The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands supports our neighborhood’s youth through annual scholarships, and contributes to countless other community improvement endeavors. The club last month celebrated its 50th birthday with a gathering of 29 past presidents, one, Lee Leissler, from as long ago as 1971. Chairmen Bob Potts and Alan Walne hosted the anniversary meeting and treated the attending members to stories, photos and memorabilia from the past. For example, they passed around a 1961 program from the first meeting (held at a Skillman Street café that is now an abandoned gas station) that lists the president as Robert Koelling; Herbert M. Walne Jr. (Alan Walne’s father) was listed under entertainment. Walne clarified that this meant his dad was responsible for finding entertainment for events and not, chuckle, for entertaining the members himself. The original 35 charter members included the likes of former Dallas Mayor Jack Evans and Dallas Cowboy Coach Tom Landry. “As a club, our focus is outward,” said current president Bryan McCrory, summing up the day’s events. “Every once in a while we look inward at the things this club has accomplished and say, ‘Job well done’ and ‘Thank you for the effort from 1961 to now’. “

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Learn more about the Lake Highlands Exchange Club and how to become a member at lhexchangeclub.org.