The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-19

r.stains Of the 20 Rock Island
rnsmber Of Commerce teams which
N illicit new members next Mon
~ 4.nssday and Wednesday were
s,.einced today by r. C. Mitchell.
=. eeneral chairman. The execu-
s,.s eommittee, the majors and the
sssnite held the first general stan
s.s11lng Of the campaign In the
~ Sland Club this noon.
r1ffs fo- the campaign are Will
- Hansgen, w. N. Phillips,
- T. Pound and J. A. Weishar.
!. ~ Mt Of captains follows:
raior Hansgen's division-E. o.
va IT., Henry Kramer. B. l..
surke. r. L. Eby and H. T. Knox.
Iaior Phillips division - Fred
s1tterdahl, r. J.. Bennett. A. B.
t1srlson and John Harris.
MAJOR Pounds division &C. b.
aafnslde. G. W. Hoffstetter, Harry
i)rifgs, H. NJ. Beaver and DR.. H. N.
Nettlef.
Major Weishar's division = W. J.
Sweeney, A. J. Beverlin, J. w.
Armstrong, J. j. ullemeyer and R.
4. Baas.
Chairman Mitchell has his cam
MIN organization practically com
listed. +. X. Moss, organizer for
IL Illinois Chamber of Commerce,
dvho Is cooperating in the Rock Is
lAud campaign, pronounced Mr..
ritchells me .hods OF organization
= about the best he had ever seen,
ia expressed the opinion that it
would get results II anything on
Arth could.
The majors called personally
upon the men they wanted as cap
htns and secured their written &C
ceptance before announcing their
names. The result was that the or
ranization workers who held their
first meeting at the Rock Island
club today were all men who had
made up their minds to "see the
thing through" and it was posi-
bic to get down to business imme-
diately upon assembling.
Each captain will appoint three
team workers, and this will give 20
teams in all. The teams, however
will divide into squads Of two
which will give 48- committees to
call upon prospects.
But the executive committeeman
and the majors, as we'll as the cap
Ains and team workers, will take
active part in solicitation of mem.
hers The executive committee, ii
fact, has accepted responsibility
for calling upon those who are ex.
pected to take out the largest mum
her Of plural memberships, ant
upon this committee will depend \
considerable measure the results d
The campaign. One object of to-
'day's meeting was to look over the
prospect cards for plural member
dips. Approximately rs members
Will be expected to take pluraI
memberships. This is the only
hown method for adequately y fl
|nAncing such an organization.
|. The entire. roster OF campaign
workers, including the members OF
the different teams, will assemble
lin the Chamber of Commerce al
1880 o'clock tomorrow night, to ap.
portion prospect cards and receive
fnal instructions. At this meeting
lgpewritten lists OF persons and
firms not members of the Chamber
td Commerce will be furnished tC
tMe workers, and they will check
lct the ones they prefer to call
upon. During the interim between
kthe meeting and Monday morning
sthe prospect cards will be divided
according to these checked lists
tlad placed in envelopes addressed
20 the team captains. In these en-.
kselopes will be instructions and
blanks for reporting. and they will
fbe ready for distribution when the
teams assemble at $3.50 o'clock. BY
this method the teams will get in
Fshe full two and a half hours work
lon the first day as well as on each
proceeding day.
Report meetings will be held al
noon on Monday. Tuesday and Wed
1esday. At the Monday meeting
James F. Bryan. secretary Of the
aSalle Chamber OF Commerce and
aormerly chautauqua lecturer
ui speak. He is an old-time
knamber of Commerce campaigner
shd his address will help Rock Is
and workers solve some of their