Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-13
1.-THE FIRST CITY OF
THE FIRST STATE"
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or city and are conscious OF the OPP
portunity that Is always open to do
something of permanent value for |
their city are real citizens. The liveler |
our city consciousness. the greater
will be our city, and that Is an Ideal
that we should all keep constantly |
before us, and which, l am sure all
will agree the Lions Club has shown
In being the agency through which
we have acquired for Wilmington an
eminently fitting slogan"
Purpose Of the Contest
At the luncheon. ]. II. Fuller, nresi- |
don't of the club, explained why the
slogan contest was started. The club
stands for commercial. civic and in
dustrial hetterment for tho city, he
said. and It was thought that tho con-
test would he n means OF promoting
these objects. Nineteen hundred slo-
gans We're submitted tn the judges.
Four OF the slogans contained tho
same ideo rs the winning slogan, Mr..
Fuller said. but these were not ao well
expressed.
The speaker ssid he hoped that the
city would use the winning slogan. for
this was the object Of the LionH Club
In starting tho contest He then in
troduccd Clayton Liddell, winner.
who made n short address Clayton.
who IL 10 years old, told how no came
Ia submit the winning slogan. He
was seated at the breakfast table, ne
said when he heard that the contest
was started. He began to think of the
history of Wilmington. he said. In this
connection. and tho thought occurred
| TO him that IL was the first city OF the
State. and the State was the first OF
! the United States. He coined the slo-
gan from these thoughts.
Mr.. Sarotsky WAS then introduced,
and made a brief address.
How the Winners Feel.
| Mr.. Saretslty, In responding to Mr.
Fuller's call for few remarks, said
In part: Il ascribo the winning OF
the prize 20 the inspiration which re
Ceived from that gentleman and pa
triot, David Snellenburg, sincere
and devoted Wilmingtonian. who loves
his country and his people. 1t was
/ his insistence on the relation OF my
work IA executive director of the local
Young Mems Hebrew Associat ion to
the development Of the city ms a
whole that. gave me the faith in the
future possibilities OF Wilmington.
IT made me acquire an interest in the
city's history. II made me grasp the
city instinct from which ! received the
inspiration Of my slogan, Wilmington
the First city OF the First State
Il am proud of tho fact that l 1.-Two
In "A city whore there is group of
far sighted citizens who are conscious
Of the possibilities of the future ~
Wilmington. and are not content with
having such faith. but are bending
their efforts for the development OF
their dream.
when | first came to Wilmington
and attended n luncheon Of the Com
munity Service and observed the large
group OF men and women devoting
their time and efforts In the develop
ment of their city. | realized ! was IN
a city that believed in itself and was
willing to work to improve II.
The fact that another Wilmington
ian happened upon the same slogan as
did shows the real strength of tn,
city instinct.
Il think the Lions Club is TO bo
congratulated for tho initiative II
calling forth city pride and / congratu-
late the Judges I'm awarding the prizes
within the bounds of Wilmington. II
would have been a grave mistake. Il
have awarded the prize where the
inspiration had not come from VIII
A mingtou,"
Mr. Saretsky came to Wilmington
as director of the local Y. NJ. IL. A
September II. 1921. He was borr
and reared in New York City. wher:
he attended the Dewitt clinton High
School and the University OF the City
OF New York. He was graduated from
both with high honors. Previous 4
taking up his work here he laugh
| at the Central Jewish Institute o
New York He is rs years old and Il
married He has one child. a nv,
b month old infant.
Value OF the Slogan.
Fred w. Gawthrop. president OF tn
Chamber of Commerce. next made
brief address. He said the value o
the slogan lay in the fact that il wa
not commercial. il will promote in
curry. he said, and the city mus
live mp to what its words imply. com
= mercially. We must make Whining
ton the most attractive OF cities &
= live in" he continued. by doing f
= We can accomplish great things 70
( our city with this slogan"
! William Il. Foster. president of III
! Rotary club, who was n guest of hon
or at the luncheon, declared that IN
, Lions Clubs Initiative and activitie
have already raised II TO place O
! equality with the two older clubs
q kiwanis and Rotary. The slogan. {
= he effective, must be used, must d
lived up to-" he. declared
Joseph c. Lawson spoke on behal
Of the Kiwanis Club. of which he
. president.
Howard NJ. Ward. speaking az pres
: dent OF city Council commented o
the civic interest shown by the newly
formed club. II am sure that m
colleagues in the City Council wi
Q pass an ordinance making this IN
official slogan Of the city" he said
n AT the speakers table were NJ
d Fuller. Mayor Harvey. Mr.. Gawthrol
= Joseph G. Lawson, president OF III
q Kiwanis Club; William y. Fosts
$ president OF the Rotary Club; Howar
. NJ. Ward. president OF City Council
/, Norman Craig. secretary OF the Lior
y Club: Mr. Liddell Mr. Saretsk,
x William F. Metten and George Carte
n Clarence i. Brown. director Of &C
9 vertising for the du Pont Co.. who WIS
p one OF the judges I'm the contest. wa
: called from the city this morning q
company business, and was unable
be at the luncheon. Before Leaving
q however. Mr.. Brown MADE the follow
Ing statement: