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Watertown Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club of Watertown will dissolve as of Sept. 30, 2023.
1958
01 12 ANNUAL KIWANIS SPEED SKATING MEET
The promise of fair weather should bring a big turnout of skaters for the annual Kiwanis speed skating meet which will be held on the Rock River ice near the Klink property on North Water Street Sunday afternoon. The affair will start at 2 p.m. and skaters are urged to be on hand well before the starting time. There will be 100 yard, 220, 880 and one mile events on the program. Boys will be divided into three age groups for the competition — midget for those under 12, cadet for those from 13 to 15, and junior for those from 16 to 19. Girls will be divided into similar age groups. Trophies will be awarded to those accumulating the most points in each bracket of competition. WDT
1962
01 04 NEWLY
ELECTED SLATE OF OFFICERS
The newly elected slate
of officers of the Watertown Kiwanis Club was installed last night at the East
Gate Inn. The installing officer was
Milton Frater, a member of the local club and former lieutenant governor of
Division Five, Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District of Kiwanis International. Those officers installed were Harry Dopke
Jr., president; Archie Loeb, first vice president; Donald Malcolm, second vice
president; Wayne Strayer, secretary and Fred Luhman, treasurer. Roy Childers, the 1961 president, was
installed as immediate past president and a member of the Kiwanis board of
directors. WDT
09 26 A & P STORE MGR. ELECTED PRES
Don Malcolm has been elected president of the Watertown Kiwanis Club at a meeting held at the East Gate Inn. Mr. Malcolm is the manager of the A & P Store in Watertown. He succeeds Harry Dopke in the presidency. Mr. Malcolm is apparently keeping up with a family tradition as his brother, Ken Malcolm, manager of the A & P Store in Rhinelander, Wis., is president of the Rhinelander Kiwanis Club. Other officers elected were: first vice president, Fred Luhman; second vice president, Wayne Strayer; treasurer, Bernie Adams; secretary, Lorenz Wesemann; board of directors, Archie Loeb, Harry Dopke, Clyde Pophal, Dr. William Foster, the Rev. Gene A. Lackore, Stan Gronert, Carl Hobus and Robert Erdman. WDT
1967
04 11 HELP
BEAUTIFY WATERTOWN
A Help Beautify
Watertown project has been set up by the Watertown Kiwanis Club. In the project two types of trees will be
sold — a Flowering Crab for $7 and a Black Hills Spruce for $5. The trees will be sold by members of the
club. It is planned to make general
contacts throughout the city. The trees
will be provided by McKay Nursery of Waterloo and have been selected by the
nursery exclusively for the club.
Profits from the project will be used for scholarships, Bethesda Day,
Badger Boys State, safety patrols and the ping pong tournament. WDT
1968
04 18 TREE DONATED
TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Watertown Historical Society has been
presented with a decorative mountain ash tree for planting on the Octagon House
grounds by the Watertown Kiwanis Club which is currently engaged in its
“beautification through trees” project.
The presentation was made for Miss Gladys Mollart, curator for the
society, by Stanley Gronert, Kiwanis Club president, and James Glaser, club
treasurer. Mr. Gronert explained that
the mountain ash was selected because of the great beauty of its clusters of
white blossoms in the spring and the attractive large clusters of orange-red
berries each fall which will help brighten the grounds of the historical
society. Kiwanis Club members have been
contacting city residents, urging them to plant decorative trees such as red,
white or pink flowering crabs, Black Hills spruce and mountain ash, all of
which are available through the Kiwanis club or President Gronert, at 201 Mary
Street. Phone Number 261 4993. Proceeds from sales are used for various club
projects. WDT
1969
Don Hammel peeling potatoes in preparation
for
12 12 GUN SAFETY CLASS
May AMERICA’S FIRST KINDERGARTEN
SIGNAGE
Kiwanis Club members erected a sign promoting Watertown as the site of America's First Kindergarten. Members erecting the sign were Tom Udell, John Himrich, William Person, Jim Glaser, and Stan Gronert. The sign is located near the highway 16 by-pass on land donated by Mary Christenson.
05 26 "THE MYSTERY OF LIFE" PROGRAM AT
THE WATERTOWN KIWANIS CLUB
Robert Dougherty, Tom Udell and Dr. Wm. M. Fester.
A program entitled "The Mystery of Life" program at the Watertown Kiwanis Club. The program was presented by Robert Dougherty of the Wisconsin Telephone Company. The laser beam and other scientific developments were demonstrated in the course of Dougherty's talk.
06 09 DONATION OF DRUG DETECTION KIT
Kiwanis donation to Watertown Police Department. Erich Bartell, Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor and Kiwanian John Himrich. Sergeant Richard Reynolds of the Police Department.
