Milford chronicle., 1962-05-25
KiWanis News

klWanlS International has u {
established its first club outside the
United States and Canada, Daniel
Friedman, president of the Kiwan-
is Club of Milford, announced to-
day Friedman said the Kiwanis
Club of Tijuana, Baja, California,
Mexico, established on April II,
was the first club organized out
side of English and French speak
ing North American in the AZ year
history of the international service
organization.
News of the historic event came
from IR Witthuhn, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, President of Kiwanis
International The service organic
ation's headquarters are in Chicago
at the Kiwanis International
Building, 101 East Erie Street.
In accordance with Kiwanils pol
icy, the new club of Tijuana was
sponsored by, and assisted in its
organization by neighbOring XII
was clubs. The Kiwanis Club of
San Diego and the Kiwanis Club
of Chula Vista, California.
Seventy one charter members
made up this first Kiwanis club i'm
Mexico. Senior Benjamin Garcia
Montiel, AN official of Aqua CAL
iente Race Course, is the president
of the club.
A large delegation of Kiwanians
from the San Diego area crossed
the border into Tijuana tonight
for the permanent organization
meeting. Formal charter presenta-
tiOn will take place on May Is.
In announcing the move into
Mexico Witthuhn said This is no
ur-of-the-moment action on r
part. Kiwanians have long b e e N
anxious to spread their concept of
the service club and it's ideals into
lands other than the United States
and Canada. Now the time is pro-
pftiOus Establishment Of the XII
wants Club of Tijuana comes less
than a year after the delegate body
approved a resolution calling for
extension outside of the U n i e d
States and Canada"
Witthuhn described the effort
which the Kiwanis Clubs of S a n
Diego and Chula Vista had devoted
TO establishment of this first XII
wants, club outside the United
States and Canada. Other clubs will
be established in Mexico in the
very near future, he said.
All Kiwanis clubs organized in
other lands, the president said,
will be established under due safe
guards fixed by the Board of Trus-
tees of Kiwanis international.
Clubs will be organized only in
nations which permit to individuals
freedom of assembly, expression
and action They will be assisted
in their organization by existing
clubs in the United States and
Canada, and will be attached to the
districts in which those clubs are
located until enough clubs are for
med outside the United States and
Canada to permit formation of ad-
ditional districts. Clubs will e
encouraged ito engage in activities
in support of the ''way of
free men," All activities of S u C h
clubs will be entirely compatible
with the Objects of Kiwanis Inter
national.
Immediately upon the announce
ment of the establishment of the
Tijuana, Mexico Kiwanis G. u b.,
President Witthuhn received the
following message from Edwin M.
Martin, Assistant Secretary, De
partment of State: ''Kiwanis Inter
national is to be congratulated for
extending it's membership beyond
the United States and Canada by
welcoming the Tijuana, Mexico
Club into its fellowship. The cause
of international friendship and un
derstanding will be enhanced by a
growing fellowship of business and
professional men in Kiwanis Inter
national which includes our neigh
bors to the SOUTH"
From the honourable A. d. P.
Heeney, Canadian Ambassador to
the United States, the other big
country in which Kiwanis had SER
7ed exclusively, came this message.
''It is a source of qualification
to me to learn that the Kiwanis
movement, which has done SO
much to strengthen the bonds of
friendship uniting the United States
and Canada is now being extended
| TO Mexico. | congratulate the Of
ficials of Kiwanis International and
| look forward ito a continuing
period of growth for this forward
looking service organization.