Medway & Millis April 2020

April 2020 Medway & Millis Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com Page 5
CELEBRATE
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• Rebuilt the back deck for
the Millis American Legion
after it collapsed from snow
• Provide eye screenings and
eyeglasses to children in
need through Millis Schools,
and to seniors in need
through Millis Council on
Aging
• Warren Jordan scholarship
to Millis High School seniors
• Melvin Jones Fellows – We
probably have more than
any club in the District, perhaps
in the State
• Built a new animal shelter at
the Millis Transfer Station to
celebrate Lions’ Club International’s
100th year
• Provided Senior Citizen
Christmas Parties for 50
years (everyone 60 or older
in town is sent an invitation,
for a great Multi-course dinner
by the best Lion's cooks
in multiple 33K towns)
Members of the Millis Lions
Club have also enjoyed camaraderie
over the years. As a group,
some of the bonding experiences,
according to Campbell,
include
• Many POOPP's (perpetual
order of past presidents)
Parties from Clam Bakes to
Corned Beef & Cabbage.
paid for by the Past Presidents
(We’re not above you)
• Bus Trip to Boston Pop’s
• Bus Trip to George’s Island
in Boston Harbor
• Roasts: Doug Anderson,
Sumner Fierman, DG Bill
Schoellkopf at his Testimonial
• District Governors Regatta
– Canoe Race on the
Charles to launch District
Governor’s Year. DG reviewed
on the Barge at the
South Natick Finish Line.
The event saw many District
Participants
• Millis Centennial
1984/1985 – Built 3 Floats,
Sponsored Pipe & Drum,
Had 75 country flags in parade
(from International).
Many district Lions participated,
with a cookout following
at 1313 Main St.
• Softball games and cookouts
with Firefighters.
• Meetings had SPUNK Magician
@ Kids Nite, Under
Cover Wear, done tastefully,
Ugly Tie Contests
• 50th Anniversary Party –
theme was WWII, as the Millis
Club was chartered while
the Battle of the Bulge was
happening.
Membership in the Millis
Lions Club is by invitation from
a local club member. You can
learn more by calling (508) 376-
0155 and asking for Deb. After
an initiation fee of $35, annual
dues are $100, and meetings are
held on the first Tuesday of the
month at 6:30 p.m., September
through June.
For more information, visit
the newly revamped website
www.millislionsclub.org.
Charter Membership Roster of
The Millis, Ma Lions Club #012104
CHARTER MEMBERS
(1/17/1945)
James E. Ackroyd
Clyde F. Brown
Robert D. Frink
Wilbur A. Powers
Harold V. Voye
(1/25/1945)
Howard W. Gould
Edgar H. Main
Harold E. Olson
Curtis M. White
(2/1/1/945)
J. Wendall Burtt
Robert F. Grandfield
Lawrence J. Reardon
Ivan R. Tate
Ralph H. Welch
Organized: 2/28/1945
(2/8/1945)
Loring A. Brown
John F. Kilmain
Dr. Murdock J. Sampson
Dr. Jacob Siegel
(2/15/1945)
Charles B. Dukelow
Abraham Margolis
Robert W. McDonough
(2/21/1945)
Russell Keough
Charles Lipsett
Lloyd Lipsett
(3/7/1945)
Stephen Daytryck
Stanley Sheldon
(4/4/1945)
Edward Winiker
John F. Sawyer
(4/19/1945)
Richard F. Clancy
Harry Walker
1st Club President:
Lawrence Reardon
1st Club Secretary:
Robert F. Grandfield
1st Club Treasurer:
Ralph H. Welch
Organized by: L.J. Barnes
Organized with
30 Charter Members
Sponsoring Club:
Medfield, MA Lions Club
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