[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 120 (Thursday, September 22, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       COMMENDING THE CLEBURNE LIONS CLUB ON ITS 85TH ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. CHET EDWARDS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 22, 2005

  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Cleburne 
Lions Club on its 85th Anniversary.
  The Cleburne Lions Club was chartered on October 20, 1920 with 27 
members with J. R. Keith as its first President and is the largest and 
most active service club in Johnson County and a member of Lions Clubs 
International--the world's largest service organization.
  From its very beginning, the Cleburne Lions Club has been a vital 
part of the community--touching the lives of countless Cleburne and 
Johnson County citizens through humanitarian efforts and public 
service.
  The Cleburne Lions Club provides funding for the Texas Lions Camp for 
Handicapped and Diabetic Children, the Texas Lions Foundation 
(Humanitarian and Disaster needs, Texas), Texas Eyeglass Recycling 
Center, Leader Dogs for the Blind (Guide Dogs), Lions World Services 
for the Blind, Lions Clubs International Foundation (Humanitarian 
needs--Worldwide), Lions Organ and Eye Bank, Lions Drug Awareness 
Council, and Julian C. Hyer Youth Camp (Youth from around the World).
  The Cleburne Lions Club continues to be involved locally in a wide 
range of activities such as Adopt-a-School (reading and listening to 
children read and assisting with other activities at Adams Elementary 
School), sponsoring Lions drug awareness speech contest and diabetic 
essay contest for high school students, delivering meals-on-wheels to 
the elderly and handicapped, providing free eyeglasses for needy 
children, providing college scholarships to students at Hill College 
and Southwestern Adventist University, volunteering for the Salvation 
Army bell ringing, assisting with Whistle Stop Christmas and Christmas 
parade, sponsoring handicapped and diabetic children attending Texas 
Lions Camp, collecting used eyeglasses for recycling and shipping to 
developing countries, providing guidance and assistance to Lions Clubs 
in Mexico, and leading and assisting with numerous local community 
improvement projects.
  It is my honor and privilege to commend and congratulate the Cleburne 
Lions Club on its 85th anniversary and peerless record of service to 
Cleburne and Johnson County, Texas.

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