Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-01-18
CONN E|RC Gal club
IN YEARLY MEET ING
Hldar Hoaglund Re-elected Presi.
dent. Committees Appointed.
Financial Statement

| The Willmar Commercial Club held
| it's annual meeting in the Masonic
Temple on the evening Of January 10,
1922. at 500 o'clock p. m.
| The meeting was called to order by
the President and the minutes of the
meetings of October 18th and Decem-
| Der 6, 1921, were read and approved.
A communication was read from the
Glacier Trail Association advising the.
| Club Of the National Convention of
| said Association set for Thursday,
January IL, 1922, in Curtis Hotel, Min
neapolis, and further advising Of the
necessity Of Willmar electing some
individual to represent this city in the
| County organization and also as a
delegate to the National convention.
It was moved and seconded that
VIM. o. Johnson be elected as the
| representative of Willmar and that the
! Club pay the railroad fare of VIM. O..
Johnson and also of John Ruddy, a
director OF said Glacier Trail Associa-
ton to the annual convention at Min
| neapolis The motion carried.
! The Club was advised that Olaf H.
Ferring. Henry G. Young and Albin
c. Carlson, the treasurer of the Gla-
cier Trail Association, all planned to
| attend the National convention Of the
| 18th p
! It was moved and seconded that
the Club send a resolution Of thanks to
| c. NJ. Babcock.- State Highway Com
missioner for, the work that has been
done on the Glacier Trail. The mo-
| ton carried. .. -.
Mr.. Ruddy called attention to the
proposed road making short cut
from Willmar to Clara City following
| the railroad track along the south side
thereof and desired the club to take
some action in regard thereto.
1t was moved and seconded that the
Club go on record as favoring the pro-
| posed road and that a petition calling
for the establishment of said road be
circulated among the citizens of Will
mar and after being signed that the
same be sent to the State Highway
Commission. The motion carried.
The proposition of the National
Community Association Of Fargo. N
D., to put on certain entertainments
and lectures during the coming year
was presented and the Club decided
not to accept their proposition.
| Mr.. Young called attention to the
paving plans of the city stated that
member of the City Council would
call upon business men to secure an
expression of sentiment in regard to
paving and he hoped that when called
upon business men would express
| their sentiments as favorable to tine
paving plans of the Council. %E
The report of the Secretary fer the
| year was then read. The report
showed total receipts for the year of
$2233.O2, total disbursements Of
| $1684O9, balance on hand $548.93, OF
which $4,000 should be credited to
the General Fund and $422.33 to the
Entertainment Fund. The report al
so showed 155 members on the books
| Of the Club of which 1T were in good
standing on January i, 1922.
| The report of the Secretary was ac-
| copied and placed on file.
It was moved and seconded that the
Secretary notify all members who
were in arrears for a period back Of
| 1921 that their dues must be paid up
by February l, 1922, or they would be
dropped from the membership rolls.
The motion carried. .
! It was moved and seconded that the
salary Of the Secretary be fixed at the
sum of $4,000 for the ensuing year.
The motion carried.
The Club then proceeded to the cleo
ton Of officers for the ensuing year
and the following were unanimously
elected: p
President, Hildar N. Hoaglund.
! Vice President, Elmer A. Peterson.
Secretary, R. w. Stanford.
Treasurer. C. w. Odell.
1t was moved and seconded and
carried that if the Secretary of the
Club would attend the National Con-