The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-07
BLOCKER UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED
TO HEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR 9TH TERM. WORK OUTLINED
President is Given Resolution of
Appreciation For Work Dur
ing Past Year
NEW DIRECTORS ELECTED
Resume of Years Work and
Plans For Future Work Are
Given at Annual Meeting

Or. Louis de M. Blocker was un-
! animouSly reelected president Of the
! Pensacola Chamber of Commerce last
night at the annual meeting and elect
ion of officers held at the san Carlos
hotel. Or. Blocker finished out his third
+ term as president Of the local chamber
: last year and upon being urgently re-
quested to head the commercial body
, during the next twelve months con-
! sented at the meeting last night
4 Reports of progress during the past
! two years Mere briefly touched upon
/ by the retiring president before ihe
election. The items Of progress bt
ing printed complete and distributed
i'm booklet FORM The list gives all
the activities of the club during the
past two years in detail showing what
! the club has accomplished and what it
has attempted as well as its social
activities.
/ Fourteen directors were elected at the
meeting last night. the polls having
4 been open from . am. to Z p.m and
: the ballots counted during the meeting
at night. The directors We're |. ~
Aiken, f. r. Malone. Max J.. Bear, ]. ;.
/ Reese, r. T.. Cant Hunter Brown, G. h.
Hervey, Geo. Howe, J. A. Merritt. NJ.
c. Hoffman. C. W. Parker. G. p. Went
worth. p. p. Stewart and Alex Fried
man. Hunter Brown received the larg-
est number of votes given any one man
He received 56 votes With several others
following him closely.
After the election OF officers and
while the voters for directors were
being counted luncheon was served,
During the recess Miss Clara Sherman
of the San Carlos orchestra enter
tanned the members with several num-
bers on the piano
J. Z. Price, newly appointed secre-
tary pro tenn, gave a short talk on
credit which was enjoyed by the mem
bers present. IN his talk he stressed
the necessity ef keeping credit ias
good standing, for without credit he
said. no business would develop into
big business. He said that credit was
based on faith, confidence and trust
Following Mr.. Price c. w Reynolds,
at one time president of the Mobile
Chamber OF Commerce. gave a talk on
the field and work Of the chamber
Of commerce. Mr.. Reynolds, In
speaking OF the field of the chamber
Of commerce, said that it was a
maker of a city out of possibilities
This could be done he said, only BY
cooperation of the membership ane.
the directors with the president and
other forces that were helping &c
make a city grow TO its full possibfli-
ties. The big trouble with Pensa-
cola. he said, was that too much
shipping was passing out OF this port
but that not enough was coming IN
When the chamber of commerce de
veloped the incoming shipping 10 what
it should be in Pensacola we would
then have one of tse greatest ports
on the Gulf coast.
c. W. Collier, Of the. Southern Ex-
press company, gave a short talk on
the business outlook for the comine
year and stressed the fact that busi-
ness was better here than ii had ever
been in the history Of Pensacola. br,
that it would decrease rather than
build up unless the city organization
realized and developed their wonder III
possibilities He gave some statistics
on shipping and packing parcels foi
express that We're of special interes
10 the business men who were affect.
ed by express shipments
Hunter Brown sprung dark horse
in a statement he made just before
the close OF the meeting in which he
compared the financial standing o.
the Pensacola Chamber OF Commerce
very few thousand people This latter
town he said, organized a chambes
Of commerce recently and immediately
raised $4,000 for a fund to carry on
the activities of that body. Pensacola.
with a population of several times that
Of Panama City. he quoted from
financial statement made earlier. hae
only few hundred dollars TO finance
the chamber or commerce here.
A resolution of appreciation was
presented by NJ. T. Hoffman to Presi-
dent Blocker and was ordered 10
be written into the minutes of the
meeting and copy presented to Dr.
Blocker This resolution follows.
Whereas, the Honorable Doctor
Louis DEM. Blocker, has now compiet-
ed his third year OF faithful, energetic,
efficient and effective work as pres.-
dent Of the chember of commerce.
And, Whereas, especially those three
years last past have been one of great
progressive advancement OF our city
and recognizing the fact that he has
been our most devotedly useful public
spirited citizen during the time of his
services as president OF the chamber
OF commerce.
And, realizing also that he has for
three strenuous and trying years
without remuneration or hope Of ma
terial reward. devoted most OF his
valuable time 70 the end that his be-