The Belding banner-news., 1921-12-14
BID. COMMERCE
MEMBERS FAVOR
PARKING CHANGE
SAY "HEAD-IN' is PROPER WAY
AND MAKE RECOMMENDA-
TION TO COUNCIL

On Wednesday night Of last week
the Board of Commerce held one OF
its supper meetings in the city hal
with over eighty in attendance. Al
ter a good meal the decks were
cleared for action and it was soon
evident that the members were out
TO make it one of the best meetings
of the year. After the minutes OF
the previous meeting had been dis
posed of and a memorial read toI
Mr. o. +. Webster, Pres. +. {. Lloyd
announced the directors had recently
ordered the walks at the west end
of the depot put in so that 1t could
be truly said we not only started
the depot proposition but also pun
on the finishing touches,
The regular business of the even
ing started with a discussion OF
changes thought necessary in Route
No. A of the state road system
passing south of the Broas property
Pres. Lloyd appointed Mayor Wash
burn, Hon. Fred Warner and Albln
Johnson as a committee To invite
Mr.. Rogers here for one of the early
mdetings and exchange ideas with
him on the subject The committee
cot busy following the meeting and
Mr.. Rogers will be guest of the
Board either on January 18th or
18th.
A camp site for tourists was next
taken up and a plan for this was
explained by II. A. Smith of the
Civic Committee. From the discus
sion which followed it was very APP
parent that all thought we were
missing some good advertising for
this city by not working the tourist
bunch passing our doors all summer.
Mr.. Smith and his committee was
asked to go into the matter in detail
and report at an early meeting.
Along the line of tourists ana
camp sites our antiquated parking
system was thought worthy of dis
cussion and right here the flow of
oratory began. Councilman Bene.
dict thought we had the one and
only correct system in existence and
Mr.. Bennett of Godfrey and Bennett
put across a counter blow by saying
only Greenville and Beliing thought
so, when Mr.. Chas. Waite offered
the information that Greenville had
just changed. Then Walter Lam
bertson came back in favor of the
present system with f. f. Hudson
Immediately on his feet asking why
Benedict and his followers did not
turn their cars around and back into
their garages if it was so sensible.
Others followed as fast as they
could be heard. Finally motion
was put for vote resulting in 81
auto owners saying Head in" and
13 for "Back i'm. The matter was
thus left for our oouncilmen to
handle.
In the absence of Dr. Smith who
is chairman Of the memorial COM
mittee, Sec. b. +. Brown reported
for that committee who recommend
that the city of Belding and vicinity
erect a suitable memorial in the
shape of a large, Michigan field
stone base with bronz tablet on
each Of its four sides, giving the
purpose of the memorial, list of
those who died in the world war and
such other matter as might be de-
cided later; making the whole a liv-
ing memorial by surmounting the
base with an immense steel flagstaff
with old glory and an eagle at the
top. The fact was brought out that
Mr.. A. n. Bel ing had recently Of
fered to donate the plot of ground
lying between the railroad and the
Bridge street bridge and share the
expense Of fitting the ground for a
memorial park to contain the mem-
orial itself. The matter in its en-
tirety met with the approval of
Npearly all present and the committee
was asked to prepare detailed costs
for the work as outlined that ii
might be presented to the people of
this community for approval.
Mr.. Aibin Johnson brought up the
matter of a place for the young peo-
pie to skate other than the river
and this was referred to the sports
committee.
Twelve new members were voted
in and altogether it was one of the
best meetings held in some time.