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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 No. 51 Vol. 84
Today’s Speaker:
Scott T. Hartzell REMEMBERING ST. PETERSBURG
Scott Taylor Hartzell will present our program for today. He
will be introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-Day Mitch Cochran. Our
speaker hails from New Castle, PA. After graduating from high school,
and attending Westminster College, Hartzell served 12 years in the
retail field in the Keystone State. During nearly eight of those years,
he held management positions. Some 20 years ago, Hartzell came to St.
Petersburg. Prior to receiving a bachelor’s degree in journalism from
USF St. Petersburg in 1998, he served as editor of the university’s
newspaper.
During this time, he was also writing for several other local small
newspapers and establishing himself as a correspondent with the St.
Petersburg Times. It was with the Times that he began chronicling
histories of the Sunshine City. For nearly a decade, Hartzell’s history
column appeared regularly in the Neighborhood Times section of the
Times. His stories focused on people, structures and events that
influenced the area. His stories are peppered with historical facts and
comments from locals who have experienced the city’s growth.
From 2000 to 2001, our speaker introduced and taught a St.
Petersburg history course locally as part of the elective program at
Wellington Central Middle School. More than five years ago, the St.
Petersburg Museum of History asked Hartzell to donate his research to
them. The museum now preserves all of his research notes in its
archives. He has lectured before numerous organizations, at the main
branch of the St. Petersburg Public Library and at Eckerd College.
Arcadia Publishing in Charleston, SC, published Hartzell’s book, St.
Petersburg: An Oral History, in June 2002. It went into its second
printing in 2003. His second book, Remembering St. Petersburg,
Florida, Sunshine City Stories, was just released by History Press
and will be followed this Holiday season with Remembering St.
Petersburg, Florida, More Sunshine City Stories. Let’s give our
speaker a warm Kiwanis welcome!
TODAY’S QUIZ
1. In what year did the first Super Bowl take place? 2. What
percentage of the average human brain is water? 3. What color was
Elvis Presley’s first Cadillac before he had it painted pink in 1955?
4. Which tree has beautiful white bark that peels naturally? 5. Who
was the first American to walk on the moon?
LAST WEEK AT KIWANIS
Al Karnavicius and Frank Ranieri presented a most
interesting program on the very early years of our own Kiwanis Club of
St. Petersburg. The late Charles Kaniss, a long-time member of this
club, presented an assortment of boxes and containers to Al Karnavicius
at his office and told him that he had been keeping these items for many
years and now it was time to pass them on to someone else. The material
sat for five or six years before Al even looked at it, but as he started
reading the old Board minutes, it became apparent that club membership
back in those days was somewhat similar, but very different from today.
Al, reading from the minutes, with Frank displaying pictures of the same
era, 1992 to 1930, kept the membership in stitches as he reported the
motions made at the many board meetings. For example, March 13, 1922
was the date of the first election of officers to our club. A
president, vice president, treasurer and seven board members were
elected. The secretary was to be appointed by the president. There
were sixty charter members, but only 41 showed up for the charter
presentation which did not occur until April 18. 1922. A gala
celebration was planned by our club. Members from both the Tampa and
Lakeland clubs were invited, a marching band was hired and the club
members met their guests at the wooden pier, located where the million
dollar pier stands today, and together they all marched up the hotel
where the charter presentation ceremony was being held under the
auspices of the Kiwanis Secretary from Alabama. Al covered all of the
years from when a group of men got together in 1921 to begin talking
about organizing a Kiwanis Club until 1930.
One interesting note was the fact that there were no board minutes
between October 29, 1929 and November 12 because of the stock market
crash. Dues were lowered, meal costs were reduced, and all in all,
things had to be tough. Al ended his presentation by asking what the
club accomplished during these eight years. He then reeled off a list
of accomplishments for each of the years. The purchase of playground
equipment happened in 1923 and other great gifts were annually bestowed
on the community up to the awarding of a college scholarship. Many,
many thanks go to both Al and Frank for this most interesting insight
into the early years of our club. Hopefully we will get further insight
on later years at future meetings.
VISITORS AND GUESTS
We were pleased at the attendance of our outgoing Lt. Governor Ray
Watson, and Bob Byelick hosted Cathy Johnson of Mt.
Zion Church as his Guest. Welcome and please make this your Kiwanis
home.
LT. GOV. WATSON PRESENTS AWARDS
Since Division 13 was proclaimed a Distinguished Division, Lt.
Governor Watson was in attendance at our meeting to present
President Cathy and Secretary/Treasurer Bruce with
Distinguished President and Distinguished Secretary/Treasurer awards
respectively. Congratulations to both Cathy and Bruce for their
outstanding work!
He then presented a plaque to President Cathy for the club placing 3rd
in the District March of Dimes effort. During this drive, the District
raised over $80,000 for the March of Dimes.
SPECIAL ELECTION
TODAY
Because two of our
board members moved up to higher positions as club officers for the
2006-2007 program year, there is a need to elect two of our members to
fill unexpired terms. The four candidates are: Rob Kapusta, Cyndi
Mulligan, Trent Shadwick and Dan Stone. Members are asked
to vote for two of these candidates.
INSTALLATION BANQUET
OCT. 3
The Installation Banquet is next Tuesday, October 3 at the St.
Petersburg Yacht Club. Members should have received an Invitation in
the mail by now. Please respond today so an accurate count can be
determined. There will be NO LUNCH MEETING next week.
ROSTER UPDATES AND
PICTURES
Al Karnavicius is
beginning to update the Club Membership Roster for the 2006-2007 Kiwanis
year. Please give your information sheet to Al ASAP as he hopes to have
the Roster Book completed by mid October. Also, Don Munafo will be
taking pictures for those who need them TODAY! Cost of the new picture
is $5.00.
YOUR BULLETIN EDITOR
RETIRES
On February 26,
1998, I accepted the position of editor of our Kiwanian News Bulletin.
Little did I know that this job might last for a little over eight and
one-half years. Everyone helped make the job a little easier. Printers
changed for the better. We added color to the bulletin. An excellent
lay-out man joined the team and the Kiwanians-of-the-Day did a great job
in getting the speaker’s bios to me in a timely manner. All of this is
important in producing a quality publication. The time has come for me
to step aside and let someone else handle the reins. Cynthia McGowan
will be doing the editing and in working with her, I know that she is
going to do an outstanding job. I just wanted to take this opportunity,
while I still held the reins, to say thanks to everyone for their help
and assistance. It has been fun! Grant Wallin
KIWANIS FACTS – DID
YOU KNOW?
Kiwanis
International has no policy prohibiting a club from finding its
publication through the sale of advertising. The club must be sure that
ads are in keeping with the objects and ideals of Kiwanis.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
God, our
Father, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing
world. Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the
world, and that following you is better than chasing after selfish
goals. Help them to take failure, not as a measure of their worth, but
as a chance for a new start. Give them strength to hold their faith in
you, and to keep alive their joy in your creation. Amen.
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ:
1. The first Winter
Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1993. 2. Harry
Anderson played the character of Judge Harry T. Stone in the
television show Night Court. 3. Chuck Woolery hosted the
daytime television game show “Wheel of Fortune” on its 1975 premiere.
4. David was the first king to reign at Jerusalem. (2 /Samuel
5:9) 5. The bald eagle was added to the endangered species list in
1976.
Sign on a
scientist’s door – Gone Fission!
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