Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-26
WORCESTERSHIRE
IA members As
CAMPAIGN OPENS
Chamber Of Commerce Plans Move
Forward With Leaps and Bounds
ON First Day.
LUNCHEON At GLIB At NOON
Proposition is Studied from All Angles
By Those Engaged in
Soliciting.

The membership campaign Of the
Chamber OF Commerce inaugurated by
the citizens committee for the Becur-
ing Of one thousand memberships
started off with a whirI at 9 O'Clock
this morning and at noon PA had been
taken
Twenty-three teams Of three men
each gathered and spent 45 minutes
studying the proposition from all its
angles, The committees ara deter
mined that every man coming into this
new organization shall have a very
clear understanding Of what he is com
ing in for
That the business and professional
men Of the city are ready for the mes
sage Of invitation which these men
presented lis evidenced by the
224 memberships turned in by the
committees at noon. When the total
number was chaiked upon the black
board the committees were wild with
enthusiasm. No one expected that the
first days success would result in as
many memberships as were reported
Received Wen.
The feature of the mornings can
vass was the splendid reception every
committee received from those that
were called upon. Those unable to at
ford memberships gave the committees
moral enC0urag cement Everybody feels
that the movement is going across
with d big swing The reports as
shown on the following firms or men
have signed up, some taking more than
one mem bership.
y. c. Mauckert George 2. Staudu-
har. DR.. Ralph Dart, DR.. John C. Soud-
ersa P. J. Mccormick z. o. Holmgrain,
Ira II. Bufum, J. 3. Eckhart James +.
Reidy. Swain Pearson, Fred Schmidt.
Jr., A. J. Riess, B. J. Mitchell. Arthur
Burial. Henry Kramer y. II. SchiI-
Iingers c. A, SchOessel, J. H. &0rmovIe.
William Mclean Stewart, James +.
Murphy r. ". Olmsted, J. ". Stew
art. ". j. Sweeney. Union Printing
Co, c. y. Searle. E O, Vale, W.
II. ThOms, c. 7. Johnson, Or. c. J..
SiIvis. Charles E. Hodgson. A NJ
kIove, " H Gests Lloyd c. Lamphere,
Hugh T. Curtis. William Emig, r H
First. Dr. w. 4. Crooks. C. d. MeLane.
DR.. j. r. H0lIowbush. J. n Math. r.
III. 5chriVer, L. r. Mace, Samuel r.
Wright, II. ". Tremanu, Litten *
Roberts, American Electrical Co. r.
C. Vance. John j. Foley, Schocker Pa
per Co, Montgomery & Campbell, Z G.
Frazer. a. ~ Diedrich, Olof z. Ger
win. Z. B. Nckown, Joseph a Huber.
SelIe Bros n. B. GosliDe, S. Deutsch.
p, Rachman. Walter c. Smith, w. A.
LOFett, T. NJ Burt, J. ". H0uaer.
Carlton q. Taylor, George @. Perrin,
F. o. Van Calder. Electrical Coustruc-
ton & Machinery company. D. n. Sim
0nson, r. N. Pearee, Il. a. Weld, T.
Y. Steele j. T. Shields, William NJ
Walker, Y. A Bergland, Or. c. Bern
haFdi. DR. C. Q. Bernhard. Albert
Huber Black Hawk Homestead Build
ing Loan & Savings association, ". b.
Mcintyre. John H. Liedtke. J. NJ
Schaab, s. G. Pearson, n. Z. JuhI. w.
II. Marshall, Charles EspIin. f. c.
DenkmaDn. II. ?. Denkmanu, Rock Is
land Brewing Co, Charles D Roseu-
field Mckinley Hardware Co. W. L.
Gansert, Myers Optical Co.. Lamont
Coal Co, II Roth, Henry Ruben, 3. J.
N0linsky, Mike Bollman, Pardon Wall
Paper Co, Z. 4. Lamp. c. D. McLane
Ralph r. Burgess and c. ]. Long.