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Who S Carroll? 201 1 Who are our civic/service clubs? www.stamewsga.com StarNews march 6,2011 Page? MARCH/APRIL 2011 • If your club is missing from March’s “Who Carroll? ” email suehorn@bellsouth/netfor inclusion in April’s “Who’s Carroll? 2011 ” The Carrollton Lions Club story and photo by Carole Scott The Carrollton Lions Club, a service club whose mission is to help others, was begun in 1933 when the nation’s people were in a lot * of need. The unemployment rate at that time was 25 percent. A recent example of this club stepping up to the plate to meet a local need was the building of a playground at the Carrollton City Park on the corner of North Park and Spring streets that can be enjoyed both by able-bodied and disabled children. A defining cause of the Lions Clubs International is preventing blindness, restoring eyesight, and improving eye care throughout the world. Since its founding, the Carrollton Lions Club has contributed to visually impaired students in the schools, providing them with Braille literature and new technology. Since 1950, the Carrollton club has contributed to the Georgia Lighthouse for-the Blind. For the past 20 years,.it has sponsored an annual Christmas party at Central Middle School during which visually impaired and other special students receive gifts that make their lives easier. Longtime member Daniel Jackson has been the chair of this project since 1987. In its first year of existence, the Carrollton Lions Club conducted a survey of blind people in the area, furnishing them with white canes; presented its first scholarship; graded four tennis courts for West Georgia College; sponsored an anti-malaria campaign in Carrollton schools; sponsored a college basketball game; purchased new furniture for the Carrollton Clinic; and contributed the receipts of a baseball game played with another civic club to a fund for developing and equipping a children’s playground. Over the decades since it was founded, the club has assisted the Carrollton High School Band, paying half the salary of its first director for several years. It has also assisted the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H Club, Boys and Girls State, and other youth groups. Tanner Hospital has throughout its existence received assistance from the club. The club has always given to the Empty Stocking Fund, the county fair, the health center, and the Red Cross. It has contributed both money and the time of its members to build athletic fields and recreation areas .Among them is the Lions Field, which was built by Lions Club volunteers. To raise funds to finance these activities, the Lions have sold mops and brooms, light bulbs, and fruitcakes. Replacing mop and broom sales as the major annual fund raiser since 1992 is an annual barbecue. Since 2003, the club has also raised funds by holding an annual golf tournament. The Carrollton Lions Club has sponsored the formation of Lions Clubs Jn Bowdon, Whitesburg, Heard County, Tallapoosa, Villa Rica, Temple; Fairfield, Carrollton Evening, and West Georgia. Among the Carrollton Club’s current continuous service in excess of 40 years. They are Lamar Knight, Andrew R. McGukin, Reuben Word, Dr. T.M. “Mac” Martin, Nat Shackleford, Dorsey Duffey, Allen Murrah, Jimmy Garrett, Ronald Burson, James Gordon, Carl Brack, JSTewt JVuse,^and Frank Jones. Shown at a recent meeting of the Carrollton Lions Club are Rocky Lipham, president; Kristy Allison, 3rd vice president; Kechan Nahri, 2nd vice president; Jerome Johnston, 1st vice president; Don Chappell, tail twister; and Lee Sherseth, secretary-treasurer. MGII tucr wortsis SHOP, l#« 213 AVE C CARROLLTON. GEORGIA 4-7722 Serving West Georgia Since 1926 We are your local parts & service provider for: • Pool & Spa Pumps • Farm Duty Motors • HVAC Fan Motors 1 Generators * Battery Chargersl * Kerosene Construction Heaters 1 WE HAVE THE AREA’S LARGEST INVENTORY OF: ■ New Motors - Pump Seals - Capacitors - Bearings • — — We Service What We Sell
