Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
Kiwanis News

The Milford KiwanlS CluD neld
their weekly dinner meeting at the
Boulevard Restaurant last Tues
dav evening. 1t was Ladies Night
and the guest speaker was Miss
Sally Milbury, daughter OF Rev. f.
Douglas Milbury Of Calvary Meth
odist Church.
Miss Milbury spent t several
months in New Zealand and gave
an interesting talk on her exper-
fences there as an exchange stu
dent. Her trip half way around the
world in a freighter was some
thing many of US dream of doing
some day and unfortunately few OF
us ever realize our dreams. Sally
was roundly applauded at the con-
clusiOn of her talk.
President John Wilkins, Jr.,
then presented perfect attendance
tabs to the following: DR.. James
r. West 20 years; John r. Rogers,
Jr., II years; Irwin j. Bowman IL
years; H. Lynn Hollenbeck, 10 yrs;
Benjamin Orkin. years; GLAND L.
Evans, 10 years; James G. Down.
ham, 10 years; Louis Pikus, 8 yrs;
Henry Orkin, years: Herbert
Disharoon. 6 years; Walter Morris,
A years; William L. Stayton, 2 yrs.
Kiwanis International has won 9.
top award CThe George Washing
ton Medal in the Americana cOmpe-
titiOn) again this year from the
Freedoms Foundation at Valley
Forge. The award was given for
Kiwanis eleven point program on
individual citizenship responsible
| ity." It came to Kiwanis on Wash
ington's birthday at special cere-
monies conducted at the Freedoms
Foundation headquarters in Valley
Forge. Pennsylvania, according to
John r. wilkins, Jr., President of
| the Kiwanis Club of Milford. In
addition, he said, Kswanis received
the Distinguished Service Award
for having received at least nine
awards in the eleven annual COM
petitions sponsored by the Free
doms Foundation. The award was
accepted for Kiwanis by Albert j.
Tully of Mobile, Alabama, Presi-
dent of Kiwanis International
Key Club International, which is
a high school boys service organi-
zation sponsored by Kiwanis In
ternatiOnal, was also honored by
the Freedoms Foundation. Key
Club received George Washington
Honor Medal Award for "a seven
point youth program to cultivate
creative citizenship"
According to Mr.. wilkins, "The
Freedoms Foundation Award has
long enjoyed the same stature in
the community service field as the
oscar enjoys in the motion pic
ture field and the Envy in the tele-
vision field"
The KiWanis International a.
ward came to the organization be-
cause of its overall program of
community service work carried on
by nearly 258,OOO members in 4700
clubs. The. work covered the fields
of Agriculture and Conservation,
Boys and Girls Work, Public and
Business Affairs, Support of Chur-
ches in Their Spiritual Aims and
Vocational Guidance. Specific pro-
grams of the organization which
helped win, the award were U. S.
Canada Good Will Week, the Tea
cher Recruitment program, Nation
al Farm City Week, Kids Day, Bal
lot Battalion "a program urging
that citizens inform themselves,
register and vote), support of Nat
ional Radio Month, National News
paper Week, and National Tele-
vision Week and the organization S
efforts on behalf of the mentally
ill, traffic safety, senior citizens,
and juvenile delinquency.
In all of these fields Mr.. wilkins
said, the Kiwanis Club of Milford
has been active. He pointed out that
| the Freedoms Foundation award is
based on the community service
record of all Kiwanis clubs in all
parts of the nation
A total of 861 awards were made
on February 22nd by the Freedoms
Foundation. Other awards going to
Kiwanis for their efforts on be-
half of constructive citizenship in
cluded a Leadership Award" to
Army Secretary Wilbur Brucker, a
Kiwanian; a Spiritual Value A
ward" to Kiwanian Paul w. John
ston, clergyman from Worthing-
ton, Ohio; and End award in the
Americana Glass" to the veter-
ans of Foreign Wars as represented
by their Commander in Chief, XII
wanian Louis G. Feldman.
Like Kiwanis, Key Club has won
Freedoms Foundation awards for a
number of years, all of them based
on the cumulative efforts of all the
Key Clubs in the United States.