The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-10-19
new CITIZENS
ARE H0N0RED
BY kIWAN|S

~NSS ~~A 49,
Speaker At Kiwdnis
Club Meeting
Five Of six applicants who
successfully passed their citizen
snip examination on October IA
were guests OF honor at the
regular meeting of the local XII
wants club at noon Wednesday.
The five new citizens were
Mary Conklin, George j. Mark
er, Henry Stelnmetz, Jr., Henry
Dorm, S r., and ARTHUR Keres.
Mrs. Sigr1d E. Peterson, who was
unable to be present, also had
passed her examination. All
were members of the kiwanls
club citizenship school.
Other guests of the club in
cluded r. P. Ross, clerk of the
district court, Rev. George Dan
skin, Methodist minister, and
Glenn Baldwin and Bob 1ngerSoll,
members of the Billings kiWan-
is club.
District Judge Guy C. Derry,
who presided over the natural
ization proceedings last Satur-
day, was principal speaker.
The program, which had citi-
zenship for its theme, was open
ed by the song, God Bless
America" sung by Earl Sibley,
Willard J. Scott, Gordon Brekke
and j. w. BernS, accompanied
by Mrs. w. j. Brekke.
The new citizens were then
introduced to the club members
and guests by President G. c.
Quinn. Mr.. Quinn also an
nounced at that time that fol-
lowing the sugar beet harvest,
the second session of the XII
wants Citizenship school would
begin, and former class men,
bers and new applicants are
urged to file their intentions
with the local clerk of the dis
trict court.
Two new members, John Bu-
torac, manager of the Graham
Staunton Chevrolet company,
and F. A. Rowland, electrician,
were indicted into KiWaniS by
the president.
This was followed by a series
of ten questions pertaining to
citizens asked the assembled
group by Arthur Keres, one of
the new citizens. Mr.. Keres
also expressed the thanks of the
new citizens to the Kiwanis
club for its efforts in promot-
ing citizenship, and stated, I'VE
are all pleased to call ourselves
American citizens"
Judge Derry was then intro
duced by President Quinn. The
district judge spoke as follows:
1T was not necessary to delve
into their, the applicants,
knowledge, because of the read
mess of the applicants answer
to each and every question. This
was due to their being Soundly
schooled.
THE work that the Kiwanis
club of Hardin is doing along
this line is a very fine objective
and should be done all over this
country, not only for citizen
ship applicants but to include
you and I, thus giving re-birth
to a sound understanding of
our laws and constitution.
II was impressed with the
good understanding of the ap-
plicantS of the English langu-
age and believe they have OBJ
tanned an incentive to further
their knowledge of our form
of government and it's laws.
Basic facts have proved that
there are a good percentage Of
people in America who are I'M
able to speak and read the
American language. This stu
alton should be remedied and
would certainly put a stop TO
all kinds of 'ismS'. This per-
centage does not understand
our language and thus cannot
understand our laws and con-
stitution.
Indeed there is a crying
need-a more thorough under
standing of our English langu-
age would bring about a knowl-
edge of the basic law of Amer
lea, our constitution"
Judge Derry also announced
that he had informed the gov
eminent naturalization exam
liner of the work being done by
the Kiwanis club in schooling
citizenship applicants, and that
this information was being re-
layed to Washington.
The program for the next
meeting will concern Neutral
ity" and discussion will be along
the line of an open forum.