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The following paper wag pre
pared and read by J. Bid Wil
liams on April 9th, in commemo
ration of the 25 th Anniversary
ft? the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club, organised April 3rd, 1923:
This is a happy day for many
of us and it is a. sad day when
we look back orer the years
from many standpoints. 1 find
that on April 3, 1923, the Ki
wanis Club of North Wilkesboro
was organised with fifty eight
charter members. Of this number
fourteen are still members, twen
ty-two are dead and twenty-two
have either moved away or re
signed their membership in our
club. No civic institution has ev
er done more for this great sec
tion of ours than the Kiwanis
Club. In my own estimation it
takes third place In our commun
ity. I consider the home first,
the church second and the Ki
wanis clnb third. Throughout
these years It has been a con
genial and lively bunch of men
working together for everything
that is good. During the twenty
five years we have assembled a
round our luncheon table had we
set in continuous session it
would have been a total period
of about two months, or over
thirteen hundred hours.
It is not necessary for me to
review the many objectives of
Kiwanis as you know that as
well a8 I do, but I don't think it
would hurt you to have a brief
statement of the work t&at has
been done in our major objec
tive, uamely; the Underprivileg
ed Child Work. I have gone over
the records with Mr. Story, our
secretary, and from the best we
can ascertain the club, through
the twenty-five years, has had
examined, and in many cases
treated, 17,280 underprivileged
children of our county. I know
that this sounds like a large
number but the records will bear
out the fact that we have assist
ed in various ways this many
underprivileged children. I think
this in itpelf is a wonderful rec
ord. I fin«j that in this program
alone we have spent $9,854.80
for medicine, braces and for
hospitalization. This does not
take into consideration the hours,
days, weeks arid months of ser
vice that has been rendered by
the individual members, nor
does it take into consideration
the moneys that we donated, of
which no record was kept, so I
can easily estimate that there
has been at least $20,000.00 in
money contribute^ to this work, i
In addition, in the year of 11946,
we had a tonsil clinic which is
not included, in which ninety
bix children had their tonsils
removed which cost us $1,362.00.
Now Fellow Kiwanians, we are
taking credit for this great pro
gram but after all more credit
is due to Mrs. Bertha Bell, our
efficient county nurse, than all
of us put together. Her. untiring
efforts throughout the years and
| the thousands of miles she has
traveled, and in many cases
walked over thfe hills, to assist
some underprivileged child will
forever be a monument to this
great cause. When this good
lady's days are over and she
passes into the presence of her
God heaven will be brighter for
she certainly hag been a good
and faithful servant.
Time will not permit me to
day to go back and give you all
the great things oUr club has
done and those who were with
us throughout the years, but I
do want to give you the names
of the charter members who are
still members of our club. They
are as follows:
Ward Etehelman, Pat Wil
liams, Dr. W. F. Jones, J. B. Mc
COy, Edward Finley, J. R. Fin
i»v E_ E. Filer. E. G. Finley.
R. W. Gwyn, J. R. Hix, J. B.
Williams, Russell Hodges, J. C.
Reins, Dr. Fred C. Hubbard.
You might also be interested
in knowing the names of our
two oldest Kiwanians. You un
derstand that the fourteen just
mentioned are members from
the same date, but we hare two
members of our club Vho were
Kiwanians before our club was
organized. The oldest one in our
membership is Bill Caroon. He
was a charter member of the
New Bern, N. C. club which was
organized in 1921, and Dr. Fred
C. Hubbard was a charter mem
ber of the Statesville, N. C. club,
which was organized in 1922.
I think it appropriate to men
tion our past presidents, six of
whom have gone to that country
from whose bourn no traveler
has yet returned.
Our first President was Char
lie Smoot who served for the
year of 1923; Henry Reynolds
in 1924; Genio Card well in
1925; Ward Eshelman in 1926,
and Joe Clements in 1927.
J. C. Reing was President in
1928; Edward Finley in 1929;
Horace Sisk in 1930; J. R. Fin
ley in 1931 and Herbert MoTe
house in 1932.,
Dr. Fred C. Hubbard was presi
dent in 1933; R. G. Finley in
1934; J. B. McCoy in 1935; W.
K. Sturdivant in 1936, Arthur C.
Finley In 1937.
Andrew Casey was President
in 1938; Dan J. Carter in
1939; W. Elmer Jones in 1940;
James B. Carter in 1941 and J.
Bid Williams in 1942..
J. R. Hix was president ia
1943; A. F. Kilby in 1944; Paul
Osborne in 1945; Ed F. Gardner
in 1946 and Dr. Gurney T. Mit
chell in 1947.
I have now given you the
names of our past presidents
and a brief sketch of the events
during their term of office, and
before closing I would like to
tell you briefly about the secre
taries that have served our club
during the twenty-five year per
iod. J. B. Williams was the first
secretary and he served for
four years. He was followed by
Genip cardwell, who served for
a period of five year's. Mr. Card
well was an outstanding secre
tary and did a great job. He
was followed by Thomag Edgar
Story, who has now served us for
sixteen full years, and is now
serving1 in the seventeenth year.
I do not believe that there has
been a secretary in the Carolines
District that has done a greater
Job than Mr. -Story. His record
with the district is outstanding
and he has always been recog
nized by the district officers as
the most efficient secretary in
the district. This is his record
and I know that each of us
know that he has done a won
derful job. We are just as proud
of his work and his record as
anyone could be. We are to be
congratulated that it has been
our privilege to have a man of
Mr. Story's ability and character
to serve us as secretary during
these sixteen years. . *
Now my fellow Kiwanians, my
wish for you is that all of us
will be here on our fiftieth an
niversary, but in the event some
of us have to go away, let us
hope that there will be more
than fourteen memberB in our
slub at that time with a twenty
five year record.
We have done a good job. We
have been the most loyal bunch
of men I have ever known, and
[ know that each and every one
of us are Just as proud as we
can be of our past record. Let us
hope that the record when it is
written at the end of another
twenty-five years will excel our
past splendid achievements.
One lot unused truck tires,
8 and 10 ply to sell cheap.—
The Goodwill Store, Basement.
f■ •• 4-22-21
There wer^ 1,191.000 hogs|
and pigs on North Carolina farms
on January 1, This was 8 per
cent more than a year earlier
but about 1 per cent les8 than
the 10-year average.
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The valufc of honey and bees
wax produced In the Taf Heel
state during 1947 amounted to
about $2,421,000, compared with
only $1,258,000 In 1946. The
average price for all methods of
sale was 38 cents per
seoood highest state av
the nation.
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