Lions Club Meeting Gavel

This gavel was owned by the Northern Lites Lions Club until they ceased operations in early 2015. Gavels are used in Lions Club meetings along with a gong, used throughout the meeting to demarcate discussions. They are to be placed at the head table. If clubs wish to “pilfer”, or nab something from a neighbouring club to encourage return visits, it is encouraged that they only take the chosen club’s gavel or gong.

It has a handle attached to a mallet style head, both made of wood and lightly stained with a varnish layer. Both parts are carved with simple lathe style designs. The middle of the mallet head is wrapped with a sheet of metal and the ends are fixed where the handle attaches to the mallet head. The metal sheet has the Lions emblem and the text: “Northern Lites/Lions Club” and “The Pas/Manitoba”.