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Local Lions Clubs celebrate diamond anniversary
By Sam Harvey
Staff Reporter
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Coastal Point • SAM HARVEY
Distinguished Lord Baltimore Lions and guests, at the head table. Secretary and emcee Bill Scott stands to the right.
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More than 100 Lord Baltimore Lions Club members and guests, from around the area and upstate gathered at the Cripple Creek Golf & Country Club to celebrate six decades of local Lionism, on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Local Sen. George Howard Bunting (20th District) made an appearance, as did Rep. Gerald Hocker (38th District). Hocker and his fellow Jamboree Boys band members provided a little musical entertainment.
Long-time Lord Baltimore Lions member Bill Scott (47 years, perfect attendance, he pointed out) acted as emcee for the evening, and took a moment before dinner to reflect on past years.
“We had 30 or 40 members back in the 1950s, and we basically did the same things that we do now,” Scott pointed out. There were 65 members at present, he said, including a couple of ladies (who at one time had the separate Lioness Club, but the Lions are co-ed these days).
And Scott’s son, Doug, had joined the organization, he added.
Most of the club’s 65 members were “active,” he said, but Lions Club membership didn’t require any particular level of participation. “We have people who can’t be active, realistically,” Scott noted. “They’re what we call a ‘member at large’ and they just help when they can.
“We’ve always had a good club, and a lot of people willing to help,” Scott added. “But we’re always looking to grow.”
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Coastal Point • SAM HARVEY
Lord Baltimore Lions celebrated their 60th anniversary at Cripple Creek Golf and Country Club on Saturday, Feb. 25.
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Looking back, he said no one thing stuck out as especially dramatic. “It’s just been a combination of little things,” Scott said — assistance with fuel oil bills, or electric bills, or eye care for children, or wheelchair ramps. These weren’t things for publicity, he pointed out — recipients were frequently down on their luck, and the Lions Club had no intention of embarrassing anyone.
Their reputation speaks for itself, though. Anyone looking for an opportunity for service can learn more about Lionism on the state Web site, www.lions22d.org, or by contacting Lord Baltimore Lions’ Membership Director Karl Gude, at 539-3498.
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