High Point Lions Club Charter Night Recalls 1929 Start
The High Point Lions Club formed November 5 1929 with 24 charter members. By November 11 1929 a 6:30 pm meeting at the Sheraton hotel presented the roster. officers elected W S Stone as director. Charter night planned March 4 1930. Judge G H Hastings received the charter before 100 attendees. charter number 2000. membership grew to 34. The club, noted for civic effort, retained most founders though six remain.
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Sheraton Hotel
W. S. Stone
Dedt
G. H. Hastings
Winston-Salem
High Point Club
High Point
Lions International
Lions Club Recognizes Elwood Hotel Steward Arthur Ozment
Arthur Ozment, steward at the Elwood hotel for six years, received gratitude from the Lions club for providing good meals. He came from Guilford College and has been a Lions member for two years.
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Arthur Ozment
Lions Club
Arthur
Elwood
Mr. Ozment
Guilford College
Old Stamping Grounds
Joe H. Hoover arrived in High Point from Randolph County in 1823 and joined the Lions Club in 1933. He serves as a money order clerk at the High Point post office.
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Joe H. Hoover
High Point
Randolph County
Lions Club
Greensboro native John Mebane leads High Point paper
Newspaperman John Mebane from Greensboro arrived in High Point in 1930 after UNC graduation. He currently serves as city editor of The Enterprise.
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John Mebane
Greensboro
High Point
University of North Carolina
The
Enterprise
Six Charter Members of High Point Lions Still Active in Club Work
Six charter members from the 1928 High Point Lions Club remain on the active roster. Arnold Koonce helped found the club and has served as director and president in its early years. Fflythe owns the L W Flythe Insurance Agency and Hammett Cecil has held top posts since inception. Johnson leads as vice president of Pickett Cotton Mills. Glenn Ward, president elect, served on city council and heads Highland Cotton Mills. L A Welch, known as Buddy, chairs major committees and owns L A Printing Company.
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The
High Point Lions Club
Club
George J. Johnson
Loyd Flythe
L. A
Buddy) Welch
H. A. Cecil
Glenn R. Ward
A. J. Koonce
High Point Club
Johnson
Bett A. Cecil
L. A. Welch
Arnold Koonce
High Point
Fflythe
L. W. Flythe Insurance Agency
Hammett A. Cecil
Pickett Cotton Mills
Ward
Highland Cotton Mills
Buddy
L. A. Welch Printing Company
Lions Club Colors Symbolize Loyalty and Cooperation
The Lions clubs use purple and gold to signify loyalty to country friends and self and to judgment. The color combination represents cooperation education enlightenment and entertainment and recreation in Lions symbolism.
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Lions Clubs
Attorney From Asheboro Joins Local Lions Club
C. N. Cox, attorney, has joined the Lions Club in this city after moving from Asheboro. He began practicing law in the locality.
High Point Lion Club Member I Foy Horton Noted
I Foy Horton, an OST accountant, has been a member of High Point's Lion club since November 1935. He moved to North Carolina in 1923, living in Mt. Airy for about five years and in Mebane and Lewnor for one year each. He settled in High Point in late 1929 and serves as the cast accountant for the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association.
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I. Foy Horton
High Point
Lion Club
North Carolina
Mt. Airy
Mebane
Lenoir
Southern Furniture Manufacturer’s Association
Local Lions Club Charter Member H A Cecil Highlighted
Another charter member of the Lions club is H. A. Cecil born in Davidson county near the city and a longtime resident. He serves as business manager of The Entor ee from standpoint of
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Lions Club
H. A. Cecil
Davidson County
Balloon Spies Found at High Altitude
Balloon spires have been detected as high as two miles above the earth’s surface, signaling unusual aerial phenomena.
Basis of Lionism Is Non-Political
Lions clubs are non-political, non-sectarian organizations of professional men aiding city welfare and progress. They promote good government and citizenship, civic and moral welfare, education, social opportunities, and lawful guidance. Membership is by invitation only, limited to men of high standing. one active member per classification.
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Lions Clubs
Lionism
Lioniem
Architect Tyson Ferree Remains Active in High Point
Randolph county native Tyson T. Ferree moved to High Point in 1930 and joined the Lions club in 1934. A State College graduate in 1930 with a degree in agricultural engineering, he is an architect by profession.
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Tyson T. Ferree
Randolph County
High Point
Lions Club
State College
High Point Lions Club Gains Bil Carter Historian
Virginia native W. J. Bil Carter moved from Suffolk to High Point in 1926 and joined the Lions Club in March 1936. He is connected with the High Point Savings and Trust Company.
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W. J
Bil) Carter
High Point
Suffolk
The
Lions Club
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Lithographing Pioneer Gibson Returns to High Point
Lathographer Walter Irving Gibson, who arrived in High Point in 1928 from Portsmouth, Virginia, has served as a member of the Lions Club and was the manager of the High Point branch of the Industrial Lithographic Company.
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Walter Irving Gibson
High Point
Portsmouth
The
Lions Club
Industrial Lithographic Company
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Asheboro
C. N. Cox
LIONS
Lionesses
L. A. Welch Printing Co
North Wrenn Street
W. Washington
N. C
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