GIVES CUB HBT01V ON UTH MMWEKMY KNfMB j-' ■ -v '• i 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. ——— ________ 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. Support the Y.M.C.,

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