Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-03-01
BOARD Of TRADE
ANNUAL MEETING
Reflect directors Again this
year and Directors Choose
Same Officers.
MANY BUSINESS MEN THERE
keep Alma on the Boom Was
the One Thought That Ev-
cry Member Had.

The annual meeting of the Alma
board of trade held at the City Hal
on Tuesday evening of this week
was one of the most enthusiastic
meetings that the board has ever had
due to splendid year on the part
of the board and to the prospects fol
keeping the Alma boom going. Fol
once the annual meeting was well at
tended, a half hundred business mer
of the city being present at the meet
ing.
Boom Alma was on everyone's
tongue at the meeting and before the
evening was over it was clearly dem
onstrated that it was the intention
of every business and professional
man in the city to keep their shoui-
ders at the wheel during the coming
wear and shove Alma ahead. New fac
tories, a new union depot, good roads
paving on West Superior street, a bie
banquet for the farmers and board OF
trade, consumed most of the discus
sion Of the evening, and kept everyone
busy Offering suggestions as TO what
might be and what could be done.
Such was the spirit shown that one
IS almost inclined to believe that with
ir the year Alma will jump to the
10000 mark in population and take
first ranking among the cities OF
central Michigan.
The meeting of the board was call
n T. Rroup The re-
port of the last annual meeting was
read and accepted, after which thir-
ty-fiye new members of the board
were voted in. The treasurer's report
was read and accepted and referred
to the auditing committee.
The secretary's report brought out
number Of things that the board of
trade had worked on during the past
wear. Included among these things
was the work in securing the designa-
ton of the road west Of Alma as a
trunk line road, the transfer Of the
Miller Saw Trimmer property to the
Republic Motor Truck company, the
transfer of the Little Giant Hay Press
to the Republic, the purchase of the
Grover twenty and the Wright forty
six acres in the southeastern part Of
the city, the landing of the Western
kerosene Carburetor company, and
the securing Of six acres Of ground
fol the site, and the work in connec-
ton with the Alma college endowment
campaign. The report Of the secreta-
~ was accepted.
Following a long discussion on mat
ters relating to the welfare Of the
city, accounts Of which will be found
elsewhere in this issue, the board of
directors was elected. The same board
that did such efficient services last
year was again reelected. The fol-
lowing are the members: D l.. john
son, c. f. Brown. Francis King, Char
res c. Rhodes, Carl II. Washburn, AL
bert =. Cook, w. w. Cushing. Otto
Sanderhoff, Fred Slater, Harry Ger
Der, lothian Allen and James +.
Mitchell.
Following the election Of the direc-
tors the directors held meeting and
elected officers The officers Of the
past few years, during which time
Alma has been forging to the front so
rapidly, were reelected. Charles r.
Brown heads the board as president;
Charles G.. Rhodes was reelected vice
president, and ID. l.. Johnson was re-
elected secretary Carl Washburn is
again the treasurer Of the board.
Tuesday night, when the election
was held Charles f. Brown was elect
Cd for his seventh term as president
of the board Of trade, Carl II Wash
burn lis treasurer for his seventh
term. and Charles G.. Rhodes as vice
president for his eighth year. d. l..
Johnson, the pioneer office holder of
the board OF trade, was reelected FOR
his eleventh term as secretary Of the
board During this time Johnson has
seen Alma 90 from bad to worse un-
til it was thought by many that Al-
ma was dead and then he has seen
il blossom forth as new rose, more
brilliant and brighter than before Mr..
Brown was elected president Of ihe
board when men in Alma were dis
couraged at the prospects for building
w Alma. and has worked with the
board through trying period into
the most successful era that the city
has. ever known.
Following the election of officers,
the directors held star chamber ses-
sion for the discussion Of new fac
tory. II can be- said that new fac
tory s a practical certainty. but until
the thing is tied up tight, il has been
thought best not to mention just
what the concern is