Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-22
K|WAN|S MEMORIAL
FOR J. HARRY BUM
Several Speakers on Pro-
gram Held at First Bap-
fist Church


Memorial services for the late j.
Harry Bum were held by the Kiwanis
club in the First Baptist church We'd
nesday evening, and attended by
large group of friends and admirers
of the deceased =, erintcfdent of
the Henderson Cotton Mills. num-
Der of talks were made in apprecia
ton of the life of the man, and the
program was interspersed with sacred
musical numbers.
M C. Miles, president of the Xiv
aniS club, presided. Miss Helen Kim
ball, pianist for the club, was at the
organ.
The congregation joined in the
singing of the old hymn, Crock of
Ages" followed by prayer ~ j. H.
Bridgers '"The Man in His Church"
was the subject of a brief talk by
the pastor of the church, Rev. A. S.
Hale, followed by Clarence E. Greene.
speaking on 1.-THE Deacon" The Xiv
anis quartette composed of A. P.
Barnes j. c. Gardner, E. G. Glenn
and Rev. I. w. Hughes, sang "My
Faith Looks Up to Thee" and "The
Man and His Work. was a subject by
S. c. Kelly. Mr.. Kelly spoke for the
overseers and employees Of the Hen
derson mills, of which he said Mr..
Bum was superintendent for % years.
He spoke of the esteem in which Mr..
Bum was held by the mill people and
the trust they had in him through
the years.
Speaking on the theme, "The Xiv
anian," Rev. I. w. Hughes declared
Mr. Bum was "a Christian gentle
man." than which he said nothing bet
ter could be said about any man. The
Kiwanis quartette again sang a num-
Ger, "Oh Lamb of God, Still Keep Me-
after which DR.. H. A. Ellis, of Will
son, former pastor of the First Bap-
tpist church here, made the chief talk
of the evening. Jasper B. Hicks then
presented resolutions for the club,
prepared by him and J. H. Bridgers.
The program ended with the sing
ing of "The Star Spangled Banner"
Mr. Bum was a deacon in the First
Baptist church and was a charter
member, former director and past
president of the Kiwanis club.
Following is the tribute from the
club read by Mr.. Hicks:
The Henderson ',Kiwanis club being
mindful of the serious loss which it
has sustained in the passing of Xiv
anian Harry Bum, a loss which it
cannot full appraise so soon after hiS;
departure, held a short meeting thro-
ugh its board of directors and au
thoried the following course.
That because a friend of Kiwanis,
a charter member, former director,
and a past president, has quietly ana.
in the peace of his home departed this
life that the regular meeting of the
club scheduled for Friday night, July
18th be suspended, and that the club
join in with the community in
memorial service to be held in his
church. This honor our club is happy
to extend to the memory of Harry
Bum, this action has never been &C.
corded any other member. We are
happy to do honor as best we may to
his life in our clus, his work in the
church, his business in this place.
AS a Kiwanian we think of Harry
as being the kind of man the found
ers of Kiwanis had in mind when they
organized KiWanis.
We are thankful that he was a
Charter Member of our club, a found
er and a builder of Kiwanis in Hen
derson. We remember that his every
word and act in the club showed that
he was a builder. He thought that the
great objective of Kiwanis "To give
primary to the human and spiritual
ho of nf
life" should change man. He
thought that every Kiwanian should
do that very thing. He wanted Xiv
anis to use it's time and money to
help those who were underprivileged
he wanted Kiwanians to encourage
those who felt that life was not wort',
the effort. he wanted men who came
under our influence to see that it was
worth while to live by the Golden
Rule in business, club, home and
church.
We shall miss him next Friday
night, the next and all the meeting
nights that are to follow. We shall
miss the fellowship we had with him
we shall miss the wisdom of his coun
| sci we shall miss the gentleness OF
! his sympathy, but above that we shall
miss the smile and the handShake OF
a friend.
In this Holy place we wish to
) acknowledge the great debt we owe
, him in our club, large share OF
credit that Kiwanis has in the past
J received for any good work is his. Oui
club is better for his membership, ou'
club has a higher purpose because ne
helped create that purpose, our com
munity is stronger because he live
! in it. We could trust his judgment lr
! Kiwanis because he knew men, coulc
! handle men, knew their weakness and
strength, held their confidence ant
! esteem.
TO the family as best we can, we