The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-20
WILL
OPEN SUNDAY
Spartanburg Club Ready
to Entertain Hundreds
of Visitors

Carolinas cities and towns. hum
dreds of kiwanians and their
guests will gather in Snartanburg,
S. c., Sunday, Get. 23. :"r Their
annual district convention.
Honor guests will be Fred c. w.
Parker, international secretary,
and Mrs. Parker Of Chicago, Ill.
Delegates from Hcndcrsonvile
will be Dr.. }. q. Bennett, q. NJ.
Flanagan and A. F. Barber.
Ames Haltiwanger Of Columbia,
S. c., Carolinas district governor,
will preside. Other distinguished
kiwanians expected for the three
day session include DR.. Joseph K.
Sewer of Hendersonville, immc-
diate past district governor; Her
bert w. Hennirg Of Darlington.
S. c., district Sccrctary-treaSurer;
and Lieutenant Governors James
7. Pritchett of l.enoir, Mike K.
Patrick of Belmont, DR.. Charles
w. Armstrong of Salisbury, JAS.
r. Nance Of Lumberton, Edward
s. W. Cameron Of Burlington,
Scroop w. Enloc, Jr., Of Ashokie,
Harry NJ. Solomon of Wilmington,
Edward W. Hartin Of Sumter, S.
c., and Aug. w. Smith Of Green
vile.
The convention will open with
registration Sunday, Oct. %, at =
p. m. in the Cleveland hotel. At
$3.50 p. M, in the Converse col
lcge auditorium is scheduled one
of the convention highlights-the
singing of 1.-THE Messiah" by a
large mixed chorus directed by
Wilson Parker Price of the Spar
tanburg club. DR.. r. B. Burgess,
president Of Textile Industrial In
Stitute, Spartanburg, and a hi
wanian, will give the invocation.
The Rev. f.. Gibson Davis, pastor
of the First Baptist church, Spar
tanburg, former member of the
Asheville club and now a member
of the Spartanburg club, will re-
port for the committee on memo
irS.
Monday morning, Oct. "a, reg
istration will be continued and
the convention will open at 9 a.
m. with Governor Haltiwanger
presiding. Music, invocation by
the Rev. M. r. Wingard of Green
wood, S. c., and the welcome ad-
dress by Mayor T. w. Woodwork
of Spartanburg, will be the fore
noon features. Dr. Sewer will re-
spond. w. Deck Hull of Spartan
burg, general convention chair
man, will make announcements
and convention committees will be
appointed.
Various reports will be made
and at 1890 a. IN. II. A. Smith Of
Columbia, S. c., state forester,
will talk on conservation" Dis
trirt committee chairman will re-
port as follows: Achievement,
Hugh NJ. Pinkston, Fayetteville;
agriculture, II. Frank Jones,
Goldsboro; attendance, Andrew
w. Casey, North Wilkesboro !;
boys ard girls work, Samuel E.
Leonard, Rocky Mount; business
standards. Marion S. Lewis, Char
lesion; inter-club relations, Dom
aid F.. Brown, Anderson; kiwanis
education, John Mellow, Ashe-
vile; laws and regulations, Robt.
NJ. Carlisle, Spartanburg; music,
Allen l.. Rogers, Spartanburg;
public affairs for N. c., Charles
+. Barber, Greensboro, public af-
fairs or S. c., Herbert A. Moses,
Sumter; classification and men,
bcrship, O. G. Balm, Salisbury;
publicity, o. Y. Brownlee, Green
vile; Safety, for N. c., Richard
f.. Thigpen, Charlotte: safety, for
S. c., Jack Wright, Florence, S.
c.; support Of churches, Ed. l..
Cloyd, Raleigh; underprivileged
children, J. l.. Morehead, Dur
ham; vocational guidance, Allison
w. Honeycutt, Chapel Hill.
Az 10 y. III. IHe IclIO"SnlP
luncheon will be held with Presi-
dent Grier Hudson Of the Spar
tanburg club presiding. Interna-
tional Secretary Parker will
speak. At 2:30 p. IN. divisional
conferences for nominating lieu
tenant governors and selection of
district conference delegates will
be held. At 9 p. IN. Ralph c.
Barker, past district governor, will
speak on Forward, kiwanis."
Monday night the annual ban
quet will be held at the Cleveland
hotel with Gov. Haltiwanger pre-
siding. The Rev. J Clay Madison
of High Point, will give the invo-
cation. Walter VasSar of Green's