Dalton Civitan

Dalton Civitan Club
Champions of Service ; Enriching Lives in Dalton, Georgia

Fellowship and Giving Back Video

We are Dalton Civitan Fall Festival 2023

Mission Statement

The worldwide mission of Civitan International is to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs, with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

Creed

The Dalton Civitan Club was one of the first donors to Dalton State College in 1967. Every single dollar we raise stays here in Dalton area!

I AM CIVITAN: as old as life, as young as the rainbow, as endless as time.
MY HANDS do the work of the world and reach out in service to others.
MY EARS hear the cry of children and the call throughout the world for peace, guidance, progress, and unity.
MY EYES search for others to join in the fellowship and service of Civitan.
MY MOUTH utters the call to daily duty and speaks prayers in every tongue.
MY MIND teaches me respect for law and the flag of my country.
MY HEART beats for every friend, bleeds for every injury to humanity, and throbs with joy at every triumph of truth.
MY SOUL knows no fear but its own unworthiness.
MY HOPE is for a better world through Civitan.
MY MOTTO: builders of good citizenship.
MY BELIEF: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
MY PLEDGE: to practice the Golden Rule and to build upon it a better and nobler citizenship.

About Us

Dalton Civitan Club: Dalton’s Oldest Civic Club since 1921

Join us at the Dalton Golf and Country Club on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at noon. All are welcome to the Dalton Civitan Club, the city’s longest-standing civic club.

Paul B. Fite was the 1st president of the Dalton Civitan Club serving from 1921-1929. Mr. Fite was Principal of Dalton Brick And Tile Corporation, if you look, you can see many of the bricks on the walls of the buildings in downtown Dalton stamped with Dalton Brick and Tile.

However, did you know that in 1914 Dalton was competing with Rome in an effort to get U.S. Highway 41 to come through Dalton? The highway was to connect Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn. This group of men joined in a motorcade from Dalton to Chattanooga in order to promote Dalton. Dalton’s motto for the name of the highway was Battlefield Route. The group made the trip in the automobile owned by Paul B. Fite. They won the cup for having the largest number of representatives. Tom Boaz is at left holding a cane. At the far back is J. G. McLellan wearing a white hat and having one hand on the shoulder of J. J. Copeland. Dr. J. L. Jarvis is wearing a bow tie. Louis Crawford is leaning on the sign and Paul B. Fite is holding the cup. Seated on the bumper left to right: Frank S. Pruden, B. A. Tyler, Mr. Bishop from Adairsville.

Sorry Rome.