The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-17
BRIEF FACTS CON-
CERNING KIWANIS

word, which originally had no mean
ing save that ascribed to It by its or
i@inatorS. Ye: it has come 20 have a
very definite meaning throughout the
, constructive work of kjwanians. In
every community in which Kiwanis
exists we find it standing for unset
fish service in the interest of the COM
munity, the state and the nation. Our
motto, I'VE Build" is the outward eX-
preston Of the spirit which is Kiwan
is.
The first Kiwanis club was organiz-
ed at Detroit, Michigan, in January.
1915. During the following year, two
more clubs were established, one at
Cleveland and another at Pittsourg.
Today we have over $50 clubs and a
membership Of nearly $4,000 of AM
erica's leading business and profes-
sional men.
The mission Of kiwanis in a COM
munity is not in the largest sense the
accomplishment Of the specific thing.
The mission is two fold First, it ere
ates that spirit in community which
enables other existing organizations
to accomplish more easily the things
for which they were organized XII
wants readily lends It's support to the
chamber of commerce, the church, the
school, the Boy Scouts, the Girl
Scouts. the Atheletic association and
other organizations working for the
good of the community.
The second mission Of Kiwanis is
the development of community lead
ers. 1t is taking the man who has
beer Indifferent to community af-
fairs and teaching him that he has a
! definite responsibility to MS commun-
ity. Kiwanis is Transforming the in
different American business man into
! a worker who is thinking along the
lircs of civic betterment and nation
a! improvement.
| During the seven years of its exist
ence Kiwanis has succeeded in doing
a great amount of good in civic wei
fare work and in charity. Besides
this the following are some of its out-
standing accomplishments:
! Kiwanis has introduced the Golden
Rule into business life.
! Kiwanis has fostered wholesome
competition, because Of the fact that
under our system Of dual classifica-
ton, competitors become acquainted
with each other in the club and in
stead of being enemies they become
friends to the profit Of both.
! Better relationships between the
business men of the United States
and Canada have been developed.
Kiwanis has helped to eliminate
sectionalism in the United States.
! Kiwanis is gradually bringing the
farmers and business men into more
friendly relations with each other
1t is estimated that during the
Christmas season of 1921, 100000
poor people were helped by Kiwani-
ans. This shows what our $4,000
members can accomplish when their
efforts are directed on one object.
An occasion of much interest to the
local club is Ladies Night which is
observed yearly. This event will be
celebrated tonight Thursday. The
members of the club will have as
their guests, in addition to their
wives and sisters, or some other fell
lows sister, the pastors of the local
churches, and representatives from
the patriotic and civic organizations
of Newberry.
! Dr. E. W. Skies, member of the
Hartsville CLUB, will be the honor
guest on this occasion and will deliv-
er the principal address.
The Newberry college orchestra
will furnish music during the even
ing.
! The meeting will be held N the Le-
gion hall, and the members OF the
Drayton Rutherford chapter, L. d. c.
will prepare the menu.
/ The members and guests are le-
Quested to assemble IN the hal by
AS so that they may be seated at
the table promptly at 500 c'cioeE.
p ST. PATRICK'S PARTY IN
HONOR OE MISS SUMMER