The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
COMM ERClAL CLUB.

Speaking of constructive factors OF
Norfolks upbuilding-there's the Com
mercial club.
The whole organism of a commercial
club is constructive. Organized activ-
ity among business interests of a COM
munity can mean wonderful develop
ment of that community and Norfolk
business interests, realizing that there
are countless possibilities by way of
development for Norfolk's future, have
organized. They have gotten together
for mutual benefit and advancement
and they have called themselves the
Norfolk Commercial club.
The other day Head Consul A, r.
Talbot of the Modern Woodmen of
America made a speech in this city to
thousand assembled fraternal men,
bers from out over this territory. In
that speech he spoke of the advantage
of organization and cooperation. And
he told story to bring out his point.
| up in Dakota last summer a child
was lost in the wheat field" he said.
"The child's parents tried and tried,
ter She had wandered into the midst
of that great wheat field and had been
swallowed up by the waving grain.
The minister learned of it and rang
the church bell. He proposed that
everybody join in the search and that
they all join hands and march through
the field in one long line. They found
the child in this way"
It's true of a community as it is of
individuals. And Norfolk business in
terests have grasped this fact and put
it into use for Norfolk's upbuilding
Prominent and respected business
men have been elected as officers in
the Commercial club of Norfolk.
There are nine directors, a president,
a vice president treasurer and there
is to be a secretary. The whole unit
ed business interests of Norfolk have
utmost confidence in these officers, and
expect confidently that benefit will
come in the future as it has in the
past from cooperation.
Every business man in Norfolk is
eligible to membership in Norfolk's
Commercial club-and every business
man can take just as many member
ships as he likes, at so cents per share
per month. This money is used for de-
fraying various expenses that are in
Cured in promoting the interests of
the whole city. There are 1876 men,
berships at the present time and the
fact that most of these memberships
exercised their right to vote during
he rl,o
terest in the organization and what it
does. Every commercial traveller re-
siding in Norfolk belongs to this Com
mercial club and, by recent vote of the
directors, will be given membership
certificates without fee. Committees
are appointed by the directors to look
after various matters of importance
that arise, and it has been so arranged,
by limiting committees to one man
each. that these appointments shall
result of achievement Every Tuesday
morning the directors of the club meet
at 8 o'clock to talk over public mat
ters of the moment, and to lay out
plans for the coming weeks campaign
toward a greater Norfolk.
Norfolk believes that a Commercial
club is one of the most vitality construc-
tive factors that community can pos
sess, and that by taking the initiative
and creating new ideas and plans for
making Norfolk bigger and better
city, it will take the lead in all things
progressive.
The following officers have just been
elected for the ensuing year:
President, G. E. Burnham.
Il Vice president, A. j. Durland.
Treasurer, H. c. Sattler.
Directors:
c. E. Durham.
G. ID. Butterfeld.
i w. A. Wtizigman.
i d. Mathewson.
A. j. Durland.
A. Degner.
S. G. Mayer. '3
S. r. Carney.
W. R. Hoffman.
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