The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-28
REUNION FORMER
c. c. PRESIDENTS
SCHEDULED HERE
70 es One Feature Of Chamber es
Commerce Meeting Next Monday
Night; To Give History
Of Organization.
ALL PAST EXECUTIVES
BE INVITED Is PLAN
Struggles, Successes, Failures 10 bs
Noted; Reports Of Present Cham.
ber to Tell Of Work Done
During Year.

Ono Of the outstanding features
Of the Chamber Of Commerce mid.
wlntor meeting. which IL to be held
at the Elks club next Monday night
at 8 o'clock. Ia TO bc tho reunion OF
past presidents OF the organization
In ChIckasha. Il was announced at
chamber headquarters today.
This feature Is expected 10 bring
out some interesting history In con.
nection with chamber OF commerce
and commercial work In ChIckasha
md TO show now the present organI.
;atlon was developed. The secre.
lary today is working on material
along this line for presentation at
the meeting Monday night
The early history OF commercial
club and chamber OF commerce work
in ChIckasha seems to be somewhat
obscure. according to chamber Of
ficials OF today. but insofar as possi-
BILE this Is being brought to light. /.
Just where the movement started
ias not been brought to light at
this time. However, II Is recalled
that among the early organizations
n the city was the Chickasha Com
mercial Club and Farm Bureau and
later the Chickasha Chamber Of
Commerce.
Among the presidents OF mum,
ber Of years ago. as recalled today
were: J. s. Browne. II. b. Johnson.
who now lives In Texas and A. 8.
Gilkey. now Of Lawton. Others
were B. Il. Bridges, Ben Johnson.
Ed F. Johns and Jonas Cook. In
more recent years, orln Ashton, Al.
ger Melton and L. C. Hutson were
The commanding officers OF the
Chamber OF Commerce or CONNER
cial club Of the city. There were
others, according to the present
chamber officials and an effort is
being made to collect accurate data.
An effort will be made to have
,very past president OF the organiza-
lion present at the meeting Mon
lay night for big reunion. A
short summary, dealing with the or
5anizatlon as far as records reveal,
will be given, "Reminiscences OF
work for the upbuIlding of Chick
asha, the trials, the successes, the
failures of the organization, will be
sketched. 1t is expected to prove
decidedly interesting as we'll as in
itructive and to show the progress
made in work Of that nature here.
Report Of Activities.
What has the Chamber of Com
merce Of Chickasha been doing for
the past six months?
What are the plans contemplated
by the Chamber for the future?
The answer to the first question
will be contained In brief reports to
be submitted to the membership at
the mid-winter meeting Of the or
ganization to be held at the Elks
club Monday evening at o'clock.
The outline Of the chambers pro-
posed activities for 1922 will also be
announced at this meeting.
Just what projects the organiza-
tion will concentrate on will be set
forth and the membership will then
be at liberty to offer suggestions
and make recommendation for the
carrying out Of the 1922 program,
according to J. w. Conner, secre-
tary. The plans Of the board Of d.
rectors for the 1922 program Of ac-
tivity are to be discussed and de-
cisions reached as to the best meth
DDS Of attaining the desired ends.
II believe that there will be
record attendance at the meeting"
said Mr.. Conner today. 1T seems
to me that there is more interest
being shown In the coming meeting
than in any one previously held. It
is apparent that there is a spirit
for closer cooperation for the good
of Chickasha than ever before. We
people Of Chickasha have learned
that to accomplishe things for
Chickasha, we must work together.
That we have been doing for the
past year and It is getting to be 4
habit with everyone. will venture
the assertion that the Chickasha
Chamber Of Commerce Is getting q