1626 RESOLUTION NO. lo2b
-�- _ A RESOLUTION DEDICATING WEEK OF NOVEBER 2, 19+2 AS "KIYvrANIS
WEEK" AT THE FAIR PARK GULF COURSE; 00414ENDING THE WORK OF ALL
PERSuN6 ASSISTING IN ESTAi3LISHING THE SAID GOLF COURSE; AND FUR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, it is a frailty of human nature to let time obstruct
the channels of memory; and
`t=LR.LAS, we acknowledge our present duty to commemorate in
some lashion the accomplishments of our contemporaries; and
•.:HER2AS, in our lifetime the Kiwanis Club of Little Rock
perf orrmed a great and lastin work, contributing to the health,
ha2uiuess and pleasure of countless men and women, when it
conceived, created and, in 1925, turned over to the City of
eittle Rock the Fair Park Golf Course, which at that time was
called the Kiwanis-,unicipal Golf Links, which has redounded to
the benefit of so many; and
iFiEREAS, the idea of a municipal golf course and recreation
center was conceived in the minds of the Honorable Frank H. Dodge,
at that time President of the Little Rock Kiwanis Club, and
Claude E. Faulhaber, en untiring worker not only in the Kiwanis
Club but in every other civic enterprise, who, with the assistance
of H. C. Hackbarth, laid out the golf course and led the members
of the Kiwanis Club in picking up rocks to clear the fairways; and
i} REAS, the execution of the idea of the founders was brought
into full fruition by the late Walter J. Terry, also a tireless and
unselfish worker in every phase of civic enterprise, ,, ith a love of
outdoor sports and with a zealous regard for the rights of all men
and women to enjoy the benefits of such sports - a man ;rho gave freely
of his talents end genius in the fulfillment of the dream of its •
originators, and who, as a Kiwanian and as Chairman of the Golf Commission,
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served 1.7-ith efficiency and distinction and completed the last
nine holes of the course; and .
.7TEREAS, The Fair Lark golf Course is now one of the
1 finest in this or any other state,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESCLVED that in recognition of the .
unselfish work and devotion of these honorable gentlemen, who,
<«_, : � . F.__ _„with vision and foresight and a sense of love for and obligation
to their fellowmen, contributed so much to the happiness of
others, we hereby dedicate and set aside November 2 to November 9,
1942, as Kiwanis `.:eek at the Fair Bark golf Course, as a memorial
r to the glory and honor of the Little Rock Kiwanis Club, and to
all of its members who contributed generously and nobly to a work
that is so worthwhile, inspired by the motto of the Kiwanis Club,
"We Build"; and a cordial invitation to the members of the Kiwanis
Club to play the course end inspect the buildings and grounds as
the guests of the City of Little Rock during that week is hereby
extended.
ADOPTED: November 2, 1942
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City L1erk. Mayor.