WELCOME, FROM MAQUOKETA LIONS

THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB "FOLDED" IN JUNE, 2020.   
NOT ENOUGH MEMERS.
IT IS HOPED THAT SOMEONE  
OR SEVERAL WILL START THE CLUB
UP AGAIN, POSSIBLY AFTER COVID 19
IS OVER.   IF SO, IT SHOULD, LIKE THE
OTHER SUCCESSFUL 3 CLUBS, GO 
TO MEETING WEEKLY, WITH SUPPER.
NOT MORNING MEETING, AS OPTIMIST
HAVE IT....NOT NOON MEETING AS KIWANIS AND ROTARY HAVE IT.   THERE
IS NO EVENING MEAL BY A CLUB.
IT SHOULD BE A 5 P.M. SOCIAL,
5:30 SHARP DINNER,  6 P.M. SHORT MEETING,  AND 6:15 SHORT PROGRAM.     HENCE, THE EVENING WILL STILL BE LEFT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
DEWITT HAS TWO CLUBS, NOON AND
EVENING.    THE EVENING CLUB,  FOR
MOST PART, SHOULD RAISE FUNDS BY HAVING (AS DEWITT DOES) A PORK CUTLET SANDWICH THAT THEY SPONSOR AND ALSO SERVE AT
SPECIAL EVENTS.     WEEKLY MEETING
IS  A MUST....SO MEMBERS NEVER FORGET WHEN THEY MEET.   
MAYBE MEET IN BASEMENT OF 
NEW FLAPJACKS...OR MICHEL HALL,
WITH NEW CLUB-OWNED PA SYSTEM,
OR AT ST. MARKS COMMUNITY 
ROOM WITH KITCHEN, AND HIRE
SOMEONE TO COOK MEAL.    OR
MEET IN DECKER BACK ROOM...
LOTS OF GOOD PLACES TO MEET.
CONSIDER HAVING MEMBERS PAY
FOR MEAL THAT NIGHT, TO KEEP
DUES LOWER.   
  

THANKS FOR COMING TO THE 
WEB SITE "BLOG" FOR

THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB
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THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB MEETS THE 4TH THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 6 P.M. AT THE
SCHUELLER AUCTION HOUSE
ON McKINSEY DRIVE, FORMERLY
BANOWETZ ANTIQUES.
GUESTS ARE WECOME.   VISIT A
MEETING AND LEARN MORE ABOUT
LIONISM.

A NEW MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB....
 MELISSA RAY, OWNER OF MAX RAY JEWELRY....INVITED TO BE A MEMBER BY FIRST PRESIDENT TOM DEVINE.
 

SEE ABOVE.....IT COSTS JUST $70 A YEAR (YOU CAN PAY QUARTERLY TOO)
TO BELONG TO THE MAQUOKETA LIONS.    AND DURING THE YEAR, YOU
WILL AT MONTHLY MEETINGS, ASSOCIATE WITH FRIENDLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY....HAVE FUN DOING PROJECTS....AND DO THINGS TO HELP AND
IMPROVE LIVING IN MAQUOKETA.     TREASURER RAY WILL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TAKE YOUR MEMBERSHIP PAYMENT.   HE
AND HIS WIFE, REV. SUSEN, LIVE IN THE HOME JUST EAST OF CARSON
FUNERAL HOME, 308 W. PLEASANT STREET. 

RAY LeBLANC (ABOVE) IS THE LONGTIME MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB TREASURER.    HIS WIFE IS SUSAN BELOW.

REV. SUSAN LeBLANC (RETIRED) IS THE MAQUOKETA LIONS 
PRESIDENT.    HER EMAIL ADDRESS:    Ladyrev@peoplepc.com

AN OLD PHOTO ABOVE.    AT THAT TIME...
GINGER MANNING WAS THE PRESIDENT

OVER 50 ATTENDED THE ALL CLUB MEETING, INCLUDING 3 LIONS MEMBERS HELD IN 2015.

TOM DEVINE MADE IT AND WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM.

DENNIS MADE IT.

TOM SCHUELLER (LOOKING AWAY FROM MY CAMERA) MADE IT.

IN DECEMBER, 2015, THE MAQUOKETA LIONS RAISED $500 FOR THE
"TOYS FOR TOTS"  DRIVE, AT THEIR LAS VEGAS  NIGHT,.

WE NEED PHOTOS, NEWS, ETC, FOR THIS MAQUOKETA LIONS BLOG.
EMAIL ANYTHING YOU HAVE OR WANT ON THIS WEB SITE TO
kmaq@kmaq.com

BELOW AN OLD NEWS STORY ABOUT THE LIONS CLUB.    THE MAQUOKETA
LIONS HAS HAD 3 SEGMENTS OF EXISTANCE.    THE FIRST CLUB STARTED
SOMETIME BEFORE WORLD WAR 2.   THEN DURING THE WAR, IT CEASED.
LONG AFTER WW2, A NEW CLUB WAS FORMED AGAIN.    DENNIS VOY
JOINED IN THE 60'S AND WAS AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES, THE PRESIDENT.
THEN AROUND THE LATE 90'S, IT FOLDED AGAIN WHEN MEMBERSHIP WENT DOWN BELOW 10 AND THOSE GAVE UP ON KEEPING IT ACTIVE.    THEN AROUND 2007 A NEW CLUB WAS AGAIN FORMED (FOR THE 3RD TIME)  AND DENNIS  JOINED AGAIN TO HELP GET IT GOING.   BUT, SINCE HE WAS THEN AN ACTIVE ROTARIAN, HE HAS REMAINED JUST A NON-ACTIVE LION MEMBER.
IN THE 70'S, THE MAJOR FUND RAISERS EVERY YEAR WAS A DOOR-TO-DOOR BROOM SALE.   SEE  STORY/PHOTO BELOW.     PEOPLE LIKED THE BROOMS, GOOD BROOMS MADE BY THE BLIND AND MADE TO LAST.

NIC WAS THEN MAQUOKETA'S "MR. LION"....RETIRED FROM OWNING A
POPULAR MEAT MARKET ON WEST PLATT, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM MAIN
STREET.    JUNIOR WAS A GOOD SINGER AND SANG AT MANY WEDDINGS
AND FUNERALS.

MORE TO COME...CHECK BACK!