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The story of how Hal Rogers turned rejection into success KIN REVIEW Page Shortly after the end of the First World War something happened to Harold Allin Rogers which today affect more than IB people He was rejected for membership in Rotary Club Not that Rotary hid much choice in the matter young wanted belong service club and the club his father belonged to Because they were in the same line of business Rotary had to say sorry It was time for readjustment tor a man back in Hamilton alter living with the companionship of other young men serving their country overseas so instead of feeling sorry or himself he got together with eleven other men over dinner at tht Namking That night the Kinsmen club was born Today there are more than lfl mem in clubs across Canada not to mention Kinette and K File clubs JUNIOR Hal Rogers was born in London in 1899 and went to work as a junior clerk with the Home Bank of Thondale Ont But when his father Charles Frederick Rogers took over management of a plumbing and heating supply business in Hamilton Hal joined the staff and prepared himself for a sales career Two months later with the First World War in its second year Rogers enlisted and added to the muster roll of the Argylc and Sutherland Highlanders Over seas he saw action with the Koolaiay Battalion Corporal Rogers was gassed al but continued active duty until wounded at Amiens Aug He was sent to England and returned home to in January He wasted no lime in resuming his sales career but begin miss the company of men his own It was then his chance encounter with the Hamilton Club took The first club project in Hamilton was welcoming young men to the city Rogers recalls Club members made contact with new comers in Hamilton industries who were told about the club and welcomed to the city A number of them joned the club hut we put no pressure on them lo do so Our main concern was to make things easier or them in a strange city The i charter dite is Feb 1920 In one of the new Kinsmen moved to Montreal and a club was formed there That year the first national convention of sorts was held when the two clubs met Hamilton The some sort of process applied to Toronto and Vancouver by 1924 here were four clubs Then Winnipeg in time for a national convention in that city in 1926 when Kinsmen voted to remain a organization adopt a constitution and bylaws ind fix the age for active member ship From then the organization spread across the country Like myself the founders of these new clubs were seeking friendship and the Dawson whose name appears Kinsmen movement With the birthplace among the credited founding the banner Dawson and Joe Kinsmen Club took part In a founders yrar president Club No I which night at Hamilton club last year The got Its start at the Cafe 20 club can boast being birthplace of the opportunity take part in worthwhile community endeavours with other service minded young men Rogers says By there were clubs In our clubs in Saskatchewan called Eclectic Clubs whose aims and were similar to the Kinsmen joined the By the end of 1928 there were clubs In the clubs were formed into five districts under governors district officers By 193G there were seven districts In at the convention in Victoria a full time general secre lar was approved National idcntS Banty was named to the post Jan I 1J35 In the focus of the club ity work shifted dramatically Three after war was declared hundreds of Kinsmen signed up and i war services committee was formed WAR FF FORT The first mobile dental clime in the British army was built and financed by Kinsmen Sixty five tons of magazines Acre shipped to the merchant marine Hostess houses were built for wives and families of troops at Man and NS Throughout the war Kinsmen war savings stamps were sold at a peak rate of per week A Milk for Britain fund raised close to million resulting in million quarts of milk being shipped to the children of Great Britain and was raised for food parcels for Britain Kinsmenhadcomeofage the hard way From that time on community and world service were in the forefront of Kinsmen activity A cancer scholarship fund was set up in Then major donations were made to flood ravaged areas Winnipeg in 1950 Europe in 1952 Hurricane Hazel path in Southern Ontario in 1954 Frejusin I960 Hamburg in Kinsmen involvement in disaster relief continues to his day with major lions in such areas as the Woodstock tornado and the Dover flood relief last Kir In iddition is become increasingly involved in medical funds mental retardation stic fibrosis others when Kinsmen helped found the World Council of Mens Service dubs now represented in countries the could boast ISO clubs across In the nine years which followed the number of clubs had doubled to in with 10 members the club was chartered with If members and in 199 the mirk was passed with membership of Hani became director in 1968 On the Anniversary of the club founding the Kinsmen Institute on Mental Ret irdatlon wis opened in Toronto More thin 000 had been by members HAL ROGERS Founder icro the for Ihe Three off tin mark on of this planned a new nation triers a three storey 14 square fool building on the outskirts of Cambridge Ont Kinsmen try to run their organization with simplicity and good management as their While each club is run as an independent unit with autonomy over financial and administrative matters the association as a while has authority over how the clubs may operate as outlined In he constitution and bylaws club belongs to a zone There are currently as few as Tour and as many as 15 clubs in the zones Each zone is governed by a district deputy governor elected in the spring of each year He appoints an executive to help him carry out administrative and executive duties within Ihe zone Zones make up districts each governed by a district governor who is first elected a vice governor at district conventions or special meetings There are eight districts determined by geographic areas The national president is elected at the national convention annually and is tradi national vice president from the year He appoints up to four directors and a national Kinetic coordin The nitional president national direct vice president and immediate past president ire members of the national committee district governor plus members of executive committee are member if Ihe national council which times i the complexity of the alien tod compared with years ago Hal Rogers he feels the aims object the spirit of organization haven founding of theclub we as young men dreamed dreams and with our dreaming combined activity with fellow ship in building the or sanitation the vision of those years inspired Best Wishes from Duiitone Lid at A Ave Georgetown Ont L7G JIG 416453 A Compliments of Canada Inc 45 River Drive Georgetown Ontario L7G 2J4 Best Kinsmen For Your Continued Success 8775213 t EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS