Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-07
HISTORY OF GREATER
MARSElLLES CLUE

ON January -, 1920. one Of tho
! hrsl ot the Greater Marscillos CIub
! movements tO organize a club wng
! 1'ln III N'odurh hall, when one hun.
urea ana rlnctu,n citizens of the com.
MUMMY sat down TO a banquet. Shor
| man Il Lewis was appointed ns chair
| man at an appointing committee. tho
! pa pose of whkh was To nominate or.
| h',"S and directors of what ia nov
! .allcd the Greater Marscllca club
/ Ih' RECORDS show that there were
! 5 loctod Ton r.csldcnt T. \. Collins.
! Tor Nic"prcsdcnt, George : Stcrrru
= Tor secretary and treasurer +. II upr.
rinGtun, for directors, A. G. Allen. "
| II. Slnr At this meeting call wps
| issued tor members. Again ON Janu.
/ airy 30 meeting of the officers of the
/ tiub VAS held in the public library
| the purpose OF said meeting was t.
tmeud the bylaws to conform To the
association as II now exists
II was at this meeting that the II.
sion of the officers of the club wax
o\hihll"d. Means of securing I bot.
ter start In the community we've dis
cuss'u. II was At this TIM that the
club made the first attempt 10 hotter
the conditions IN and around Mar
s',llca one main item that the club
considered waa the housing problem
in the city at that time. The sccrc
t1rv was instructed to secure suitablr
Information rrrarding the cost Of
erecting suitable homes and cucourus
iur immigration To Marsciles
There is one outstanding tact motto.
"a T." the beginning OF this club anu
that is the Greater MarscilIo4 club
was not in'ounod To be- business
mems organization but adhered 10
that name. namely Greater Mar
scillos club. because II was under.
stood that the club should De ON" 10
which every man In NHr"rillo5 .hould
belong This was tn" view T. \ Col.
Inns. the clubs FIRST president *
pressed when he said. that the asso.
citation was not a business mems as
sociation but was an association for
everyone I'm tho city OF Marsoilles and
was for the benefit of the city NJ Mar
."r'lna and not for tho individual
The people on the street i'm our
city Cand we like to refer TO Main
streets a. tho "atrcetD have boon
asking:
what has become Of the health
nur.o2'
"What is going on at the Red Cross
health office"
"What ia the big idca2"
All of these questions NAV b" an
swered I'm one statement The Grea-
ter Marscilcs club is Starting some
thing
Last night the board Of directors
met At their Booster Headquarters
on Main street and made plans to on
list 200 now booster members for the
club
The following men are the direc-
tors for 1922: G. F TrowbridGe, II.
r. Royard. A. r. Workman, Byron
Gage. George Boyle, II. r. LOOMS.
Rcx Pcddicord.
nv $3.50 they had close to 500 pros
ucctive members located There Is
committee and an adyer-
Using committee a full membership
procram will be given as soon as com
petc
The advertising committee IS pro
ducing literature, stationery en-
yelopcs. etc. Letter machines ana
a typewriter have been installed az
booster Headquarters with when TO
carry on the booster movements.
The board of directors said Iast
night "Thc Greater MarseilIes CUB
is not business mans organization.
In, oro IN which every man should
belong if he wants to help make M"l.
settles a bigger, better ana sre"'e'