The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-16
SECRETARY DODDS
SIGNS CONTRACT
FOR ANOTHER Year
Popular and Efficient Secretary Of
the Maysville Chamber Of Com
merce Is Employed For An
other Twelve Months
Most Efficient Man
Local Organization
Has Yet Had.

The contract of Mr.. Carl Dodds as
Secretary of the Maysville Chamber
of Commerce expires with this month
and at a meeting of the Directors OF
that institution yesterday afternoon
the matter of employing Mr. Dodds
for another year was gone into and
proposition was made him.
The demands for men of the same
ability Mr.. Dodds possesses just at
this time are very great. In the many
war activities the real live Chamber
of Commerce Secretaries have had a
splendid opportunity to show their
worth and we venture that no city
has had a secretary to give himself so
wholly to this sort of work as Mr..
Dodds has done here.
Maysville has had few men of great
er value to the city. He has been
ready at every call and he and his
good wife have been very valuable
citizens.
Mr.. Dodds announced this morning
that after carefully considering the
proposition he had decided to remain
in Maysville for another year. This
will be very good news to all as both
Mr.. Dodds and his wife are very pop
ular here.
In a letter to the Directors Mr..
Dodds summed up the more important
work done by him during the past
eleven months as follows:
Last August we spent most of the
time getting acquainted with the citi-
zens of Maysville and the work of the
office; we put on a publicity campaign
to Buy in Maysville"; assisted the
State Conference of NJ f. Ministers
at Third Street NJ. f. Church; collect
ed data for Maysville Leaflet and col
lected some dues.
September: Formed Grocers' AuXil-
larry; held auto bus drivers luncheon !;
helped with Y. NJ. c. A. Mass Meeting
and compiled Maysville Leaflet.
October: Planned Corn and To-
bacco Fair; helped with Kentucky S.
S. Convention arranged Booster trip
to Flemingsburg; assisted State Food
Administration in organizing eight
counties for food pledge card cam
paign and assisted with Liberty Loan
campaign.
November: Helped with Corn and
Tobacco Fair and Y. NJ. c. A. cam
paign.
December: Annual meeting and
election of officers: secured so guar
antors and helped with the appoint
ment of new members of Divisions
and organization work for new year.
January: Helped with Y. NJ C. A
Conference; worked on Rural Auxil-
larry and City Membership.
February: Assisted with Elks and
Stock Sales Home Talent arranged
Booster Trip to Flemingsburg and
Booster Edition for benefit of Stock
Sales.
March: Attended River Improve
ment Conference at Huntington in the
interest of reviving river traffic; Adj
dressed Parent-Teacher Association
on War Garden; Held Stlye Week for
benefit of merchants; Patriotic Mass
Meeting at Opera House, French Of
fcer speaking and Patriotic Mass
Meeting at Baptist Church.
april: Helped several churches
with Easter Services and musical by
Choir of City at Presbyterian Church;
arranged Mass Meeting for colored
selects; assisted o-Sunday-School
Convention; Flag Day Program and
Liberty Loan campaign; represented
the organization at National Chamber
of Commerce meeting; Dollar Day to
stimulate business for merchants;
Mass Meeting at Presbyterian
Church; Conference with DR.. Mussel-
man regarding Stock Sales and as
sisted in recital for benefit of Third
Street NJ. E. Church.
MAY: Rural membership drive;
membership luncheon; Red Cross
drive for Cleanup Campaign May 9th
to May 18th
June: Boys Working Reserve;
Thrift Stamp campaign; campaign for
garbage collection system and assist
ed in putting on the Chautauqua and
obtaining 900 signers for next years
Chautauqua.
"The foregoing are a. few of the i'm
portant activities that have trans
pired during the past eleven months
not to mention the many minute de-
mands on the Secretary's time. In
addition to this there have been quite
a number of what we might call gen.
eral demands of an important nature
such as looking after the Stock Sales;
collection of dues; handling affairs at
Office; correspondence; information
and employment bureau; bus line;
soliciting new members; grocers
meeting, distributed 1899 Rhode Is
land Red eggs; River improvement;
secured financial suDport of CITY for