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The Lexington Herald.....Wednesday, November 26,1919
(Headline) .....KIWANIS CLUB IS INAUGURATED HERE........
.....REGULAR OFFICERS TO BE SELECTED AT MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AT PHOENIX
The Kiwanis Club of Lexington was inaugurated Tuesday when fifty
businessmen gathered at the Phoenix Hotel for a luncheon-conference for
organization of a business men's club. Senator Thomas A. Combs, temporary chairman, presided and
R.J. Colbert acted as temporary secretary. This was the first regular
session of the club although a number of preliminary and informal
meetings have been held during the fall. At the beginning of the session, G. Allison Holland
explained in a brief address the purpose of the club. Mr. Holland
stated that the Kiwanis Club was to upbuild the community, to maintain
good fellowship among business men and to promote the welfare of
business and business men of Lexington. Mr. Holland said that the
Kiwanis Club was not a political or religious organization and was
organized solely for the highest good of the community. It had been the intention of the committee in charge of
organization to elect officers at the opening meeting. After
consideration it was decided to postpone the election until next
Tuesday when the club will have the second regular meeting at the
Phoenix Hotel. A committee on permanent organization and recommendation
was appointed as follows: R.J. Colbert, Frank T. Justice, W.T.
Congleton, J.T. Farmer and W.T. Woolfolk. This committee was instructed
to meet this week and nominations for officers of the club and the
Board of Directors for the first year. The committee will make its
report at the next meeting. Among those present at the luncheon were Senator Thomas A.
Combs, Mayor-elect T.C. Bradley, James L. Watkins, Frank T. Justice, G.
Allison Holland, J.R. Ruh, R.J. Colbert, Dr. E. Cronley Elliott, M.
Kaufman, E.R. Redmon, W.T. Congleton, W.R. Embry, Charles B. Young,
W.T. Woolfolk, R. Lee Cassell, Joseph J. Graddy, J.J. O'Brien, W.H.
McCorkle, Higgins Lewis, John B. Milward, J.T. Farmer, C.M. Marshall,
W.W. Estill, Maurice Loevenhart, Dr. Walter Matthews, L.M. Moore, W.M.
Parrish, Martin S. Taylor, John Skain, Jess Rossell, E.R. Blackburn,
W.P. Averit, E.B. Wrenn, Claud Spears, John R. Allen, Dr. L.C. Redmon,
John T. Kincaid, C.R. Medaker, Waller B. Hunt, J.O.H. Simrall, Jacob
Speyer, W.F. Klair. |
The Lexington Herald.....Wednesday, December 3, 1919
(Headline) .....J.W.MORRISON CHOSEN HEAD OF KIWANIS CLUB........
.....ORGANIZATION PLANS SPECIAL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
J.W. Morrison, president of the Board of Commerce and secretary of the
Lexington Roller Mills, was chosen head of the Lexington Kiwanis Club
at the regular weekly meeting and luncheon of the organization Tuesday
at the Phoenix Hotel. Other officers, chosen at a previous meetin, are:
G. Allison Holland, vice president; Richard Van DerVeer, secretary; and
Fred G. Stitz, treasurer. Members of the club will discuss at the meeting Tuesday
the location of the new municipal-auditorium building, $500,000 in
bonds for which were approved at the November election. Everyone
present will be asked to give opinions on the site for the building,
and the sense of the meeting will be determined by a plurality of
opinion. Question of assessment of city property every two years
will be discussed at he meeting December 23 by Mayor-elect Thomas C.
Bradley. J. Will Stoll, Henry H. Barnes and Arch L. Hamilton, Lexington
and Fayette county's representatives in the 1920 Legislature, will be
invited to be present. To arrange a holiday program for the club, at which
wives and guests of members will be present, the following committee
was appointed by Thomas A. Combs, chairman of the meeting: Dr. E.
Cronley Elliott, Thomas C. Bradley, Maurice Loevenhart, C.R. Blackburn
and John Milward.
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The Kiwanis Club of Lexington was chartered on January 8, 1920, by a
small group of Lexington professionals and businessmen meeting at the
old Phoenix Hotel on East Main Street. (The Lexington Public Library
and Phoenix Park now occupy the former site of the Phoenix Hotel.) The
original charter was made up of sixty-five members. Membership in 2009
stands at 65 dedicated men and women in the club's 89th year. |
