdf be true (concluded on page five i j LIOXS GET CHARTER (continued from page 1) A;;i it must follcv a; t!:e the clay T.'.u canst not then ! lie falsa to any man." The association as a unit, in pre- seining this charter, obligates itself . to you. and in turn, fellow Lions, i -i'U :v- obligated to its code of eth-i j ics. its principles, its constitution anc i by-laws which are now and ever will i be its foundations. Our colors are purple and gold Purple stands for royalty, royalty of mind and heart, royalty in dealing with ones fellowman, royalty in mo-tiyes. mo-tiyes. royalty in purpose, and royalty royal-ty in action. Gold stands for things that are preci6us. Gold as a symbol of Lion-ism, Lion-ism, means freedom from dross, free dom from things that contaminate. It stands for the highest and best in the world. Let us live up to our colors col-ors and show our colors by our outward out-ward manifestations in life. Our colors represent over S00 Lions clubs and 50,000 members who are builded into the unit of Lionism. Our colors typify leadership. Lions are leaders. Lions clubs are designed desig-ned to further education, enlarge social and civic opportunities, support sup-port the laws, direct public counsels and in every way make the lives of men better and happier. Lionism is the highest and noblest quality in man. educated and put into practical use. Lionism is patriotism. Lions in their loyalty, support one another, their clubs, their association and the loyal to their homes, their community, their state and their nation. This, fellow Lions, is the first year of your existence and you have already al-ready commenced to do' things for your community and before we meet with you, at our next district convention con-vention at Mt. Pleasant in May, I hope you will have convinced the inhabitants in-habitants of your city and state, and also Lions International, that out of the West has come another club which will lead and which will be felt as a great moral factor to your community, your state and your nation. na-tion. And, now, let me say to you older boys yes, you fullfledged Lions engender a greater feeling of neigh-borliness neigh-borliness between yourselves, between be-tween you and your neighboring cities. Remember a kindly word, a bit of assistance, the neighborly act-straight act-straight out from man to man, noc as charity-is a great tonic for times such as these. It will give your neighbor and your neighboring town, new life, new incentive, in-centive, new hope. Don't be self-centered all for one only and that one' yourself . Be broad, be liberal, be a humanitar ian. This is Lionism and you can do much if you will. Remember what our good friend Sam Foss said. "Be a friend to man and live in a house by the side of the road." President Cline, in accepting the charter for the Milford club, spoke in part as follows: "A Lions club any Lions club in order to render the community in 'which it exivts, the best of service, ser-vice, must be known and understood by that community. The purposesi for which it is organized, the manner in which it functions, and the work which it does must be known to the entire community. For that reason vva have invited a number of citizens of our town and the adjoining conn-thy conn-thy who are not members of the Lions club, to participate with us in our Charter Night. We want their cooperation and their help. Lion Nielson, the district governor, has already explained some of the purposes pur-poses for which we are organized. It may not, therefore, be amiss at this time to give a brief history of Jar activities. "Early i nthe spring of this year Lion Jefferson advised our district governor that M.ilford was in a receptive re-ceptive mood and would welcome a Lions club. Thereupon, literature pertaining to the club was mailed to members of the commercial club and about the 1st of May this year a Lions club was organized with Kar! S. Carlton as the first president. The club immediately became active by fostering Sunday excursions to the pumping belt, the mines. Minersville, Telluride Power plant In Beaver ivr-yon end other places. lis committee? commit-tee? gathered exhibits of agricultural agricultur-al pursuits, fostered the Defense Day exercises, etc. Some of our ventures were not so highly successful, as for example, our first choice of (he camp ground, (attention Mr. Bowman.) W? believe in civic and rommun-i'y rommun-i'y advancement, in social welfare, in fostering better schools, in child wrllfr.re. In short we believe in Lion-i-m. Lionism has been defined as that which brings forth the bcl ther is in man and inducts him jnto the useful service of o;hors. Lion Xielson. th" Milford Lions c'ub accents its charter very gladly rnd very proudly. It accepts the char-tor char-tor with the full realization of the I respoiuil Mines imposed upon it in I carrying n the work of Lionism, and with a thorough knowledge that it must not and cannot fail in these 1 : responsibilities, and yet with a con-: con-: tidence and an abiding conviction . that the club will make good, and that we can and will do as Lions, act Lions." H. F. Fernstorm, vice president of the Salt Lake club addressed the au-. dience on Lionism in a few well chosen words. i Dr. E. G. Peterson, president of the Utah Agricultural college, made ja few remarks on cooperation and j civic endeavor. j i F. C. Kanzler, field director for f the intermountain region, who had I temporarily been appointed chief of police, made a financial report ou fines collected and upon surrender-ling surrender-ling his badge of authority, demanded a receipt from Treasurer Jos. R. Murdock for $6.10. j Vocal music led by C. R. Parrish was intcrsperced throughout the program. j At the close of the banquet adjournment ad-journment was taken to the opera house, where dancing was indulged in until midnight. The Atkin cafe was beautifully decorated with purple and gold : streamers and with strings of many . colored electric lights, j The officers of the club at the pres-lent pres-lent time are: President Sam Cline. ! First Vice President M. P. Lewis Second Vice President Geo. Jef-: Jef-: ferson. j Secretary Al. Hillary. i Treasurer Jos. R. Murdock. Lion Tamer H. M. Jennings. Tail Twister D. E. Kirk. Directors C. R. Parrish, Wm. 1 Miller, C. T. Woodbury, W. W. Mark ham. The Charter night committee was composed of Joe Kinney, Jack Whit-ted, Whit-ted, W W Markham, L. R. Fournier, E. F. Sherwood, C. R. Parrish. j What Lionism Is Lions clubs are non-political, non-sectarian non-sectarian organizations composed of representative business and professional profes-sional men who feel an interest in the welfare and progress of their city and community. Lionism promotes the principles of good government and good citizenship. citi-zenship. Lionism takes an active interest in the civic, commercial, social and moral welfare of the community. Lionism unites its members in the i bonds of friendship, good fellowship j and mutual understanding. Lionism is designed to further! education, enlarge social and civic! opportunities, support the laws, di-j red public counsels, and in every j way make the lives of men better and happier. Membership is acquired by invitation invita-tion only, and none but men of honor hon-or and of the highest standing will l e as ked to affiliate with the club. Only one active member will be assigned as-signed to each classification. Principles of Lionism 1. Full and hearty cooperation with all other clubs In all movements move-ments in the community which seek to promote any betterment, civic, industrial in-dustrial or educational, and any plans looking towards the elimination elimina-tion of class distinction. 2. Promotion of public health, hygiene and sanitation, especially among those who need instruction in the care and feeding of children. 3. Being an organization thorough ly loyal to our government, it is our special interest to advance education in the language, customs, ideas and government of our country, especially especial-ly among adults of foreign birth. 4. Strict adherence to the highest code of ethics in all our business and social relations, |