PLAQUE

Description: WOODEN CREST WITH GILTED FINISH. RAISED RED AND BLUE FLAG WITH "8" IN WREATH AT CENTRE. READS AT BOTTOM "EIGHTH VICTORY LOAN APRIL-MAY 1945." SILVER PLATE AT TOP READS "LETHBRIDGE VICTORY LOAN COMMITTEE SERVICE CLUB COMPETITION WON BY THE LIONS CLUB." COMMITTEE AND CAPTAINS OF LIONS TEAM NAMED ON THREE PLATES AT BOTTOM. BACK OF SHIELD HAS DECAL READING "THIS SHIELD IS PRESENTED TO LIONS CLUB LETHBRIDGE AS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN CANADA'S EIGHTH VICTORY LOAN" WITH PLEDGE BELOW. RING AND CHAIN FOR HANGING.

History: DONOR'S FATHER, HARRY BOYSE, WAS THE "COMMANDER" OF THE LIONS TEAM IN THE EIGHTH VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DIFFERENT "UNITS"(MAINLY SERVICE CLUBS) COMPETED IN THE DRIVES FOR THE VICTORY SHIELD, WHICH WAS AWARDED TO THE TEAM ACQUIRING THE HIGHEST SUBSCRIPTIONS TOWARD BONDS. HARRY BOYSE WAS BORN IN GUELPH, ONTARIO IN 1897. HE CAME TO CASTOR, ALBERTA, THEN BECAME A BARKER WITH THE CIRCUS. AFTER MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1920, HE BEGAN WORK WITH SHACKLEFORD'S THEATRES AS A PROJECTIONIST. HE WORKED AT THE ROXY, THE CAPITOL (MAINLY), AND THE PARAMOUNT UNTIL RETIRING IN 1970, AND WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECTIONIST'S UNION. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LIONS CLUB, AND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR CHAIRED THE CLUB'S VICTORY LOAN COMMITTEE. IN 1949 HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FOR 25 YEARS FOR ALBERTA. HE GAVE 31 YEARS OF SERVICE AS THE SECRETARY TREASURER OF THE SUGAR BEET GROWERS, AND WAS CALLED IN TO SETTLE LABOUR DISPUTES. BOYSE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SHRINERS, AND PRESIDENT IN 1952; HE WAS ALSO HEAD OF THE DESERT CORPS.