Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-30

With almost all the members OIL ahe
Great Falls kiwanis club and their
wives present, the ceremonies Of the
presentation Of the charter TO the Great
Falls club the first Kiwanis to be or
ganiZed in Montana, went over MONDAY
evening in a manner which forecasts q
great future for the senior organiza-
ton of the Montana kiwanis
George A. Lovejoy of Portland, third
vice president Of the kiwanis 1nterna-
tional, gave the presentation address
and presented the charter to DR. =. ).
Bresee, president of the Great Fails
kiwanis club.
The Palm room Of the Hotel Rain
bow, in which the ceremonies were held
was decorated in blue and white, the
kiwanis colors. The tables for the ban
quet preceding the presentation were lad
out in the form of X The tables
also were adorned with the kiwanls
colors.
Address BY Armour.
The opening address was welcome
by kwanian r. NJ Armour, who vel
coined Mr.. Lovejoy and also gave special
welcome to the wives of the kiwanians
who were appearing for the first time
at meeting of the Great Falls 0rganiza-
ton.
I. d. VanOsdeH of Billings, represent
ing the newly formed Billings Kiwanis
club the second organized in Montana,
was guest and gave short talk
promising the cooperation of the Bill
ings kiwanians in all future work.
Alex Campbell, Great Falls soloist,
gave several selections and was given
great applause, the audience calling him
back for encores after each song.
Following the ceremonies a short
business session was called BY Or. Bresee
to put before the members the question
of the Salvation army campaign for So
200 in Cascade county which is to start
next week.
Back Salvation Army.
The organization voted unanimously
to back the campaign and start at once
to cooperate with the Salvation Army
in raising the money for its community
service program Short talks were given
BY several members, appealing to the
club to make this initial event after the
presentation of the charter a big sue
cess.
The following committee was appoint
ed to take charge Of the Salvation
Army campaign: Leon Singer, chairman;
r. l.. Steele, Fred Andretta, the Rev.
H. J.. Totten. NJ Handler, Or. r. Fl.
7 Almond, Fred Robinson and Norman
| Thisted. This committee will begin
work on the county campaign next week.
Mr.. Lovejoy, presenting the hiwanis
charter, said:
'Kiwanis in point of name and years
is young, but the spirit, the ideal, the
motive, Of which the word Kiwanis is
but the symbol. is as old as Christendom.
7 The Golden Rule in Business has
Z 70 ha in no q
world because men, once imbued with
the idea Of unsefish service, will I'M
consciously set for himself and others
q standard of right dealing with his
fellow-man that finds firm base in those
| principles that underly the Golden Rule
and the old axiom, Tt is more blessed
| to give than to receive
1T was in January, 1915, in Detroit
!, that few men first met under the
name Kiwanis. Probably those men had
no thought at the moment of seeing the
idea to which they had given expression
| develop into an influence Of might and
| power to be felt throughout the CONT
nent and known around the globe.
Purpose Changed.
"As I have said. the name is new. 1t
was coined by those Detroit men most
| likely from an Indian phrase mckee
wah nee which if / am rightly inform
cd. has some reference to business or
trade. 1t may be that some of the
earlier promoters of the movement to-
ward a larger membership hoped to
make each club, as formed sort Of
close corporation with an understand
ing that they were to patronize each
other insofar as possible. In fact. the
organization work at the outset was
frequently in the hands of men whose
prime purpose was to complete the
work of forming . club rather than
select and bring together group Of men
whose combined and concerted influ-
ence for constructive good might be-
come q powerful community asset.
! Aims to Build.
To-day. instead Of we trade s}o-
| gan, we build. a builder is a con-