Brownsville herald. [volume], October 23, 1932, FINAL SUNDAY EDITION, TEXAS-OKLAHOMA KIWANIS SECTION, Image 15

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Kiwanis Organized
At Detroit Dinner
In January of 1915
Klwanls came into being at a din- ;
ner In Detroit held January 21, 1915
and In the Intervening 17 years <he
membership In the United States
and Canada has gro\ to over 100,
000.
The name Klwanls was chosen a:
the Initial meeting. It has no de
finite meaning In itself, b?ng a
111 . 11 " i
DEAN
A. J. Rabel of Harlingen may
well be called the dean of Val
ley Kiwanians because he was re
sponsible for organization of the
first club at Harlingen. This
club then became the mother or
ganization through which seven
others were set up in the Val
ley. All eight now Join in en
tertaining the fifteenth annual
Texas-Oklahoma district con
tion in Harlingen. ,
Dr. L. D. Hudson
Is District Head
The Texas-Oklahoma Klwanls
[ district organization Is headed by
Dr. L. D. Hudson of Dewey, Okla- |
homa wlib has been an active
member of this group for many
years and who will be present at
the fifteenth annual convention in
Harlingen.
Serving with him in the official
family are R Q. Storey of Dallas.
Immediate past governor; and P.
R Chamberlain of Dewel, secre
tary.
Lieutenant governors for the
ten divisions are F. W. Zimmer
man of San Marcos, Joe O. Naylor, [
San Antonio: Gordon Worley, j
Huntsville; Thomas W. Archer,
Dallas; R. W. Haynie, Abilene; ;
Garland Woodward. Big Springs;
Wiley J. Adams. Tonkawa: Emmett
Sasseen. Cordell; Ed Hisel. Okla- '
homa City; and Thomas R. Phil
lips. Holdenville.
coined word. Th* first Kiwanians
adopted the i jotto, "We Trade,' !
which has subsequently been chang
ed to the more significant phras
"We Build*
Service Organisation
Kiwanis is a service organization
consistlng*of more than 1,700 clubs
in the cities and towns of the Unit
ed States and Canada with a classi
fied membership from business ag
ricultural, institutional and profes
sional life, holding weekly meetings
with programs for fellowship and
personal development to create
leadership for community better
ment and other worthy causes.
Objects of Kiwanis International!
are to give primacy to the human
and spiritual rather than to the ma
terial values of life; to encourage
the dally dvlng of the Golden Ruk
in all human relationships; to pro
mote the r 'option and application
of higher, social, business and pro
fessional tandards; to develop, ov
precept and example, a more intelli
gent. aggressive and serviceable citi
zenship; to provide, through Kiwan
is clubs, a practical means to form
enduring friendships, to render al
truistic service, and to build better
communities; to co-operate In
creating and maintaining that
sound nubile opinion and high ideal
ism which make possible the In
crease of righteousness, Justice,
patriotism and good will.
Create Interest
The primary purpose of Kiwanis
i« to create and maintain In the
widest interest in and action on
community, national and interna
tional problems of a diverse charac
ter through personal service and co
operative effort.
Kiwanis flubs seek to promote an
Intelligent, aggressive and service
able citizenship through a better
understanding of public problems
and fundamentals of government, to
the end especially that there shall
be a sound and more general exer
cise of the franchise.
Kiwanians seek to continue ag
gressive a program of enduring ser
vice for under-privileged children,
emphasizing personal effort of Ki
wanians in behalf of Individuals
Kiwanis seeks to continue efforts
to obtain a better understanding
between the city man and the farm
er.
Kiwanis seeks to enlist the Inter
est of all clubs in providing voca
tional guidance and placement for
young men and women through Ki
wanis members offering advice in
their respective classifications.
“WELL" DONE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — While
tramping through a field In search
of a liquor cache. Deputy Charlie
Calhoun walked into a dry w*!l 14
feet deep. He climbed from the
well unassistiA-V and discovered 41
gallons of rye liquor near the well
His only Injury was a small cut on
the back of his hand.
and Save,
Welcome
Kiwanians
We are mighty happy
to have you visit our
beautiful Valley.
May your stay with us
be both pleasant and
beneficial.
HARLINGEN
Harlingen
*
Welcomes
)
I
Harlingen joins the rest of the
.Valley in extending a most cor
dial greeting to Kiwanians of the
Texas-Oklahoma district who
gather here today for their dis
trict meet.
May your stay be most pleasant;
may you enjoy Harlingen asmuch
as Harlingen enjoys you; may the
sessions of your convention prove
most profitable; may the great
body of Kiwanis International
benefit by your deliberations.
I Of course we hope that
you will take advan
Itage of your stay here
to find out more about
Harlingen and about
this Lower Rio Grande
Valley of Texas.
TEXAS — OKLAHOMA
If any of us can do any
thing to make your stay
more e n joy able, or
more profitable, we
are yours to command.
Ask us anything, no
matter what, if we can
do it, we will do it.
GULF STATE CHEMICAL CO.
MILLER’S CYCLE STORE
ARCADIA THEATER
B. 0. KLINE
ANNETTE RAMMING SHOP
SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.
JULIAN’S BOOTERIE
A. B. WALDRON
Harlingen s Latchstring
is out to all
Kiwanians!