Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31

That body Of energetic, far-sighted
men with the best interests Of a COM
munity at heart can. by their combined
e IT'S, make themselves a power for good
in their city and achieve things gen.
orally believed to be impossible Of ac-
complishment has been proved conclu-
sively by the splendid success OF the
West Side Merchants Association.
Two decades ago the district immedi-
ately west OF Illinois and Washington
street was looked upon as little bet
ter than a commercial desert. Conser-
vative business men could prove beyond
the shadow of a doubt and with a per-
fection Of logic which seemed fiawless
that Washington street, west of Illinois
street, had about as much Of a business
future as Goldsmith's deserted village,o or
q busted boom" town Of the gold rush
days in the far west.
BUSINESS MEN
LOOK To FUTURE
However, there were a number of busi-
ness men in this locality, who blindly
and stubbOrnly refused to admit that
this part Of Indianapolis was a candid
date for the morgue and the graveyard,
so they got together and formed. about
fifteen years ago, the West Side Mer
chants Association.
And what has been the result? The
blindness" of fifteen years ago now is
admitted on all sides to have been the
acme of business acumen. The stub
bornness" of that day has turned out
to be a most admirable brand of coura-
geous determination. And today the as
ISOLATION, with a membership of ap
proximately fifty. representing the bust
ness, financial and industrial life OF the
community lying west of Illinois street.
is recognized as an active power in
civic and business affairs and It's record
of accomplishments is a long and i'm
pressive one.
VITAL FACTOR IN
BUSINESS LIFE.
The West Side Merchants Association
has made itself vital factor in the
life of this part of indianapolis, and
has left nothing undone to advance the
interests of this section of the city.
Largely through its efforts, q multitude
Of public improvements have been made
in this section of the city and its inter
ests kept on a par with those Of every
other part Of Indianapolis.
No matter what the question may be,
street improvements, sewer construction,
street car rerouting. or food prevention.
the association can be depended upon
without fail to study the question care
fully and then to see that the interests
Of the west side are safeguarded.
TEAM WORK
IN EVIDENCE.
It is doubtful in any other section Of
Indianapolis marchants have combined
so effectively in the interest OF their COM
cunity. This has been. members Of the
association say, due to the fact that with
out exception personal ambitions. selfish
interests and individual aims have been
kept in the background by members of
the organization and everything has been
secondary to the welfare Of the west side.
Team work has been the outstanding
characteristic of the association.
Officers Of the association for 1922 are:
J. Edward Morris, president Of the
Washington Bank and Trust Company,
president; J. A. Ehrensperger. barber,
vice president; Fl. A Kahn. president Of
the National Furniture Company, treas
urer; Meyer Efroymson of the firm Of
Efroymson & Wolf, secretary; Bert
Goldberg, Edward Green, G. G. Doran.
Sol SolOman, S. II. Prlnk, Michael Nc
Shane and George Williams, directors.