Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1916-03-30
COMMERCIAL CLUB
DIRECTORS ACTIVE
SEASONS WORK PLANNED AT
MONDAY MEETING-TO HAVE
PAID SECRETARY

MONDAY MEEIlNG-IO HAVE
APAID SECRETARY
Commercial Club Directors Active
The Directors of the Commercial
Club met in their regular weekly
meeting Monday night and went over
many matters in connection with the
plans for the years work. 1nasmuch
as the sentiment has been practically
unanimous in favor of securing a paid
secretary of experience the Directors
have been in correspondence with sew
eral prospective applicants for the po-
sition. Some high class men have
been recommended and while no Sc
lection has as yet been made the d.
rectors believe it will be possible to
secure a man who will meet their
rigid requirements.
Good Roads will be one of the Clubs
slogans for 1916. This work will be
done under the leadership of the Good
Roads Committee of which Mr.. c. A.
Mansfield, Mr.. A. F. Burk and Mr.. J.
Arthur Cunningham will act as the
Director members. At special meet
ing of this Committee Mr.. Mansfield
was selected as Chairman and his par
ticular job this year will be to build
good roads in all directions from Will
iston. There is no more persistent
good roads enthusiast anywhere than
Mr.. Mansfield and he has two able as
sistants in Mr.. Burk and Mr.. Cum
ningham. They will appoint the bal
ance of the Committee from Club
members later on and will be glad in
the meantime to receive any and all
suggestions as to who would be most
desirable committee members-men
who are really interested in seeing
good roads a reality instead Of a
theory and who will do their full share
to help get them. Send your good
roads suggestions to Chairman Mans
field and they will be given full con-
sideration.
Cooperation between Williston and
the surrounding country will also re-
ceive the Clubs endorsement and ac-
tive support this year. For this par
ticular purpose Better City and
Farmer Cooperation Committee has
been appointed with G. B. Metzger as
Chairman and M. ]. Borden and j. w.
Jackson as Director members. They
will largely increase this membership
from the Club and will have active
charge of such work as the CONNER
cial Club may do in connection with
the Better Farming movement in Will
liams and Mckenzie counties, the
Williston Irrigation project, City
Market and Farmers Rest Room and
all matters which tend toward better
cooperation between the City and
country people who so largely support
it.
In the City itself such matters as a
City Beautiful, City parks and Play
grounds, Clean Up-Paint Up and
Dress Up Week, and those things
which go to better Civic conditions
will be under the direct supervision of
Civic Improvement Committee Of
which Mr.. w. H. Westergaard will act
as Chairman and DR.. F. w. MacManus
and J. w. Jackson as Director men,
bers, to be enlarged by other appoint
ments later on. This Committee will
cooperate with the City Commission
and all other organizations engaged in |
Civic improvement work.
The business and industrial inter-
ests of the City will be looked after
by the Business and Industrial Devel- I
opment Committee with L. c. Win
gate as Chairman and S. NJ. Hyde
and J. w. Jackson as Director men,
bers and others to be added from the
general Club membership. The work
of this Committee will be strenuous
as number of matters of vital i'm
portance to Williston are already be-
fore it, not the least of which is the
general railway situation.
A Publicity Committee with Direc-
tor Geo. FAIRIES as Chairman will
undertake to give Williston the ad
vertising she deserves and he will
have as assistants a number of the
most active publicity and advertis-
ing men in the City to be found among
five committees with the active
Chairman and two additional men,
bers from the Board of Directors has
been adopted after full consideration
of the methods heretofore followed.
Whatever comes before the Club will
be referred to the proper Committee
where it will be investigated and re-
port made to the Board of Directors
md h,y thoro fo tho o,4;ro T1,,h ,