The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-21
FIRST DAY BRINGS
81 NEW MEMBERS
Board of Commerce Boost Cam
paign Starts With Rush-500 in
Ten Days Mark Set.


men who sat down to luncheon in
the Board of Commerce rooms at
1915 Monday afternoon. They had
just returned from the first days
solicitation for new members OF the
Board of Commerce, and the result
of their labors was a total of 81 new
applications.
The daily quota is so applications,
total Of 500 in the ten days which
the membership campaign will last
Therefore, the members OF the com
mittee had q right to be pleased. III
the work progresses in the same pro-
portion In the nine days which re-
main, they will get many more than
the 500 members desired. The cam
paign was started promptly at 10
o'clock Monday morning by Mayor
Thompson. All of the workers gath
cred at the Board of Commerce build
ing at 9:45 and at 10 o'clock they
were in automobiles hurrying away
to get reams OF application blanks
signed
The first days work was confined
TO the downtown districts But this
locality was worked thoroughly. The
only men not solicited were those who
the committee called.
The first man to get his name On
an application blank was w. J. Jor-
dan, the Lafayette-blvd tailor. Pro
pinquity accounts for Mr.. Jordan get
ting this record. 1t Is reported that a
solicitor had him already Lined up"
and dashed across the street to get
his check and signature as soon as
the mayor gave the word to go.
The others who applied for mem
bership as a result of the first days
solicitation are: John G. Dietz, Oscar
Weber, j. L. Weber, James b. Web
Der, Edgar @. Behr, o. p Hawley,
+. A. Peavey, s. b. Dusinberre, K. C..
Dunbar, VIM. Hughes Clarke, Morris
Grabowsky, Carl L. Brumme, h. b.
Eby, Malcolm McKinnon, Milford
Stern, Frederick j. Winter, Jr, Nell
Barnes, John II. Thompson, Jacob
Kolb,, w. F. Jordan. G. w. Blanchard.
Charles S. Mcdonald. James G. Pierce,
F. w, Odds, James III. Mcdonald, c.
4. Locke, w. j. Boyer, Walter G.
Taepke. A. A. MacDairmid, Jr.. =. III.
Leith. Carl NJ. Green, ]. F. Dun, j. II.
Gould, III. +. James. Leo. NJ. Butzel,
John M. McKerchey, c. c. Hiidebrand,
Z. II. Broadwell, w. NJ. Moore, Julian
@. Dickinson. Herbert c. Leech, John
p. Frazer, Gus Sonnenburg, C.. s.
Greenwood NJ. Greenwood, A. Z
Rosengarten. Sam Smitt, F. p. Strik-
er, c.. b. Marshall, j. G. Hamblen. ID.
j. Healy, S. X. Goldberg, J. A. Burns,
Herbert A. Daily, K. A. Morris, James
l.. Geddes, A. @. Pitts, Frederick Sea-
grave, d. A. Johnston, Donald A. Mac
,KehxieI f.. III. Boynton, Rowland M.
Conner, E. T. Berger, Edward b.
Spalding. w. b. Groverman, Henry c.
Corns, NJ. woolsey Campau, c e
Huyette, X. j. Wynne, j. f. Dubois,
K. Hart. Robert NJ. Dalton, Thomas L.
Dalton, Thomas l.. Dalton, ALBERT
Kern. oJ--0. Howard, Charles III. Gull
YER, Elmer s. Moon, c. s. Crane, Geo.
Harland, Fred E. Gordon, F. f. Heck
ert, Thomas Fl. Norris, William Win
ton
: This lis the best yet said
Chairman Hugh Chalmers, az the so
licltors turned in their reports. This
is better than / had expected, though
| certainly hoped for a good show
lag -
Our first days work is extreme
ly encouraging. We know for a GER
tainty now that we shall have no
difficulty In getting the 500 members
We are after. And We have set a
pace for ourselves. All We have to
do Is to keep up the work at this
rate and We shall have more than
1000 members in the board when the |
campaign is over
1T must be remembered, too, that
We are new at the work: we haven't !
fairly got started yet"
The workers are also greatly en-
couraged by the fact that SO many |
applications are coming In by mail |
The personal letters and circulars !
distributed by the board are having |
their effect. Twelve applications |
came by mail Monday morning. In |
starting the members of the commit |
tee away this morning. Mayor Thomp- |
son wished the Board of Commerce |
all success in its campaign. He was |
liberal in his praise OF the work |
which the board is doing and raid |
that every Detroiter should feel il |
an honor to be asked to join the or |
ganization.
The gold mesh purse, which Is SO |
dear TO the heart of women, has been |