The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-17
Association Held an Interesting
Meeting and Decided on This
Plan Yesterday.
WILL BRING MANY TO CITY
Georgia Representatives will
be Asked to Assist in Having
The Navy Department Send
Two or Three Vessels Here.

The biggest and largest time in the
history of our city is now being
planned, A Gala Week for Bruins
wick
At meeting of The Retail Mer-
chants association yesterday after
noon in their offices over the Branch
pharmacy, plans for the biggest,
broadest, and happiest week in the
history of our city, were submitted.
This movement was started by the Re.
tail Merchants association and this
body of representative citizens intend
to give Brunswick "a time"
Prosperity Week" this will be the
great event in the history of this
community. The one association alone
does not intend to try and put this
through by themselves. but they are
asking the cooperation of every
other local organization. They eX4
pect to. with the cooperation of the
Beard of Trade. the Civic League, and
the Mayor and Council Together
with other organizations, put Bruins
WICK on the map proper.
A committee from the Merchants
association composed OF President
Harper, Vice President Mccall. and
l.. Fl. Haym, has been instructed to
meet at the city hall next Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with the com
mittees appointed by the different or
ganiZations. Secretary Brown has
been instructed to- write to the mayor
and council, Board of Trade and the
Civic league asking their coopera-
ton and that they appoint commit
tee to meet with the above committee
on the above date
Some of the plans for the week
the Board of Trade will be asked to
write to Congressman Walker request
ing that he take UP the matter of Sc
curing submarine, warship or SOP
big special feature There will be
aeroplane flights, street dances, bcy-
ing of the queen, public speeches and
Debates band concerts shows, field
day, and, suffice to say to enum.
crate the good things and the many
big special and free attractions you
would be making movement that it
be in February instead pf in March
The idea is a big one, and as fine
as it is large. Brunswick needs just
such movement as this and the
Merchants association is going to see
hat oh tp a ,,f,, ;,
one of the strongest of its kind in the
state. 1t is ever alive 10 the welfare
OF Brunswick. It's members are awake
to the future possibilities in Bruins
wick and they are very active toward
securing the best that is in store for
their community.
You are a Brunswickian, if you are
not, then boost any way, if you stay
here until after the Prosperity Week"
then you will want to become Bruins.
wickian. Have you a friend out Of the
city? Then invite him in during
these big times. The dates will be
arranged later And you will know by
next Wednesday just what dates will
be set. There will be amusement for
the old young, boys and girls and
even to the oldest or the youngest
person in this or any other city. and
when the curtain falls on the last per-
formance, the last night, Brunswick
will sigh out in a single voice: "Oh!
What a Wonderful Week" And If
there is a Brunswickian out Of the
city. he will be saying to his friends,
! am "Be for Brunswick Let us all
boost, the more you boost the better
ii will be for all. Invite your friends
to boost in their homes and home
towns for you And all pulling togeth-
er with the wonderful start that we
have then WHY can't we have a time.
And this will not be the last time that
we will put 1T on. but the merchants
intend to make it an annual occur
ence.
Fl. r B.