[Speech by Benjamin L. Smith to the Kiwanis Club]

              / $***£*" 1^**- ^fJ*  'T^The Thirtieth Anniversary
&<,_^ _ jj^_ (2*^Jr^J     ^ Cfaerterinf of the Rutherford ton
My Follow ftiwanians and Friends)
I an west happy to join you In celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of thedChartering of the Rutherfe*dton Kiwanis Clnb.   It it a
doable pleasure to meet here alto Members of the Forest City Clab.   Yea
see, I was a charter member ef that elub, too.
This celebration affords we aa opportunity to cone back hone.   I
shall always be glad I mas privileged te lit# here far ten and.a half years.
Those years were filled with youthful aspiration and eneray.
It affords mi aa opportunity ta renew friendships famed latif ego
and eherlshed through the years*
This joint meeting, and Kiwanis la cieneral. symbolize far mm the
Haiti ag af the thasa two corai unities,    iare and mm my memories merge them
into one.
As I look ever the roster ef membership, I find wore of my school
boys than of original members,   thus Is the past linked to the present and I
trast the present will be linked with the fatare.   Boys, your fathers have
left to yea a rich heritage; I treat yea will make a worthy bequest to year
sons.
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There are three objectives of Kiwanis that have been good is the past
aad that will be good for the fatare*   1 call then to year attention briefly!
First, Fellowship.