Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
UNITS APPROVE
MERCER PLANS
Rock Island Club and Chamber of
Commerce to Consolidate at
Meeting in April
WILL SELECT SINGLE BOARD
Contract With Business Mems As
ISOLATION Allows Body to
Remain Independent

| Committees appointed on a mer-
ger scheme by the Rock Island
Chamber OF Commerce. the Rock
| Island club and the Rock Island
| Business Mems association have
approved and decided upon cOnsOl-
idating the two former organiZa-
| tons.
| 1t was first planned to merge all
three bodies, but a contract be-
I tween the Chamber OF Commerce
and the business mems organiZa-
ton, which extends until July l,
1920, will remain in force and the
association will not be affected by
the merger.
A single board OF directors for
the Rock Island club and the
Chamber of Commerce is to be
elected at the annual meeting of
the bodies scheduled to be held in
April at which time the consolida-
ton of the two bodies will be for
mally completed.
The consolidation committee
composed of II. A. CIevenstine.
Louis Kohn and Ralph w. Lamont,
representing the Business Mems
association; L. NJ. Castael, c. F.
Shields and E. II. Stafford, rep
resenting the Rock Island club; NJ
S. Heagy, H II. CleaveIand and c.
L. Vernon, representing the Cham
Der OF Commerce, recommended,
as a result of its findings, that the
boards of directors of the two bod
les to be consolidated also be
merged.
Members of the board of direc-
tors OF the Rock Island club are:
E. H. Stafford. B. D. Conelly. l..
NJ CasteeI, 1. ]. Roberts, A. B. Du
Won, w. G. Johnston, Gus Tegeler,
C. E. Shields, H. ". Crawford and
A. <. Horst
Board of director members Of
the Chamber of Commerce are: H.
A. CIevenstine, H. H. cleveland.
c. J. Searle, R. W. Lamont, NJ. S
Heagy, ] L. Vernon. j. a. Wei
shar, H. s. Cable, J. T. Marion, 7.
B. Davis and c. A. Hallgren.
1t is further recommended that
the name of the Rock Island club
be changed and the two bodies
when merged be known as the
Chamber OF Commerce.
First plans for a merger were
made at a meeting held at the
Rock Island club on Feb. s. The
consolidation committee was ap
pointed at that time to draw up an
agreement on the merger, which
was to be submitted to the three
organizations then considered I'M
der the plan.
BYLAWS Changed.
The consolidation committee
submitted its agreement, which
called for the consolidation of the
club and Chamber of Commerce,
and also recommended numerous
changes in the bylaws. The agree
ment was approved and has been
submitted to 3. D. Connolly and
E. H. Stafford, who will determine
the legal steps to be taken in put
ting through the merger.
The present bylaws with refer
ence to the board of directors for
the club calls for a body of nine.
The new bylaws recommended by
the consolidation affecting the club
and Chamber of Commerce reads:
The business affairs Of the club
shall be under the management of
board of IS directors, five OF
whom shall be elected in 1919 for
a three-year period, five for a two
year period and five for a One-year
period. Thereafter there shall be
elected, as herein provided for,
five directors to serve for a period
of three years"
Plans for t he annual meeting
are we'll under way anG a general
change in the program is prom
ised. In place of the regular rou-
tine usually followed "a previous
years, an entertainment is being
arranged.