The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-25
MOVEMENT FOR A NEW
CHAMBER IS LAUN CHED
N EET|N 6 N A RKED BY
NOTABLE EN- 7 HI US|ASM

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brag about, live in and finally die
and be buried in!'
This is the sum and substance OF
| the talks by Ardmorc men at the big
Community Conference in Convention
Hall last night The word big IS
used advisedly. The attendance was
more than $50, which was considerably
more than many Of the men who
have been keeping the Chamber OF
/ Commerce alive the last few years
! thought would be there. The men
who are in charge Of the plans loF
/ the expansion and reorganization OF
/ the chamber said the attendance was
| entirely satisfactory, for 1t made up
! in enthusiasm and determination any
| lack in numbers.
Ardmore was the only theme Of the
sneakers. How It may be- made a
better city in which 10 live and do
/ business and rear families was told
/ from various angles. Charles Pouller
IA song leader and Mrs. William Ring
er as pianist aroused u lot Of pep
and proved that the people of Ard
more can sing. Music Of this sort
will be a big feature Of future gath
crings in connection with the eX'
pansion of the Chamber of Commerce.
United Force Needed, Says Mr.. Apple.
). A. Apple, chairman of the cam
paign committee, presided and made
the opening talk He said he had
thought sometimes of late that Ard
more was n bit slower than other
communities to take advantage of its
opportunities and emphasize the need
of great big efficient civic-com
merclal organization. He had visited
he said, several other cite. late
ly where there were active. live
Chambers of Commerce, and he hat
found that they were doing a com
munity work of the highest value. liz
was sure the spirit in Ardmore wa
second to none in this country; i
was only that the citizens had bce'
very busy with their own affairs an,
had not thought about this matter.
"The membership Of our Chambc
Of Commerce is too small" he as
, serted. 81 do not think anyone vii
deny that Ardmorc has need of
lot of things which We can attaii
if we will go about il in the righ
. way and that right way is through
n hitr pprnrn1nitys prfratiyptipn NA~1t1
We need right at this minute Is "A
y organization which can take your idea
{ and mine and develop them and max
: them effective. Such an organization
will also initiate new things and the
see them through. That Is somethin
that you and I working alone cal
never do; we must have a unite
force behind us"
Suggests University for ArdmOrc.
L AS an Illustration of the things ARD
more might have to its great at
l. vantage, Mr.. Apple mentioned u grca
: educational institution. He said h
had often thought when he had bee
j IN some university town of not un
= the splendid Influence of such n
. institution upon u community bu
d the actual practical value as well. ii
suggested that If Ardmore should Sc
: itself seriously to the task Of bring
/ ing here some college or university
u it would be building for the immel
Il late present md future in a woudc,
J. fully efficient way.
/ Similarly, The manufacturing intcl
n ests of the city could De developed
L He pointed out that in these day
n manufacturers do not so to thos
T. cities which offer cheap labor a
their chief attraction but rather {
G the towns whore the people are hal
IS ny and contented and proud Of the
d citizenship.
e Manufacturers are coming to Ar,
n more he asserted. eve already hav
e some fine concerns and We are goin
u to have more but we will get thel
the faster ii we make Ardmore sue
a good town they will just have I
come here to locate"
= Mr. Apple declared that the ne
Chamber of Commerce wants to |
70 in Il position to foster and advoca'
e all things that are for the goo
D. of the people of Ardmore and Cart,
+. county. lie even intimatcd that the et
lc couragement Of baseball team VIZ
ic legitimate enterprise for the Char
n. Der Of Commerce to foster, for an
thing that is wholesome and GOO
Il for the people Is a legitimate unde
10 taking for your Chamber Of Cor
r. merce."
'r Added Value in Large Numbers.
y Fundamentally wrong is the id,
that the Chamber Of Commerce shou
- be kept alive by small number
~ people, Mr.. Apple declared with er
~ phasis. There is no defense wins
II ever for the notion which we som
~ times hear expressed that a COZ
81 munty organization of a couple hu
dred members is all we need. On Il
contrary, in n city of more than g
-. 600 population, which Ardmore hc
~ we should have Chamber Of Coz
merce Of two thousand members. III
III everyone of those two thousand thin
W ing and working for the advancemo
NJ of the city.
no "With such an organization the
NJ would be plenty of work to do. / a
convinced that with this add
strength and income and the entht
-. iasm which we are going to have
IN a result of this civic awakening,