The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-16
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
JOE JOLECH HEADS ENNIS
COMMERCIAL CLUB FOR
THE YEAR 1917.
Prosperity Banquet Is Attended By
More Than 200 Enthusiastic
Town builders at Ennis
Last Night.

in the town builders prosperity ban
quet at Ennis last night despite the
extremely cold and disagreeable wea-
Their. There were more than 200
enthusiastic town builders present to
partake of the most substantial Iur-
key dinner and indulge in the delight
fui work OF planning commercial
club activities for the new year.
Waxahachie was represented by
Messrs. d. d. Floyd ami c. A. Tun-
nell.
The banquet was served in the city
hall auditorium in cafeteria style.
The Bohemian band rendered excel
lent music while the banqueters made
merry AT the feast.
Immediately following the feast
President McMurray announced that
the time had rolled around for the
regular annual election of officers,
and that he would await the pleas
nre of the membership with regard
to manner OF selecting officers. Be-
fore entering into this business G. b.
Pittman proposed that the organiza-
ton create a new office to be known
as honorary vice president and that
retiring President McMurray be elect
ed to that office. When seconded
this motion carried by unanimous
vote. Mr. McMurray has served as
president of the commercial club for
a period of three years.
A committee was named to make
nominations for officers and while
making up slate Secretary A. l..
Burge read his annual report, which
covered only o period of 8 months
since a reorganization of the club.
This report showed a collection of
approximately $4,000 and an expen-
diture of s2,10o.
While the committee was still out
the Ham-Ramsey meeting quartette
rendered very pretty selection and
responded to an encore. The COM
mittee then reported the following
nominations. which were confirmed
by unanimous vote:
President, Joe Jolesch; vice presi-
dent. f. Z. Glover: vice president.
Thad Darlington; treasurer, A. d.
Brown.
This matter of business attended
10 tie chairman launched speech
making tournament which brought
out some really fine suggestions re-
garding town building. One of the
principal speakers was f. NJ
Thomas, who urged the citizens who
had shared in the prosperity that
abounds everywhere to put their
money in some enterprise that will
benefit the town and the less fortu-
nate fellow man. He proposed that
no better enterprise could be en-
couraged than a cotton mill.
President McMurray in retiring
from the office he has so we'll filled
during the last three years suggest
ed that the commercial club during
the coming year ought to devote
some attention to such things as
the proper grading and graveling of
Chambers creek bottom on the Cor
sicana road, He declared Waxaha-
chic ought to aid in this movement
because the condition of the road
was disgrace to the county. He
also proposed that Ennis complete
the sanitarium already started, build
n city park, a hotel. library, pave
more streets and pike more roads
end last but not least provide $500
for commercial club work the present
year
c. b. Pittman. another live wire
town builder, made AN earnest plea
for cooperation OF merchant. laborer
and professional man during The