Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

The drive for the Commercial
Club memberships last Friday was
one of the most successful events
staged here in years, and as a result
240 members were enrolled. Two
! teams under the leadership of
Messrs. G. F. Baker and w. F. Bak-
er started out at nine o'clock in the
morning. The Decorah Merchants
Band led by Prof. Sperati led par
| ade of the workers from the Ben
Bear corner west to the Lutheran
| Publishing House where the two
| teams started work. G.. +. Bakers
| team took the south side of Water
street and w. F. Bakers team the
north side. His district extended
from Luther College to the Bernatz
brick mill in the first ward. Both
teams worked diligently to see which
one would round up the most MEM
bers and when they quit about $3.50
it was found that the genial lumber
man had nosed out the banker by
quite few members.
The committee worked hard all
day and met with fine reception
from practically everyone approached
as the fine membership of 240 testi-
fies. Now it is up to all those who
have ioined to get together and work
| for the betterment of Decorah IN
every way, and with the proper kind
| of team work, all working together,
many fine things for the community S
good can be accomplished here. The
members should make it a point to
attend all meetings, and present any
pro position they might have. The
Commercial Club is for the good of
DEBORAH, and it is up to the mem
bers. everyone of them, to do their
share in working for Decorah's in
! terest.
President Geo. w. Johnson Of the
club, at the club dinner at the Win
ueshiek Monday made the following
address to the members, and it covers
the situation very aptly, and points
out the future program for bigger
and better Decorah:
conference.-the success that has
attended our drive for members foi
the Decorah Commercial Club has
been so great and the results SO
gratifying to us all that it would not
be fitting to fail, at this time, to
make some expression of the great
pleasure and satisfaction we all fee
at the outcome.
4 The thing that made the greatest
impression on me, even greater than
a the impress made by the perfect CO.
operation of every member OF the
, committee, was the almost unanimous
. response the committee received
from the large number who were
. approached. A few, unfortunately
, had the wrong point of view and de-
, clined the opportunity to cooperate
with US for a better and bigger De
, corah and better community as
; whole. But, as the work of this l;rg'
, Ier organization progresses | have
: every confidence that these few vii
| ioin with us enthusiastically and be-
/ come as active in the work as any
+ of us who have already Joined III;
: club. When | tell you that only eigh
: or nine of all the large number so
, licited for membership on Friday re
: fused the committee it is eviden
/, that the opposition was very, yer!
5 insignificant.
Our organization is not yet com
< pete as there are many who have
not been seen, but thus far we hav;
e 24O members enrolled and before on
l work >is done this number sbou'C
4 pass the 300 mark. This is certainly
S most gratifying to US all and demon
a strates what can be done by con
: certed effort.
\ Gentlemen, we are row on th'
S threshold of new era in the activi
S ties of this club We have expanded
and have taken in aeg~eat manv nev
{ members all OF whom have their owl
h lir.erests and own ideas and al o
t whom have expectations of seein,
:. Isometaing ACCOMPLISHED. Those of u
: who have formed the nucleus of tn
s organization and have ! been tn
e cause of this exnension have nlace'
!. upon orrsclves the resppnsihi.itv o
e perfectinc the orparizasion and 8
:. ldevelopinp IT, so conducting our paT
" in It's afrai~s. thnt every membe
4 rev or old, viii feel thnt eve'v ~r'or
Q we rake win be q concerted effoy
n for 'he sfvanrN'ns~A &C the hest ir
o terer+s and unbuildipg of the cop
munity IS whole. We have accept