Laurel outlook., 1947-06-04
HAS FIRST
MEETING JUNE 4
Billings Kiwanians, Key Club
Members Present Initial
Program For New Club

Members of the Billings Kiwani'
club, accompanied by four young
men from the Billings Key club, pro
vided the program Wednesday even.
ing for the first dinner meeting OF
the recently formed Laurel Kiwanis
club. The session was in the new
dining room of the Board of Trade
cafe, with President w. A. Ziegler
presiding.
Ziegler introduced Wilbur P. Foote,
secretary-treasurer, who introduced
the visitors, Leonard Judkins, C. w.
Dell, C. E. Durland, George Smell.
Jr., and l.. R. Lyons of Billings,
c. S. Shelton of Pocatello, Ia, and
Campbell Calvert of the Laurel Out
look.
Peter Yegen, Jr., president of the
Billings Kiwanis club, was the first
speaker and expressed his pleasure
in attending the initial meeting of
the new Laurel club. He extended
the greetings of his own club and
said he was happy at having another
Kiwanis club so near.
Willard Baldwin introduced John
Spray of Billings, adult advisor to
the Key club. Spray said that al
though Key clubs are new in the
west they have been in operation in
other sections, notably in southern
states. He defined them as junior
Kiwanis clubs, made up of high
school boys who serve their schools
as the Kiwanis clubs serve their
communities. George Smell was cit
ed as having contributed much to-
wards promotion and success of the
new junior organization in Billings,
which is under supervision of the
high school principal and an advisor
from the senior club. On one point,
finances, he compared the past years /
accomplishment of the Billings Key
club with that of a publicized club
in the east that had raised $50. The
west, he added, is more resourceful.
Jerry Tate, the first young speak
er and president of the Billings Key
club, stated that his organization
works in the high school much as
the senior club works in the COM
munity. 1t has a board which meets
twice a month, as we'll as a staff
officers and various committees.
Of accomplishments in the past
year he spoke of painting air mark
ers, n of which was Is by 200
feet. Another was a project for
teaching safe driving to selected
high school students who then be-
teachers to others. The club /
low has several such teachers, and
The project has won approval of I
he state patrol. {
To raise money the boys operated l
concessions at basketball games and 4
and had a booth in the 6
school. Their total profit was $3.50.
Of this they spent 500 in sending
Billings high school students to S
Scholarship week in Bozeman, at .
ended by 302 students from over :
he state. The Billings delegation !
so places, and of the So winners
here were ~ who brought back
Another expenditure was for send
ng two Key members to the Macon, v
"a, international Key club conven- :,
ion in April. u
10 end the year a picnic was fin 81
need, one of the largest events in N
chool this year. G
Harold Doolen, Jr., was the second ..
ley speaker. He attended the Ma :,
on convention and described the l
rip. Present were $50 boys from II
United States and Canada. They je
ere royalty entertained at several b;
vents arranged in their honor by
esidents of the southern city. The :,
Billings boys were the only rep \,
esentatives from Montana. -,
President-elect Don Stanley said =;
although Key clubs are growing o.
number and membership through h,
ut the nation, Montana has only :,
ne club and 80 members. He, like -
lie other speakers, hoped one would ht
e formed here. He then gave a =,
escription of one of their meetings.
Jack Rehberg, who won an Ameri- 20
Legion ~oratory contest and was
of the delegates to the Macon -
invention, spoke on "What the Key r
Means to Me-" He listed train Il
lg for adulthood, leadership, in
iative and cooperation as SOM of
lie points. He said he hoped Mon
ina would Dol have 10 clubs so
lere could be district or state con- eli
entions. He was of the opinion that ~
18th such strength Montana could
ace a member on the international w
BARD. he
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Mrs. M. L.. Fisher and daughter at