New Britain herald., 1924-02-06
ATTACKS K. K. K. IN ADDRESS ID LIONS
pr. Sullivan Urges Club to Drive
 Out All RadiCaliSm

installation Nlgnl or Ind BloHS
 club, which was held in the grill
 room of Odd Fellows hall last eve
 ming, was one Of the most pronounced ! successes as social event the club i has ever held.
 About 50 Lions and their wives sat down to @ turkey supper at $50 number of musical selections ren-
 dered by Frank F.. Clynes and
 Samuel Gross. The Lions quartet, consisting of $. M. Macomber, H. s. i Winship, C. J. Stuhman and F. NJ.
 Latham. rendered number of vocal selections which were well received. l Following the supper the assembly
 was treated to a splendid radio con- 1 cert by C. J. Lerou&. Jr.
 r w. C. French, retiring president, in q brief address in which he expressed his appreciation of the manner in which the members of the club CO., operated with him during the past year passed over the duties of his office to Presidcnt-elect Goldthwait, who thanked the club for the honor conferred upon him and assured the members that he would do his ut most to serve to the best of his abil- ity. Both men paid tribute to the help they had received and expected to receive in the future from Secre- tary J. F.. O'Brien whom they re- ferred to as the backbone of the club. The following officers were then in- stalled in office: First vice president, ?. r. King; second vice president, Stanley Traceski; third vice presi- dent, G. l.. Prentice; treasurer, $. NJ. Macomber: lion tanner. Willard C. oquist tail twister, Dr. Joseph H. Potts; directors, C. E. Buckley and W. C. French.
 Secretary o'Brien read the annual report in which he told of the activ- ities of the club during the past year naming the bringing of Edgar Guest to this city as the leading achieve ment.
 District Governor James II. Readio of Providence, R. l., was introduced by President Goldthwait as true lion and a man who had done great deal to insure the success of Lionism in the New England states. Mir Readio spoke in very entertaining manner and told Of the work the clubs are doing in providing fresh air camps, visiting nurse associations. and orphanagcs. He eomplimented the club on making Mir. Goldthwait it's leader and said that he felt sure the club would do it's part in the fu- turc as it had in the past.
 Mir. Readio called Colonel W, W. Bulen forward and on behalf Of the club presented Colonel Bullen, who was the first president oi the Lions club. with Lions emblem. Colonel Bulen thanked the club for tho om- blem and said that hc would con- tinue to help in any way possible.
 Mr. Roadio turned to retiring President W. C. frenen ana on De- half Of the club presented him with an emblem similar 10 the one pre- scented 10 Colonel Bullen.
 President GoIdthwait introduced pr. Joseph Sullivan, eN-serviceman. and for seven years pastor Of the First Congre gational church in Chic opee Falls. Mass. Dr. sullivan, who acquired reputation as four
 
 who served with the ordnance de- partmcnt nj France. is active in work and spoke on this topic. He said that in years gone by the immigrants. although from various countries. were inspired with the same idea in coming to America. namely that Of seeking re- ligious and political liberty and in finding suitable place to build homes and bring up their children. He said that now very few or the im- arc inspired with that idea. The speaker then turned his attack on the Ilu klux Klan anl said "The Ku klux Elan is rotten 10 the core. f. is founF d on narrow and racial prejudices."
 Dr. Sullivan told of tho upheayal hat is going on in the ranks of labor and said that tho real clever and big