The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-18
Wilson Succeeds LoDeH
As President Auto Club

Mark X. Wilson was practically
unanimously elected president OF tn,
Chattanooga Automobile club in tn,
recent referendum vote cast by tn.
entire club membership. Announce.
mont OF this was made Friday nigh
mt the annual club dinner held In the
ballroom OF the Hotel Pdtten.
The remaining officers for the or
gaDfzation. with the exception Ot the
| secretary, were elected as presented
| by the nominating committee. EN-
NETT Newton was elected vice -presi
dent, while G. II. Kirkpatrick was re.
| elected treasurer. The following
members will compose the board OF
directors for one year: John 10. Low
eli, II. ID. Reed, ID. George Morgan, u.
III. Hart, w. Il. Bundschu and j. Lon
Foust. 1t was announced that the
selection Of new secretary to sue
coed V. d. L. Robinson had been left
UP to the new board of directors.
AT the close of the program the re-
firing president. John II. Lowell, was
presented with a handsome sterling
silver water set, consisting of pitch
err, six tumblers and tray. The pres
eHtation was made In a very fitting
way on behalf Of the members OF the
organization by v. Is. Prnter. Tho
set Is beautifully engraved with an
Old English ~" and the emblem OF
the Chattanooga Automobile CLUB on
each piece. On the tray Is engraved
Presented by members OF the Chat
tanoosa Automobile club to John Il.
Lowell, president. September, 1920"
In accepting the gift Mr.. Lowell said
that he had often taken part In pur-
chasing presents for members of the
club, but that he had never known
just how IL felt to receive handsome
present from such a splendid organ
ization as the automobile club He
then In very modest way said that
the success OF the club during the
past year had been due to its MEM
bers, and especially the chairmen OF
the various committees and other Of
ficers.
No Long Talks.
When tho vacant chairs at the ta-
BILE usually reserved for speakers be-
gan to I'll mp in the early part OF the
evening with representative citizens
OF Chattanooga, including the city
and county officials, those present
looked forward to the usual oratorical
discourse. But they were disappoint-
ed. Instead of II program filled with
long talks there was just one thing
right after the other, that came as a
surprise to the dinerS
Most OF the Jokes OF the occasion
were directed at the incoming presi-
dent, Mark X. Wilson, and the out
going president, John Il. Lowell. Mr..
Wilson received the largest dose be-
cause of Mr.. Lovell's recent sickness.
1t was wpen Mr.. Lowell arose 10 make
his annual report that the fun started,
w. IL, Hudiburg recommended that
owing to Mr., Lovell's physical dlsa-
bilities and the length of the report.
he be permitted to read It, so that
President Lowell might rest. Tho re-
port substituted by Mr.. Hudiburg for
the original proved to he n scream from
beginning to end. Many things that
President Lowell did not accomplish
We're jokingly referred to-
However. Mr.. Lowell insisted upon
making the original, In which he
touched on the work that had been
accomplished during the past year by
the various committces. He stated that
during the year the membership had