The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-15
Put New Men on the Board.

c. c. Cows .................... So
w. j. Stadeiman .............. II
George ID. Butterheld ........ 60
julius Haase OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. go
+. A. Beeler Observation-Disclosures. Gil
w. A. Witzigman ............... SO
{. s, Bridge ...,................ 90
{. j. Fleming ......,............. i6
"Mr. Cow declined election.
The result of the annual meeting Of
the Norfolk Commercial club at the
city hall last night Is the virtual re-
organization of the governing board
of directors. This had been expected
the old directors have announced them
selves as anxious to turn their respon.
sibilities over to new men.
or the board elected last year c. d.
Butterield and w. A. Witzigman re.
main A. L. Killian, II. A. Pasewalk
and julius Haase, chosen recently to
fill vacancies, keep their places. w
j. Stademan, f. A. Boeler, c. S
Bridge and G. j. Fleming are new men
on the board, although Mr. Beeler has
been present at directors meetings as
treasurer of the organization and Mr.
Stadelman as the representative of the
Commercial club auxiliary
The directors who retire are Il. c.
Burnham, former president of the
club, A. l.. Degner, the present presi-
dent, w. r. Hoffman and ID. Mathew
son.
Gave No instructions.
The new board of directors will
enter on its work without instructions
from the club proper A year ago
freight rates were made an issue at
the annual meeting No instructions
were voted and the directors are left
to their own judgment in the matters
likely to come before them. The next
board meeting would ordinarily be
held next Monday.
A Good Attendance.
When the meeting was called to
order last evening by President Deg
ner, the hall was comfortably filled by
a representative attendance of Com
mercial club members The review of
the year by Secretary j. d. Sturgeon,
with his report, was approved by the
club with a request that it be pub
| lished in The News. The treasurer's
report as usual was referred to the
auditing committee.
Chautauqua Is Urged.
| Row EIuip Booth ir noCtpr pf n
First Congregational church, urged
that a second chautauQua proposition
be taken up by the club for the com
ing summer The matter was left to
the directors.
Ballot for Directors.
The vote for the nine directors was
taken by secret ballot, each member
voting the number of shares held by
him. No nominations were made but
each member was given a list of the
sustaining members. When the results
were announced c. c. Cow, who had
ranked third in the vote, announced
that his business during the coming year
was such that he could not give the Of
| flee his attention. He explained that
| he was not insensible to the honor but
that he had been connected with every
commercial organization in Norfolk for
the last fourteen years and had given
such time as he could spare BY vote
of the meeting G.. ]. Fleming, the next
highest nan, was advanced to member.
ship in the board
Commercial Convention Will Come.
The state convention of commercial
clubs will be held in Norfolk next
March. The meeting was unanimous
in approving the invitation to the con-
vention, their action being based on
a conference held by Secretary Stur-
geon in Fremont yesterday with the
president of the state organization,
and by the action of A. l.. Killian and
w. A. WitZigman, of the board of di-
rectors, in ascertaining that the senti-
ment of Norfolk avenue business men
was very strong against dropping the
convention. The expense of entertain
ing the convention will not be eXces-
sive
TannehII on the Corn Show.
Frank Tannehill, on behalf of the
recent Norfolk corn show, thanked the
business men of the city for their sup
port. Next year he said the show
would be on a larger scale.
Endorse Postal Clerks.
Before the annual meeting was call
ed s. l.. Anderson, representing the
railway postal clerks, addressed the
directors in the interest of legislation
that would result in the government
paying the expenses of the postal
clerks when away from home on of
fetal duty The directors endorsed
the measure and will make it the sub,
| loot of a resolution To nnnprnSS