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Thursday, December 30, 2004
MITCHELL SMITHEY HONORED
by Ann L Young
The Melvin Jones Fellowship is recognition of a commitment to humanitarian work. (It is not an award in the tradition of Lions awards presented for specific accomplishments.) Created in 1973, the fellowship is named for the founder of Lions Clubs International, Melvin Jones. The fellowship is the foundation's highest honor and represents humanitarian qualities such as generosity, compassion, and concern for the less fortunate.
Houston County Lions Club member Mitchell Smithey received a Melvin Jones Fellowship., at the annual Christmas party held this year at Jen’s Steakhouse in Waverly. Smithey was presented the award by Lion George Alsobrooks, also one of the club’s Melvin Jones Fellows. When called upon to make a few comments, Mitchell was unable to speak, being overcome with emotion upon receiving this recognition from his fellow Lions. Mitchell Smithey has been a Lion for 22 years, a past president, and can always be counted on to be working at a Lions Club meeting or fund raising activity. You can see Mitchell at all home football games selling programs, running the annual October Classic Car Show, or helping at the upcoming Variety Show. As a hard working, truly dedicated Lions Club member, Mitchell Smithey certainly deserves all the recognition and thanks that he has received for his service to the Houston County community.
Thursday, March 25, 2004
LION CLUB AND GOSPEL MUSIC
Each year during the Irish celebration the lions club puts on two diffrent shows to suport their activities during the year. And like the shows in past years we are blessed with talent who volunteer their time some local but many from other areas. The program was done in memory of Milton Holand. The club recently voted to buy a reading assistance machine for the library. These two shows helped pay for the machines. we thank you for your support. These are the photos from the gospelshow The next night was Blue Grass Houston County Style
and there were even more people who turned out in support of the Lions ClubMORE PHOTOS
Sunday, November 02, 2003
LION'S CLUB AT WORK
Ever home football game at the highschool finds members of the Lions club selling programs as a money raiser . Some of the members saw a need for a sign, being ask where you bought tickets at most games and talked Vaughn's Sign In
Clarksville, TN into giving them one. Next years ticket buyers want have to seach for the ticket box when they see the ticket sign the lions club installed as a way of saying thank you, for the sight you help provide
Monday, October 13, 2003
LIONS CLUB CAR SHOW
Each year the Lion club host a variety of local events to produce money to buy glasses for the children of Houston county and the surrounding area. One such event is the car show held each year on the second Saturday in October. Some years the weather works for us. This was one of the years the weather agreed although it started off a little foggy. The photo here is of Ray Bates the winner of this years show favorite. The winner of the best in show was a turquoise 1957 Chevy convertible and a beauty it was. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who entered their cars and the folks who visited the show and made donations. As usual I took MORE PHOTOS
Friday, August 29, 2003
Houston County Lucky
Seeing is believing and last week at the regular meeting of the Lions club we discovered that 20/20 vision may not be as good as we had been taught because there other factors inplace that could affect how we interpret what we see. For instance young people are naturally far sighted, so the test that the Lions Club give is usual on far sight. Instead they should always give the near sighted test. But in Houston County we are lucky because of grants we have a program in the School called bridges that in skilled hands can dectect some of the problems that could affect how we interpret what we see. Then we can refer our children to a doctor who could them offer answer to correct these. This weeks speaker to our club was the Doctor that Sherry Nolan had used for her own kids problems. MORE PHOTOS
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
LIONS CLUB YARD SALE
Ann Young president of our local Lions Club would like to thank all the people who came out and supported their yearly yard sale, and guess what? I took a few More photos
Saturday, July 20, 2002
GEORGE ALLSBROOKS RECEIVES LIONS CLUB HIGHEST AWARD
District Lions Club President Dewey Shaver presented George Allsbrooks the highest award given by the Lions Club International Foundation. The fellowship, presented to him by the Lions Club International Foundation, is awarded to individuals who subscribe to the ideals and objectives of the club. It is named after the club's founder He was told he was receiving the Melvin Jones Fellowship for 25 years service to the community as a member of the Lions Club.We would like to congratulate Mr Allsbrooks on the award. and as usual I took a few photos
The Lions Club has has just finished providing a weekend of entertaiment as part of the festivities leading up to the 40th annual Irish Day Parade on March 16th. They started with Gospel music on Thursday and ended up with blue grass and a packed house Friday night