In 1958, CSM Julius Small Jr. enlisted in the US Army where he served until 1992. During his 34+ years of service, he visited or was assigned to 18 foreign countries. Following his military career he served as Supply Officer for the Information Management Services Center, responsible for the accountability receipt, issue and storage of Information Technology and Communication equipment in support of Headquarters Forts McPherson, Gillem, U.S. Army FORSCOM, First U.W. Army and many tenant locations in the Atlanta area. He retired from Civil Service in 2008, culminating a career of 50 years of service to the military.
Since his retirement, and as a Department of the Army Civilian, he has volunteered as a service officer with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VF@) and The Disabled American Veterans (DAV). he has been instrumental in assisting many veterans filing claims for service-connected disability compensation that they may be entitled to and to ensure a smooth process with the VA. He has served as Commander for DAV at Chapter Level for the Department of GA.
Small is also the past president of The Association of Retired Enlisted Personnel, Inc., whose primary purpose is to assist members and families professionally and culturally, and to promote and improve both local and national relationships between active duty military, retirees, their family members, survivors and civilians through benevolent programs and social activities.
Small is an active member of his church and is a Line Officer for The New Era Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc. His military decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit 3, OLC, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with the 3d Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with 3d Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, the Good Conduct Medal (11th Award) and several campaign medals. Small was born in Savannah, GA and raised in Beaufort, S.C. He holds an AA and BA from Saint Leo College in Saint Leo, Florida. He and his wife Dorothy have five children and seven grand children.
Please join us for the Atlanta Kiwanis June Interclub with the Kiwanis Club of Northside Atlanta – at a different date and location. We will meet June 29 at noon at Villa International, 1749 Clifton Road, Atlanta 30329, across from CDC. This event will take the place of our usual 4th Thursday interclub for June. Please RSVP to Karen Carlisle at kcarlis5@kennesaw.edu or at 404-668-8952 if you can join us June 29.
About Villa International Villa International is a 33-room residence founded in 1967 and launched in 1970 with funding from the Presbyterian Women of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Since its doors opened in 1972, Villa International has hosted 25,000+ residents from 147 countries. Residents are primarily international researchers at the CDC and the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, but include others, such as public health professionals of all varieties, interning doctors, students and seminarians.
Atlanta can be an intimidating city, especially for international visitors working long hours in unfamiliar surroundings. Finding a place to live can often be a daunting experience. Being able to afford housing, when a month’s rent is often more than a guest’s entire annual salary, can be a deal breaker. In response to these obstacles, seven Christian denominations provide this welcoming community where visitors can find acceptance, respect, and the comforts of home.
Kiwanians, our next social will be at the Sky Valley home of Jeb and Marsha Howell to view the Total Solar Eclipse! Please see below for a special invitation to attend this once in a lifetime event!
On MONDAY, August 21, 2017, a Total Solar Eclipse will pass directly over our mountain home in Sky Valley, GA, the nearest spot to Atlanta.
This is a once in a lifetime event! Or more appropriately, a once in two lifetimes event! The last total solar eclipse visible in the United States was on June 8, 1918 (which happens to be 12 days after our club's official charter date!)
The path of the eclipse is only 65 miles wide. We will be in a total eclipse for about 3 minutes at 2:35 PM, with about an hour before and after of partial eclipse. Marsha and I have a large yard at our Sky Valley home, right on a lake at 3500 feet elevation, and we want as many of our friends as possible to come up and see it with us.
We will have someone cooking hot dogs, hamburgers etc- BYOB- for those of you in Atlanta, you can come up Monday AM and be back before dark Monday PM. If you want to come from farther away, we can help you find lodging, stay the weekend. We will probably have a guide bring those who want to take the one hour hike to the top of Rabun Bald, Georgia's 2nd highest peak (about 4800 feet), which is visible from our Sky Valley home.
I have attached images showing the path of the eclipse from a broader geographic perspective, plus a closer look at the path through Sky Valley, and a map from 1918 showing the path of the last total solar eclipse (it missed Georgia).
We will order a quantity of the special sunglasses for safely viewing the eclipse, so please RSVP to jeb.howell@gmail.com by August 14, 2017 if you think you will come so we have enough glasses!
Don't get the BOOT! Be sure your car has a Kiwanis Club of Atlanta car decal properly displayed on your vehicle.
The security company contracted by Lanier Parking will be booting all cars that are parked in the reserved parking places and that do not have a valid decal on their car identifying them as attending the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon. So if you arrive prior to 11:45 am on Tuesday, please make sure you have a parking decal on your car. You can get a decal from Karen at the luncheon meeting, and then place it on the right back window (passenger side) from inside your car. They are static cling, so easy to put on and take off!
Just in case you missed the last couple Member Spotlights at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon meeting, we have listed the last few below. The next time you need someone with their expertise, please, "Do Business with a Kiwanian!"
"Do Business" with these Kiwanians!
John Fenton, is founder/CEO of JFHealthyLiving, executive coach and Vistage Chair. He helps CEOs and leaders achieve greater success with fewer hours and improved relationships through 1-to-1 coaching, private advisory boards, seminars and workshops. If you want to think differently, make better decisions, take bold action and create meaningful results, contact John at jfenton@jfhealthyliving.com.
Elizabeth Fullerton is the Communications Specialist for the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE), public private nonprofit that promotes higher quality, better organized and more cost effective cancer care for Georgians. Among its many initiatives are the online resource, GeorgiaCancerInfo.org and the Cancer Survivorship Connection (www.GeorgiaCancerInfo.org/survivorship). Elizabeth can be reached at efullerton@georgiacore.org or 404-273-6297.
Allen Harris focuses his law practice exclusively on issues relating to family law and divorce, including the division of complex assets, alimony, prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements. He can be reached at 404.239.0026, or afh@petersonharris.com.
Do you want to let the members of our club know more about you and your business? Do you want to network and cultivate more business contacts? If you answered yes, then you need to sign up to do a "Member Spotlight" at one of our club meetings!
Spotlights are done every 2nd and 4th Tuesday luncheon meeting (and the occasional 5th) each month. You have two minutes to showcase your business and tell the other members how you can benefit them! To get on the schedule, just email Karen at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com.
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