Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-10-22
Chamber of
Commerce Notes

convince the outside WORM "l nv w.
Z, rtuHitieS Offered in agriculturaI ana
o. Ter activities in this section.
The fact tha, che directorate OF t"r
Vrrnilion Chamber is composed Of ''nr
.f the most prominent individuals ~
tho Parish, and the fact that they are
from all section of thc parish, ~ an m
dirhtion that they are well informed rs
a. tine disposition of the citizens
Co ordiuating in thi, opinion. At
meeting Of the directors Tuesday az
Abbcvilc. plus were begun for this Y
panding II the organization, to every
community in the parish.
Al Advisory Board will be created III
the following communities: GuoNIa,'
Kaplau, Abbcvillc, Erath, Maurice, Del
ranibrc. Perry and Henry. The m"m-
hcrs will he from the leading planters,
citizens and business men of those par
'icular communities and they viii form
o co-ordinating working group IN thcr
respective communities FOR the advance.
nent OF Ncrmilion Parish and a. al
visor. 70 the directors from thai secl'ol
Also three progressive merchants M
zach town will be designated 10 CO.
operate in Trade Extcntion Of bet
ter business campaigns.
Cooperating with tie Louisiana Corn
nPrcial Secretaries Association and
other state wide organizations, an inn
mediate campaign Is being made 10
interest list ~ -four hundred Illinois
and Wisconsin citizen In Ncrmilloh
Parish lands. These people made writ
ten request for information about L"G'
i.iana al the Illinois State Fair and the
Wisconsin State Fair during August q
this year The Nermilion Chamber OF
Commerce and other Vcrmiion Parish
doniciled oreiniztions are mailing lit
crsturc to this list Of four hunl,cl
with q hope TO get some Of them 20
como TO this section.
To further exploit the resources OF
the soil of vermilion Parish, Secretary
Manager f. J. Hollinger will conduct
an exhibit and Civ TO national visitors
at the convention next week AZ New
Orleans Of the National Association of
Commercial Organization Secretaries,
sample bags Of rice and cans Of syrup
with literature and n copy of ''F'"ty
Fcts about Vcrmilion' This is being
done to nationally advertise Vcrmilion
and is made possible through the co.
operation Of Ncrmiion Parish citizens.
AZ Tuesday meeting the Board Oh
Directors secured the service Of J Boat
ner Carter, a Louisiana boy, and Seere'
tarv Of the Louisiana Commercial Sc
eretaries Association with headquarters
al Riston, to cooperate with the OFF,
essf- and members of the vermilion
Chamber OF Commerce and Manager
Hollinger an bringing about a working
group OF citizen in every section or
Nermilion Parish TO build their comiru'
nifty and to aid in developing and on.
rouring the development Of All off Yer.
million Parish.
The citizens Of the parish have al
ready shown a spirit % progrcsslvness
and interest in this movement and
many neighhors are discussing Vcrmil'
ION and its future, one with the other.
The Directors believe, that with the
aid Of the members of the organization
nd the Advisory Boards that Vermil.
ION Parish will be talked far and wide
and the Vermilion Chamber of Com.
mercc through the cooperation which
win be brought about, will become on
OF the greatest Chambers Of Commerce
Of the South,
Through the Louisiana Commercial
Secretaries Association, the VermiliCn
Chamber Of Commerce has received a
list Of about four hdndred peCp>e in
i.ln,I. Il, d Wisconsin that -, interest.
II J. Louisiana. Written Application
fr information by these folks wa
rlale through the Louisiana Exhibit at
.h Wisconsin and llinionOis state
Fairs during August this year. Secre'
tary.Managcr Hollinger has extra lists
of these names which can BE- had with
out cost BY any citizens, real estate
firms or development companies Of YER
million Parish.
Literature on vermilion Parish is
being mailed.
Abbeville. La, VermiliOn Parish cit
liens, through the Ncrmilion Parish
Chamber Of Commerce, Yesterday begun
laying pins for making that orginiza-
ton one of the strongest in community
development; IN the state. Al meet
ing of the Directors, j. Boatner Carter.
secretary of the Louisina Commercial
Secretaries Association from Ruston was
retained 10 cooperate with the present
Manager E. J. Hollinger and the Off
GERS in broadening the activities of the
present organization
At n special meeting of the Board 0i
Directors of the Vermilion Chamber Of
Commerce held at Abbeville, Tuesday.
October Is, 1921, il was unanimously
agreed TO appoint an advisory Board in
ech of the following Towns: Gueydan,
KaplaH, Abbeville, Erath, Maurice, Del
csmbre, Perry and Henry. The Board
will be composed of five men together
with any members Of the Board of Dir.
rctors who may be residents Of that
particular community. The Advisor
Board, as indicated by the title, will
consider all problems confronting their
town and make such reports and recon-.
ncndations. as they NAV see fit, 20
their director The Advisors will Ire
appointed by the President Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, with the advice
Of the local DIRECTOR,
This will bring the different sections
orahe Parish closes together aud form,
q s0ongcr working Organization,
caring the next 90 DAYS. a plans
will bc worked out to make a Ncrmil.
!On Chamber of Commerce a greater
eemmanity orginizstion. J. Boataer Car.
ter, Secretary of the Louisiana As>o-
cistiou viii assist in this campaign
and all aembers are asked 10 lend their
Cooperation TO make The vermilion
Chamber If Commerce tho strongest in
the State and 70 put vcrmilion Parish
at the head Of the list, where il right
fully belongs, as Louisiana's most
wonderful agricultural section.