| 1938 It was chartered January 24, 1939 and was ready to begin the new year as a fill fledged Kiwanis Club 1939 The club gave a minstrel show to raise money for its community work It furnished hot lunches to a number of school children, distributed Christmas baskets to 20 indigent families, gave a Christmas party to 400 children. The club was instrumental in having a class in advertising formed at the High School, and it was able to secure summer jobs for several students. Although saddened and somewhat hampered in its work by the death of its president, the club celebrated Mother's Day, Armistice Day, and Thanksgiving, placed a float in the Halloween parade, and inaugurated a contest for the best lighted home at Christmas. On the night of the presentation of its charter, the club was host to Georgetown, Dover, Seaford, Rehoboth, Elkton and Westminster. It received a flag from Wilmington and the plaque from Seaford, and it sent delegations to visit Dover, Rehoboth, North Baltimore and Bridgeville. Presented a banner to Salisbury. The club had a joint meeting with Rotary and a Ladies' Night. A number of programs on Kiwanis Education were given, the District Governor and the LG were entertained, and representatives were sent to the District Convention. 1940 The chief work of the club for underprivileged children was that of furnishing hot lunches to schoolchildren The club had a program on Boy Scout work and the possibility of organizing another troop On the school playgrounds, teams of different age groups were organized to promote equalized competition, and prizes were offered for the winners in different groups The club called a meeting of city merchants to active a Chamber of Commerce Raised $700 for the construction of a city swimming pool Sponsored the decoration of the city for the Christmas season, and aroused interest in a lighting contest A city-wide Clean-Up Week was inaugurated The club sent delegations to five interclub meetings, and was host to one Entertained the Division Training School with LG elect and representatives from 9 Division clubs, 23 members visited other clubs Held a Ladies' Night with the Rotary Club at Thanksgiving, and one in honor of the District Governor by the Rehoboth Club The club had Kiwanis Education meetings, celebrated Kiwanis Anniversary, and Constitution Week, entertained the LG, and was represented at the MidWinter Conference and the District Convention 1941 The club held a musical show and a donkey baseball game and raised over $300 for its community welfare work It furnished hot lunches for needy school children, gave food, clothing, and fuel to two families at Christmas, and worked with the local committee to put on the Christmas entertainment for underprivileged children Appointed a committee to work with the Playground League, contributed liberally to the swimming pool project, started by the club and now taken over by the city This fund has now reached the sum of $40,000, and the pool is nearing completion The club also gave $155 to buy material and build club houses for the Boy Scout Troop and the Girl Reserves The club had a Farmers' Night, with 13 farmers present and the Delaware State F F A boys' champion (a local youth) who addressed the club Programs were given on vocational guidance, and the club continued its policy of aiding boys to find suitable parttime jobs Initiated a movement for a bond issue to finance a new school building The club was host to Dover, Georgetown and Rehoboth on the occasion of the visit of the District Governor, sent delegations to visit Georgetown and Bridgeville and entertained the Division Training School for Club Officers The club had a Charter Night, Ladies' Night, two fishing trips, one shore dinner, and a joint meeting with Rotary All Kiwanis Week was celebrated Entertained the LG and District Governor Sent club representatives to the Training School for Club Officers, the Mid-Winter Conference, and the District Convention 1942 The club had 100% attendance for two successive months The club had a donkey baseball game and a boxing show, raising $163 The entire membership met on several different occasions at the Playground and Bathing Beach working hard at putting the finish touches on this project Spent $16 for school lunches and $23 for food and clothing for needy children, and gave $5 to the T B drive A second Scout Troop was formed, financial aid was given, and a Scoutmaster and a meeting place were found A big Civilian Defense meeting was held with a number of invited guests, $125 was given to the Fort Salisbury Soldiers' Athletic Fund, $1000 to Red Cross Soldier Kits, and $40 to the Welfare Service Organization Held a Farmers' Night with 14 guests, and gave $10 to the 4H Club of the County There were two picnics two Ladies' Nights, one, a Charter celebration, and one, a joint meeting with Rotary, besides which there were other joint meetings with Rotary Held 3 interclub meetings and attended 3 meetings with other clubs Hosted the Training School for Club Officers Sent representatives to Mid Winter Conference, the International and District Conventions 1943 A wooden leg was purchased for a local World War I veteran, whose leg ha amputated as a result of an industrial accident Dental work to the extent of $33 was given three children The full value of the work was $78 Because of the nature of the activity, the dentist charged only actual cost A pair of glasses was purchased for an underprivileged child Safety precautions were taken along the banks of the Mispillion Creek where it flows through the city Lifesavers, bearing the name of the club, were hung from ropes in advantageous locations Also the club played Santa Claus to the children in the children's ward of the hospital, and carried cheer to the patient in the other wards A Farm Festival and Dance and a Rummage Sale were the means of raising money for these and other community activities Several programs were devoted to Scouting, and both a Boy Scout and a Girl Scout troop were organized, and were functioning well by the end of the year Held a Farmers' Night with farmer guests, there were 13 FFA boys present Sent 40,000 cigarettes to the boys in service, aided a group of girls brought to the neighborhood as bean pickers, urged citizens to do parttime work on farms, sponsored Victory Gardens, contributed $450 to civic and charitable projects, worked on selling bonds and stamps, and attended Church Visited Rehoboth and Bridgeville and entertained Seaford and Rehoboth Sent delegations to the U S Canada good will meeting in Washington and to Elkton. Furnished the Division LG, host to the Training School for Club Officers, celebrated Kiwanis Anniversary and was represented at the Mid Winter Conference and the International and the District Conventions On December 31, there were, 6 members in the armed forces. 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1969 - 1970 1970 - 1971 1971 - 1972 1972 - 1973 1973 - 1974 1974 - 1975 1975 - 1976 1976 - 1977 1977 - 1978 1978 - 1979 1979 - 1980 1980 - 1981 1981 - 1982 1982 - 1983 1983 - 1984 1984 - 1985 1985 - 1986 1986 - 1987 1987 - 1988 1988 - 1989 1989 - 1990 1990 - 1991 1991 - 1992 1992 - 1993 1993 - 1994 1994 - 1995 1995 - 1996 1996 - 1997 1997 - 1998 1998 - 1999 1999 - 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 Year End: 48 Projects Completed, 379 Service Hours, $8594 Spent, 8 Interclubs 2002 - 2003 Year End: 37 Projects Completed, 252 Service Hours, $4319 Spent, 9 Interclubs 2003 - 2004 Year End: 12 Projects Completed, 99 Service Hours, $1,233 Spent, 0 Interclubs 2004 - 2005 Year End: 2 Projects Completed, 0 Service Hours, $0 Spent, 0 Interclubs 2005 - 2006 Year End: 11 Projects Completed, 0 Service Hours, $0 Spent, 2 Interclub 2006 - 2007 Year End: 9 Projects Completed, 100 Service Hours, $132 Spent, 1 Interclub KI Revoked Charter October 2007 |