The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-12
CHAMBER COMPLETES
NEW ORGANIZATION
Committees Are Appointed and Ten
tative Plans for Year Are
Made.

The new board of directors of the
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce,
meeting in the Chamber of commerce
rooms yesterday afternoon, further
perfected its organization for the year
and elected officers. The president
appointed standing committees for the
year.
Max L. Bear was elected first vice
president, Hunter Brown, second; f.
f. Bingham, third; John A Merritt
fourth; Fred w. Marsh, fifth j. $.
Reese was elected treasurer and John
v. Price. secretary. j. F.. Davis Yonge
was elected as national councillor TO
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, Washington, d. c.
The board decided to have a regu-
lar weekly meeting every Tuesday aft
ernoon with a membership meeting
once every month in the evening.
Judge Hoffman, the new president,
delivered a splendid inaugural address
TO the board. He urged that the board
concentrate on the essential things
and emphasized that point. He APP
pointed a committee to be composed
Of every man, woman and child in
Pensacola, as a committee to extend
a welcome 10 tourists in the city and
suggested the securing of buttons to
be worn by the. winter visitors, to dis
tinguish them from the citizens Of
Pensacola.
The board went on record as pledg-
ing itself to heartily support the Off
GERS, the membership committee and
TO give itsf ull support to the annual
membership drive.
The chamber signifled its intention
80 a IA. fVatV Nf -
Escambia county man as a member
OF the state road department. 1t is
considered that Escambia should have
representation on the board in view OF
the fact that she only recently voted
a large sum in bonds to be expended
In road building. Definite action was
deferred until a later meeting.
John A. Merritt was appointed as a
delegate to go to Washington to at
tend the meeting of the Mississippi
Valley association, Jan. 10.
Committees appointed by President
Hoffman were as follows:
Membership-Georg j. Emmanuel.
chairman; T. l.. Cant. Hunter Brown,
G. c. Baldwin, Edward T. White, Alex
Friedman, James Mitchell.
Editorial Association Convention
Kowles, chairman; Mrs. Lois K.
Mayes. Miss Nellie Burrow. Percy
Hayes, Paul p. Stewart, Henry Jeude-
vine, e. r. Malone, Hunter Brown. J..
c.. Holtzclaw j. c. Watson, j. V. Price,
/. II. Aiken.
Civic-Roscoe Wallace, chairman:
w S. Lurton, C. w. Forum, C. G.
Baldwin. Frederick Gilmore, Adrian
Langford, II. II. D'Alemberte, $. J..
Newcomb Edmund Fox.
Program of Work.. E. Wells,
chairman; J. II. Sheriff., d. B. Com
zalez, j. A. Avant F. f. Bingham.
Publicity-G. c. Baldwin. chairman;
NJ. L. Clark, C. ]. Herbert, William
Chipley Jones. P. w. Reed, w. C.
billiard.
Factory Sites-J. C. Watson, chair
man: Morris Bear, c. w. Parker, j.
II. D'Alembere, c. W. Lamar.
Finance. S. Reese, chairman;
Max Bear. E. r. Malone.
Traffic Rates-H. A Lurton, chair
man; Marvin Garrett, A. II. Jones. J..
+. Phillips.
Railroads.. II. Mccormick, chair
man: j. c.. Holtzclaw, Il. r. Malone,
George p. Wentworth, Oliver Semmes.
Steering-E. r. Malone. chairman;
Hunter Brown, Max Bear.
Good Roads, w. Marsh, chair
man; Paul p. Stewart, T. L. Cant,
Ben Clutter. Max Bear, Joseph M.
Levy. Gus A. Soderlind, Dr. Frank G..
Renshaw.
Conventions. /. Hendricks. chair
man; Sol A. Levy, ]. II. Bayliss, A.
C. Binkley, NJ. r. Yonge, Lee Macdon-
nell, John A. Jones.
Agricultural-P. X. Yonge, chair
man; j. H. Sheriff.. L. w. Hardy, p.
III. Brock. W. ID. Willis.
The new board of directors is COM
posed of ]. A. Avant, Max L. Bear. T..
+. Bingham, Hunter Brown, George J..
Emmanuel. T. l.. Cant, G. w. Lamar,
H.. A. Lurton, Lee mcdonnell, John
A. Merritt, Il. w. Marsh, ]. S. Reese,
George p. Wentworth, Edward t.
Wentworth.