The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-13
STAGE ALL SET
FOR BIG DINNER
MONDAY EVE
Noted Speakers Will Be
Here To Inspire Lake
landers To Put City In
Forefront of All Florida
Communities Through
Activities of the Cham
Der of Commerce

First come, nrSt served" will be
the rule in the issuance of cards for
the big Community Progress" dinner
and meeting next Monday evening at
the Elks Club. When it is Realized
that there are only I25 seats and that
over 1,200 invitations have been is
sued. one can readily understand that
some are going to be disappointed by
waiting until it is too late. "Procras-
( tinatiOn is said to be the thief of
time" 1t will also be 4 preventor of
a place at the banquet board next
Monday night.
Never in the history Of Lakeland
has such q wonderful program as will
3 be 'on tap" next Monday evening
, been given to the people of Lakeland
and the surrounding country-and the
! surrounding country is evidencing
| deep interest in it by mailing in their
! reservations.
+ "Co-Operation in Community Life"
will be the title of the address by A.
; v. Smell, secretary of the Chamber of
4 Charleston. S. G.. Mr. Smell is re-
garded as the most able secretary in
/ the south today-a man of wonderful
/ force and beautiful speaker There
are few men in organization work in
. the country today who are recognized
! as having Il greater knowledge of
! Chamber of Commerce work than Mr..
Smell Mr.. Smell originated the first
( City Management plan of city govern
/ ment in America. He has served on
4 the Board OF Directors of the National
Association of Commercial OrganiZa-
/ tion Secretaries for number of years.
! and has always stood in the forefront
/ of organized work in the country
Yesterday thirty,two real estate
men met at a luncheon to discuss the
reorganization plans and every one of
/ them came away from the meeting
I thoroughly sold on the proposition
that Lakeland must have Chamber
equal to the best in this country. An
( evidence of this feeling is shown by
the following expressions from them:
You have my approval Of anything
to advance the organization now in
/ progress. u +. Melton.
THE plan looks mighty good We
are with you and are willing to show
it by paying and doing our part OF the
work. .'-Pickard Bros. Co.
There's only one way to accom-
1 plish what the Chamber of Commerce
. proposes and that is by cooperation.
Let's put it across. L. X. Abbott
"The movement has my unqualified
endorsement. as set forth by your
committee. and | am willing to CO.
operate to the best of my ability. =
W. Fiske Johnson.
forward to seeing Lakeland grow -
May Tomlinson.
81 heartily approve of the splendid
work which is being started and
pledge to give my full support to
! whatever the new organization will
undertake. f. J. Kaufman.
81 am heartily with the entire move
ment. y. r. Boulware.
THE plan is o. K."-C. H. Way.
81 very heartily approve of your
work as outlined and would consider
it privilege to work with you"-S.
+. Jones.
4 like the plan very much and am
for It's F. Everett
81 will do all possible to push move
ment."-A. +. Sheldon.
81 am very much impressed with
the reorganization movement. | am
with you and stand ready to assist
you in any way M G. Waring
81 think the plans as outlined fine
and stand ready to assist you in any
way. You have the ground pretty well
covered. Let's go after it and put it
over. Gertrude Overstreet.
The new organization will have
my support. -. j. Haldeman
1T is my opinion that the plan out
lined is the only sane method and has
my unqualified support Vim. Steitz.
81 assure you that am with you in
your work to build up Lakeland. -
r. F.. Lufsey.
II wish to congratulate the re-or-
ganization committee on the splendid
work il is doing and the excellent
program it has outlined for the fu-
ture. | wish to give assurance of my
earnest desire to cooperate and to
aid the committee in every way pos
sible."-R. +. Hart.
"On every hand | hear expressions
of approval and in this lies the secret
of bigger and better" Lakeland .
Cooperation is the keynote that will
put it over. If every citizen in Lake
land-every man and woman in it
will work together there is nothing
can keep Lakeland from taking place
among the foremost cities of the
state. Mrs. N. S. Ivy.
4 want to assure you that | will
do all that | can to further the inter.
ests of Lakeland. After all, com.
munity reflects the spirit and activity
of its people and | am confident that
: we have the people with the pet
. requisite to put Lakeland in the fore
= front. ."-Beni Getzoff.