The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-13
G-C-C HIGHWAY TO
CEASE BEING JUST
PAPER ROAD" PLAN
ROUTE TO FOLIOY MERIDIAN AND
EVENTUALLY EXTEND FROM
WINNIPEG TO GULF.

At the meeting the Great Lakes
Gainesville and Gulf Highway Associa'
lion yesterday afternoon. which followed
Immediately after the D.CD adjourn
ment. plans were discussed for making
the G.G.G more than a paper road"
Colonel Sidney Suggs submitted his
long dream of hope for Meridian
Highway"
Mr.. Simpson. president Of the G-G.G.
was called TO Dallas on important bust.
ness and was unable TO attend the meet.
lng. so Robert Scivally. vice president
occupied the chair. The program opened
With the reading of the minutes by the
secretary. i. ID. Henderson, Gainesville,
after which the bylaws We're submit.
ted and accepted. The name G.GG be.
Ing only temporary, permanent name
was discussed Colonel Suggs was very
anxious to have the name, "The Merl
dian Highway" adopted, and to make
the highway follow the meridian route
which comes straight through Okla
homa. following the Santa Fe railroad.
1t was decided TO make the highway fol.
ow the meridian, but as another high.
/ way has already been incorporated
1pnder that name, they We're unable to
use il. so the original name of the
G.G.G was adopted by the convention.
To become member of the National
Highway Association, it is necessary
for convention to have 500 miles OF
road which must run through 2 states.
II was decided to begin the G-G-G high.
way at Kansas City and extend it to
Galveston. with the view, as Mr..
Selvidge said, of extending it from
Winnipeg to the Gulf. someday. a
slight detour was made in the route,
og about six miles, to take the road
through Denton. r. NJ. Keabow. secre.
.ary of the Denton Chamber of Com
merce. said. "If you will bring that road
through Denton, we will guarantee you
hard surfaced roads to either Dallas or
Fort Worth, which ever place you de-
eide to run the highway through We
will also guarantee to have the markers
which you will adopt, all over the coun-
Try within 30 days"
A great deal of enthusiasm was mani
tested by the delegates present, ito do
some real work. and to do it quickly"
Robert Scivally said with reference to
the success of the G-G.G, Were going
20 have these roads if l have to build
hem myself"
The road to Davis from Ardmore, via
the Arbuckle mountains, received a
great deal of discussion. G.. A. Ramsey |
stated that at recent meetings of the
Rotary and Lions clubs, it was unani- |
mouslY voted that every member would
either go two days and work on that
particular road, or would hire some
one to do il for him. The date of Tues
lay and Wednesday, June "a and %, was
submitted to the convention which was
Immediately accepted. On those days
the members of the G-G-G- will assist
The club men in working upon the road !
Scivally Elected President.
The election of officers was held, and
1t was found that a portion of the con
stitution was not clear as to the manner
Of election, so a committee of Paul b.
Smith Don Cochran, and Mr.. Wheeler,
was appointed TO make an amendment.
The amendment was satisfactory, and
the election of officers proceeded The
designations of President, Simpson and
Secretary. T.. d. Henderson. were ac.
cepted, and the following officers We're
elected: Robert Scivally, Ardmore,
president: Paul Il. Smith, Ardmore,
secretary: Mr.. Sherwood, treasurer; Col
Sidney Suggs, Ardmore, promoter and
organizer; vice president for Texas. w.
&. Davenport, cashier of the Denton
County Bank, Denton; vice president
FOR Oklahoma. r a. Singletary, man
ager of the Oklahoma Good Roads Asso
Oklahoma City; vice president
for Kansas 10 be investigated, and de-
,ided upon later. The members of the
board of directors were reelected with
the exception of Mr.. Ellis of Davis. who
took the place of Mr. Brown, and G. p.
who took the place as direc
:or. formerly held by the president, Mr.
Scivally.
Different plans were submitted for fl
the association, the final one
being the one provided in the bylaws,
with amendments. Each county on the
highway is assessed s. for every mile in
The county. each mile emitting said
county to one member.
The markers We're also decided upon,
being similar to the one adopted by the
D-C-D, the letters "G-G-G" with an ar
'ow through them. on a yellow back
ground with black letters.
The meeting adjourned until the next
lnnual meeting, which will be in June,
o be announced when and where, later,
~ the president.