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1930 FOUNDING OF
1950
06 06 LIONS
CLUB 20th ANNIVERSARY
The Watertown Lions Club commemorated the 20th
anniversary of the founding of the club.
Dr. Clarence Bergmann, secretary; Paul Junghans, Fort Atkinson, councilor for Lions International;
William Borchardt and Elmer Schmidt, Clarence Sturm, a director of Lions
International, Leonard Kramp, Edward F. Albrecht, E. Buelow, treasurer; and Clifford Warren, president.
1957
05 31 At Monday night’s meeting of the Lions
Club which was held at the Green Bowl, the following were elected to office: President, Paul Negus; first vice president,
Erving Miller; second vice president, Gary W. Ponath;
third vice president, Harold Mantey; secretary, Glenn
Rieder; treasurer, Charles Abel; lion tamer, Webb
Mullen; tail twister, Art Christenson. Members of board of directors for two
years, Leonard Kramp, Phil Bossert. Members of board of directors for one year,
Edgar Buelow, Father W.E. Krueger, William Guyer.
William Guyer served as president for the past year. WDT
06 28 Father William E. Krueger, who recently
was appointed Deputy District Governor of Zone 27 A of the Lions Club,
performed his first duty of his new office Monday evening by installing the
newly elected officers of the Watertown Club at a meeting held at the Green
Bowl. The new officers were presented
and their duties explained. Following
are the officers for the coming year: President, Paul Negus; first vice
president, Erving Miller; second vice president, Gary W. Ponath;
third vice president, Harold Mantey; secretary, Glenn
Rieder; treasurer, Charles Abel; lion tamer, Webb
Mullen; tail twister, Art Christenson.
Members of board of directors for two years, Leonard Kramp,
Phil Bossert. Members of board of
directors for one year, Edgar Buelow, Father W. E.
Krueger, William Guyer. WDT
1958
06 14 At
Monday night's meeting of the Lions Club, which was held at the Green Bowl, the
newly elected officers of the club were installed. Father William E. Krueger, who is deputy
district governor of 27 A, was the installing officer. Following are the officers of the club who
will perform their duties for the ensuing year:
President Erving Miller, first vice president, Gary W. Ponath; second vice president, Art Christenson; third vice
president, Martin Uttech; secretary, Glenn Rieder; treasurer, Charles Abel; Lion tamer, Al Linde; tail
twister, Cr. C. L. Bergmann. Directors
are Gene Rooney, Len Kramp, Father W. E. Krueger and
Paul Negus. WDT
1959
05 28 Gary W. Ponath
was elected president of the Watertown Lions Club at its meeting Monday evening
at the Legion Green Bowl. Other officers
elected were: Arthur Christensen, first vice president; Martin Uttech, second vice president; Gene Rooney, third vice
president; Glenn Rieder, secretary; Charles Abel,
treasurer; David Parish, tail twister; Al Linde, Lion tamer; Vince Beschta, director, two years; Wes Thorsen, director, one
year, and Leonard Kramp, director, one year, to
replace Gene Rooney.
1961
05 18 At
Monday evening’s meeting of the Lions Club held at the Legion Green Bowl, the
nominating committee’s slate of officers for the ensuing years was accepted.
President is Eugene Rooney. Other officers are: First vice-president, Vince Beschta; second vice-president, William Neis;
third vice-president, Dave Parish; secretary, Clarence Albrecht; treasurer,
Martin Uttech; Lion tamer, Robert Rausch; tail
twister, Donald Schmutzler; immediate past president,
Arthur Christensen, and chaplain, Father William E. Krueger. Directors are Gary
Ponath and Robert Steinbach (two years) and Leonard Kramp and Robert Hargraves, one year. WDT
1989
01 21 Melvin
Wagner of the Watertown Lions Club was honored at Monday night’s meeting of the
club for receiving the 100 Percent President’s Award for 1987-88 by the
International Association of Lions Clubs.
He was given the award for his leadership throughout his term as
president of the club. In another award
presentation, Dr. Harold E. Magnan Jr., secretary of
the club, was honored for receiving the 100 Percent Secretaries Award from
District 27A2 which includes Watertown. He was given the award for his
excellent record keeping during the years he has served as the club’s
secretary. WDT
10 21 The
Watertown Lions Club honored members with perfect attendance awards Monday
night at the Watertown Country Club.
Special honors were given to Gary Ponath for
36 years and Harold Niedfeldt for 28 years. Del Hintzmann was
honored for 19 years and Jerry Rabbach for 14
years. Other awards were given to Wilmer
Altreuter, 13 years; Merle Zastrow, Dr. Harold Magnan and Ron Larson, 12 years; William Schultz, 11 years;
Mel Wagner and A1 Anderson, 10 years; Steve Raue and
Rich Nienow, nine years; Les Huber, William Brown and
Charles Bruce, eight years; Charles Nienow, seven
years; Mike Oleson, six years; George Rather, five years; John Wanke, Charles Robert, Pete Miller, James Kukla, George Hintz and Russ Bentheimer,
four years; Dale Ninmann and William Neis, three years; Tom Wooley and Richard Johns, two years;
and Paul Smebak, Ulrich Schneider, Floyd Clemans, Mike Chandler and George Kuckkan,
one year. WDT
1990
05 09 OFFICERS ELECTED
New officers were elected at the Watertown Lions Club meeting Monday
night at the Watertown Country Club. New members were also installed. Elected
as president for the upcoming year is Chuck Roberts with Merle Zastrow as first
vice president. Third vice president is Michael Chandler, Dr. Harold Magnan was re-elected secretary. Current President Michael
Olesen will serve as past president. John Wanke was
elected tail twister and Ray Vick was named as Lion tamer. Jerry Alfheim and George Kuckkan were
elected as members of the board. Dale Hintzmann was
elected as a voting member to the new board position of membership chairman.
