Buy Back Kiwanis

At the Birmingham Alabama Convention May 20 – 22, 1919 Kiwanis buys itself.
Source: We Build, The Story of Kiwanis by John H. Moss and Merton S. Heiss, pages 38-44

Allen Browne wanted $17,500 for the Kiwanis name within 24 hours.

Harry E. Karr president of the Baltimore Kiwanis Club subscribed $500 towards the purchase. Within those 24 hours Kiwanis purchased itself from Allen S. Browne.

Harry E. Karr would go on to be Kiwanis International President in 1921.

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