The Winslow mail., 1923-06-22
AUTO CLUB HEAD
VISITS WINSLOW

TlUlIU UHSULUW
F. A. Hardy, of Phoenix, manager
of the Automobile Club of Arizona,
was in the city on Wednesday look
ing after the interests of the club,
and very kindly gave a representa-
tive of the Mail an interview in which
| he set forth the aims of the club and
told of the work it had already ac-
complished and of the things that
were being planned to do as fast as
| time and means will permit. Mr..
Hardy stated that the club had been
operating about two years but had
! been incorporated only since the ear
| ly part of this year following the
unqualified endorsement Of the good
roads convention which was held at
Douglas January Is, 1923. The Off
GERS and directors are: George Purdy
Bullard, president, r. D. Roper, sec'y
treasurer, John D. Twohy, vice pres
ident, F. A. Hardy, manager, Chas.
Macarthur and w. r. Wayland, direc-
| tors
In the two years since the clup be-
gan work eleven hundred miles of
road have been provided with signs,
with many intervening signs, such as
danger signs etc.
There are many more roads yet to
! be provided with signs and Mr.. Hardy
is now making tour of this part of
the State in the interest of the club
which intends to put up the signs as
| rapidly as funds will permit.
The funds are provided by means
of memberships at $1,000 each per
year and there are at Prescott about
| 200 members. One of the objects
of Mr.. Hardy's visit to this part of
the State at this time is to secure
memberships for the club The only
means of obtaining funds is through
the annual memberships. The men,
bers are, of course, the boosters for
the club. The funds go for signs,
maps, and other advertising matter.
There are only two salaries paid by
the club, that of the manager, and
the other for office help.
The working plans Of the club are,
to furnish maps and information to
all the auto clubs in the United
States, such maps and information
to be sent regularly twice each month
Already more than $50 900 maps have
been distributed in all parts Of the
country showing the different roads
of Arizona This will give an i'm
mense amount of advertising to our
State and let the people know that
Arizonians are wide awake and not
asleep on the job.
Mr.. Hardy said that one of the
saliant features of the club is that it
is not working for private profit. 1t
has twenty-five attorneys and thirty
Affi hot nff n
without any remuneration. The head
quarters are in Phoenix. The attor-
news and representatives are scat
tered all over the State.
The bylaws of the cub provide
for an advisory committee to be COM
posed of associate members, one to
be appointed by each chamber of
commerce, board of trade, or other
business organization in each town
to act with the regular directors, and
any palicies the advisory committee
adopts will control the actions of the
club. In other words, it is a public
service institution, owned and gov
erned by the membership.
Mr.. Hardy pointed out that there
are many advantages to be gained IN
belonging to an automobile club, and
particularly in belonging to the Auto
mobile Club of Arizona aside from
the fact that it is a mutually protect
i've organization It's aim is to bet
ter the condition of the motorist gen
orally while rendering its moral sup
port to good roads and legislation
which is necessary to it's welfare.
Mr.. Hardy is visiting the northern
part of the State at this time for the
purpose, not only of securing mem
berships, but to further the work of
signing the roads of this part of the
State. He said there ought to be no
sectionalism permitted and asserted
that the Automobile Club OF Arizona
can be useful in doing away with any
feeling of sectionalism, and in weld
ing together all parts of the State.
He referred to the Southern Cal1for-
MIA Automobile Club which hos 85,-
900 members, and which has had a
great part in the upbuilding of South
ern California The Arizona club has
adopted all of the best features and
plans of the California club, and is
doing a large part in bringing new
people into Arizona. Every bus1neSs
man who is a permanent resident OF
the State derives benefits from the
Automobile Club Of Arizona. Any one
who travels at all realizes what 1t
means to have signs and information
that will enable him to go where he
wishes with all speed and certainty
that he is on the right road. The
Mail bespeaks for Mr.. Hardy and the
Automobile Club of Arizona the con-
sideration of all northern Arizonians.
Let us help along the good work.