The Holly chieftain., 1924-06-12
LAST DINNER OF
COMMERCE CLUB
Business Matters Occupy Time of
Final DinnerMeeting of Holly
Commercial Club

Friday evening, June Oti. Iheit
were only AZ members of the or
ganization present, but what the
meeting lacked in numbers those
present made up with interest and
enthusiasm in discussing the many
matters of business which were be-
fore the club.
Il. b. Oyerfield, "A former resident
of Holly and member of the club.
Who had just arrived in the city,
vas present as a special guest.
A delicious dinner was served by
the ladies of the Womans Civic
Club at $50. Having done full
justice to the feast, and enliEenet
the meeting by singing number
OF songs, those present were ready
for the entertainment feature OF
the evening. The Harmony Hounds
failed to appear for their usual pro.
gram. but their places We're taken
by the Holly HighbroWs, who
favored the guests with a musical
entertainment.
Following the short entertain
ment the members proceeded with
the business session, which was
presided over by E J. Thayer presi-
dent of the club.
The firt subject brought up for
discussion was that of the propos-
ed new mail route which the club
has been working on for some time
Twelve members of the club re
gently made a trip into the terri
tory to be covered and mapped out
road which it suggested as the
route to be followed by the de
livery. Following this trip petit
tion was circulated among the resi-
dents of the territory to secure
master Harry D. Steele, chairman
of tile clubs committee on the
mail route question reported that
the petition now has 9S signers
along the 65 to 81 miles of route to
10 covered TOO signers are needed
to secure acceptance Of the petition,
and the club decided to make cs-
pocial efforts to put it through
The committee on the camp
grounds, through its chairman, l.,
Nj Appel reported that they had
had increased the size OF the build
ing. Mrs. Peterson and son, Joe,
have been placed in charge of the
camp
The booster trip which the club
is sponsoring, and which VIII be
staged next Thursday, came in Tor
its share of attention 1t was re-
Buttcs bands would Join the Holly
band at Blaine during the two
hours picnic at that place.
Many Of the details connected
with the Fourth OF July celebration
were discussed II was decided 10
put up Il purse Of $500 for the
baseball game for that day and
award it on winuer-take-ail basis.
At present it Is thought that the
game will be between Holly and
Syracuse
Those in charge of the finances
for the celebration reported that
$4,000 had been collected for the
fund, with some business men to
be seen yet, and that the total viii
reach about SSJ000. The ceicbrG-
ton will cost about S00G00. In adj
ditiou to the usual program, ar
rangoments have been made to
bring merry-gO-TOund, together
with its accompanying carnival con
cessions to add extra attractions
for the day.
The last piece of business to be
brought before the meeting was
that of renewing the activities of
the Boy Scout organization. Since
the departure of Rev Graham of
the Baptist Church. WHO was scout.
master, the organization has been
without leader, \ committee con
sisting Of Geo. w. Bean. Dr. Gas
burn and DE- Leonard was appoint