!,,,,bulletin.....Trivia....1/12/15

Well

Well here's some more trivia about our club. Keep in mind these are actual things that happened back in the 30's, 40's & 50's.

Some you will recognize, some will not, but it's fascinating to go back in time.

...Dad Abney argued for turning the courthouse around so the front could face properly.......the debate raged as to whether to construct a ferry or a neew bridge o

ver the San Marcos River....the Baptist preacher at a meeting at Rio Vista waded into the river fully clothed to "save" a young girl from drowning, not knowing the whole affair of the upset canoe was rigged.....It was part of the induction of new members to admonish them not to wear the Kiwanis pin anywhere that Jack Wood would not be seen.....the founder of Kiwanis, Allen S. Browne, was in San Marcos, and signed the membership certificate for Rodgers Storey....at the first Pancake Supper, milk was donated, but we had to pay the exorbitant price of 40c a quart for cream

.....Kiwanis inherited the Ku Klux Klan piano.