Les Huber and Gary Bergman were elected to news position on the membership
committee. WDT (names not
indexed)
1991
06 07 AWARDS
Robert Steinhorst was named Lion of the Year
at the Watertown Lions Club annual awards night held at the Watertown Country
Club Monday. George Raether
was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Merle Zastrow was installed as president of
the club. He was handed the gavel by
Chuck Roberts, who has served as president for the past year.
1993
04 16 PONATH AND NIEDFELDT HONORED
Gary Ponath and Harold Niedfeldt were
honored by the Watertown Lions Club Monday night at Old Timers Night held at
the Watertown Country Club. Ponath was honored for 38 years of perfect attendance. Niedfeldt has 31
years of perfect attendance. Ponath, of 1148 Bayberry Drive, joined Lions in 1953 and
has been a member for 40 years. He is
retired from the Watertown Daily Times
where he served as display advertising manager for many years. He was president of Lions in 1959, served as
zone chairman in 1961 and received the Bruce Schlueter Award in 1971. He also served the organization in other
capacities. Niedfeldt
served as president in 1965, secretary in 1976 and ‘77, received the
Distinguished Service Award in 1978, and Bruce Schlueter Award and Lion of the
Year. While in Lions, he served as zone
chairman, director, and in many other capacities.
1994
06 03 OFFICERS ELECTED
The
Watertown Lions Club held its annual installation and awards banquet earlier
this week at the Watertown Country Club.
The following Watertown Lions Club members were installed as officers
for the July 2009 through June 2010 Lion year: Nancy Dishneau,
president; John Wanke, first vice president; Terry
Zastrow, second vice president; Craig Schuler, third vice president; Dolly Laatsch, secretary; Mary Braunschweig, treasurer; Larry
Braunschweig, Lion tamer; Dennis Gutzdorf, tail
twister; and Ray Vick, immediate past president. The Wisconsin Lions Foundation Birch-Strum
Fellowship was awarded to Braunschweig and the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin
Knight of Sight Award was presented to Lion Bill Schultz and his wife, Mary
Schultz.
2003
05 20 DOLLY
LAATSCH
Watertown Lions Club member Dolly Laatsch has
received one of the highest awards available from Lions Club
International. She was presented with
the International Presidents Leadership Award by past international director
Rick Myers of Nebraska at the Wisconsin State Lions Convention recently held in
Oconomowoc. Laatsch
is past president of the Watertown Lions Club, received the Presidents
Excellence Award for her efforts, and has been active in many Lions
activities. She has served as district
hearing chairwoman for 52 clubs and as zone chairwoman for seven clubs. WDT
2006
05 18 AWARDS
The Watertown Lions Club presented awards to several members on Monday night
at the Watertown Country Club where members cooked their own steaks for
dinner. New officers were also
installed. Terry Zastrow received two
major awards, the Bruce Schlueter Lion of the Year Award and the Birch-Sturm
Award. Sue Jaramillo was recipient of
the distinguished service award. Nancy Dishneau received the Melvin Jones Award and Daryl Arnold
was recipient of the Wisconsin Lions Eye Bank Knight of Sight Award which was
given to a club member for the first time.
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2015
06 03 AWARDS
The Watertown Lions Club presented numerous awards to members at its
annual awards dinner on Monday at Turner Hall. Officers for 2015-16 were also
installed. Master of ceremonies for the event was Mark Hintzmann,
Lions member and past international director. Top awards were given to Bill Schmidt, Leader
Dog Founders Tribute Award; Mary Braunschweig, Distinguished Service Award;
Marlene Raether, Birch Sturm Fellowship Award; and
Jason Jones, Melvin Jones Fellowship Award.
Other
recipients were Ben Hoppenrath, Golf Award; Jane Hintzmann, Top Chef Award; and Edwin Wolf III, Key Award.
Perfect attendance awards were given to Larry and Mary Braunschweig, Nancy Dishneau, Louis Hady, Mark and Jayne Hintzmann,
Jason Jones, Don and Dolly Laatsch, Jerry Rabbach, Bill Schultz, Ray Vick, Edwin Wolf III and Fred
Zastrow.
Jason
Jones was installed as president. Immediate past president is Ray Vick. Other
officers are Louis Hady, first vice president; Edwin Wolf III, second vice
president; James Raabe, third vice president; Dolly Laatsch,
secretary; Jayne Hintzmann, treasurer; Don Laatsch, lion tamer; and Mark Hintzmann,
tail twister. Directors are Don Laatsch and Nancy Dishneau, one year; and Cindy Schuhmacher
and John Wanke, two years.
Dave Quamme and John Schuhmacher were
installed as new members. WDT (names not
indexed)
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