Club History: What Makes the Easton Lions Club Great

Hellen Keller and Melvin Jones honors at Lion's Meet

By Marion Wingfield, Librarian & Development Manger at Ames Free Public Library Feb 10, 2017 Full confession:  I write as a relatively recent member of the Easton Lions Club, where I serve as a liaison between it and the Ames Free Library.  I can in no way be held to standards of objectivity because I […]

The Early Years 1931-1945

Rationing so they'll have enough during WWII.

By Ed Hands, Historian Sep 28, 2016 In 1917 America was just beginning its involvement in World War I, but a 38 year old Chicago businessman named Melvin Jones was thinking about more than the war when he challenged his local business group to “reach beyond business issues and address the betterment of their communities […]

Club History: Easton Lions Serving a Changing World

Oldtime picture of golfers drawing.

By Duke Duhamel, Historian September 2001, revised 2011 It has been over 80 years since Bill Fenwick, Easton Lions first “King Lion”, shared his vision with 20 other service-minded men of Easton.  That vision was a dream of humanitarianism that is kept alive today by more than 150 women and men – The Easton Lions […]