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Abilene Founder Lions Club
Abilene Founder Lions Club
History of Abilene Founder Lions Club in Abilene, TX
On November 11, 1953, at 2:30 p.m., H. Don Rodgers, a freelance
reporter and Notary Public in and for Taylor County, Texas; Joe E.-
Childers, Abilene attorney and Lions International Counselor; and
Marlowe Fisher, Texas State Secretary of Lions International; met with
Dr. Cyrus N. Ray in his office in the Mims Building in Abilene, Texas,
and prepared an affidavit from documents, notes and other information
in Dr. Ray's possession concerning the history of Abilene Lions Club,
and also facts on the early history of the International Association of
Lions Clubs.
Dr. Ray is credited with being the Organizing Secretary and motivating
influence in the- creation of Abilene Lions Club. He moved to Abilene
in 1911 and became established in his profession as an Osteopathic
Physician. Back in 1916 he conceived the idea of a business men’s
luncheon club, and set about organizing it.
According to Dr. Ray, sixteen business men in Abilene agreed to join
the luncheon Club. It was at first planned to organize a Rotary Club.
Rotary International was contacted, and while a charter was not
refused, a delay was advised as it was thought that Abilene was too
small for a Rotary Club. At that time Rotary International limited its
clubs to towns which had populations of more than 20,000.
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On November 11, 1953, at 2:30 p.m., H. Don Rodgers, a freelance
reporter and Notary Public in and for Taylor County, Texas; Joe E.-
Childers, Abilene attorney and Lions International Counselor; and
Marlowe Fisher, Texas State Secretary of Lions International; met with
Dr. Cyrus N. Ray in his office in the Mims Building in Abilene, Texas,
and prepared an affidavit from documents, notes and other information
in Dr. Ray's possession concerning the history of Abilene Lions Club,
and also facts on the early history of the International Association of
Lions Clubs.
Dr. Ray is credited with being the Organizing Secretary and motivating
influence in the- creation of Abilene Lions Club. He moved to Abilene
in 1911 and became established in his profession as an Osteopathic
Physician. Back in 1916 he conceived the idea of a business men’s
luncheon club, and set about organizing it.
According to Dr. Ray, sixteen business men in Abilene agreed to join
the luncheon Club. It was at first planned to organize a Rotary Club.
Rotary International was contacted, and while a charter was not
refused, a delay was advised as it was thought that Abilene was too
small for a Rotary Club. At that time Rotary International limited its
clubs to towns which had populations of more than 20,000.
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