The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-06
ARDMORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
COMPRISES l,2OO LOYAL CITIZENS;
SECRETARY BARRON, MOVING SPIRIT

The Ardmore Chamber Of Commerce
was reorganized just one year ago. In
a canlpaign for membership, twelve
hundred loyal citizens Of Ardmore sign
eo up for q three-year membership, ut
S2o.OO year. One of the splendid fea
lures IN connection with this is the
pr0mptness with which these men paid
their dues and the loyalty they have
shown this organization from the very
beginning.
About the first thing the Chamber
OF Commerce did after it's organization
was to rent a suite Of office rooms al
Its present address 10 A street, north
west, which is within half a block of
four of Arlmores banks in the very
heart of the business district. These
rooms have been comfortably furnished
and properly equipped for the work the
Chamber of Commerce had planned to
do.
One of the most useful and important
features of its equipment is a kitchen
and two dining rooms, the smaller room
being ut the disposal of members of the
Chamber of Commerce every day for
luncheon, anI for smaller committee
meetings. The larger dining room is
the noun-day meeting place for the
noon-day meetings ETAOINlocatio.
various clubs-for the Chamber Of
Commerce Forum club uncheuns on
Mondays, the Kiwans club on Tuesday,
the Rotary club on Wednesday, the
Lions club on Thursdays On Fridays
and Saturdays the larger room is us
ually used for luncheons by the Auto
mobile Association, ana the Iaymen's 8
club Of the churches Of Ardmore and
other organizations Of a like nature.
After each luncheon, the dining noon
is cleared, tables removed and the
room made ready for the afternoon
meetings of the various womens organ
izations of the city-for the meeting of
the Ladies bf the Leaf and the Del
! phians on alternate Mondays, the W1o-
I mems Auxiliary Of the American Legion
Wednesday, the Philharmonic club
/. weekly on "Wednesday, the Camp Fire
4 Girls ON Thursday. Daily, in, either the
Z larger or smaller room meetings of the
+ various committees Of the Chamber of
4 Commerce OF other city organizations
Z are held.
( In the evenings the Chamber Of Com.
merce rooms are equally well patron
y izel. Monday evenings they are Used
4 by the American Legion, Tuesday eve
Y ming by the local chapter Of the Ameri-
can Bankers Institute, "Wednesday eve
ming by the ArdInore Chamber Of Com
merce band, and various other organiza-
tons use the rooms for the hslance Of
i the week.
\ In addition TO creating q community
\ spirit which until the past year never
existed in Ardmore, the Chamber OF
H Commerce is active along useful lines.
At the beginning of the year, through
/ the office of the Chamber IF Commerce
II representatives of the various building
H yafts and their employees met al these
II rooms and arrived at what is recognized
as an equitable solution Of Ardmore's
n labor problem, the unions voluntarily
/ reducing their wage scale, and thus
H stimulating building TO an extent for
" Terly unknown in the city. Because ot
n tne agreement reached between labor
Il and capital there are at least three
4 hundred houses now under construc-
ti0n in Ardmore-a direct result Of that