Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 24, 1990, p. 38

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Page KIWANIS ANNIVERSARY Wednesday January Kiwanis members talk business over lunch Every Wednesday at about 12 a group of 25 to 30 people in Georgetown gather together for a business lunch of a different kind Itifiy are the Kiwanis Club and theyve been meeting once a week for lunch In Georgetown for the last years Internationally such meetings have been taking place now for 75 years The Kiwanis Club finds that lunch meetings make the club at tractive to selfemployed business people who work in town and have a few minutes to spare to serve their community says John Schal jo president of the Georgetown In addition to business they talk about their own business and develop business relation ships he says of the Wednesday afternoon meetings Kiwanis is an Indian term for meeting place In Georgetown that meeting place is the North Hatton Golf and Country Club The Club met for the first time in June 1978 and since then the clubs membership has stayed steady at between to members but Mr Schaljo hopes that number raise this year The ideal new Kiwanis Club member should be a local business person who has been in business in town for quite some time having the benefit of local services says Mr That person should now be in a position to put something back into the says Mr Schaljo Club membership crosses the boundary the sexes There is one woman member now but Mr Schaljo is hoping that more women will be at traded to the service club Georgetown Kiwanis members are younger than their counter parts in the rest of the world says Mr Schaljo While many dubs have members which are about half retired people and half business owners the average age of Georgetown members is bet ween 30 and But there s always one exception to the rule In Georgetown that exception is Charlie been a member of the Kiwanis for about years Mr Schaljo heads up a list of some well known past presidents of the Georgetown Kiwanis in eluding Brian David Ashbee Tom Reed Grant Isaac Bill Brian Goodlet and David Soa A typical business meeting runs from 12 15 p to about I 30 p m It includes discussing club business followed by a guest speaker usually a local person says Mr Schaljo The Kiwanis will be launching a membership drive April and anyone who is interested in joining should contact any Kiwanis Club member New members will be brought out to a luncheon meeting and introduced to the club The prospective member is then usual ly invited into the club shortly after the introductory meeting said Mr Kiwanis Club president John fl Georgetown lawyer is busy preparing for the big duck race April 28 The club is looking expand its membership this year with a membership drive In April Herald photo The Kiwanis Club tries to make Itself known club is organizing a duck race to raise funds The throughout town in special events like the annual San race is set for April when 50000 ducks will be Claus parade Here these ducks which surrounded floating down the waters of the Credit River Herald the float last year were a sign of things to come The photo fingerprints A KIWANIS CONCERN The little fingers pressed down ihc ink p id hen thev rolled in fully the ires on card A smile wipe of the hinds free I Ihpop and it was over Within three minutes lie Club of Fleming hid nude in impression for life Positive ification for i and hopefully novt r list Over three shop ping mill children wen rpnnltd I his is the beginning of Dion rum servire effort by the Kiw mis ir in of rumwij or foul pi iv Fori thought is to strung lommunil we raised thin S05 mil lion for hometown And iimstid eicn more in time talent and With irvfrr- members in clubs K Fimil leers in Our numbers include Circle International a college service group with members in clubs And Key Club whose 125 ore in high schools you go Kiwunis is involved in making things be Or brighter Or safer At Auburn New York we invested volunteer hours in days fingerprinting young children Because what happening in our world and our local tiesis concern e James SJones Phillip B Jones Personalized Service OffStreet Parking Chapel Facilities Cremation PreArrangement Counselling Trafalgar Road North of Maple Avenue Georgetown Hills Ontario L7G4Y5 4168773631 fMmiMri of Guaranteed Funeral of Ontario Independently Owned and Operated e CONGRATULATIONS On Your 75th Anniversary AND YOUR SERVICE TO COMMUNITIES THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Halton Hills Halton Hills Drive PO Box Georgetown Ontario

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