My mother having a sort out of old bits and pieces came across a “Lions Club” magazine for Jersey, from February 1971, which has some interesting material in it. Here’s a selection and some of the advertising material - and I would be surprised if BG Romeril could get away with theirs today! [My father was a Lions Club member at the time.]
Extract from the District Governor's Newsletter
First Leo Club: I also have good news from Jersey Club where under the expert leadership of John Stilwell they have formed the first Leo Club this year. The Leo president is James K. E. Dwyer. Jersey are first in the field but I am sure that other clubs will not be far behind.
First Leo Club: I also have good news from Jersey Club where under the expert leadership of John Stilwell they have formed the first Leo Club this year. The Leo president is James K. E. Dwyer. Jersey are first in the field but I am sure that other clubs will not be far behind.
Jersey Lions: Welfare Committee's Report
By John Wishart
As "Meals on Wheels" were not delivering dinners on Christmas Day, Lions Club Welfare took over their list for just this one day.
Two car loads of meals in special containers were collected from St. Saviour's Hospital at 11 a.m. and a very excellent meal was eventually taken to 17 old people all of whom we established would not otherwise have had a hot meal.
It is a very sobering thought that several of these people - alone in their rooms - were not even expecting any visitors on Christmas Day and one old lady had neither television nor radio.
I wished her a very merry Christmas as I gave her the plate of turkey and vegetables, and she replied: "It's no different from any other day for me."
It only helps to prove once again that the small Welfare activities of any Lions Club are very important at all times – no matter how many major projects are forging ahead at the same time.
Around the Christmas period, the organization of the coal and wood distribution has been a major time consumer. It is one thing to find a list of deserving people, but something entirely different to find a list who also have coal fires ! The District Nurses and Health Visitors were a great help in this respect however, and eventually, a week before Christmas, about 70 people received delivery of a bag of coal, a sack of kindling wood and some logs.
A further delivery is anticipated in the near future and the club's sincere thanks go to Mr. Lawson of the Jersey Coal Distributors Ltd., for his help in arranging the delivery of this fuel by his lorries.
Another Welfare activity has been to supply a good second hand television set to a semi-invalided man who lives alone and cannot work. The club paid for his licence as well and the gentleman concerned expressed pleasure that he would be able to see all the Christmas programmes after all, having originally feared that he would miss them.
He said 'Since my old set has broken down my little dog has pined terribly for Basil Brush ! "
By John Wishart
As "Meals on Wheels" were not delivering dinners on Christmas Day, Lions Club Welfare took over their list for just this one day.
Two car loads of meals in special containers were collected from St. Saviour's Hospital at 11 a.m. and a very excellent meal was eventually taken to 17 old people all of whom we established would not otherwise have had a hot meal.
It is a very sobering thought that several of these people - alone in their rooms - were not even expecting any visitors on Christmas Day and one old lady had neither television nor radio.
I wished her a very merry Christmas as I gave her the plate of turkey and vegetables, and she replied: "It's no different from any other day for me."
It only helps to prove once again that the small Welfare activities of any Lions Club are very important at all times – no matter how many major projects are forging ahead at the same time.
Around the Christmas period, the organization of the coal and wood distribution has been a major time consumer. It is one thing to find a list of deserving people, but something entirely different to find a list who also have coal fires ! The District Nurses and Health Visitors were a great help in this respect however, and eventually, a week before Christmas, about 70 people received delivery of a bag of coal, a sack of kindling wood and some logs.
A further delivery is anticipated in the near future and the club's sincere thanks go to Mr. Lawson of the Jersey Coal Distributors Ltd., for his help in arranging the delivery of this fuel by his lorries.
Another Welfare activity has been to supply a good second hand television set to a semi-invalided man who lives alone and cannot work. The club paid for his licence as well and the gentleman concerned expressed pleasure that he would be able to see all the Christmas programmes after all, having originally feared that he would miss them.
He said 'Since my old set has broken down my little dog has pined terribly for Basil Brush ! "
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