The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-04-20
REGULAR MEETING
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Matter of Financing the High School
Football Club Discussed and
Laid Over for Action.
CONVENTION IS DISCUSSED
Plan to Establish Information Bureau
for Tourists Comes Up for
Consideration.

A regular meeting of the Princeton
Commercial club was held on Tuesday
evening at the armory with a quorum
present. President McRae called the
meeting to order and the minutes Of
the previous meeting were read by
Secretary Doane and approved.
A committee from the High School
Athletic association was present and
reported to the club that it would be
necessary to have approximately $3.50
to properly equip the Princeton high
school football team for the coming
season, that the association had avail
able funds for the purpose to the
amount Of $125 and that the balance
would have to be raised to buy the
equipment. The matter was thor
|oughly talked over, various sugges-
tions made and, as there was no press
ing need of immediate action, the mat
ter was laid over for decision at some
future meeting.
President McRae reported to the
club that it was the present intentions
of the Princeton ladies interested to
invite the Federated Women's clubs
for the tenth congressional district to
hold their annual convention for 1923
here and, that if such invitation was
extended and accepted, the ladies in
terested wanted to know if they could
expect and receive the hearty coop
GRAFTON Of the Princeton Commercial
club and all it's members. It was:
further reported that this convention
would in all probability be held the lat
ter part of May or early June, 1923,
and if held in Princeton it would be-
necessary to properly entertain and
care for about 200 lady delegates.
The matter was thoroughly discussed
by the club and it was moved and
unanimously carried that the club
would do everything within it's power
to assist in carrying out this plan for
holding this convention in the village
next year.
It was moved and unanimously car
ried that the Civic Betterment club
be allowed to use the Commercial club
rooms for it's regular meetings.
The matter of having the Apollo
club Of Minneapolis give concert in
the Princeton armory for the benefit
of the Princeton band was brought up
and thoroughly discussed, but owing
to the numerous entertainments now
billed for the future, it was decided by
the club that the matter be Indefinitely
postponed.
A. B. Gramer reported to the club
that it had been called to his atten-
ton as mayor Of the village by the
postmaster general that a plan was
on foot to establish in each postoffice
Ia local information bureau for the
purpose of furnishing to tourists
ready and reliable information and
maps regarding local roads, points Of
interest and all other useful informa-
ton valuable to travelling parties.
Various suggestions were made as to-
the best way of handling this PROPOSE
ton, and it was finally decided that
the president appointed committee Of
three from the club members to work
and cooperate with the local postal
authorities for the purpose of working
out some practical solution of the
problem. The president appointed the
following to serve on this committee:
Henry Milbrath, A. B. Gramer and B.
F. Hall.
The meeting then adjourned.