The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-19
NAME STANDING COMMITTEES
Many Prominent Men of City Are se4
Iected as Leaders and Other Commit
tees VIII Be Named Within Few
Days-May Organize Ball Team

The Kenosha Chamber Of Commerce.
by it's board of directors in session on
Tuesday night, declared its willingness
to do its bit in the war and the COM
mittee on legislation of the chamber
was instructed to take charge Of all
movements to aid the military organi-
cation of the nation. This committee
will give its service to efforts to re-
cruit for the army and the navy and
the National Guard and the head
quarters of the organization may be
used for all sorts of meetings to aid In
securing the army and navy for the
defense of the country.
While the meeting Of the board of
directors had the war color to it, the
directors gave lot of time to the pur-
suits of peace. They adopted the list
of standing committees for the first
year. work of the Chamber of Com
merce and discussed plans for a num-
Der of movements for the betterment
of the city. The board Of directors are
going to have meeting with the pro-
motors of the Lake Shore Baseball
League with view of seeing just what
that league has to offer to Kenosha ball
players; they are going to make a de-
mand on the state tax commission that
some suitable furniture be provided for
the office of assessor of incomes in the
county; they are going to open an Of
fee for Agricultural Agent Griffith
Richards in the Chamber Of Commerce
building, and the assembly room is to
be furnished up so that it may be used
for all sorts of gatherings of interest
to the people of the city.
The Chamber of Commerce is going
to see that the members know more
about the geography of Kenosha and
plans are made to put handsome and
up to date map of the city into the
hands Of every member.
The directors declared that they
would actively support the conserva-
| tion movement in Kenosha and htera-
| ture will be sent to all farmers in the
county urging them to plant every foot
of ground they have in order that the
county may do its share toward feed.S
ing the nation and its allies.
The list of standing committees-the
first to be named for the Chamber Of.
Commerce-was approved by the direc-i
tors. These committees will in short
time appoint some thirty subcommittee
for special work. The list of stand
ing committees. follows:
Public Affairs-Dan o. Head, repre-
sentative of board of directors; Jos. G.
Rhode, chairman; John G. Slater, B. G.
Brennan, W. II. Goodman, F. j. Fisher.
City Planning-C. ]. Huber, repre-
sentative Of board of directors; DR.. E.
F. Rowell, chairman; Rev. G. Buenger,
Howard Fl. Hahn, Simon Krebs, Jr.,
Harry S. Brown.
Education and Recreation-W. J.
Frost, representative of board of di-
rectors; Conrad Shearer, chairman;
Mary D. Bradford, A. J. Altmeyer, j.
D. RosenbIum, Rev. Theo. Faville,
David R. Fogwell.
Legislative and Judicial - A. L.
Drury, representative of board Of
directors; R. P. Cavanagh, chairman;
II. J. Mellum, DR.. Geo. F. Adams,
G.. e. Randall.
Highway and County-Joseph N.
Funck, representative of board of
directors; Chas. Fl. Pfennig, chairman;
Russell Jones, E. 7. 0'Brien, Thos. s.
Scott, A. E. Buckmaster.
Industrial-Z. G. Simmons, represen-
tative Of board of directors; John II.
Brine, Adam J. Berger, Frank II. Truax,
Chas. G. Brown, Chester Allen.
Trade Conditions-C. w. Johnson,
representative Of board of directors;
Fl. E. Barden, chairman; E. J. Sulli-
van, Mike Bode, E. T. Birmingham,
Richard D. Mahlstad, G. Richards, C.
R. Kuehn.
Association Meeting-Adam J. Ber-
ger, representative of board of direc-
tors; Roy K. Dorr, chairman; Jessel
Whyte, Harry Bruner, Rev. F. R. Ger
winski, 4. J. Palica.
Advertising and Publicity-R. F.
Kaiser, representative of board of die
rectors-R S. Kingsley, chairman; W.
T. Marlatt, Peter Rhode, Barney
J. Flynn.
Ways and Means Committee--R. s.
Cooper, George H. Allen, G. D. Barnes,
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