Kiwanis Club of Harker Heights P O Box 2309 Harker Heights, TX 76548 Upcoming Speaker Roster: 2012 September Sept 11 – N Dunbar Sept 18 – B Dunlap Sept 25 – Installation Oct 2 – J Hoyle

Harker Heights Kiwanis Club Meeting 09-18-12 Speaker: Gaylon Christie

Topic: Old Radio – Radio was the brainchild of the Westinghouse Corp. The first broadcast was from KKEA in Pittsburgh, PA. Radio in the early days painted a picture in your mind. They weren’t trained in the beginning on how to do this and sometimes they were very difficult to understand when caught up in the moment, especially when describing a catastrophic event. He played us a news report of the Hindenburg crashing. The first soap operas were on the radio such as the Romance of Helen Trent. Some of the most popular shows were Amos & Andy, Jack Benny Show, The Lone Ranger, and The Shadow to name a few. World events were broadcast over the radio. The Battle of Britian by Winston Churchill, Pearl Harbor by Franklin D Roosevelt, Hitler. Walter Cronkite was one of Gaylon’s hero’s of radio and was so thrilled when he got to meet him when he won a radio award. “The Eagle has landed” and “one small step etc” are events broadcasted around the world on radio and TV by then. When radio first started they needed to find ways to make money from it. That started the radio commercials. We had the treat of hearing short excerpts from many great event, shows and funny commercials.

Club Business:

Prayer: Dick Dinwiddie Pledges: Norm Dunbar Song: Stew Meyer Children’s Miracle Network: Jar passed

Installation of the 2012-13 Officers will be Tues. Sept. 25. 2012 6 PM Board meeting today after the regular meeting

Raffle Winner: Darrel Charlton Amount: $16.00 Jackpot: Not drawn Next Jackpot: $145.00 WOW!!!!!!!

Board of Directors Mariko Cross Dave McClure Jim McKinnon Mike Miller Stewart Meyer Gladys Swindle

2011-2012 Officers President: Darrel Charlton Pres. Elect: Esabell Zellmar Vice Pres: Paul Loughran Treasurer: Diane Thompson Secretary: Vivian Marschik Outgoing Pres: Norm Dunbar

Please notify Esabell Zellmar prior to your program as to your speaker and topic or if you need assistance obtaining a speaker.

Lunch: Chick-fil-A sandwiches, nuggets, fruit salad, tea and peanut butter cookies Guests: Leslie Francis, Sue Dunlap, John Morton Brags: Joe Boyer presented a book to Lisa Youngblood for the HH Library written by his great niece’s husband, titled “Daddy isn’t Coming Home”

Happy Birthday: Paul Loughran 9-19

FYI: Community Education COMMUNITY: American Red Cross, Fort Hood. Highlight summary: Over 10,800 emergency communications messages; 226 registered volunteers providing 28,262 hours; dental assistance program graduated 7; 30 youth volunteered in summer program (program now continues throughout year); items provided to Warrior Transition Brigade: flatware, dishes, pillows, IPADs, IPODs, recliners, laptops, picnic tables, canopies, puzzles, TBI workbooks; two Wounded Warrior events (family swimming at Lions Park). Professional and non-professional volunteers can contact the Red Cross office at 254-287-0400. Source: Darnall Health Care Advisory Council minutes dated 3 September 2012. Jos Portmann