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KIN REVIEW Page IS Kinsmen Crest Steeped in tradition The complex and colorful crest you see on the front cover of Jus souvenir edition simply tossed together by a fashion designer The Kinsmen crest is steeped in the traditions of heraldry and the aims of the Kinsmen club It form It- ted by a cross a square and a combination of maple leaves and scroll In heraldic language the cross or sal tire which is a St Andrew cross has been the symbol of service by personal sacrifice The square or is he symbol of and rectitude of life The cross and the square stand for integrity and character The maple leaves and name scroll signify Kinsmen involve in all Canadian provinces In the design the cross and square are so intertwined as to be inseparable which Kinsmen see as an illustration of the idea of Km is a word of relation ship It suggests the interlacing of their lives and tasks life with another The design stands as a protest against isolation and separation as between Kins CREST CROSS MAPLE LEAVES AND SCROLL SQUARE What makes a Kinsman special Kinsmen contribute more per man than any other service organization in the world Pete Accepting that statement at face value what makes a Kinsman so special Does he eat more Whcaiie than his fellow service club worker Is he part of an android race programmed to grind out community service work at a machine like pace Nope He is a young man between the age of and who wants to improve his community and the world or his family and mankind We are a group of young men who do service work and have fun doing it says Kinsmen come from all walks of life and most are reeogniicd as leaders in their community Membership is open to any one who is interested in community work Nominees ire sponsored by an Misting member and invited to attend 24inch announcement heralded clubs origin Given the enthusiasm with which Kinsmen expanded their membership and the number of clubs the early days it not surprising that the movement had us beginning in the 1930s The wives of Kinsmen began getting together informally then as clubs known as Kins Kinsmen wives Kinsmen ladies and so on By the time the Second World War was declared groups were meeting in to Hamilton Vancouver Brandon and Nelson as welt as several other communities Initially the idea was to allow Kinsmen wives to gel to know each other better the women groups assisting with Kinsmen work then adding their own work It t until lJ42 however after a significant period of growth that the women groups recejied official Kinsmen bylaws mode he Kinette club an auxiliary organization During the war Klncttes played an increasingly Whats it worth What the Kinsmen club worth to Canada Strange question perhaps but as close as anyone can conservatively estimate the answer is That the value of Kinsmen vice projects role virtually replacing the kinsmen who had gone to war and mobilizing the Kins became the domain of the The objects of the Kinette movement have changed over the years but still remain closely related to the work of Kinsmen As an example Kineltes raised toward the Kinsmen National Institute for the Mentally clubs number over the mark with membership ofmorethan9000 Fifteen new clubs are just getting started Is there life after aero the in try K its the Kinsmen club for members over the age of was a natural and spontaneous outgrowth of the Kinsmen club Kinsmen over retained their friendships and found themselves involved in some projects were put on a more formal level The result was Senators Paskws and The various names are still in use but K40 generally used to describe the move The movement was making itself evident as far back as in Saskatoon and ton Soon clubs sprang up in Vancouver Calgary Brandon and Winnipeg Today there are some IfiO clubs with new clubs forming annually At the same time as K40 developed so did the The first K clubs develo ped in the Prairies Kinettes proved themselves with their role in war effort a couple of meetings Men is by a of the Our motto is serving the need says Last year the Kinsmen club million in con service work time and labor original milium of the for Hit tlul tin ixiillv si I world on ire As muter of fict it took up ibout nidus in the ib Last of Hamilton business and professional men assembled for the purpose of organizing a live up club It is the clubs to meet every weeks for dinner to enjoy a social hour and a half and gain knowledge from addresses by Hamll ton business men The object of club is to promote fellowship among men and improve and iduc He them in modern businiss methods The following officers wire i luted President A Rogers vice G Phillips secretary J Thompson treasurer B C Rev Mr Cook pianist Good ill executive chairman Arthurs On the clubs th anniversary The Spectator devoted more than ZOO column inches of space to coverage of the cele bration TWO GEORGETOWN BRANCHES MAIN ST H ALTON HILLS SHOPPING CENTRE 111 ST KINSMEN CONGRATULATIONS TO GEORGETOWN KINSMEN FOR MANY YEARS OF COMMUNITY 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