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4 THE DENVER KIWANIAN

A. A. U. Prexy Willard Greim Depicts Denver As Leading
Sport Center With Postwar Outlook For Amateur
Athletics Brightest Ever :

In a thirty minute address which traced the history of the Amateur
Athletic Union and the Rocky Mountain Association, President
Willard Greim told Kiwanians last Wednesday that army life and
emphasis on competitive sports would result in unprecedented interest

in athletics in the postwar era.

Greim, in addition to being president

of the A. A. U., is director of recreation for Denver and head of the

public school athletic program.

Some forty organizations make up
-the A. A. U., Greim pointed out. The
national organization has only two paid
officials and is dependent upon the
active cooperation of it’s member
groups to carry out the work of the
Union which includes not only local and
national sport events—such as_ the
basketball tournament now in progress
in Denver—but also directs American
participation in the Olympic Games.
The Union represents the United States
on some twenty odd _ international
sports committees.

In recognition of the timeliness of
the athletic meeting last week the head
table was graced by such noted sports
figures as Kiwanian “Cac”. Hubbard,
director of athletics at Denver Univer-
sity, Chester Nelson, sports editor of
the Rocky Mountain News, Lou Wilke
of the Phillips Company—sponsors of
defending champions in the basketball
tourney, J. Lyman Bingham of Denver
who holds the title of Assistant to the
President of the A. A. U., and Bob
Russell, former president of the Rocky
Mountain A. A, U. Not at the head
table, but with Kiwanian Alston C-

arty, was thé internationally known
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clean sports recently led to the clean-
ing up of a bad Situation in New York
cy.

Visiting Kiwanians at the meeting
were: Dave Simpson of Cheyenne,
Senator Harry D. MacDonald of Colo-
rado Springs who had with him Senator
Arthur H. Laws of Denver, Dr. C. N.
Gunter of Pueblo, P. L. Corbin of
Boulder (guest of Charley Draper).
Service guests included Corporal: Lynn
F. Reynolds , nephew of Harry G.
Goodheart, and Captain Darrel Brady,
nationally known speaker who was in
Denver to address the Knife and Fork
Club—Capt. Brady was Art Naylor’s
guest.

Dr. Bob Starks,. whose antics as
Kiwanian .of the Day reminded “old
timers” of the days when Bob wielded
a mean gavel each week, gave a sterling

 

 

performance — although Al Hardy
swears Bob has slowed up since the
“good old days’. Fred Cox gave his
usual inspiring invocation (ever notice
how they seem to come straight from
his heart?).

Committee For

Clothing Drive Set

Following a special meeting of the
Board of Directors, and conferences
with city officials and representatives
of Lions, Rotary, and church organiza-
tions last week, President Paul Rous
announced the appointment of a special
committee to direct Kiwanis activities
in the United National Clothing Col-
lection set for April 1-30.

After consultation with Fred Kirgis,

coordinating chairman of the War
Service Committees, Rous appointed
George Brandenberg to head the

Kiwanis group which includes Msgr.
John Mulroy, Dick Warner, Roy Hin-
derman, George Engel, Paul Spencer,
George Rock, and Jim Parriott. Inform-
ation on the organization of the drive
has been received from both Kiwanis
International and the New York head-
quarters of the drive. The national goal
has been set at 150,000,000 pounds of
clothing which will be cleaned and sent
to war-ravaged areas throughout the
world.

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In addition to the three national
service clubs, church organizations,
civic clubs, schools, relief agencies, and
various refugee organizations have co-
ordinated their offorts to make the col-
lection a success,

 

Happy Birthdays:

March 25—Russell Levein
March 27—J. M. Appleton
March 28—F. O. Alston
March 29—Clarence E. Taylor
March 31—H. J. Bleakley