The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-29
MANY VOLUNTEER
TO BOOST CITY
Chamber of Commerce Gets
Many Responses to Letter
Urging Members to Lay
Out the Work.
DIRECTORS NET TUESDAY
Budget for the Next six Months Is APP
proved and Hours Are Spent Con1plet-
ing the Draft of By-Laws-Many
Movements Are Suggested.
DIRECTORS NET TUESDAY

Men and women of Kenosha who
believe that the time has come to
unite all the energies of the city for
greater and better city, have
volunteered in large numbers in re-
Spouse to the call for service sent out
by the Chamber of Commerce and
when the Board of Directors met for
its regular meeting on Tuesday night
it found more than hundred letters
from men who volunteered TO work on
the various committees outlined. 1t
was notable fact that seventy per cent
of the offers of service were in the
field of civics. This showed to the
directors of the organization that Ke-
nosha men and women are anxious to
improve conditions in Kenosha Many
of the men who sent letters in response
to the call of the chamber declared
their willingness to work in any field
to which they might be assigned and
many selected committees, declaring
that they believed that they were best
fitted for work in these lines.
A score of suggestions for work in
specific fields were made. Many of the
volunteers declared that one of the
first things to be taken up in Kenosha
was the municipal collection Of gar
bage or some other plan of solving
the garbage question; others suggested
that the chamber get behind the move
ment for the elevation of the tracks
of the Chidago and North Western
tracks. Five men declared that the
paramount question was to have Keno
sha a "dry town" and one suggested
that the Chamber Of Commerce could
render a service by keeping Kenosha
"wet." Many suggestions for civic
improvement were made in the letters.
Some suggested health movements for
better babies, cleaning up the city, bet
ter sewage, and plans for proper dis
posal of the sewage. Nearly every
one had some suggestion to make as
to the future activities.
Only q portion of the membership
has responded to the "call to arms"
and for this reason the Board of Di-
rectors did not take up the question of
naming the committees at the meeting
on Tuesday night. AT that the meet
ing was busy one and the directors
were in session up to midnight.
The budget for the next six months
was approved and this provides for
many expenditures for the advancement
of the city and the work of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. Money is appro-
priated for activities along many lines
and the total Of the budget is in ex-
cess of six thousand dollars. Less
+, than one-third of this amount is to be
spent for salaries of officials in charge
and the remainder will be used for the
advancement Of big movements for
| civic uplift and for the promotion of
better industrial and trade activities.
The bylaws for the organization
were under consideration for more
than three hours. It was found that
many changes must be made in order to
bring the organization up TO the high
| est degree of efficiency and the faults
which have been located In former
plans for organization have all been
corrected. The movement is now well
underway and nearly every member Of
the Board of Directors had part in the
meeting on Tuesday night. While com.
mittees have not as yet been named
many movements are already being
strongly urged by the chamber.
At the next meeting of the Board
of Directors it is expected that
tte list of real workers win have
been made up and that the committees
wal be named