The Holly chieftain., 1920-03-11
If Holly Is To Be On Air
Mail Map.
PRESIDENT WOODS URGES
AMUSEMENT CoNvENIENCES
Points Out There Is No Adequate
Place for Public Gatherings Of
Young Folks and That Some Pro.
vision Should Be Made.

Owing to the called meeting of
the club a week ago Monday night
for the purpose of organizing the
proposed Holly-Stonington tele-
phone company, the regular meet
ing of the commercial club last
Monday night was rather sparsely
attended. However, there was a
quorum present and various mat,
ters discussed.
A letter from the secretary of
the Agricultural College Glee Club
of Fort Collins offered to visit
Holly on it's trip down the valley
for a guarantee of $l75. The club
of course was not in a position to
assume the financial responsibility
but after some discussion Secre-
tary 4. j. Ponton was authorized
to advise the Glee Club that the
cluu would extend its hearty moral
support and assist in any way pos
sible in advertising and ticket
sale. The date of their visit was
not definitely stated.
A letter from The National Air
lines association OF Las Angeles
urged the advisability OF the club
taking. steps to establish an avia-
ton landing field here if Holly was
to share in the dvantages of the
companies proposed lines and
maps and early air. mail service
The secretary of the club was au-
thoriZed to advise the California
association that Holly already had
one TO the hest landing fields any
where in the middle west and that
efforts would probably be made
soon to mark the landing in ac-
cordance with the government air
service requirements
President Woods mentioned that
while some objection had been rails
ed by certain members of the club
to renting the rooms out to vari-
Gus societies some of which used
them for dancing, he thought
such objections should not be well
taken for the reason that there is
not at this time any other avail
able building in Holly for lodges
OF other societies President Woods
then emphasized HOlly's serious
lack at this time for any systemat-
ic or organized amusement for the
youth of the town and community
or available hall for clean amuse-
ments. He thought it a need of
the time--a community hall or
something of the sort. He followed
these remarks by stating that
Fred B. Freeman of New York City,
a field secretary of the county work
department of the International
committee of the Y. M. C. A. was
here few days ago looking up
this very sort of situations
throughout the country, and that
Mr.. Freeman would return to Holly
at later date to address a mass
meeting on the necessity of provid.
ing wholesome amusement and vo-
this section, which will probably
result in the provision OF some
suitable community gathering
place. President Woods remarks
along this line were quite general
ly concurred in by those present.
President Woods called atten-
ton to continued complaints from
farmers of the south side country
of Holly's inadequate markets for
their products. Mr. Woods re-
marked in this connection that
there was movement on foot
looking to the establishment of
another elevator at Holly. AS the
matter now stands there is no COM
petition here in the grain buying
business and as the farmers say
that more often than otherwise
theya re unable to sell their maize
and some other products outside
OF poultry and eggs. at any price
1t is also alleged that as result of
this condition much trade that |
should naturally come to Holly is !
going to Elkhart just over the !
state line in Kansas, where there
are four elevators and where all
the maize and kafir corn brought |
in is bought by the Elkhart deal !
ers as fast as it comes for cash.
An informal discussion of the
that Holly is too far |
from either the Kansas City or Den |
yer packing houses to make it pos
sible for a local dealer to make
decent living from the buying of
cattle and hogs here, brought out
the suggestion that it would be