Gerlach-Empire Lions Club

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The Gerlach-Empire Lions Club provided ambulance service to the area at one time.[1]

Timeline of the Gerlach-Empire Lions Club

  • 1953: Lions Club requests that Empire be added to the state map because it is the third largest town in Washoe County.[2]
  • 1954: Lions Club celebrated its first anniversary on March 22, 1954. Ellsworth Buffaloe was president. The meeting was held at the Stanley theater-restaurant (probably the Stanley Cafe).[3]
  • 1956: John James Thrasher was a member. [4]
  • 1957:
    • Lions Club receives permission to have a fire engine, as long as the county is not liable for the actions of the fire fighters.[5][6]
  • 1950's - 1960's:
  • 1962: Joe Luchessi a member, Ernest M. Johnson, past president.[7]
  • 1964: Nevada Historical Society Photo: WA-915, " Great Boiling Springs Park, Springs Discovered and named by John C. Fremont 1844. Park being developed by Gerlach-Empire Lions Club," 1964, Nevada Historical Society. Picture of the sign for the springs. Note that the plural, "Springs," is used, not the singular that is on the map.
  • 1967: Lions Club Map
  • 1969: Nevada Regents Minutes: $100 awarded to Garrett Paschall. Garrett is the son of Ray Paschall, who owned the Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs after the Garretts.
  • 1971:
  • Lions Ambulance Service Terminated [8]
  • Ambulance sold.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Ashley Powers, "An idle plant, an empty town killed by the housing bust," April 3, 2011, McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
  2. ↑ Nevada State Journal, "Empire wants on the map: It's Washoe's Third Largest Town!," July 24, 1953, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Nevada State Journal, "Items of Interest from Gerlach Area," March 28, 1954, p. 17.
  4. ↑ Nevada State Journal, "Gerlach Resident, Dies Here," p. 3, November 18, 1956.
  5. ↑ Reno Evening Gazette, "Commissioners Hear Protest on Dump Site," p. 39, February 5, 1957.
  6. ↑ Frank Johnson, "Ten Years of Hard Effort Gets Fire Department for Gerlach," March 27, 1957, p. 29. Large article with low resolution photos. Lions Club donates money.
  7. ↑ Reno Evening Gazette, "http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1962/09-01/page-6?tag=gerlach+lions+club&rtserp=tags/?pep=gerlach-lions-club Four Seek Nomination from Northern Washoe," p 6, September 1, 1962.
  8. ↑ Nevada State Journal, "Gerlach-Empire Ambulance Service Forced to Close," p. 15, August 12, 1971
  9. ↑ Reno Evening Gazette, "$500 from Gerlach-Empire Lions Club: Area-wide anti-cancer drive off to a good start," December 2, 1972, p 5.
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