Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-06
PRESIDENT SCOTT, OF MAR
sHALLToWN CLUB. ADOPTS
NEW PLAN FOR COMMITTEES.
COMMITTEE cHAIRMEN TO
SELECT Committeeman
Special Dinner For New Chairmen to
Discuss Plans For Club Activities of
Coming Year - New Idea to Make
For Greatest Efficiency in Committee
Werk-Reeeption For Secretary.

Committees which really accomplish
deN R W. Scott OF the Marshalltown
Club has decided 10 establish for the
coming year in the clubs activities,
which were begun Monday with the
appointment OF twenty-nine commit
tee chairmen by the president An en-
tirely new plan is TO be followed out
in the selection Of committees this
Year, which will give the chairmen
more scope in selecting their commit
tee members. and the members them
selves vii! have full opportunity to Sc
lecI the committee in which they are
really interested.
Naming Of the personnel of the entire
list OF committees will take place at a
dinner TO be given the frs; OF next
week for the committee chairmen, at
which time the president and the
cfairmen will confer on the list Of APP
pointmenrs.
Twenty Nine Committees Named.
Twenty-nine committees. with their
respective chairmen. have been named
by President Scott The committees
and their Chairmen are as follows:
Accounting and auditors, c. c. Urine:
agriculture. Merritt Greene, Jr, city
chairman: =. F. Arney, county chair
man; convention finance, George Greg
DRY: convention entertainment, j. T
Bashau; decorating. NJ. J. Boughton;
election, J. ". Alden; entertainment
T. H. Draper: fellowship Rev. 3. F.
Martin: finance. c. c. ST. Clair; greater
Marshalltown, Perry {. Rude; house,
w. II. Gilbert: iohhers, J Y. Bass;
legislative. c. H Van Law; manufac-
tu-e-s. DR.. II. A k!nnan; membership.
A q. Johnson; municipal affairs, Rod
ney G. Wells: parks and Fairgrounds.
George a Howe: publicity, D. X. Den
mead: retail clerks welfare, Frank L.
Click: public health, DR.. F. P. Lierle;
roads and highways, A. A, Moore; re-
TAIL trade. E. r, Lay; transportation.
Z s ketchum; travelling men. L. J.
Jarrett: traffic, A. 3. Combs; young
mems social, Justus Schmidt; music,
H. ". Shove; industrial, J. II. Fisher;
publication, z. P. Gale.
Discuss Membership at Dinner.
Al the dinner to De held for the
committee Shairmen and the president,
the matter OF the membership OF the
various committees viii be taken up
The president will present 10 the chair
men the expressed preferences OF the
members who responded to the cards
sent ont some time ago, asking each
member 70 express mis- preference for
some certain committee Of the club.
Those who returned their cards with
preference VIII IN all cases be placed
OF the committee they asked for. About
eighty members returned cards with
such preferences.
Those who did not express q prefer
e1ce will De placed on committees
where 4 IS believed they viii DO the
most efficient work. The chairman OF
each committee will be asked TO judge
as 70 tte efficiency Of each member
OF Ms committee for the particular
work Of that committee. Il IS hoped
that this method will result il real
efficiency fcr the committees. With
members given q chance 70 express
preference Of the committees on which
they wish % serve. and chsi-rnen al
forded an opportunity TO decide whom
so-t o. satisfactory results are bound
70 follow. z. A F-anquenont the new
secretary. is expected TO be present at
this meeting. which VIII also include
the discussion Of plans for the various
activities Of the CLUB during the COM
.ng year.
Reception For Secretary.
A reception for the new secretary,
:. A Francuemont, will be q part OF
ne program at the club on Friday,
FEB. %, when p II. HauInil of Boone,
will address all members OF the club,
following & social dinner. This will be
The occasion for the new secretary for
nalIy taking office. and the retirement
Of Secretary Johnson. and the board Of
directors decided 70 make the affair
include the reception as well as the
talk By Mr.. Eanm!ll