The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-14
BUSINESS MEN MAY ORGANIZE
KIWANIS CLUB FOR LUBBOCK
rs RELIEVED TO BE NEEDED HERE TO BRING BUSINESS
MEN CLOSER TS6ETfiER
MAY FILL LONG.FELT WANT IN LUBBOCK
Plans Are Being Have Members Of the Club at Plsnvew
Help Complete the Organization, and to Show the Ad-
vsntaees of II As Town Necessity.

A meeting was held at the Justice
urt Room Friday night by local
n interested in organizing ki-
wants Club for Lubbock, but rs
several Of those most Interested IN
the Club we're absent very little was
done toward establishing the organ
ization other than appointing Two
committees who we're 20 do with
the ways and means Of getting the
plans under way and making all ar
rangemcnts Tor the organization,
which will be perfected as soon as
more information on the workings
Of the organization are received.
II IA learned that a member, or
membera, Of the Plainyicw club will
help in pcrfectinR this organization
AZ soon as 10 Is learned that there
are enough men In Lubbock inter-
catcd In the work and as there are
several who are earnestly seeking rs
completion and formation II ~ ex-
pected 10 be brought about IN the
near future.
n IL hinted By several that the
cod OF bringing n Hiwanis Club 20
Lubbock Is a little too great for the
good Il would DO, but Of course the
usual spirit that predominates IN
Lubbock viii be brought 10 bear on
this thing the same a. on al things
where municipal achievement Is the
goal, and II after thorough in
vcstigation the Club proves the very
thing 10 IN the long feii need of
closer relationship between Lubbock
business men is reality will soon be
known, FOR there IL no one here but
who viii admit that the Rotary Club
IA playing a conspicuous part IN the
deveiopmcnt ~ Lubbock and the
formation Of closer friendship be-
tween the men who are 10 back up
the giganiic undertaking. that come
20 ~ as lubbock grows, and the
writer Is of the opinion that ki-
wants Club will help 20 carry that
friendly spirit further along, and az
fhc membership privilege 0f the hi-
wants Club covers q little larger
scope than that of the Rotary, m
soniueh A. Il permits two men on
like business denominations Nom
bcrship, II will have . great follow.
ing IN Lubbock
The money We spend on lunch
cons, ctc. In getting closer t0g Their
hand conrreting friendship between
the business men Of Lubbock VIII
not 10 In vain, ard we are sure
that X viii accomplish n great deal
FOR Lubbock, ns eOrgcrted action on
anything IN this town is sure 60
achieve that hing, FOR The business
men here are tbs kind that win oui
on every progressive Undertaking
and their nggrcHsiycress is making
hbock become more and more the
most popular and best pafronizcd
city on the Plains
II IL TO ne remembered also that
members Of Kiwanis Clubs are ev-
erywhcre 20 welcome their fellow
eiubmcn into their respective lodges
and between them exists a feeling of
goodfcllowship that is unequalcd,
and oftimcs the man who H away
from home may find himself sur
rounded with fellow members who
are Immediately acquainted with his
principles and the things for which
he stands through the recognition
of that lodge fellowship.
We do not know enough about
Kiwanis TO discuss Il further, but
here permit us 70 say that ~ many
clubs over the states deserve this
much consideration from the busl.
ness men of Lubbock. A thorough
investigation of the things which i
has helrcd other towns 20 accom-
piish. The benefits 10 be derived
from N By individual members. The
possibilities Of it serving he long
felt need n closer sof inl relations
between the business men 81 Lub-
book. The benefits 20 BE- derived
for Lubbock through q Club of this
kind being organized here, and
about hundred other things that
W. feel certain the Kiwanis Club
will do for ~ and Lubbock