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Victoria Lions Club History
The Victoria Lions Club was chartered September 28 1966 with 24 members. Larry Hanson George Moore
Gerald Schmieg Paul Stans Pat Aretz Jerome Kirsch E.B. Plocher Tom Schneider Jim Fink Tom Kirsch Wilfred Plocher Leonard Schrempp Milton Fink Walter Kroening Gary Schiltz Florian Tschimperle Curt Hardy Henry Newman Floyd Schmid Sylvester Vogel Erwin Holtmeier John Noterman Leo Schneider Ken Wellens The charter officers were: President : Larry Hanson 1st Vice President : Jerome Kirsch 2nd Vice President : Wilfred Plocher 3rd Vice President : Gerald Schmieg Secretary : Kenneth Wellens Treasurer : Paul Stans The first regular membership dinner meetings were held at the Victoria Cafe at 6:30pm. With only booths for seating and the small cafe open for regular business this proved to be difficult at best. Lion Secretary Kenneth (Whitey) Wellens, single and employed only a half block from the new city hall, decided that to save our club from failure he would try a plan where we would set our own tables, prepare our own meals and do our own dishes. Lion Whitey would at his noon hour break put a rolled beef roast (Whitey's secret recipe) along with potatoes into the oven at the hall kitchen. It would be ready by meeting time. Other lion members would often introduce their dinners with the help of their wives to give us some variety. It would be the president and offier's responsibility to set up and have things ready for the dinner meeting. Clean up was a joint effort with all members assisting and washing dishes. Today's membership stands at 80 +/- dedicated volunteers. If you think you have any interest in becoming a Victoria Lion Club Member or have any questions, please see our membership/join page, contact any lion member or e-mail us at Victorialions@victorialionsclub.com
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