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Spectacle of Trees
We are seeking donations of goods and services to put on, under and near our trees for this year’s Spectacle and it is sure to be even more amazing than last year.
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2012 Kiwanis International Convention
In New Orleans, jazz fills the streets, mingling with the aroma of hot beignets. Pralines stick in your teeth as you watch the riverboats paddle by. It’s sensory overload in this little corner of the American South that’s big on European flavor. It’s a place like no other. It’s New Orleans. And you’re different here.
So come be a part of the big crowd that’s expected in New Orleans for convention! Experience the workshops, entertainment, business and celebration of 25 years of women in Kiwanis. Together, let’s recognize our successes and make plans for the future.
Stimulate your senses in New Orleans, June 28-July 1!
About Us...
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF HYANNIS
As you
turn through the pages of this commemorative program, may it
awaken you to the past and present achievements of this superb
service organization, and the members here and departed who
put children first. We look forward to the future with great
enthusiasm. But, the real history of our club is written in
the hearts and lives of our community and its
people.
FORMATION OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF
HYANNIS
Less than fifteen years after the organization
of Kiwanis International, a small group of civic-minded
business men in Hyannis, Massachusetts met with Field
Representative Walter Harmon, and a group of representatives
from the New England District (NED) of Kiwanis and the
Brookline, MA Club (Our Sponsors) to form the Kiwanis Club of
Hyannis.
The club received its charter on May 10th,
1929. On June 18th, with visiting clubs present at Ferguson’s
Inn, twenty-five members and their ladies sat down to a
charter night banquet, with songs, cheers and friendly banter.
It was presided over by Lt. Governor - Division 4, Harry E.
Marvel of Brookline, MA.
The invocation was given by
Rev. Mortimer Downing of Hyannis. Selectman William Lovell
gave the address of welcome from the town of Barnstable. The
respondent was Frederick F. Scudder.
The club charter,
bell and gavel were presented by Lt. Governor - Division 5,
Burton K. Harris of Pawtucket, RI, and accepted by President
Max D. Holmes. Stephen R. Dow, President of the Brookline Club
presented an American Flag, which was accepted by William F.
Carleton. President Frank Tobin of the New Bedford Club
presented the club banner, with response from our club Vice
President, H.R. Ferguson.
New England District Governor
Elmer E. Spear of Everett, MA was the main speaker. He
delivered a message of congratulations from International
President Horace W. McDavid of Decatur, IL.
New England
District Secretary Clarence Hunt and Field Representative
Walter F. Harmon were guests at the head table.
When
President Holmes sounded the gong to end the evening’s
festivities, the Kiwanis Club of Hyannis was
inaugurated... More
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