The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-28
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CHAMBER or COMMERCE AFT-
FER HOURS OF LAHo r MAKE Sc:
LECTION FROM THE GREAT LIST
SUBMITTED.
WINNERS name Withheld
PUBLIC ANNoUNoEaEN or THE
ADOPTED BOOSTER PHRASE
AND NAME. OF WINNER WILL
Be- MADE FROM COURT HOUSE
STEPS SATURDAY. NIGHT.

est. Lonis has the Goods but Fair.
mont has the slogan. This isithe oplp.
ion Of the Board Of Directors Of the
Chamber Of Commerce who had q spe,
cial meeting last night for the pur.
pose Of choosing from the large list
Of slogans one that would fit our pro:
gresslve city, and you know "Fairmont
Never Fails"
The members of the board have
pledged themselves to secrecy as to
whom the gold and glofyH will be.
long until Saturday evening when at
the. band concert public announcement
will be made from the court house
steps Of the slogan and the winner.
The committee has relieved consider
able strain from the anxiety of many
Of the sloganers by stating that the
winner is not a man but q young lady
of the city. Every man who had a
slogan in of course @just knew" bis
was the best and that the board made
terrible mistake in not selecting HIS
slogan but the board offers as a con
ISOLATION to all the dlsappotnted lheA
of the city the information that they
did not know from whom nor where
the selected slogan came until 1t was
agreed upon. The secretary turned
lover to the board copies OF all slo-
gans submitted and retained the
names OF the; writertn his own pos
lsession until the selection was made
after which the winner was identified
iby the Original still aFtlie ossession
Eof Secretary " ans sos Blte tne
Board Of Directors b comp posed OF gal
liant men they did not let their gal
llantry influence their decision in the
least and did not favor the slogan Sc
llected for any cause except that they
thought 1t had the proper ring and
was typIcally suggestive of the I'm
portance Of Fairmont as an industrial
center.
The work Of making selection wat
kindeed big task and the board ia
bored until eleven o'clock with tht
suggestions submitted and by tht
pfoeess Of elimination rejected all bu
81 Of the best ones and from this lis
the elimination continued until tht
choice was narrowed down to two Of
three and finally "tfe jury agreed OF
its verdict" and made the selection
the unanimous choice Of the board,
The crowds are always large u
Saturday nights at the band concerts
and a record breaking crowd is eS
pected to be out next Saturday even
ling TO become saturated with tn
booster spirit and learn the identlt
OF the winner, and become acquainI
ed with the battle cry OF progress.
The Board Of Directors expresse
. their highest appreciation OF the In
terest shown in the contest and con
mented, on the great number Of exec
lent suggestions submitted for thel
, consideration and the ones who wer
!, not so fortunate as to have their SUI
geston adopted need feel no discou
agement for many suggestions wer
made that win be used by the advertIl
!, ing committee in Advertising to the ou
side world the advantages and r.
. sources of Fairmont, and many whic
were not selected would make apprI
pirate catch phrases for Fairmont 9
most any other city Imbued with tn
spirit OF development
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