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 Tribute
was paid to the 13 Charter members receiving the 10 YEAR CHARTER
MEMBER awards by Master of Ceremonies, Kiwanian Emerson Smith who
said in part "Mr. President, 10 years ago some of colleagues
under the guidance of two of our sponsorino Presidents had a vision
of what service to the wider community should be and so set about
establishing the Kiwanis Cub of Barbados South. Tonight ladies and
gentlemen we are here to recognise those charter members who following
one of the objects which we recited earlier, have formed enduring
friendships, and are continuing render altruistic service, and contribute
to the building of a better Barbados.
These talented persons could have been invited to become members
of those clubs which were already in existence, instead they chose
to blaze a trail here in the south. These early years were fraught
with some frustration, personal sacrifice, and suspicion. These
were only topped by the satisfaction of well-conceived and executed
projects over time. Was it worth it? To a man, they all said yes,
would they do it over? Again, a resounding yes. The South soldiered
on amid comments and accusations of elitism, snobbism, perpetuation
of class distinction, and cultural penetration.
Today, when we look around at what is happening in our once fair
land, the crime and violence, social decay and the lost generations
we see the need more than ever for Kiwanis International in general
and the South Club right here in Dover in particular. Ladies and
Gentlemen, it is meet and right that we should honour these Charter
members. These seeds fell on good ground. I now have much pleasure
in inviting Kiwan ian Douglas Skeete, Past President of the North
Club, one of our sponsoring clubs 10 years ago, to recognise the
Charter members.
Past President Kiwan ian Douglas Skeete, the then sitting president
of the Kiwanis Club of Barbados North, one of our joint sponsoring
clubs, presented the
awards to these special members, KIWANIANS JEFFREY BRANCH, OWEN BRANCH,
JAMES BURNETT, MAURICE CLARKE, ENRIC CONNOLLY, SEYMOUR DOUGLAS, BASIL
JESSAMY, CAMERON LASHLEY, OSWALD SIMMONS, TREVOR THOMAS, TRENTON WEEKES,
DESMOND WILLETT and JOHN WILSON.
In a short address, he sketched some of the events leading up to
the formation of the club and thanked Distinguished Lieutenant Governor,
Minister of Tourism, Honourable George Payne for having the vision
to mandate the formation of a club in the south. Past President
Floyd Philips of the Kiwanis Club of Bridgetown was our other sponsoring
club's President 10 years ago.
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