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Show CONSTITUTION TALKBYSTRAW Attorney Speaker at Meeting of Springville Kiwanis Club. A talk on the constitution of the United States was delivered by M. R. Straw to the Springville Kiwanians at the weekly luncheon held at the Third ward amusement hall Thursday evening, September 11. Mr. Straw in an Interesting manner man-ner outlined the historical development develop-ment of the constitution and gave an exposition of its workings. He then made a strong plea for its support sup-port on the grounds that every right or prerogative enjoyed by the citizens citi-zens of this country is only by virtue vir-tue directly or indirectly of this document. "It was never made to protect the minority, or the wealthy," he said, "but it was made to protect the individual in his rights." At the beginning of the meeting the following were civeu slins of the subject matter and asked to give extemporaneous talks on the various amendments to the constitution: constitu-tion: C. R. Jones, Harold Christen-son, Christen-son, J. F. Wingate. A. L. Thorpe, II. T. Reynolds, Jr.. Wm. X. Grooms, Mark Cook, Elmo Coffman, Wm. Phillips, Ed Rich, Dr. John R. Anderson, An-derson, G. W. Friel, John Holley M. O. Packard, S. L. Mendenhall and G. S. Wood. M. O. Packard was master ol ceremonies and II. Ralph Smart acted as toastmastor. Miss Eliza Packard gave a read ing and responded to an encore Wm. N. Grooms led the commuuitj singing. The attendance prize wai won by M. O. Packard. a. TIZZ 4 |