Milford chronicle., 1946-01-11
GEORGETOWN

'arlton Moore. of Rchohoth. If
Gov. of Kiwanis Capital District
hh Division installed The officer of
the Georgetown kiwanis club i'm
Grace Church. last Tuesday ni2ht.
Norman {. Pratt WAS installed as
president and the other Officers in
crude James b. Owen. Vice Prcsi-
uent' julius {. Green. Secretary
ana Martin S. Petit. Treasurer.
lhe Board of Directors installed
are: "A. n. Braunfield. Dallas Den
ME. charles Green Charles Lane.
Earl Rust, Karl SeeGar and Chest
cr StrOup.
The attendance average of the
Georgetown kiwanis for the year
'l945 was 1880, which is the high
est average attained since the in
ception of the club.
Immediate Past 1t. Gov. ].
Franklin GOrdy. presented one year
tabs to the following kiwaniano
who attained perfect attendance
records for the year: Earl Adams.
A. f. Braunfield, Dallas Dennis.
Albert Farley. j. Franklin G0rsy,
Milton Graham, William II Hend-
ersOn, John King, Russell Lewis.
Jacob Minor. James b. Owen. Nor
val Pepper, Linwood Penuel. Nor
man {. Pratt. Frances Short, Ed
win Smith, Howard Warren.
William I'll. Henderson. the rctir-
ing President presented review of
the achievements of the local Club
tor the year l945. Under the spOn-
sOrship of the Kiwanians, the Boy
Scouts. with James {. Beam. Scout
master were provided Il meeting
place. for their 35 members. CON
Quoted two Boards of Review and
Courts of Honor. entertained
Scouts and parents at club Meet
ing and Il party ON the farm of a
kIwanian; entertainment Scout
leaders at a banquet in the High
School, and the Local Troop of
Scouts collected 22.O00 pounds OF
scrap paper for the drive.
The club sponsored Farmers
hight i'll Soil Conservation pro-
gram; started six Al club and
+. +. a. projects and Joined with
the Bridgeville Kiwanis in the pur-
chase of Il POland-C CLina boar for
breeding purposes.
The Religious Committee arranS-
ed for the donation of turkey for
NmaS, to the Georgetown ColOred
School and planned Nmas pro-
gram held in the Geor2ctuwn II
Schools, in cooperation with the
Of ~ # oh
ported activity the Daily Vacation
Bible Schools, arranGinG for much
OF the transportation.
The War Activities and Planning
Committee sponsored Il proGram ON
the G.. l. Bill of Rights and was in
strumental in calling together the
committee which in spOn lorin2 the
War Memorial
In Addition To contributions tn
Red Cross. American Cancer AsSO-
citation, Community War Memorial
Fund.- Leroy Biddlc Fund ana
others. the local Club sponsored
the collection Of clothing in 1913
which ncttcd 5000 pounds OF u%ahlc
clothing. and sponsored Il aides
Night attended by all the Clubs in
the District, at which time Awards
ot Merit were presented to Sen.
James NJ. Tunnel. Governor Walt
er Bacon, COL Robert G. Houston.
II. w. L. Purncll, Miss Edith Jones.
and 1t. GOV. GOrdy and Martin
Weigand, Governor of Kiwanis In
ternational, 7th District.
A booklet on Kiwanis was pub
lished last June by the Education
COmmittee. The local club has CO.
operated with all Intcr-Club meet
ings during the past year as we'll as
participating i'm all kiWaniS func-
tionS in the District. The George
town kiWanians attended. in d
lOdy, local churches, twice duIinS
the past year and entertained
mothers of club members. the
graduating class. inmates of Della
ware Colony and the Ladies' OF
Grace Church.
Plans for 1916, under the leader