This secret committee's function will be to receive nominations, examine and evaluate each, and make the final selection of the Most Useful Man and Woman. The committee will deliver the final selection to the President in a sealed envelope. President O'Brien will read the names at the Frederick Chamber of Commerce Banquet on January 21, 2010.
Nomination are encouraged and can be made by anyone. The nominations must be in writing, sealed in an envelope, addressed to President, Frederick Lions Club, P.O. Box 951, Frederick, OK 73542. The envelope should be marked "Attention: Most Useful Committee." Nominations will be received until January 15, 2010.
The Most Useful Citizens names will be read and recognized at the Chamber Banquet with a formal recognition sometime in the future at a regular Lions Club meeting.
The man and woman selected will be known as Frederick's Most Useful Citizens selected in 2009. President O'Brien said, "The information supplied by the one making the nomination can span any number of years. Frederick has had many people making quality, useful, volunteer contributions to improve the city and make it a place for a wholesome life for Frederick's citizens. These are the kind of people we wish to recognize."
Frederick's Most Useful Citizens
1933 - Mrs. J.L. Newland & J.L. Newland; 1934 - Mrs. A.H. Holloman & Polk Fry, Sr.; 1935 - Mrs. R.L. Case & Dr. W.T. Longwell; 1936 - Mrs. C.C. Allen & Dr. Joe J. Rogers; 1937 - Mrs. Jimmie Jones & L.J. (Bill) Gause; 1938 - Mrs. O.W. Burnham & R.O. (Bob) Cull; 1939 - Mrs. Providence Mounts & Paul McLellan; 1940 - Mrs. John T. Dotson & Chester C. Moore; 1941 - Mrs. R.O. Cull & Cecil R. Chamberlin; 1942 - Mrs. Lynn Harris & J.A. Mathis & Col. Roy L. Fischer; 1943 - Mrs. W.R. Harper & Sam G. Miller; 1944 - Mrs. Cecil R. Chamberlin & Charles M. Crawford; 1945 - Mrs. Charles M. Crawford & Roscoe Christian; 1946 - Mrs. Paul McLellan & Homer Tilley; 1947 - Miss Frances Burkhardt & Charles Hubbard; 1948 - Mrs. A.M. Dennis & Oscar E. Brittian; 1949 - Mrs. C.C. Cox & Cecil H. Wyatt; 1950 - Mrs. V.E. Hamm & Wade Watson & David Gish; 1951 - Mrs. Lorraine Kent & R.H. Wessel; 1952 - Mrs. May Akin & Lloyd Cole; 1953 - Mrs. Leona Oxford & W.J. (Bill) McIntosh; 1954 - Mrs. Harrison Roe & C.C. (Tiny) Black; 1955 - Mrs. Leon Stith & Milton G. Tomlinson; 1956 - Mrs. Jack Zumwalt & B.W. Kent; 1957 - Mrs. W.G. Roe, Jr. & J. Alton Thompson; 1958 - Mrs. Galen Briggs & Raymond Waits, Sr.; 1959 - Mrs. Ray Duffy & O.E. Kennedy; 1960 - Mrs. John Perkins, Jr. & Monty Worthington; 1961 - Mrs. Arthur Holloway & Hubert L. Gilbreth; 1962 - Mrs. Lloyd Register & Donald Johnson; 1963 - Mrs. Ralph Faulconer & Anthony Massad; 1964 - Mrs. C.K. Barnes & Howard McBee; 1965 - Mrs. J.A. Mathis & Joe Myers; 1966 - Mrs. Ralph Anthony & J.D. Duckworth; 1967 - Mrs. Casey Dombrowski & Jim Jack Loftis; 1968 - Mrs. Roger Johnson & Laxton Malcom; 1969 - Mrs. Josephine Massey & Bodie Collins; 1970 - Mrs. Hardee Crudup & Benton Caldwell; 1971 - Mrs. A.B. Crudup & Prather Brown; 1972 - Mrs. Jim Fondren & Leonard Hensen, Emil Marcus, Lloyd Wilson; 1973 - Mrs. Tom Armour & Homer Loftis; 1974 - Mrs. Bob Maxwell & Rev. A.J. Joiner; 1975 - Mrs. C.H. Wyatt & Carl McFall; 1976 - Mrs. Bob Copeland & Dr. C. Curtis Allen; 1977 - Mrs. Wilbur Brown & Marion Lewis; 1978 - Mrs. Sue Dickey & Bill Crawford; 1979 - Mrs. Loyd Bensen & Loyd Bensen; 1980 - Mrs. Arthur Goodknight & Robert H. Holloman; 1981 - Mrs. Burgin McFall & Jack McFall; 1982 - Mrs. Halley Hopps & Larry Watkins; 1983 - Mrs. Larry Greer & Celeta Pace & Larry Greer; 1984 - Mrs. Doug Ade & Ray Long; 1985 - Mrs. Roger Guilford & Doyle Balentine; 1986 - Mrs. Jack Honaker & Fred Barbee; 1987 - Mrs. Clara Berry & Gerald K. Richards; 1988 - Mrs. Leon Fallon & Leon J. Fallon; 1989 - Mrs. Wanda Jo Evaige & Kenneth L. Ames; 1990 - Mrs. Gwen Smith & Art Cunningham; 1991 - Mrs. Larita Balentine, *Faye Simpson & Vernon Stotts; 1992 - Mrs. Betty Box, *Hazel Worthington & Louis Box; 1993 - Mrs. Jim Loftis & Michael Evans; 1994 - Mrs. Twyla Elsener & Doug Ade; 1995 - Mrs. Tony Massad & Homer Lynn Ryan, *Joe Miller; 1996 - Mrs. Barbara Tucker & Mark Bobo; 1997 - Mrs. Marcia Messner & Owen L. Fry; 1998 - Valarie Clayton & Willie Perkins; 1999 - Louise Tyler & Lon Perry; 2000 - Wendy Howard & Greg Howard & Tommy Challacombe; 2001 - Rhonda Oxford & Jay Oxford; 2002 - Su Clifton & Dick Messner; 2003 - Karen Graves & Charles Graves; 2004 - Ann Clayton & Gary Tyler & Chris Marcom; 2005 - Nancy Heap & Roger Heap; 2006 - Watha Shanks & Jeff Patterson; 2007 - Karen Caldwell & Vernon Floyd & Eddie Whitworth; 2008 - Georgia Greenfield & J.M. Cope
*Posthumous
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