The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-13

addition to being a new red letter dav
upon the annals of the Oakland Cham
Der of Commerce in that it put over
another deal whereby it secured for
its community another promising in
FAINT industry, that it was the night Of
their first annual meeting, their first
birthday, and the meeting at which
they elected new officers and received
reports from the old We never ar
where or at any time attended a more
inspiring meeting or a more delight
full occasion, both at the splendid din
ner the Chambers officers and direc-
tors rendered the entire Grafton par
ty at their best hotel, and then even
more delightful and inspirino annual
business meeting of the Chamber it
self.
The reports of the president and
secretary of the efforts and accom-
pishments during the past, and initial
year, were proper fountains of pride
for all parties concerned, and pros
poets and promises of the future far
greater, and the enthusiasm and civic
pride and Jealous interest of all pres
ent even finer and more inspiring. In
that little town of 1900 population,
where every home is now crowded
with workers and builders and where
! houses and new construction is going
| on on every hand, they have a Cham
/ Der Of Commerce of between 1870 and
/ 1870 members-more than 10 per cent
OF the towns total population, note
and out of this small number over
thirty members We're present at this
annual business meeting, one-sixth of
that total membership! OF that thir-
ty odd members present the editor Of
the local newspaper told US that TWEEN
! ty of them were of the substantial
| business men Of the community.
Can any Grafton man or woman
who has taken any interest in the
Grafton Chamber of Commerce con-
template a turnout Of our business
men of any such proportions to
business meeting of the Grafton
/ Chamber of Commerce? We doubt
If you could get twenty substantial
/ business men of Grafton together at
any one time you were going to hand
out gold eagles.
Then the glowing enthusiasm and
zeal to work for, to serve and advance
their town and county, expressed by
their president, the genial whirlwind
secretary ana the directors of that or
ganization at Oakland was the highest
and most conspicuous feature of the
affair. Needless almost to say that
the whole bunch from top to bottom
were reelected for the next year. Be
sides they adopted brief and direct,
efficient and business-like constitution
and bylaws last night which should
be procured as soon as possible by
the Grafton Chamber for its exam
pie as model for some badly needed
changes in our bylaws taken from
the Oakland document.
Then, too, the Grafton Chamber of
/ Commerce should go farther, and as
soon as may be, before Christmas plan
and put on one of the old-fashioned
and truly worth while community dol
lar dinners which hundreds Of our rep
resentatiVe members Of our board Of
trade took pleasure in attending. and
which did more to enliyen and stir up
civic pride and patriotism than any
one thing the Grafton Chamber or
Board OF Trade ever did. Then to
this affair invite the entire set Of Off
GERS and directors OF the Oakland
Chamber OF Commerce to come as our
gusts, and especially invite the sec
rotary Of that Chamber, Mr.. Charlie"
Riley to it to deliver an address upon
MY Ideas Of Chamber of Com
merce."
Do that as a starter toward reju-
venation Of the Grafton Chamber of
/ Commerce and we are confident that
the Grafton Chamber of Commerce
will come back to life such as it has
never realized or shown before.
Truly, Il will life up mine eyes unto
the hills, from whence cometh my
help"
Let US try to realize in Grafton the
true spirit and slogan of Rotary:
Service Above Self"