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1939 The club cooperated with the Rotary Club in a Community, Christmas tree with candy and toys for underprivileged children The club gave a benefit bridge party, netting $200 for the Community Welfare fund, placed 3 orphans in a mountain mission school in Grundy, VA Cooperated with Rotary in setting up a community Christmas tree, and distributing 1,500 bags of candy and nuts at Christmas After a program on Scouting, the club undertook to sponsor a Boy Scout troop in the community and continued active in this work Entertained the high school football team and their coach at luncheon From time to time a number of farmers were invited to be guests of members of the club at regular luncheons, and a special farmers day program was held at which quite a number of farmer guests were present Visited Bluefield, Marion and Narrows and a large delegation attended the Inter Club meeting of the Narrows club at Mountain Lake The club was the guest of Rotary early in the year Later it entertained Rotary and also the Chamber of Commerce It had three Ladies' Nights, one of which was a Halloween party, and its softball team played teams from other civic clubs The club having been formed late in 1938 did not receive its charter until the early part of February when the District Governor presented tile Charter at a Ladies, Night The club received its instruction in the objects and objectives of Kiwanis through a large number of programs on Kiwanis Education, one of which was conducted by the LTG The club was represented at the Division Meeting and at the International and the District Conventions 1940 The special work of the club was in furnishing glasses needed by underprivileged children In cooperation with Rotary, community Christmas tree was set up and 1,500 bags of candy andAuts distributed In cooperation with Rotary, a supervisor of playgrounds was instituted, and the club furnished softball equipment A benefit play was given, netting $200 for the Kiwanis sponsored High School Band In a joint meeting with Rotary, the Football team was entertained Armistice Day was celebrated and thd club worked continuously at bettering school conditions in the community Visited Bluefield to hear the International President speak Attended the Charter Night of the Bland club, and later carried the plaque to Bland, went to Clintwood on the occasion of the visit of the District Governor, and joined in the big inter club meeting at Mountain Lake Members of the club made a number of individual visits to other clubs, and a number of visiting Kiwanians were entertained The club held two Ladies' Nights, had a joint meeting with Rotary, and met with Rotary club and the Chamber of Commerce at Grundy, Virginia, in the hope of interesting the citizens of Grundy in the formation of a Kiwanis club there The club celebrated Kiwanis Anniversary, its own Charter Night, and held nurnerous meetings on Kiwanis Education It was visited by the LTG, and was represented at the District Convention 1941 Hot lunches were furnished by the club to undernourished school children, with an average of approximately 400 hot lunches per month Sponsored the NYA Garden Project, and 700 cans of vegetables were put up, which will be used in the hot lunch program for the winter months The club as usual joined with Rotary in the setting up of a community Christmas tree and in the distribution of bags of candy and nuts A fund was set up to furnish glasses for needy boys and girls Raised $1,400 for the Kiwanis sponsored High School Band, and added to this $600, the net proceeds of a Carnival Thus the club was enabled to purchase uniforms for tile band to secure all instructor to keep the band going during the summer months, and to buy needed iristrdments The club continued sponsorship of the Boy Scouts, sent a boy to Boy State, entertained at luncheon the Honor Students of tile High School and at a joint meeting with Rotary entertained the High School football team Aided in the Red Cross Drive The club as usual attended the big interclub meeting at Mountain Lake, and made two visits to Narrows It held two Ladies' Nights, one of which was an old time box supper It sponsored a dance, and a joint meeting with Rotary Visited by the LTG, had a variety of programs on Kiwanis Education, and was represented at the District Convention 1942 Glasses were furnished to several underprivileged children, and the hot lunch program at the school was continued The Kiwanis sponsored hand, numbered 45, was fully equipped and uniforined The larger instruments are owned, by the club, individual boys owning smaller instruments, some of which were purchased by the club for boys unable to buy them themselves A hand instructor was eiriploved during the Suirimer The usual joint luncheon with Rotary was field to entertain the High School football tearn Visited Narrows and was host to Bluefield Two Ladies' Nights, two joint meetings kvith Rotary, and a picnic were held It sponsored an open mecting held in one of the churches, at which the wife of a war correspondent in the Far Fast was the guest speaker The club held several Kiwanis Education meeting, entertained the LieutenantGovernor, and was represented at the District Convention and the Training School for Officer On December 31 three men were in the armed forces
The club added several hundred dollars to its commur~ty welfare fund, furnished It celebrated Boys' Night and continued to sponsor the High School band, the president of the club taking over the work of instructing the band after the instructor was called into the armed service Sponsored the project for the collection of tin cans, and fostered the planting of victory gardens Inter club relations consisted only of visits of members to other clubs when in the neighborhood, the bringing of one or two speakers from other clubs and the entertaining of visiting Kiwanians who happened to be in the neighborhood on meeting days Held Ladies' Nights and a picnic Entertained LTG, celebrated Constitution Week and the anniversary of its own founding, and was represented at the District Convention and at the Training School for Club Officers On December 31 there were 3 members in the club in the armed force 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 Charter Revoked January 18 2002 |