Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Kiwanis Club Luncheon in Pinehurst, Oct. 24, 1924

Kiwanis Club. . . Interesting Debate Entertains Kiwanians at Weekly Luncheon

Sixty Kiwanians assembled at “The Manor” in Pinehurst on Wednesday for the weekly luncheon and enjoyed an exceptionally good luncheon. President Robert N. Page was in the chair and beamed with satisfaction as he observed a 90 percent attendance. Soon after the diners were seated Mr. D.A. McLaughlin of Vass was called upon to tell his brother Kiwanians the story of his life. Judging from the account he gave of his career, one had to “read between the lines” to discover what an important part he has played in the development of Moore County.

Mr. McLaughlin is too modest a man to tell his own story; any one of his many friends would tell it far better.

John Bloxham, for the program committee, announced a debate on the following resolutions: Resolved, that the Kiwanis Club has not delivered the goods. Dr. J.W. Dickie and Bion Butler were requested to speak for the affirmative and Nicholas Gibbon and Judge Way spoke on the negative side. It was a spirited debate and at first it looked as if the negative side had the best of the argument but after Judge Way had spoken and Dr. Dickie said worked on the sympathy of “the jury” through flattery and other ingenious arts, the final verdict by the Kiwanians was 20 votes for the negative to 17 votes for the affirmative. One of the principal things brought out in the debate that had been accomplished by the Kiwanis Club was the cementing together of the three principal Sandhill towns in a brotherly spirit of cooperation that promises well for the future. Another thing that was brought out in the debate was the marked ability of Dr Dickie as a good lawyer. We all know that he is a good Doctor, but we didn’t know that he was such a good pleader. Bion Butler and Judge Way depended on their Oratorical efforts to clinch their arguments, while Mr. Gibbon exhibited an astounding array of facts for the negative which would have been unanswerable had President Page allowed him the time to present his case. The debate provoked plenty of mirth for the Kiwanians and at the same time gave them food for thought as to whether the club was fully carrying out its motto “We Build.” It is planned to hold next week’s luncheon which falls on the second day of the Sandhill Fair at “The Manor” in Pinehurst, which will make it convenient for many who will attend the Fair.

From the front page of The Sandhill Citizen, Southern Pines, N.C., Friday, October 24, 1924

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