Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-16
COMMERCIAL
CLUB HAS ITS
ANNUAL MEET
One Hundred and Fifty Are
Present, Making Session
Best One in History
ORGANIZATION IS
GIVEN NEW NAME
Word "Club" Is Embodie 8
Board of Directors
Declared Elected

The annual business meeting o. the#
reorganfzed Commercial associatioua
was held at the association rooMsa
Tuesday evening. Il was the most
largely attended meeting in the his
tory Of the organization, there beinG
about $50 members present. Pr0ek@
dent ]. H. Morrell, presiding, opened
the meeting with brief resume oeN
the years accomplishments, includln9@
the new hotel. marking and improvs
Ing of highways, conferences with lo
cal authorities on community betters|
ment and last, the membership CAM
paign which has made the organl3oS
tion nearly 700 strong and a powers
to be reckoned with in the future o.
the city.
J. N. Weidenfeller, secretary OF the
association, followed with q detailed
report OF the associations endeavof
during the year.
Name 10 Changed.
The matter OF new name for the
reorganized association was then
broached by President Morrell and an
animated discussion, among the ra0nls
bers followed. The belief was exsS
pressed that. as the new quarters area
to contain rather pretentious club feas
lures, the word club should bes ~ 8&
bodied in the name Of the organisas
ton. Numerous members supporte6
this idea In short talks. Numer0ue
others pointed out that there was ncg
real occasion to change the name be-
cause the present name 10 weItN
known one and stands for very g0rfk
record Of accomplishments WrcslX
the matter came to vote ar'S
name "Ottumwa Commercial. club
ceived the verdic. 1t was left to th4
new board Of directors to make I'M
formal change in the name.
New Directors Announced.
A new board Of directors Rad bee1
selected during the past week by rel
erendum vote. The report OF the ra1
vassing committee showed the follow
Ing twenty-one men had received tby
highest number Of votes and 40 sNc,
were entitled to be declared electo1
as directors: p. G. Ackley G. r.. HalS
er. Chase Bannister, M w Christie
L. r. Clausen. L. T. Crisman. G.
Fahrney, w. H. Ferguson. Lawren6
Garner l.. A. Gordon, w. II. Ha1
Charles Hallberg. G. S. Harper, w.
Harper, Carl T. Haw. H. j. Lytle
X. Mahon, C. G. Merrill. J. II. Morrel
G. M. Myers and G. r. Spry. The eCa
vassing committee comprised Chaf5N
Hallberg, H. 8. Wormhoudt, q. G. Me1
ming H. G. Mercer, Harold Vin10&
Clarence Vernon, C. M. Myers and
A. Gordon. The report was adopts
and the twenty-one men declared a
directors OF the Ottumwa C0mmerci1
club.
Suggestions Are Made.
The meeting was then thrown opSl
to discussion Of any kind and sevef9
suggestions were made for the No.
board to consider Among them wo
one that open membership meeting
should be held once or even twico
month. Another was that refers
dunn vote be taken to show what CO
munity problems the membership
sires to tackle and In what order the
should be taken up. Mr.. MOfrS
promised that the suggestions wcuy
be laid before the new board. n.
Nimocks. an ex-member Of the boag
spoke at some length In telling q
membership Of the diflculties metg
the board and Of its desire to prope
" represent the entire msmber1A
He called upon the members to mAl
their suggestions and register ths
"kicks" with the board rather tn
hold aloof and incite discontent
Club Plans Outlined.
A report from the COMMITTEES whi1
has in charge the plans for remode
ing the club quarters was then ask
for and c. M. Myers, chairman,
planned in some detail what the cOl
mittee is seeking to secure. The ns
quarters are to contain onices Tor
secretary and the traffice manager
general assembly room for the ms1
bership, committee rooms, . home ~
lounging room, a reading room,
lard facilities, toilet facilities ana
women's rest room for the espec1
convenience Of automobile tourists
G. M. Kerns, architect, spoke br1
ly and indicated belief that the c0
mittee will find 1t possible to sect
Just about what it wants In tho
Of quarters. He assured the m0mn
ship that the committees ideas
excellent and will afford club quarts
of which the membership can
proud. III SsS{