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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016
BARROW JOURNAL
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: WINDER NOON LIONS CLUB ANNIVERSARY
Winder Noon Lions Club Celebrates 20
T he Winder Noon
Lions Club was
organized to offer mem
bership for people who
could not conveniently
attend night meetings.
An organization meet
ing was held January 31,
1996 to elect officers and
make plans for the new
club. The organization
and first regular meet
ing of the Winder Noon
Lions Club was held
at the Western Sizzling
Steak House in Winder.
The Noon Club was
Chartered Feb. 7, 1996.
In March 1996, the
WNLC members began FROM THE PAST...
meeting at the Golden Shown are the initial Winder Noon Lions Club officers in 1996.
Corral on May Street in
Winder, on the first and
third Wednesday of each
month at 12 noon.
In 2002, the Winder
Noon Lions changed the
meeting days to the sec
ond and fourth Wednes
day.
HISTORY
The Winder Noon
Lions Club was chartered
Feb. 7, 1996. with 44
members. The sponsor
ing club was the Winder
Lions Club.
Charter officers includ
ed president Bobby Reyn
olds; 1st vice president
Ron Copeland; 2nd vice
president Colleen Wil
liams; 3rd vice president
Vicki Smith; secretary/
treasurer: Donald Har-
digree; Tail Twister Ray
Mattison; Lion Tamer
Joe Royal; membership
Beth Caldwell; chaplain:
George Mathews; two-
year directors: Buddy
Ouzts and Don Hix;
one-year directors Wal
ter Appleby and James
Thompson.
Charter members
included Walter Appleby,
Virginia Barron, Charles
R. Beaty, Bill Beshears,
Bethany Caldwell, Janet
Cape, Ron Copeland,
Andrew Downs, Lane
Downs, Karen Fowler,
Myles Godfrey, Ernest
G. Graham, Jr., Jimmy
Griffeth, Sid Griffin,
Donald Hardigree, Frei-
da Harwell, Gwen Hill,
Don Hix, Gene Hop
kins, Kerry Lipscomb,
Gary Mathews, George
Mathews, Janet Matti
son, Raymond Mattison,
Cathy Morris, Tommy
O'Neal, Buddy Ouzts,
Carol Ouzts, Addison
Pharr, Deborah Pharr,
Bobby Reynolds, Lamar
Reynolds, Joe Royal,
Robert Schenemann,
Jane Skelton, James
Smith, Jonathan Smith,
Vicki Smith, John Stell,
Elaine Summerour,
James Thompson, Bob
Wagnon, Shirley Wil
banks and Colleen Wil
liams.
Dr. John Pearce induct
ed the members and offi
cers. Clark Lamb charged
the new officers and
Jim Panter presented the
Charter and Club Ban
ner to WNLC president
Bobby Reynolds.
Winder Lions Club
(night club) president
Hubert Briscoe presented
the gong and gavel to
Winder Noon Lions Club
President Bobby Reyn
olds.
The Charter night cer
emony was held March
29, 1996, with speaker
James E. (Jim) Ervin.
For the last 20 years the
Winder Noon Lions have
worked to raise funds
...TO THE PRESENT
Shown are the current Winder Noon Lions Club officers for 2015-2016.
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for Lion organizations
and local organizations
by working events such
as: Road Atlanta, ancake
breakfast, pecans sales,
BBQ Cook-off, golf tour
naments and other activ
ities.
Noon Lions have also
been seen collecting
funds outside of local
businesses.
Club members attend
ed a Gwinnett Expo in
order to provide money
for charities. Lions col
lect glasses, hearing aids,
and phones.
Some of the events the
club has participated in
include the canteen at
the blood drive at Bar-
row Medical Center, pro
vided eye screening at
the senior citizen center,
mentored at the Boy and
Girls Club, gave blood
and bone marrow, record
ed books on the Reading
for the Blind and volun
teering at the Northeast
Georgia Food Bank.
The club recogniz
es Outstanding Juniors,
at Barrow schools, public
safety officers, band stu
dents, provide the third
grade students with dic
tionaries, donate toys to
the Empty Stocking Fund
Drive, provide flags for
the 9/11 Memorial cer
emony, provided glass
es for middle school
students and recognize
Peace Poster winners
annually.
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20-YEAR GATHERING
Current president Matt Whiting (standing) is shown
with member Carel Thompson.
Current officers of the
Winder Noon Lions for
2015-2016 include pres
ident Matt Whiting; 1st
vice president Debo
rah Hall; 2nd vice presi
dent: Jud Smith; 3rd vice
president Chris Sullivan;
secretary: David Martin;
treasurer Dottie Reyn
olds; one-year directors:
Buddy Ouzts and Stan
ley Rodgers; two-year
directors Loyd McHar-
gue and Bob Long; chap
lain Gwen Hill; Tail
Twister Carel Thomp
son; Lion Tamer: Laura
McColley anda Immedi
ate past-president: Nel
son McGinnis.
FAMILY EVENT
Dottie Reynolds is shown with her grandson
Jeremy Reynolds during the anniversary event.
RECOGNITION
Gwen Hill received a
recognition pin for her
years in the Winder
Lions Club.
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