The Owosso times., 1922-06-23
OWOSSO CHAMBER
HAS LUNCHEON
Discuss Advisability of Put
ting Dam in River to Ben
eft Boating.
OWOSSO, June 23-Beware of

OWOSSO. June 23-Beware of
men soliciting advertising for a
county directory" said Secretary
Seegm.ller at the cnamber of com
nlerce luncheon Tuesday noon.
AS far as 1 can see advertising an
a dil ectory derives little results,
for when a person opens ore FIR
information, he is not going to
stop and read the advertisements
that are upon different pages.
The directory these men are So
liciting for, according to Mr.. Seeg-
miller's statement, will be of small
pocket size, and with brown paper
cover.
To advertise within this book
ii will cost $500 for a certain size
add in large type, or $500 in
smaller size.
The Polk people already make a
directory of the ci-y and comfy
and make but very little profit
ftDm their sales AT the present
tune.
Therefore with another smaller
book on the market their sales
will be still lower, perhaps causing
them to stop making them alto
gether, and with the passing of a
few years the new form of direc-
tory may also cease to function
Therefore leaving the city without
a directory of any kind.
The question as to the placing of
a dam in the river was also brought
up. Mr.. Seegmiller spoke of the
efforts made by Mr.. Lee
Christian toward this propositions
success.
Mr.. Christian is at present work.
ing along other lines towards max
ing boating and canoing possible
upon the Shiawassee river.
One proposition rs the installing
of a large dredge upon = and
throwing the refuse taken from the
bottom upon the banks, making
suitable places for country homes.
and clubhouses. All of which
could easily be terraced up from
the river.
The other plan is to place a
dredger upon the river and throw
the refuse on each side of the
rivers edge, making it consider
ably narrower and deeper. This
would save the purchasing of land
along the river bank between
eastern city limits and Corunna.
that would be necessary if the
other plan was adopted.
Afterwards open discussion was
held upon the Community Chest
Several delegates of
different organizations about the
city were present.
After much discussion both pro
and con a decision was made that
a chairman be appointed and he
choose Il committee of IL for help
ers.
The chairman of this committee
must be "a very capable and com
petent man, with plenty of time to
give to the propositions cause, said
Mr.. Seegmiller. "He also. must be
very careful in choosing the right
men for the committee.
The question then arose as to
he possibilities of having a repre-
sentative of each organization on
he solicitation committee,
Because of the partially that
might be shown by such represen- |
-atives, | think it best to have a |
committee made up of men or
women interested in no individual |
JT TBdIllLdllOI, Sdlu MI Cdu |
Many in attendance at the lunch
con described what they believed |
20 be impossibilities in the PROPOSE
ton. Some hinted that raising |
sufficient funds for all the differ
ent organizations and institutions |
Of the city would be impossible.
Secretary Seegmiller, however,
soon cleared away all the doubt |
hat could be found along these
ines.
"The only thing to do is to pare.
and pare each amount asked by
each individual organization down
TO the very minimum. Then If the
amount raised is not sufficient,
there is only one thing left for the
different organizations to do, this is
to reduce the amount asked to the
received, and make the
sum cover the various expenses for
the ensuing year" said Mr.. Seeg-
miller. I'm other words follow the
advice of the old saying If the shoe
pinches your toes, withdraw your
foot until IL does not"