Garner Lions Club Members ● 1924-1945

This information is from the publication titled: STORY OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY COURT HOUSE ▪ 1858-1944.  published by Garner Lions Club.  J. N. Sprole, F. W. Zeiger, Charles S. Whitney; Historical Committee. 

(The names are spelled as found in the history)

 

Compiled by the

Hancock County Genealogical Society 

  

   

History of Garner Lions Club

The Garner Lions Club was organized on June 6, 1924. Sponsored by the Mason City Lions Club, and the following were chosen as its first officers:

President:  G. A. Bemis
1st Vice President:  H. D. Taylor
2nd Vice President:  O. K. Maben
Secretary:  E. H. Phillips
Treasurer:  J. F. W. Vrba
Lion Tamer:  E. P. Hanson
Tail Twister:  R. E. Nesbit
Directors - Rex Shannon, C. E. Barnes, F. M. Hanson, W. E. Klingaman.
 

June 9, 1924 was observed as Charter Night and following is a list of Charter Members:

 

Barnes, C E
Bemis, G A
Clark, Gordon B
Conway, Charles R
Easton, C H
Grau, Verner C
Hanson, E P
Hanson, Frank M
Klingaman, W E
Maben, O K
Madison, John 		Moran, D B
Morison, J C
Nesbit, R E
Phillips, E H
Schneider, Carl H
Shannon, Rex
Specht, R W
Taylor, H D
Tierney, J E
VanMeter, C H
Vrba, J F W
 
In addition to the Charter Members, the following individuals have become members up to March 1945.  There were 45 active members in March 1945.

 
Andersen, Gerald
Archer, Roscoe J
Baggs, J R
Beckwith, Paul
Benner, C E
Bethke, Charles H
Blackstone, F E
Bock, Ed
Boehnke, William
Bohn, Carl
Brear, N E
Buck, Nat
Clark, Richard
Corey, R J
Dakin, O H
Dalbey, C W
Daniels, Clint
Easton, Chet H
Eilers, Ben
Elling, Emil
Flannegan, James A
Ford, Ray
Free, George
Fritsch, R J
Gallagher, Paul
Gran, Donald
Greimann, Ben F
Grell, Ferd
Hamilton, C V
Hastings, Charles
Hastings, I C
Havner, Berlin
Hayes, Frank
Henderson, Paul
Hoon, T E
Josten, Alfred
Kirchner, G B
Kloock, Otto
Kunz, Julius Jr
Lawhorn, W L
Lehman, Otto
Lewis, D J
Lockwood, G R
Love, John A
Lovrien, Clark
Maben, Orville
Marks, Charles
McCallum, D W
McCurnin, Leonard
McMahon, Thomas
Megrew, W H
Merten, Charles		 Mertz, M J
Missal, Fred C
Moe, Chester H
Morrow, F E
Mounce, J M
Naser, Don
Nervig, Dean
Oberhauser, S J
Ollenburg, Herbert
Parks, Charles
Paulson, Mel
Petersen, T C
Pritchard, W S
Ramsay, W H
Rasmussen, A E
Rich, Glenn
Roe, Carl
Ryan, Richard
Schiefelbein, R A
Schissel, Charles
Schoun, Frank J
Senneff, Frank
Shepard, Melvin
Smith, H K
Sprole, J N
Stille, Earl
Stole, Jay
Strate, Clarence L
Strate, John H
Tessier, C C
Tierney, J E
Townsend, J M
Tweed, S T
VanderSchoor, Vern
Vendelboe, Jay
Waller, Jackson
Waller, R W
Weigman, Marvin
Weiss, Walter
Wellik, Charles
Wensel, A L
Whitney, Charles S
Whitney, George
Wichmann, J E
Wille, Art
Williams, W G
Wilson, E J
Wilson, Homer
Wood, R C
Yohn, Ronald
Zeiger, Frank W
Zinck, F J