Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-30
GREAT FALLS k|WAN|S Club
GETS FIRST STATE CHARTER
George A. Lovejoy Of Portland, Third Vice Presi'
dent of Kiwanis, international, Makes
Presentation Speech.

! structionist; not a destructionist nor
an obstructionist; true Kiwanian is
builder of character and if the individ-
ual fails to sense that thing | besneak
for that man an early 'Kiwanis funeral,
! We've held a number in the Portland
club; the inevitable fnneral directors
stood in their places at the club lunch
con while the secretary said the last
words which opened the way for the
classification committee to invite new
timber into the club.
Now then. give a Kiwanls club, the
personnel of which is collectively i'm
bued with such a spirit, is it not to be
expected that every city fortunate
enough to have q live functioning ki-
| wants club is singing its praise!
rs it any wonder that since it found
itself the two short years just past
have seen it's membership jump from
5000 to more than $4,000?
Follows Golden Rule
at is true that the international
board, made up of eight trustees and
seven officers, has conceived a plan
whereby new clubs are brought into
being through the medium of field rep
| resentatives; however, these eyanse-
lists of the Golden Rule in business
would have found it impossible to have
accomplished alone the wonderful results
already referred to, but like the little
leaven which leayeneth the loaf, the
existing clubs have been the inspiration
for the establishment of the new ones.
Great Falls Is Pioneer
'And right at this point / want to
| impress upon every member here that
the position and opportunity Of the
Great Falls kiwanis club is unique. 1t
is the pioneer club In the state Of Mon
tana, and will always be known as the
mother club of the district. If you
seek to develop club consciousness"
"a pride n the name, that you viii
| be only sharing with similar bodies of
men in over 300 cities on the North
American continent-you will then be
impelled to lend all possible aid and in
fluence by becoming the sponsor club
for as many different towns in your dis
trict as conditions of distance and pop
ulation will appear to justify.
Concrete Benefit
"Why have we International Kiwanis
and District Kiwanis? Just this: the XII
wants club is of concrete benefit to
| the community and can be of equal
! benefit to the state in which it is To-
Gated; obviously then, if its value TO the
1 STATE IS IGCpSL4IEay btNauSc VI Inc 4uaIi-
| ty of its membership, its purifying in
! fluence on the political life of the coun-
| try must be granted.
From the foregoing it will be seen
| that an important duty and RESPONSE
| bility is imposed upon you and | assume
! is voluntarily sought. as you become
/ the first club in your district and | am
sure that all the International officers
! will, with me, watch with great interest
! and hope for your healthy development
| into the 'kiwanisdom OF the world
Link in Chain
Your charter is to be a certificate
Of membership in the international or
ganization which unites YOU with an ev
er widening circle of successful men, a
force that is making for good will among
/ men, higher ideals in business life, civic
Improvement and world betterment; and
now Mr.. President, it is my valued priv
ilege. as the personal representative of
international President Barnett and the
International board of trustees, to give
into your keeping for the newly organ
lied Kiwanis Club of Great Falls, Mon
tana, the official charter of the organ
! ization.
In presenting this charter I feel
confident that the Great Falls Club will
ever conform to the rules and regula-
tions of International Kiwans and will
strive to realize to the fullest the high
ideals, aims and purposes of this won
derful organization
In acceptance Of the Kiwanis charter,
DIR. c. ], Bresee, president, said:
This charter is symbolic of Inter
national recognition and l thank you in
the name Of the Kiwanis club. The
honor of accepting the charter / share
with every Kiwanian here. We are go
ing to observe the precepts of the or
ganization in such fashion that our
city and community will know that we
love them. We are proud to become
another unit in the chain of kiwanis
council fires"
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