The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-18
CAIRO BOOSTERS
Effect first
ORGANIZATION
New Body Of travelling Men Takes
Name Cairo Active
Travellers"
'cAvANNESS IS PRESIDENT
cAvANNEss IS PRESIDENT
One Of Original Promoters Elected
Over His Protest. Meet
Next Saturday

With w. J.. Cavanness as presi-
dent, the Cairo Active Travellers, a
body organized for, the express pur-
Ipose OF boosting Cairo. was formed
lat banquet held last night at the
Marion Hotel The other officers
| leected were: r.. A. Atkins, repre-
senting the McKnight-Keaton Groc-
cry Company; vice-president; J. B.
Pfetfer. representing the. National
Cash Register Company, treasurer;
r. A. Daley, secretary, and e. NJ.
Starzinger. representing the Ma
tional Cash Register Company, SER
geant-at-arms. The organization
was formed with an initial mem
bership OF 81 and, IL enthusiasm is
indicative of determination to boost,
Cairo Is due for an abundance of
advertising in the future.
After heated contest, which f.
nally resulted in vote Of the mem
bers, the official title of the new
organization was chosen. Five out
of the twenty-one members present
voted In favor of Cairo Active
Travellers" on the first ballot, while
the Cairo Boosters Association"
hackers tied with the same number
OF votes On the second ballot, the
Cairo Active Travellers woE.
Cavanness Calls Meeting.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. Cavanness and ON a motion
submitted by Norton Renfro, T. j..
Rushing was eefected temporary
chairman and Mr.. Cavanness tenn
porary secretary.
After MIR. Cavanness had explain
ed the object of calling the meeting
the officers were elected and mem
bers were enrolled It was agreed
by unanimous vote to admit news
paper men and publishers as honor
airy members and, after discussion, it
was decided to appoint Commit
tee on Business. BY unanimous
vote the following members to this
committee were chosen: Messrs.
Rushing, Crawford and ]. E. Light
foot. The committee will draft the
bylaws of the organization, and
also twill Attend to THE printing
and other matters requiring imme-
diate attention. The next meeting
will be held Saturday night at the
Marion Hotel.
Mr.. Cavanness. who Is one of the
leaders In the movement to boost
Cairo, declared, In an address, that
the purpose in forming the organ
iation was to further the interests
of the city.
Association to Boost Cairo.
"Our desire is to get together and
boost Cairo he said. "The city has
many advantages that should be ex-
plotted and the travelling men, be-
lieve, will be able to do good work.
The organization will not be an
ltagonisticf to any of the commercial
bodies of the city and will do all it
possibly can to aid them. We are
organizing for one purpose and that
| Is to boost Cairo and sincerely be-
lieve, that, with the proper amount
Of effort, we will be able to accom-
plish many good results. No man
who travels out of Cairo, or who
represents any product handled
through Cairo concern, will be
denied membership. OF course, the
bars will not be down to every Tom,
Dick and Harry who earns his living
by travelling. We will seek only
those who have Cairo's interest at
heart and l believe these are the
only men whdwill boost our city at
all times"
The question as to whether whole
sale dealers were to be admitted as
members resulted in much discus
sion. Some of those present were in
favor of admitting the wholesale
dealers as honorary members, while
others were in favor of admitting
only those who actually went out on
the road.
BY unanimous vote Fred Gaunt of
the Marx -Gaunt COMPANY was