Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-12-14
CLUB WINDS UP
The YEARS WORK
Last Meeting OF The Year Held BY
the Audubon Commercial Club
at the X. p. Hall Monday

The last meeting of the year fol
the Audubon Commercial Club wal
held at the X. of P. hall last Monday
evening. A great deal of business hat
accumulated that was waiting for fin.
al action and a number of committees
were ready to make reports.
The volunteer fire department OF
Audubon is making an effort to land
the Tri-State Fireman's Tournament
in Audubon next year. A committee
was appointed by the Club some
months ago to meet with the firemen
to ascertain what ought to be done.
This committee and also a committee
from the firemen met with the Club
to discuss the matter. 1t was the
unanimous opinion of the Club that
it would be worth while to get ready
to land the attraction If possible. A
committee composed Of A. c. Harmon
chairman, E. e. Bailey and P. C.
Reinemund was appointed to confer
with the business men and citizens
to see if there was sufficient interest
to finance the affair.
e. s. Van Gorder, chairman of the
electrolier committee made a full re-
port to the Club. He reported the
collection of $27O0 and disburse-
ments of $4,000, leaving balance of
5000 on hand. The sum reported
was spent for installing the lighting
system which is attracting consider
able attention and rendering eff
cient service on the streets of the
city.
Now that Audubon has been ad-
vanced to a city of the second class,
the matter of naming the streets and
numbering the business houses and
residences was discussed from every
viewpoint. Other cities of like i'm
portance have taken this advanced
step, so why not Audubon. A COM
mittee of three composed of A. Far
quhar, chairman, E. F. Bilharz and J.
M. Renftle was appointed to confer
with the city council to see IL the sys-
tenn could not be profitably adopted.
Last year the business men adopted
the plan of putting small evergreen
trees in front Of their places of bust
ness as holiday decoration, not only
as an ornament but to arouse the
Yuletide spirit. It was suggested
that the plan be put in operation
again thio yCoi, anu met Will IuuCu
favor. The electroliers could also be
used as basis for appropriate decor
alton.
At the conclusion of the business
session the Club as a body went to
the Offices Of the Iowa Telephone Co.,
to inspect the plant which was entire
ly re-equipped about year ago. The
invitation had been extended to the
Club by Frank Elgan of Council
Bluffs. the district manager. The
fact that the service was so much i'm
proved over what 1t had been in the
past, the business men were eager TO
take advantage of the kind invitation.
They accompanied the local manager.
Mr.. G. Fl. Virtue, to the plant and
were shown every detail of the work.
1t was of special interest to all of
them, and gave them an inkling of
what delicate proposition a tele-
phone plant really is. The company
has spent over $4,000 in Audubon
to insure good service and the bust
ness interests of the town fully ap-
preciate the effort the company has
put forth to insure uneQualled service
for its patrons. They were profuse
in their words of praise for the man.
ner in which Mr.. Virtue was looking
after their welfare, and did not fail
to recognize the efficient and faithful
services of the hello girls" who are
never too busy to properly handle
all calls, at all hours of the day and
night.