CHISAGO LAKES LIONS CLUB

The Chisago Lakes Lions Club was chartered on June 11, 1952, with the following individuals as charter members:

Martin Peterson
Marvin Kaufman
G.F. Sprain
Kenneth G. Krueger
Klein L. Johnson
Carl E. Peterson
Wm. A. Bevan
C. Edwin Johnson
Carl J. Hofland
Howard L. Lindwig
The Rev. Marlin Johnson
Victor A. Nulton
Herbert Westman
Roy A. Johnson
Campbell Orbeck
A. Harold Peterson
E. Herbert Webb
George H. Bauer
Arthur Stielo
Norton Lindberg
John P. Branch
Robert Rohner

Robert Rohner is the only charter member now active.

Additional Historical Note

In 1993 the club had 68 members, and continues to meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at the Rainbow Cafe.

In May of 1955 the Chisago Lakes Lions, with A. Harold Peterson as president, voted to purchase four acres of land on Highway 8 near Russell Beach at a cost of $4,000 and gave it to the newly created hospital district for the purpose of constructing a new hospital.

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