The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-07
More Than Ninety Members
of Committee of One Hun
dred Present in Commercial
Club This Afternoon.
M. E. HICKEY UNANIMOUS
CHOICE FOR CHAIRMAN
Wheelhorse of Y. M. G. A.
Campaign Will Have Direc-
tion of Activities Of City's
Strong est Community
Board.

More than ninety members OF the
committee of one hundred AibuQuer-
que business men who viii form the
advisory board OF the neyt New Mex
leo state fair gathered in the Com
mercial CLUB this afternoon In a meet
ing at which spirit was shown
which guarantees the complete sue
cess Of the fair. II was "A heart warm
ing gathering Of representative busi-
ness men who showed not only their
Interest In the state fair. b'st their
determination to get behind the state
fair commission and 10 make the next
tair a winner In every phase Of the
undertaking. The meeting was cali
ed to order by President n. Il. Put
ney of the state fair commission. and
the first business discussed was the
organization of The committee itself.
NJ. Il. Hickey. wheeihorse Of the Y.
NJ. G.. a. campaign. was unanimously
| elected chairman OF the committee.
with full power to direct It's activities
alsd appoint all su0 committees. W.
=. southard was chosen vice chair
man. 4. W. Wiley. secretary OF the
| fair commission. VIII act also as sec
retary Of the big committee.
While only ninety-thre OF the one
bundled business men named on the
committee left their businesses In
| mid afternoon To attend the meeting.
the disappointment felt at the absence
OF the seven was modified by the In
formation that All out two OF them
were out of town. The fair board IN
TO hold frequent meetings and mem-
bers who do not attend will be pea
allied. That there win be little need
for the exercise Of the penalislng
power was made clear all through the
meeting today. II was an enthusias-
tic gathering OF confident men. there
TO put their shoulders To the wheel
ana gel results.
The meeting this afternoon devoted
itself chiefly to discussion OF general
fair policy. There We're a number OF
speeches. good ones. which the Her
ald has not space Tor this afternoon.
The sense Of these and the conclusion
= Of the first board meeting was that
, while the amusement program OF the
next fair should be made the best
ever. that the great and foremost ef-
| fort OF the board and the fair COM
+. mission should be to the end OF "a
, real exhibit ~ the products OF New
Mexico.
4 To this end Il was determined "a
Z place the matter OF making real ex-
% hioits before the officials and com.
! mercial 1rganlzations OF every town
and county In the state. This work Z,
70 be done at once. General report,
we're made To the committee by Pres
ident putney and Secretary Wiley q
the work accomplished thus far whicl
were received with applause. The
were business like reports.
MI Hickey has before him the wori
. of choosing sub committees for de
partmentai and special work fo
/, which time will be requlTed. He ex
, peeted To make the selections a.
quickly as possible. Members OF th'
committee present this Afternoon
were:
p. F. McCanna. c. o. cushman. A
! L. Martin. Wilrnot ". Booth. John
Milne. Albert simms. Nye Martin
% Robert Iouden. c. =. Giitner. NJ. y
\ Hickey. David weillef c. @. Hall. u
= @. Coors. Ir.. Roy Campbell. Noise
\ BeEgmaun. J. T. Mclaughlin. w. l.
n Trimble, A. Montoya. Laurence y.
/. I.oe. David Weinman, d. X. 3. Sell
If lers. ] A. Welnman. sam Pickard, y,
n. sisk. J. u. Refill. W. T. Hawkins
r.. j. schueler. Simon Stern, H. G,
RoehI. W. r. McCrelght. Geo. s. Val
\ liant, q. l. Brooks, q. n. Craig. W. p
Is soutkard George Rosling' m, RoJ
x McDonaid, ]. y. Herndon. D. A. Mac
,d pherson. w. w. strong, u. 5. Rosen'
le wald. NJ. Mandell u. =. Llthgow. y
to !. strong, Isaac Harth, Nestor Non
n. ltoya. Mayor Hoatrght Simon sohloss
Tom uushes. A. W. Fiournoy. Fran