The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-01

To the Members Of the Lubbock
Chamber Of Commerce.
One Of the duties, and rather
agreeable and pleasant one, Of the
president Of your commercial organ
ization is that required Of him an
nally. namely. TO make a report Of
the activities and accomplishments
Of the organization for the preceding
term Of months. thereby rendering an
nccount Of his stewardship.
That this IL a rather agreeable and
pleasant duty to me. is not to be CON
strued as meaning that consider
this an opportunity to exalt myself,
for assure YOU that in overseeing
the activities o. the organization, l
have been my own severest critic:
hut because in making this annual
report. an opportunity is offered Of
rendering to the membership IN par
ticular. and the general public as
well, a detailed sccount ~ ore ycrr's
time and effort spent for the good
of the community. as well as to pro-
duce evidence that the purposes OF
the organization have been contin-
ually kept in view. namely. TO pro
mote and protect the material and
general welfare Of the city and COM
munity.
Space. Of course. will not permit
detailed account of the many activi-
ties Of the Chamber during the past
year. which on the whole must be
passed over briefly. and with atten-
ton to only the more important
The Chamber is just now closing
the sixth, and in many respects mos;
satisfactory year. While. because 81
the constant calls upon our time and
resources by the various War organ
nations. we have not been able to de-
vote as much Of our attention as we
should have liked to community de-
velopment, yet our organization has
accomplished gratifying results in
the betterment Of our city. and IN
placing Lubbock. city and county be-
fore the world
Membership.
Owing to unexampled conditions
in this section. and to the many de-
mands upon The finances Of our peo-
pie for the various war activities. our
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the preceding year. yet the financial
condition Of the Chamber at this
time should be very gratifying to the
membership. Membership dues have
been paid promptly in almost all
cases, thus giving concrete evidence
of your interest in the Chamber Be-
ginning the year with deficit. we
end with. think ! may say this with
out exageration. our club stronger IL
nancially than that of any city Of our
size in the State.
Board Of Directors Meetings.
During the past year the board
has held seventeen meetings. at four
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president The average attendance
at these meetings has been ten mem
bers, which shows strikingly the keen
interest on the part Of the directory.
War Activities.
hardly seems necessary in offer
ing a summary Of the various activi- |
ties Of the Chamber of Commerce
during the past year. to call attention
to the fact that the first considera-
ton Of the organization was to place
its every facility at the command Of
the government in the supreme en-
deavor TO help win the war in which
We were engaged All other activi-
ties which a Chamber of Commerce
could conduct were of no value, II the
lsek ef national suppart by eeess |
community should result in the de-
feat Of our boys.
With full appreciation Of the \
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