The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-30
Leading Citizens Want Live
Body To Represent
City
MANY INTERESTING TALKS
Membership Drive Will Be
Next Step In the
Program
"Eor Fairmont,s Progress" !"

For Fairmont's Progress"
Thomas D. Connell, local freight
agent for the United States Railroad
administration, very aptly stated, in
the preface to his very interesting
talk last night a. the Chamber
of Commerce booster supper, held at
the Y. M. C. A, the reason why very
close to 200 representative citizens OF
the community were present at the
supper. Because each individual citi-
zen present at the affair is interesteu
in the progress and growth OF this
city, and because each person present
believes that IL properly supported the
Chamber Of Commerce can do great
good for the ommunity-that Is what
brought out the crowd.
President A. l.. Lehman, of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated after
the meeting that he was more than
pleased with the number of people
who had attended and with the spirit
Of cooperation and enthusiasm dis
played. He is confident that a great
amount of good will come from the
session held last night.
The diversity OF interests repre-
sented by the speakers on the pro-
gram for the evening did much to give
all present wide range OF vision as
to Fairmont's immediate possibilities
and future greatness, and each and
every speaker sounded an appeal for
cooperation, which, IL needed, will
give Fairmont her true place and
standing among the cities of West yir-
ginia.
Promptly at $3.50 the dining room
at the tables set in tne big assembly
room on the second floor. DR.. ii. q.
Stoetzer, of the First Presbyterian
church, invoked divine blessing.
a wholesome supper, prepared at
the Y. M. G. A. was served, and while
the supper was being served the Ro-
tary club singers sang several songs.
with MissfNell Dougan at the piano.
Shortly after z O'Clock Henry s.
Lively, who filled the position of
toastmaster In a very happy manner,
banged with his gayel for attention.
and after a few clever words OF apol-
ogy about having to serve in the ca
pacity of toastmaster and trusting
that all would bear with him, etc, he
called for the first number on the pro-
gram,-singing by the Rotary club
double quartette, which was greatly
augmented for the occasion. TIL.
song numbers given were greatly ap-
preciated by the large audience.
President A. L. Lehman, Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, was then in
troduced, and he pointed out the
many, many community problems
which are facing this community and
other communities at the present
time, and stated that they could only
be solved, and explained that the
Chamber of Commerce was the proper
body to work out the problems, If it
was fully supported by and represen-
tative of the people of this city.
Mayor w. W. Conaway was the sec
ond speaker. "The Chamber OF Com
merce can be of immense help TO the
administration of the city's affairs, A
live organization of this kind will pro-
mote an understanding of the needs
OF the community. Every citizen in
sense is stockholder in the munici-
pal corporation" In these words the
Mayor summed up the situation and
made his appeal for support for the
commerce body. In the course of his
talk he spoke OF the great municipal
problem of better water supply-a
question which must be solved in the
immediate future.
|. F. D. Fenhagen, of The West Vir-
ginta Metal Products Corporation, told
OF the new brass plant which is being
constrlicted out the Speedway and
which will be ready for operation. II
Is hoped, by July 1. This plant will
bring great number OF other. indus
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