HISTORY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
KIWANIS CLUB
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created April 21, 2022
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created April 21, 2022
The Bell Island Kiwanis Club was formed on November 30, 1950, with the first meeting taking place on December 6, 1950. The charter members of the club were: Bernard Egan, Edward Murphy, James Power, John Conway, Herbert Pike, Gerald Dawe, Benjamin Glick, Cyril O'Neill, John Brown, Cyril Butler, Clifford Shaw, Walter Templeman, George Carbage, Cyril Moakler, Lloyd LeDrew, Fred Newhook, Charles Cohen, Brian White, Joseph Basha, William Stuewe, James Archibald, Rivlyn Costigan, Addison Bown, Thomas Lahey, Hubert Butler, Reid Proudfoot, Robert Pepper, J. B. Gilliett, and William Jardine.
The club first held regular weekly luncheon meetings in the C.L.B. Armoury, but moved their meetings to the Canadian Legion Memorial Building after that building opened in July 1951, holding their first meeting there on the evening of Wednesday, July 25th. (Source: Daily News, July 28, 1951, p. 2.)
The Club held meetings with guest speakers, who gave talks on subjects of community interest, such as the one given on the fifth anniversary of the Club on November 24, 1955 by C.F. McLellan of the Newfoundland Transportation Company. This was the new company that was awarded the franchise to operate the ferries on the Bell Island-Portugal Cove service in 1955 when the ferry Elmer W. Jones was acquired. It was stated at the meeting that the Kiwanis Club had taken an active part since its formation in seeking to obtain improvements to the ferry service.
Source: The Daily News, Nov. 26, 1955, p. 7.
The club first held regular weekly luncheon meetings in the C.L.B. Armoury, but moved their meetings to the Canadian Legion Memorial Building after that building opened in July 1951, holding their first meeting there on the evening of Wednesday, July 25th. (Source: Daily News, July 28, 1951, p. 2.)
The Club held meetings with guest speakers, who gave talks on subjects of community interest, such as the one given on the fifth anniversary of the Club on November 24, 1955 by C.F. McLellan of the Newfoundland Transportation Company. This was the new company that was awarded the franchise to operate the ferries on the Bell Island-Portugal Cove service in 1955 when the ferry Elmer W. Jones was acquired. It was stated at the meeting that the Kiwanis Club had taken an active part since its formation in seeking to obtain improvements to the ferry service.
Source: The Daily News, Nov. 26, 1955, p. 7.