New Britain herald., 1926-01-21
EXPLAINS K|WAN|S
 AND ITS PURPOSE
Rev, Dr, AhIquiSt Speaks at
 Clubs Annual Banquet

There were about l50 persons present, including Major F. F, Phil. brook Of Portland, Maine, district governor Of the New England dis 'r't and in charge of |, s. customs for ihe state of Maine. Waiter liar mon, Of Portland, Maine, New Eng and district secretary. was also present.
 President J Nj. Ward acted as 'o1stmaster and announced that tho usual custof om awarding attendance prizes to men would hc changed for Inc meeting and two prizes ho awarded 10 women. The first prize. an electric bou1oir lamp, given to Mrs Rose Martin, was nodatcd by t,Aen Putnam, superintendent of the Connecticut Light and Power Co.
 The second prize, box Of station. cry, awarded to Miss Nancy Ander- son vas donated by Elmer W. Pape president Of the Adkins Printing Co.,
 In his presidents address, Mir. Ward pointed out the record made by the kiWanis club since 1t was or ganlzcd more than two years ago. He said the civic clubs have come 10 stay and are filling q necessary place In community life. "1t augers well for town or a city when it has civic clubs because 1t signifies that the representative businessmen are band ed together to help others less for tunatc," he said.
 Explaining that the Kiwanis club, like Inc [. $. Government, found that one Of it's most difficult prob lens was what to do with our ex- presidents" he called former Presi- dents Charles W. Hawkins and At- torney Donald Gaffney to the front and presented them with past presi- dents buttons. A 100 per cent badge was presented to Harry C. Billings, chairman of the committee, for not having missed single meeting this year.
 "Kiwanis and It's Ideals" was the subject Of an address by Rev. Dr. Ahlquisl. He took as his theme the spelling Of the word "Kiwanis." He said TX stands for kindness, mean- ing friendship. Businessmen who have joined club like the kiwanis club arc no longer ryals, they are friendly competitors. kwanis is or Eanized helpfulness. Dean Swift says we have sufficient religion 10 per mi to 1cr hut have not sufficient religion 10 per init us to love one another kfUan his and similar orga nizations are bring inf about an understanding among the nations.
 T stands for individual and social l improvement. The duty of a Xii
 Wanian is to improve the social
 s'atus of the local and national or eanization. We must say at the end l of the year we have gone onward and forward 10 q greater success ! ! also stands for initiative. In many cities in tho United States and i Canada tho Kiwanis club has been d solf starter in benevolcuce. Xii wanis stands beside the church as a helping hand. Let l. not be said of ,ls tha, "e wrote and said nice things without practicing them.
 some day We may write on the school house the word Lux mean ing light; on Inc court house Lex meaning law. and on the city hall lax because IL sometimes is.
 "'W' stands for will and also for courage. To be real man means Ito he T man who will stand up for his convictions.
 "A stands for anticipation. The essence of genius is in anticipation. KiWanis has made effective th" ap- .plication It's motto We Build
 ON stands ofornihilty-hoc
 ON stands for nobility of char acter. There is no room for envy in Kiwanis.
 "'I' stands for idoalism. kivanis and idealism arc synonymous The success of KiWanis came because VIC pulled away from the sordid search for dollars 10 better and higher il"als Of life. kiWanis is not an organization that considers only the material things of the community, hnt inspires in HIS an inherent ef- fort 10 become better citizens,
 "'S' stands for service. KWanis lin all its applications gives a sIr- charge of power that is invisible but mighty indeed"
 Harry c Hancock. president of .'he Lions club was presented 10 th" gathering. Arthur Cramp'on, for liner deputy district governor and organizer of inc New Britain club. spoke as did Major Philhrook and Secretary Harmon.
 Shopping books were presented 10 thc women by President Ward s. III. Avery presented everyone with Ia hottl2 of ginger ale.
 A program of old fashioned kitrh- Hn dances was played hy James Ronnev on the violin, giving Fish CTS Hornpipc," ''nan Tucker" Turkey in the Straw" and "Pop. Goes the Weasel" the same as Mel lie runham played for Henry Ford. Mir. Bonney recited several selec- lions and then played 8 r'ccolo solo dedicated 10 the late Gcorg> Lynch.
 Accordion music was played by Joe Fazzini. Miss Anna kraUi'z sang several solos. Stanton Ashley sang and danced. Music was fur nished by the Eoxmerc orchestra and program of old fashioned dances followed.
 The comm tee in charge con. sisted of Harry c. Billings, Arthur F. Borg, Bennett II. Hubbard, -Charles R. Hoffman. Donalh [.