Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-20
CIVIC DINNER AT
HOTEL TONIGHT
TO BEBIC EVENT
Teams Nearly Cornplet-
ed For Chamber Cam
paign Next Week.

The Civic Dinner to be held this
evening at the Windsor Hotel prom
ises to be one of the most interest
/ ing events of the kind held in Am
ericus.
The reservations received up to
this morning indicated that the din
ing room would be filled by a. repre-
sentative body of Sumter county men
and women, A reception committee
consisting of G. R. Ellis, LOvelace
Eve, T. c. Tillman, R. E. Allison, B.
c. Hogue, w. M. Jones, W, E. Tay-
lor, W. w. Dykes, L. G. Council, c.
H. Burke, j. E. Hightower, G. L.
Williams and C. A. Culpepper, will
meet the guests in the ladies parlor
on the second floor
Frank Lanier, general chairman of
the campaign, will preside, The
speakers will be Albert D. Allen, of
Chicago, former president of the In
ternational Rotary, Malcolm B. Jones,
Macon Bar Association and the Rev.
DR.. Carl Minor, of the First Baptist
church. There fill be special music
by an orchestra consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Johnson, Prof. Drukenmil-
Ter, C. A. Ames and VIM. Barlow. Miss
Ella Polk will lead community sing
ing, for the diners are not going to be
permitted to be listeners only. They
are going to join in the singing of
popular songs.
Mr. Albert is student of the de-
velopment of cities and commercial
organization work. He is looked upon
as one of the most eloquent speakers
in this country. He is well known
as speaker in other countries. Mr..
Jones, who is to speak upon "The
Value of Community Organization"
is widely known in Georgia as an elo-
quent speaker.
Teams Nearly Completed.
The team organized for the big
membership drive of the Chamber of
Commerce expansion and reorganiZa-
ton campaign has almost been com
pleted and on Monday morning next
the citizens who are to lead the big
charge for a greater and more eff
cient county organization will be fully
formed and ready for service In
this campaign it is particularly plan
ned to bring into the organization,
as active participating members,
large representation from the dis
tricts outside of Americus. The
Chamber of Commerce is being re-
cognized as more than a city institu-
tion-it is a countrywide institution.
In order that the opportunity to join
may be afforded all those who live be-
yond the limits of the city, special
teams are being organized under the
leadership Of men living in the vari-
Gus county districts. There are eight
county teams or groups being formed
and two representative from the city
have been asked to serve with each
of these teams. The organizations
that have so far been decided upon
and the gentlemen who have been
asked to serve are as follows:
County Teams.
For Plains and Vicinity-Alton
Parker, captain; E. Zimmerman, Ross
Dean and from the city, G. o. Mar
shall and L. M. Hansford
For Leslie and Vicinity, including
Cobb, Huntington and DeSoto-
Those asked to serve are G. C. Thorn
as, A S. Johnson, w. T. Anderson,
DR.. L. M. Hawkins and from the city,
John Sheffield and T. NJ Furlow.
-IBOoN meS-peoa d!qSpue!II Io4
rah, captain, and W. J. Josey and L.
A. Morgan from the city.
For Seventeenth District-Those
asked to serve are c. D. Brinkley as
captain, John D. Williams and H. o.
Jones, and Gordon Heys from the
city.
The other teams to cover the
county districts are being organized
and all of the county teams will meet
at the Chamber of Comerce offices
at 11:30 on next Monday morning
Tho City Teams.
Those who will serve as captain of
the city team are as follows: r. E.
Allison, c. H. Burke, L. G. Council,
C. A. Culpepper, W. w. Dykes, G. Il
Ellis, Lovelace Eve, ]. E. Hightower,
B. c. Hogue, W. NJ Jones, w. E.
Taylor, T. C. Tillman, and G. L. Will
iams. The personnel for most of
the teams has been completed and the
members have pledged themselves for
/ service next week but team organiza-
ton VIII not be published until the
membership of all teams has been
reported at Campaign headquarters.
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