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Club History


PictureLen Yelinick, "Elvis" and Howard Naylor
On December 4, 1925, the Las Vegas Kiwanis Club was born.   Kiwanis meeting date and time was set for 12: 10 PM on Wednesdays. Over the years the location has changed but the day  and timeremained the same. 

The club's first meeting was  held at Las Vegas High School. The Kiwanis Club of San Bernardino was our  sponsor. After that the meeting place became “The Beanery”, an unofficial name  for the coffee shop at the Union Pacific Depot. Over the years the meeting  location has changed but our mission has remained the same.

 
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The USS Nevada Ship's Bell
After 61 years in service to the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, it was decided that the ship’s bell from the USS Nevada, an important piece of Nevada state history should be preserved in the state's historical museum.

The bell was presented to the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas by Senator Pat McCarran in 1950 to honor the club’s 25th anniversary. From that day forward the ringing of USS Nevada's bell signaled the opening of the Wednesday Kiwanis meeting.

In September of 2011 during a special luncheon at Lowry's The Prime Rib, the bell was presented to Governor Brian Sandoval by long time Kiwanian Owen LLoyd . Honored guests at the event included three Pearl Harbor survivors. 
  • Ed Hall (U.S. Army Air Corps)
  • Jack Leaming (U.S. Naval Air Corps)
  • Ike Schaub (U.S. Navy)

The USS Nevada served in both World Wars: In
World War II she was one of the battleships trapped when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor She was the only battleship to get underway during the attack. She was hit by one torpedo and at least six bombs while steaming away from battleship row forcing her to be beached.

The ship's bells were recovered during later salvage operations. In the 1950's Senator Pat McCarran presented the bell to the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas.


For additional information about the USS Nevada Bell s
ee the Las Vegas Review Journal article at:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/uss-nevada-bell-back-states-historic-collection



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Owen LLoyd with Governor Brian Sandoval
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USS Nevada underway off the Atlantic coast of the United States on 17 September 1944
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