The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-29
PERMANENT HOME
 FOR CHAMBER PLEA
 OF MANAGER BUNN
It Was Done In Chattanooga Without Cost to Members, Why Not in Birmingham
 He Asks

Plea for 6 permanent home of it's own was made st tho last of the get together luncheons given Monday at the the Southern club by the Cham Der of Commerce., The final affair took place yesterday afternoon with Col. T. O. Smith. vice president of the Birmingham Trust and Savings company as host
 Seventeen directors of tho cham Der have in turn acted as hosts to a hundred and odd members. The final luncheon was one of the best, every seat being taken at all the tables.
 The closing talk was made by O. L. Bum. manager of the chamber, who was requested to outline what the chamber had done Mir. Bum briefly scheduled tho efforts that had been made to departmsntalizs the work of the chamber SC that each s component element might serve the community by being at work in ways suited to them.
 A He referred to the Treffso Bureau. the agricultural department. the wholesale merchants and manufao- turers association, the junior cham Der. the Italian society. the truoksrs. and the prospective organization of tho retail merchants as evidences of this activity. Speaking of the agri- cultural department ho mentioned the 2 bringing of 8 carload of pure bred Jersey calves to the boys of the coun- ty and carload of pure bred hogs tho purchase of ditohing and ter racing machines for the farmers of the county and the organization of the truckers. resulting in the oper- ation of successful truckers mar sket conducted by and for the truck CTS. He mentioned the work that had been done for the dairymen and the work now being done in conjunction with Auburn and the oity to bring county datrtes up to grade A stand. ard.
 To Advertise Birmingham
 The Junior Chamber has 800 live. wire members and the wholesal CT s have 106 members drawn from the leaders in their lines. This organ ization is about to publish a book let showing Birmingham's claims tc be jobbing center and b0.000 copies are to be circulated.
 MT. Bum closed with the reiterated statement that the chamber cannot expect to fully perform until 1t Is in a home and building of its own. where all the dinner clubs of the city may meet and hold their luncheons, and where there may bs a perma- nent exposition of Birmingham-made goods.
 What Chnttanooga Did
 MT. Bum put through such 6 pro- jeet when manager of the Chatta- nooga board of trade prior to com ing to Birmingham, and the receipts from the exhibits have more than paid for the investment. so that fl has not cost the contributing mem. bers a penny. The Chattanooga chamber owns this building now, the permanent exhibit Is there and nc visitor to Chattanooga can escape seeing what Chattanooga factories turn out.
 It Is known that MT. Bum is at work on this proposition and that he has the hearty backing of many of the leading members of the chamber
 A Famous Gardener
 Other short talks were made by Os- car Wells. J. W. Donnelly, Hugh Morrow. Victor H. Hanson, Dr. H. M Edmonds and Frank Willis Barnett MT. Barnett made particularly graceful reference to the handsome basket of roses which the host, Bir- ,mingham's prince of amateur flori- culturalists. Colonel Smith, had plucked from his own garden and brought to deck the center table.
 The luncheons have succeeded, 1t Is believed, in bringing about lot oi the get-together spirit at whose at- tainment they were aimed.