The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-25
NEW MEMBERS
STILL ROLLINS IN
Fourth Days Hustling by Board of
Commerce Committee Adds ~ To
Rolls-Some Amusing Incidents.

Abner 70. Larned. president OF the
Board OF Commerce, and the mem
bership squad with which he works,
Friday morning entered the ONCE OF
a Woodward-ave. merchant who Is
quite deaf. The committee gave all
their arguments as to why the mer-
chant should join the Board OF Com
merce. Then he asked them to say
II all over again. After several min
utes he managed TO comprehend that
they wanted $25 for membership In
the board. Turning to a clerk In his
once he said Board OF Commerce,
$26. What about it?"
'Oh. 60 on and join" said the clerk.
Everybody 10 doing It."
Everybody may not be joining but
the business and professional men OF
Detroit are signing applications for
membership In the board at an aver
age of more than 100 a day. The
fourth days solicitation brought In
az. And there are still six more days
In which to get the original 500 which
the special membership committee
started out to get.
To most of the committee men the
original slogan, 800 new members In
ten days" has become more or less or
q joke. There has been no Official
change In the plans OF the committee,
but everyone OF the solicitors really
expects that 1000 applications for
membership will be on file when the
campaign comes to an end next
Friday.
The relating Of the experiences OF
some OF the solicitors il enlivening
each days luncheon In the board
rooms. Here Ii one that Clyde Web
ster. who is working with A. A. Hig-
glnson's squad, told:
Webster went into an Office and
started to make his solicitation. The
man to whom he was talking fidgeted
about and tried to get out Of signing
an application, but Webster was In
sistent. He wouldn't be put OF and
so, finally, the man signed the slip
and wrote q check Then he looked
at Webster and sighed:
Its all right, / guess" he said,
"but / wonder what my brother, Dave
Brown, will say when he finds out
signed up with YOU"
Webster had just finished telling
his story and the laugh on Mr.. Brown
had not subsidized when w. X. Orr got
up.
II went into a mans Office, yester-
day, and finally got him to sign an APP
plication." he said. His name Is
Charles Hughes. As he wrote his
name on the application blank he
said, What I'm worrying about Is
what my brother-in-law. Clyde Web
ster, will say about my giving this
application to someone else.
Those who signed applications FRI
day are:
J. II. Poole, julius Freud. M. J.
Haldeman, w. III. Peck, Chas. b.
Wing. VIM. II. Rose. c.. +. Richards,
Charles A. Parker. Albert A. Steb-
bard. F. F. Terry. A. j. Bloomgar-
den, Samuel Sarasohn. Charles r.
Yane, C. C. Quinlan. Alex. Gagnier,
c.. C.. Becker. j.. G., Phipps, w. X.
Wigle, Lawrence Cameron Hull, w.
III. Northmore, Frank Scott Clark,
Peter Dederichs, John F. Koenig. Ar
thur E. Harrison, Benz. II. Scranton.
w. w. Campbell, Chas. M. Steele. ID.
e. Murray. j. l.. Marcero. 3. Z.
Stearns, Chas. d. Hastings, Clarkson
C. Wormer, Jr., f. M. Randall, Leon
ard N. Settler, Geo. Nj. Schettler, +.
r. Van Tuyl, l.. II. Turnbull. VIM. 1.
Quinlan, Frank f. Bumps, howard G.
Wade, j. H. Knaupe, VIM. p. Wright,
C., 8. wirick. Walter Thompson, I.
w. McInerney. G.. G. Fenwick. Al
fred p. Chambe, G.. w. Harrah, J.
ID. Richardson, C.. E. Rail, 5. A.
Court, WIN. w. Fiero. G. e. Kerwin,
Chas. b. Erringer, Geo. J.. thinner
man, F. l.. Colby, C. NJ. Moore, Ed
ward |. Stimson, j. r. Waters, q. l..
williams, JOS. II. Austin, Floyd Il.
Bowen. a. T.. Marshall. w. j. War
rem. w. II. Smith. Archibald Carey,
II. H. Dickinson, Elmer 4. Ledbet-
ter. George F. Burke, w. G. Clarke,
Henry Mueller, l.. M. White. John J.
schultz, Otto A. Wagner, Thos. n.
stephens, F. w. r. Perry, II. A.
Newhoff.
President Abner z. Larned, or the
Board OF Commerce, has gone SO far
as to sacrifice his automobile to the
cause. His machine was stolen while
he was busy getting members for the
hoard. So far the search for II has
been unavailing.
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