Jane Strom
For The New Era
The Kiwanis Club of Sweet Home is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year as an active community service organization.
The club was chartered on Jan. 23, 1948, sponsored by the Lebanon Kiwanis Club, which was chartered the year before. The Sweet Home Club’s first meeting was on Dec. 4, 1947.
The club’s charter roster read like a “Who’s Who” of Sweet Home at the time, including Floyd Van Horn,…