DeKalb Lions Club Meeting
Tuesday, August 10, 2021, Tom Corlett and Greg Palmer from the Madison Lions Club met with the DeKalb Lions Club to discuss LCIF and Lions Sight Foundation Goals.
When you walk into their meeting room, you are surrounded by historic photos, products of DeKalb. The building is called the Cotton Museum. And, for obvious reasons.
This building is filled with items that help propel you into the proud history of the area. Included is a picture of area men who were to be transferred to war conditions in WW I. Famous residents of DeKalb, including former Senator John Stennis. There is an old phonograph player, items used in the field to collect cotton. And, the list goes on and on.
If you are a history buff, you could spend the better part of a day looking, reading and absorbing what the inside of this building has to offer. I suspect this building is 20’ x 50’. So, you are not far from repeating an area visited earlier.
Now for the meeting itself. There are nine members in this Lions club. As you would expect, their opportunities to add to their membership is limited. When you consider the town is approximately 1,300 people, you get my point. But, that is not to say they have given up on inviting to meetings and adding to their membership. They continue to look for people that might have an interest in serving others.
One fundraiser they have each fall is selling pork buts. I am considering driving the two hours there from Jackson to purchase a pork butt to grill and support my fellow Lions Club.
As one might expect, these are hard-working men in the city and DeKalb Lions Club. Each has a history that needs to be told. For example, Larry Gibson is a former Air Force A-4 pilot in Vietnam. He, in fact, has published a book that I will be reading soon. I would love to sit down with each one of them and record their personal history.
The image I have included with this post is (l-r), Larry Gibson, Secretary/Treasurer, David Whittington, James Thomas, Jimmy Spinks, President, Mario Breckenridge and Tommy Puckett.