Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-16
Association to Boost Good
Roads and Work for
Tulsa's Welfare.
PLAN AUTO DISPLAY
Officers Include Some OF
the Most Progressive
Dealers in City.

CURROUNDED by conditions far
~ more auspicious than has attended
previous efforts to organize the auto
mobile dealers of this city, twenty rep
resentative automobile dealers of
Tulsa attended a called meeting in the
assembly room of the chamber or
commerce "Wednesday evening, per,
fecting permanent organization OF
the Tulsa Automobile Dealers assJ
citation, which will have for its pur-
pose the promotion of good roads IN
the county and state and the staging
of annual automobile shows.
Unbounded enthusiasm features
every address delivered during the
evening and when, after an address by
Cy Avery, chairman of the board OF
county commissioners, the chair re-
quested all who could send an auto
mobile to Oklahoma City for the
Ozark Trail convention to be held In
that city Wednesday and Thursday
November u and 22. to stand, all but
three of the dealers present rose TO
their feet, while the remaining three
explained to the association that only
the fact that thev had no cars in stock
that could possibly he sent at this
time prevented them furnishing a car
and driver.
To Get Convention.
Plans we're consummated whereby
all cars that are to participate in the
convention at Oklah oma City looking
toward bringing the next ozark Trail
convention to Tulsa will leave this
CITY Monday afternoon for Chandler,
Okla, where they will remain until
god roads boosters will arrive by rail,
continuing the last leg of the journey
by auto.
This plan was adopted after it had
been explained that the roads from
Sapulpa to Chandler were not all that
they should he and to save the wear
and tear on the cars 1t was decided to
send the empty cars to Chandler to
await the arrival of the boosters by
rail
Following a meeting held a week
ago when +. s. Worthington of the
Carhart Motor company of Tulsa was
elected temporary president and COL
Clarence b. Douglas Of the Chamber
of Commerce was elected temporary
secretary Wednesday evenings meet
ing was called to order by the tempor-
who Immediately called
for nominations for permanent
president.
After considerable argument which
sought the arranging of a constitution
and set of bylaws which would
stipulate the officers and their duties
It was finally decided TO elect n per-
manent president and ]. r. Forster of
the Forster-Lukins Auto company was
elected president, f. S. Worthington
of the Carhart Motor company, vice
president, and Gordon Ware, organi-
Zation secretary treasurer
To Get Secretary.
The office of organization secretary
treasurer was created when tentative
plans were adopted looking toward
the employment of a salaried secre-
tary whose entire time will be spent
in furthering the interests of the auto
mobile dealers association.
At the conclusion of the election of
officers three members of the asso-
citation We're appointed on commit
tee to withdraw from the assembly,
room. go into executive session and
decide upon eight members, four OF
whom would be chosen by a vote to
comprise the board of directors of
seven members, the president. vice.
president and organization secretary
treasurer completing the seven execu-
tive officers.
Ntal SulHeTldHu, buy ,aNlS, II. ".
Randall and Ed Westerman were
elected as the four members-to COM
plete the directorate.
With the announcement of the as
sociation's choice for tho directorate
the meeting settled down to the dis
cussion of plans looking forward
toward making the present organiza-
ton an unqualified success-so sue
cessful. in fact. that the accomplish
rents that will be credited to the ef-
forts of the association In the imme-
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