The Sidney herald., 1957-06-13
kiwanis Internatl.
Inter-C Club Event
Fine Success

The Sidney Kiwanis club wa
host to an International Interclu
at a $3.50 smorgasbord in the La
londe hotel Saturday night, Jun
8. More than IS Kiwanis mem
bers and their wives from Glen
dive, Glasgow, Opheim. Willistor
N. D., Sidney, and the Regin
and Wescano clubs of Regina
Sask., Canada made this the frs
International, Inter-D District, In
terclub meeting to be held il
Sidney.
The dinner meeting opened
with the group singing of Amer
lea" and God Save the Queen
and the invocation by Past Distric
Governor Carl Brattin. Presiden
Al Johns welcomed the guests
and Senator Donald Nutter O.
Richland county was POSTMASTER
Past District Governor Harry
Mikelson and the other distin-
guished guests were introduced
and each club introduced theil
members and wives. Secretary
Hurry Carey introduced the Sid
ney guests.
Among the chief officials pres
ent were Orrin Paulson of the
Regina club, Governor of the
Western Canadian District of XII
wants International; Hank Rueg-
emer of Hardin, Governor of the
Montana District of Kiwanis In
~ternational; two past Governors
of the Montana District, Carl
Brattin and H. F. Mikelson.
Orrin Paulson, governor of
the Western Canadian District,
spoke first about the thoughts
that ran through his mind as he
came to Sidney from Regina. The
most striking observation he
made vas that of crossing moth
ing less than an international
border which was so gradual and
natural that it is completely UNI
eventful except for q momentary
pause at the port Of entry. ut is
indeed a fortunate thing to be
able to live on the North Ameri-
can continent, where two neigh
boring nations enjoy the highest
standard of living found in the
world today" Paulson said.
There is more than one coun-
try in the world who envy, yes,
even couet this peace and this
standard Of living. Moreover, you
will not find many srrpluses
among the people of the world
today" Gov. Paulson continued,
There are too many have-not
nations. But in North America
our big problem is not the lack
of SURPRISES but n of proper
distribution of our wealth and
The proper distribution
Of wealth and achievement of
International harmony can come
thru the best kind of lead
ership."
II am sure" Paulson closed, IF
We could but follow our Kiwanis
motto: Integrity and service, with
God our cornerstone, we would be
lble to find and build that need
ID leadership"
Hank Ruegemer was the sec
md speaker and continuing the
heme of providing leadership to
lelp solve world problems
md Kiwanis detectives, said that
iwanis International has been
to discuss the problem
# atomic disarmament with
President Eisenhower, a unique
ecoEnition, indeed, for any SER
ice club and for which all XII
yanians should be very proud.
One of the aims of Kiwanis for
he present year is to build man.
over, hence, we registered our
351st club just a few days ago.
luegemer went on to say
hat Montana Society for Grip
led Children has for its only
.onsor the Montana District of
International and that he
,as happy to report that the SER
ices Of the society are expand
lg and growing. Hank closed his
emarks by complimenting lead
rs and pointed out Past Dis
let Governor Harry Mikelson
,r special praise because "he
as my boss when / was Lieu
.nant Governor" Henry gave
notice that he would have
one anything to get Harry into
,e Hardin school as principal, !
nd that we should consider our
lives very fortunate in having his
adership in our school and XII
aniS club. {
Throughout the evening many
Try fine as well as unique en- !.
rtainment numbers were en- !
yed. Group singing was led by |
rlan Strom. !
Milt Anderson and his piano, :
I'd Bob Stayton. and his guitar :
lighted the Kiwanians with !,
veraf selections. !;
The Weather : :