Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
WAUsE0N BOOSTERS
Boosters Club Organized at Mon
tauk Club Rooms Monday Evening
Fifty Members Enrolled-Chau-
tauqua Matters Considered and Of
ficers Elected -Band-Garden Con-
test. and New Manufactory Dis
cussed.


About fifty OF the representative
men OF the village gathered IN the
Montauk Club Rooms last Monday
evening and before they lett at apoul
10 o'ciock they had organized live
Boosters cluD ana discussed num-
Der OF matters OF general interest to
the community. The meetlng was
called to order by Mayor Roll Hoy
VINO stated that there were many
thins that needed to be done tor the
general welfare and progress OF the
town and that in oroer TO get them
done it seemed necessary to have a
good live organization and that the
meeting had been called for the pur-
pose OF either reviving the old or
ganization, the Wauseon Commerci-
al Club or effecting a new organiza-
ton. Mr.. Hoy announced the name
OF Fred ID. Wolf tor chairman OF the
meeting and he was chosen as such
by the unanimous vote OF those
present. II. y. Meister was chosen
secretary. Considerable time was
taken in discussing the advlsability
of reviving the old Commercial Club
or of organizing a new club with a
lower membership fee; there were
many expressions of the necessity of
an active organization of this kind
IN Wauseon and it was finally decld-
ed to organize The Wauseon Boosters
Club. All citizens OF Wauseon ell
gible to membership; membership
fee $1.00 per year. All present, fifty,
were enrolled as members Of the or
ganization and committee OF three
was appointed by the chair to nomi-
nate permanent officers, this COM
mittee to report at the next meeting
on Monday evening May 4th. The
next item brought before the gather
ing was the status of the Cnautau-
qua for Wauseon the present season.
Since the death of Mr.. E. L. Burgoon
who was the president of the organ
ization there has been no executive
head to carry on negotiations with
the Lincoln Chautauqua system with
whom Wauseon business men have
contracted for the Chautauqua AS
sembly here this season. Mr.. Chas.
t. Stahl was elected president, Prof.
M. L. Alstetter and Chas. Grlsler
were elected first and second vice
presidents and Mr.. H. D.. Melster the
former secretary-teasurer was con-
tinued in that office. The Band was
the next matter brought up and COM
mon sentiment among those present
was that Wauseon should by all
means maintain band; Mr.. Reign
ard suggested that he could not see
that the business men of the town de-
rived any more benefit from the band
than any other citizens and he could
see no reason why the business men
of the town should bear greater
proportion of the expenses incident
To- the support Of the band than any
other class of citizens. This sentl-
rnent was strongly upheld by those
uresent and the idea that the Council
should provide for the band was ex-
pressed. w. B. Harris, who manag-
ed the band last year and who posi-
tivelv declined to accept that honor
this year stated that approximately
S7OO. were needed to maintain the
hand during the season and Mayor
Hoy stated that the Council had ap-
propriated $500 Tor the nrst SIX
months of the present year. a COM
mittee OF three was appoih.eu - ~
vest5gate and report on tn,s .,I IasIel Mei
One OF the results OF tne Gniio Wel-
fare Institute recently neiu IN wau-
seon was the appolntment o. q com.
mittee, of which Mr.. =. y. Greenlsal
in the chairman, TO promote e ga:uel,
contest among the boys ana glris'
Mr.. Wolfe suggested tnat tne clup
could cooperate IN TINS m9vemens
stated that Mr.. GreenieaI naa al
ranged to donate the use Oh gIounu
suitable for the garden piots anu .rlas