New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-04-10
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING.

VII fiDllbdl lliSiit q hNi''Ni v
business men all members of til
New Iberia Chamber of Con
merce assembled III the City HaI
to hear the report of the Secrc
tary and especially to re-elect
new Board Of Directors to carr,
Oh the work Of the Association
The meeting was a very harmon
ious one while the attendance wa
not near as large as it should hav,
been under the circumstances
still every one present showed
their appreciation by their actiy,
interest in the work being don,
under the supervision of the of
fcers and board. There should
have been in attendance at this
important meeting several hun
dred interested citizens instead OF
a few dozen. This however, does
not mean that the citizens as a
whole are not Interested, as but
few who subscribed to the Cham
Der have neglected to pay Their
dues, and as a whole the results
are very satisfactory to the mem
bers President Estorge i'm
pressed upon the members the
necessity of each one paying his
or her dues promptly which Is the
only way the organization can
have easy sailing. Among those
we noticed at the meeting were 4:
Messrs. j. A. Fagot, Jos. Cour-
reqe, +. H. Butfinton, DR.. J. A.
Goodwin, S. o. Nuckolls, Fred
Decuir, Edwin Estorge, Vic j..
Erath, John r. Taylor, Abe
Hirsch, ID. A. Dimitry, j. p. Sub
erbielle, w. b. Sharp, Luke Der
tram. A.Daigre, f. 7. Weeks, AL
phonse Davis, +. NJ. Boutte, DR..
II. A. King, A. b. Murray, E. }.
Carstens. j. r. Perry, A. Cousin,
J. A. Buquor, E. p. Folse, Frank
Mouton, f. Taul, w. J. Burke, V.
j. Smith. II. S. Sealy, =. Pour
eeau, A. Leblanc, A. b. Lewald
and A. Dominique.
After a few remarks by the
President, Edward Estorge, he
then called upon Secretary A. {.
Bernard to address the meeting,
which showed the Importance of
a strong and active Chamber Of
Commerce especially in develop
ing the resources of the Parish
in an agricultural way. 1t was
then in order to elect the new
Board which resulted in the fol-
lowing selection: e. L. Estorge,
A. Daigre, John r. Taylor, Al
phonse Davis, J. r. Perry, E. II.
Buffinton, Alpine Fontelieu, S. o.
Nuckolls, J. p. Suberbielle, Fritz
Dietlein, j. Z. Dupuy, John E.
Schwing, DR.. H. A. King, d. A.
Dimitry and M. w. Fisher.
Mr.. Bernard S address was as
follows:
In discussing the work that
this Chamber Of Commerce has
done, is doing and has planned
to do, | shall necessarily have to
include a prospective review as
well as prospective one, for
the reason that that the very ma
ture of the work we have under
taken, not only Of the
work that is in process Of being
carried out or work that is act
ually accomplished or visible, but
it goes beyond this and includes
the silent and invisible forces at
work. In other words some of
the work we know to have been
actually accomplished will not
be visible in a material sense
for sometime vet, for time has not
been sufficient for all results to
be in evidence. The actual change
Of view. the actual conviction on
the part of man that he can do
a thing is a great part Of the bat
tie. We believe that a great
change Of attitude among our
people has taken place, and it is
this change of point of view, this
conviction that it can be done
that is potent in all work of ed
ncation and evolution.
Il stated to you gentlemen
when first came here that if any
man expected, because Of having
taken one or two memberships.
that factories with noise and
smoke would spring up here, and
that farms would be transformed
over night into beautiful gardens,
and that before that membership
expired, the amount subscribed
should have returned with eight
per cent interest to his individual
pocket, | want to say | think tina,