The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-05-26
COMMITTEES
NAMED BY DIRECTORS
Chamber Will Be At Work Within a
Short Time. Service Fund Now
$5,064; Membership 2S5.

W. |. Luikart will head the reor-
ganized Clovis Chamber of Commerce.
The new board Of directors, elected
BY mailed primary and final ballot, is
constituted as follows: W. b. Cramer,
&c, W. Harrison, W. |. Luikart, Miss
/. h. Kendall, W. II. Bowman, A. B.
Austin, Jas, NJ. Buckley, Bert Curless,
c. A. Hatch, j. +. Lindley, Z. L.
Manson and A. Mandell. The board
met yesterday and named Mr.. Luikart
president, c. W. Harrison and A.
Mandell, vice presidents. d. W. Jones
was retained as secretary. The cleo
tion of treasurer will be made by
committee from the banks of the
city.
Practically equal in Importance
with the board Of directors is the
Forum Committee which was named
yesterday as follows: c. F. Doughton,
president; e. o. Roberts, S. A. Jones,
Alex Shipley, Rev. W. W. Brander,
Mrs. +. II. Ashcraft, Mrs. E. r. Cas-
sell, X. c. Childers, w. H. Taylor,
DR. A. l.. Dillon, W. W. Nichols and
A, w. johnson. This committee will
direct the members forum which is
virtually an organization within the
chamber and which provides the
means for the membership making
known its desires to the directors. The
Forum will hold frequent meetings
Of the membership at which matters
of interest are brought up and dis
cussed and the wishes of the men,
bers ascertained and expressed.
The definite program of projects
which the chamber will undertake inn
mediately will be built from sugges-
tons made tonight at group meetings
OF the entire membership to be held
at the high school. Every member
will have an equal voice in deciding
what things the chamber will under
take. A program Of work committee,
to be named by Chairman S. A. Jones
and President W. |. Lukart, will can
vass the suggestions and form the
program, placing the things the ma
Jority indicate on the major program
for immediate undertaking and other
suggestions on the forum program
for subjects for discussion and devel-
opment at forum meetings. As major
projects are accomplished those pro-
jects which are developed through the
forum will be moved to the major
program.
Committees will be appointed i'm
mediately to the various projects on
the major program, will be furnished
with data on how organizations else
where have accomplished like under
takings and will be responsible to the
board and membership for carrying
out each particular project after
which the members will be relieved. A
committee on committees to name
these project committees is constitut-
ed as follows: W. r. Cramer, W. II.
Bowman, A. B. Austin, Milton Brown,
and j. c. Luikart.
j. f. Lindley, c, A. Hatch and E.
l.. Manson constitute an auditing and
finance committee. Bert Curless, A.
Mandell and A. B. Austin form p
committee on equipment
The next week will see the chamber
actually functioning and started on
the road to constructive achievment.
The program will be completed COM
mittees will be started at work;
model forum meeting of the member
ship will be held to discuss some live
subjects of especial interest at this
time; and the whole organization put
under way. Modern accounting and
filing systems are being instituted.
The membership of the chamber
now stands at 2S6 and the service
fund at $5,064.