07 14 REC DEPARTMENT KIWANIS TABLE TENNIS TOURNEY
Champions of the Rec-Department-Kiwanis table tennis tourney received trophies.
Judy Kron, Teresa King, Margie Byrne, Don Smith, Kiwanis Club, Jim Manthey and Tom Byrne.
07 14 WAYNE MAY RECOGNIZED
The Kiwanis Club presented a plaque and agricultural scholarship to Wayne May, route 5. Accepted the plaque from John Himrich, club president.
09 15 PRESENTATION ON FISH MANAGEMENT
The Watertown Kiwanis Club heard two speakers at its regular meeting. Kiwanian Tom Udell meets with William R. Selbig and William Schmidt. Selbig, fish manager of the department of natural resources, spoke on the conditions at Fox Lake, Beaver Dam Lake, and the Rock River Basin.
10 27 KIWANIS CLUB INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
CEREMONIES
Don Smith, secretary; Robert Westrick, treasurer; Tom Udell, president elect; John Himrich, past president; Fred Peter, Waukesha, installing officer; and Jim Glaser, vice-president.
1980
02 16 BOY
SCOUT AND CUB SCOUT LEADERS
Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders
in Watertown and Dr. J. R. Casanova
were guests at the Monday evening meeting of the Kiwanis Club at Welcome
Inn. Vice president Dennis Johnson said
Kiwanis Clubs in the United States and Canada have long been partners in
scouting. The organization sponsors more
than 2,000 units, making the Kiwanis the largest scout sponsor by percentage in
the state. At the meeting, the local
leaders were recognized for their involvement with youth. Very active in
community affairs, Dr. Casanova has been chairman of two public drives to raise
money for the hospital and is a member of the Elks Lodge, Rotary Club,
Jefferson County Dental Society, Catholic Knights Insurance Society and
scouting organizations. In 1968, he was
named "Citizen of the Year" by the Watertown Chamber of
Commerce. WDT
1993
11 29 SURVIVE
ALIVE FIRE SAFETY HOUSE
In times of tragedy only one
thing matters. That everyone
survives. Worldly items suddenly don’t
matter — the value of human life is paramount.
A local group is spearheading a project designed to ensure that in a
house fire, everyone in the family — young and old — gets out alive. It’s called the Survive Alive Fire Safety
House. The Watertown Kiwanis have been
working behind the scenes for months, collecting donations for the miniature
home, which is used to simulate a house fire.
The two-story home comes complete with smoke and electricity. [Watertown Fire
Dept] WDT
1994
06 11 FIRE
SAFETY HOUSE
The Survive Alive Fire Safety
House will be dedicated to the city of Watertown during a 1:30 p.m. ceremony
Sunday in the North First Street parking lot.
Guided tours of the two-story, portable home will be available after the
ceremony. The Watertown Fire Station will be open for tours,
also. Mayor Fredrick Smith and Capt. Ken
Peterson of the fire department will be there to receive the keys to the house
from the Watertown Kiwanis Club, which oversaw the project. “We hope all the citizens of Watertown and
the surrounding communities will join us,” said chairwoman Dawn McBride of the
Kiwanis Club. “The Kiwanis Club is
excited to have the project complete and turn it over to the city.” WDT
2009
-- -- PARADE OF LIGHTS
Video produced by Watertown Kiwanis (YouTube)
2011
03 11 SURVIVE ALIVE HOUSE
RESTORED
Editor, Daily Times:
The Watertown Kiwanis recently had a meeting honoring
the volunteers who help to restore The Survive Alive House. The house was built by Kiwanis about 16 years
ago, along with the gracious Capt. Ken Peterson who was working at
the Watertown Fire Department at that time and Dawn McBride who at
that time was a Kiwanian. They took hold of this project along with
the Watertown Kiwanis to make this dream come true. The materials were mostly donated by the
local business to keep the cost within reason. We all worked very
hard on this project. We had a lot of fun, story telling (doughnuts)
and jokes while we worked.
The restoring of the house is now completed with the
help of Ken Peterson, Deputy Chief Ralph Wandersee, material and time from John
Toma from Toma Construction, Chuck Volrath redid the pay phone system, Jim
Zuern with materials from Zuern Lumber and Steve Lehman for the new stove from
Felton Electric.
The house will soon be at schools, gatherings, fairs,
etc., to teach the children how to get out of a house in case of
fire. The house is completed with smoke added to detect a fire in
progress so the children learn to keep low and get out quickly. When
you see this house out and about be sure to let the children go through as we
have heard good results from the teaching of this Survive Alive House saved
lives.
Many thanks to all.
Watertown Kiwanis
Edna DeWitt, Secretary
2023
09 30 THE KIWANIS CLUB OF
WATERTOWN WILL DISSOLVE as of Sept. 30, 2023.
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