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Host Annual Convention Today
"Lum" of the old radio se-
ries "Lum. and Abner" will be
the featured speaker before
600 members of 50 Lions Clubs
at a Monday convention held
at the Ramada Inn.
The convention, into its sec-
and day after a "duffers" golf
tournament, a kickoff party,
and cabinet dinner yesterday,
still has a full itinerary of
meetings, banquets, and con-
tests.
"Lum ", really Chester La-
uck, will address the Model
Luncheon, to be held at noon
Monday.
The distinguished guest
speaker for the District Gov-
ernor's Banquet Monday eve-
ning will be Claude M. De-
Vorss, immediate past presi-
dent of Lions International.
DeVorss is from Wichita, Kan-
sas.
From 2 -4 p.m. today the hos-
pitality room will provide
comfort for registering Lions
and their wives; and the dis-
trict governor's reception, to
be held in the ballroom lobby,
will begin at 4 p.m.
Following the 5 p.m. necrol-
ogy service and the incoming
presidents and secretaries din-
ner, a queen's contest featur-
ing 30 Lions lovelies will
brighten the Ramada poolside.
Three local girls will repre-
sent the Bryan- College Station
organizations, and will com-
pete with the selections of oth-
er clubs in poise, beauty, and
personality.
The queen chosen will be
crowned at the district gover-
nor's banquet Monday evening.
Local girls in the contest in-
clude Carolyn Criswell, repre-
senting the Bryan Lions Club;
Becky Etheridge, representing
the Bryan - College Evening
Lions Club; and Pat Calliham,
representing the College Sta-
tion Lions Club.
All of the girls are between
the ages of 16 and 20, and are
not necessarily daughters of
Lions members, convention
chairman H. E. Conner noted.
The girls will appear on a lo-
cal television program Monday
morning, and will be feted
with luncheons, teas, and coke
parties.
Monday will be devoted pri-
marily to business meetings
and committee work, includ-
ing the election of officers.
The sessions will be presided
over by Robert F. Koennecke
of Seguin, district governor.
The convention will close
Monday evening with the Dis-
trict Governor's Banquet.
Throughout the event the
Lions' ladies will be taken on
shopping sprees, guided on a
tour of Texas A &M Univer-
sity, and honored with teas and
luncheons.
Chairman of the ladies' ac-
tivities is Mrs. Roland C.
Denby.
Lions International
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
SATURDAY P.M.
6:00 CABINET SOCIAL HOUR
7:00 CABINET DINNER
SUNDAY P.M.
2:00 REGISTRATION — Main Lobby, Ramada Inn
2:00 to
4:00 HOSPITALITY ROOM OPEN — Room 126
4:00 DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION — Bolfroorn
Lobby
Seguin Club in Charge
5:00 NECROLOGY SERVICE — Rooms B & C
Calvert Club in Charge
6:00 INCOMING PRESIDENT'S AND SECRETARIES
DINNER (AND WIVES) — Room D
6:00 QUEEN'S DINNER — Room A
8:00 QUEENS CONTEST — Poolside
G. M. Nevill, Jr. and Gene Sutphen in Charge
9:00 to
12:00 HOSPITALITY ROOM OPEN — Room 126
MONDAY A.M.
7:30
EYE - OPENER BREAKFAST (STAG) — Room B &C
Lester Krenek, Garwood Club in Charge
State Secretary Tom Kirkham will honor Key
Members
Campaigning time for oil candidates
MORNING BUSINESS SESSION — Room D
9:00
CALL TO ORDER — Past Governor Winston C.
Patton, Presiding
/
Invocation — Louis Glaeser
V
WELCOME ADDRESS — Mayor D. A. "Andy"
II 9:05
1
Anderson, College Station
9:10
Response — B. B. Schroub
9:15
Presentation of Gavel — Post Governor Winston
C. Patton
9:20
Business Meeting Declared —
District Governor Robert F. Koennecke
9:25
Introduction of Distinguished Lions and Guests —
District Governor Robert F. Koennecke
9:30
Report of Rules Committee — Tom F. Caldwell
9:35
Report of Crippled Children's Comp —
Bert L. Korrer
9:50
Report on International Convention
Edward M. (Ned) Harwell
DISTR(CT 253
JUNE 4, 5, 6, 1966
10:00 Report of District Governor
10:25 Report of Secretary- Treasurer
10:35 Report of State council —
Edward M. (Ned) Harwell
10:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 Report of Constitution and By -Laws Committee —
Erwin Teggemonn
11 :15 Report of Credentials Committee —
Charlie P. Briggs, III
11:30 Adjourn
MONDAY P.M.
12:15 MODEL LUNCHEON — Rooms A, B and C
West Austin Club in Charge
Benny L. Kirkendall, Presiding
AFTERNOON BUSINESS SESSION — Room D
2:00 Report of Resolutions Committee — B. B. Schroub
2:10 Report of Nominations Committee —
Harold D. Tschirhart
2:20 Nominating Speeches — District Governor
2:30 Deputy District Governor at Large
2:40 Director of Crippled Children's Camp
2:45 Convention Host City
3:00 SECRET BALLOTING — Ballroom Lobby
3:15 TRAINING SESSIONS
Presidents — Room A
Secretaries — Room East B
Vice - Presidents Room West B
Lion Tamers — Room 270 -A
Tailtwisters — Room 170 -A
Crippled Children's Camp — Room D
Club State and International Projects —
Room West C
Publicity and Public Relations — Room East C
4:30 HOSPITALITY ROOM OPEN — Room 126
7:00 DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S BANQUET —
Ballroom Area
Ben Swank, Master of Ceremonies
Immediate Post President of Lions International
Claude M. DeVorss, Wichita, Kansas,
Principal Speaker
Introduction of Speaker — Edward M. (Ned)
Harwell
ANNUAL CONVENTION
LADIES' CONVENTION ACTIVITIES
CHAIRMAN: MRS. ROLAND C. DANSBY
SATURDAY P.M.
. -6:00 CABINET SOCIAL HOUR
7:00 CABINET DINNER
SUNDAY P.M.
2:00 REGISTRATION — Main Lobby, Ramada Inn
2:00 HOSPITALITY ROOM OPEN — Room 126
4:00 DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION — Honoring
His Cabinet and Visiting Dignitaries — Ballroom
Lobby, Seguin Club in Charge
5:00 NECROLOGY SERVICE — Rooms B & C
Calvert Club in Charge
6:00 INCOMING PRESIDENTS' and SECRETARIES'
DINNER — Room D
6:00 QUEEN'S DINNER — Room A
8:00 Queen's Contest — Poolside
9:00 to
12:00 HOSPITALITY ROOM OPEN — Room 126
MONDAY A.M.
8:30 QUEEN'S BREAKFAST — Room E
9:00 COFFEE — Dining Room
9:30 BRIDGE — Room A4
SHOPPING TOUR
TOUR OF A &M UNIVERSITY
MONDAY P.M.
12:15 MODEL LUNCHEON — Rooms A, B & C
West Austin Club in Charge
3:00 LADIES' TEA — Dining Room
4:30 HOSPITALITY ROOM OPEN — Room 126
7:00 DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S BANQUET — Ballroom Area
Ramada Inn - - - College Station, Texas
ROBERT KOENNECKE
CLAUDE M. DeVORSS
CHESTER LAUCK