Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-11
THE GREAT MEETING
IN HARRISONBURC


doah Valley of Virginia.
Eleven Counties in Virginia and twt
in West Virginia were represented
with delegations varying in number
from $50 from Shenandoah to eigh
and ten from distant Counties.
| R. R. Brown called the meeting tt
order and introduced Joseph D. Nc
Alister. of Bath County and following
the invocation, George N. Conrad, oil
Harrisonburg in fitting speech intro
duced Mayor John w. Morrison who
delivered the address of welcome tc
Harrisonburg. Frank L. Sublett then
made short address, in a clear con.
else way outlining the objects of the
meeting.
Mr.. Joseph T. McAllister, of Hot
Springs was chairman of the assem-
bly, and John R. Crown, Editor of the
Daily News Record was Secretary.
R. Gray Williams, of Winchester Of
fered the following resolution propos-
ing the organization along the lines
developed
WHEREAS Frank L. Sublett, R. Ray
Brown, John r. Grown. Daniel P Wine
and Henry Ney, acting together as an
Executive Committee for group of
progressive Harrisonburg business
men, have called this mass meeting
assembled in Harrisonburg, represent
ing the following counties:
Jefferson and Berkeley, West Vir-
ginia.
Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shen-
andoah, Page, Rockingham, Augusta,
Rockbridge, Bath. Allegheny and
Highland, Virginia.
And, whereas. the purpose of this
meeting is to form an on-stock corpo-
ration to advertise the assets and ad-
vantages of this section, and to increase
the tourist traffic, to obtain desirable
residents and otherwise to emphasize
to the world the resources, natural and
otherwise, of the regions covered by
said counties.
And, Whereas, the representatives
of said counties desire to appoint a
with plenary powers to pre-
pare and obtain from the State Corpo-,
ration Commission an appropriate
charter, to draw bylaws for the more
detailed government of said corporation
and TO do all other things necessary to
organize said corporation.
Be ii resolved that each county rep
do name two members of said
committee and that all of
said members so named to be the
directors of said corporation to be
famed its certificates of incorporation
or the first year of its existence to
serve and until their successors are
elected by the membership of said
Be it further resolved that said CON-
nittee is authorized to do all things
necessary to draw and obtain the chart
r in their judgment best adapted to
the objects of this corpo-
alton.
Be IL further resolved that, without |
Uniting the discretionary powers of |
aid committee, it be suggested that: |
(a) The name of corporation shall i
'e ''See the Shenandoah Valley of |
Virginia Corporation"
lb) Its principal office shall be at |
iarrisonburg.
(cl The purposes for which it Is
are to advertise the assets and
advantages of the section occupied by
he thirteen counties named, and such
'ther counties as may become repre-
iented in the corporation with pur-
bose of attracting tourists, locating
'esidents, and promoting the develop
nent OF the resources of said section,
both natural and otherwise.
Id The maxium number of direct
'rs aho are TO manage the affairs of
he corporation for the first year of its
existence shall be thirty and the officers
shall be President, Vice President,
/ Secretary and a Treasurer, to be
selected by said Board of Directors, to-
gether with an executive committee of
not more than three members and such
executive employees as said board
deems best. Vacancies in the number
Of directors shall be filled by the Board
from residents of the county whose
representation is vacant until the next
annual meeting when electors are
directed in accordance with the BY
avs to be adopted.
Said organization committee shall re-
port to future assembly of repre-
sentatiyes of said counties, its complete
proposals for organization. Said meet
ing shall be held in Harrisonburg at
time and place to be named by said
notice whereof shall be
given by publication at least once in
newspaper published in the county seat
of each county represented at least ten
days prior to said meeting.
Be it resolvedthatt the representatives
here assembled express their warm
of the devoted public
spirit displayed by the Harrisonburg
business men who prompted this
movement to tell the outside world of
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
The speakers included James A.
Gawthrop, secretary of the Richmond
Chamber of Commerce Robert D.
Ford, editor of the Richmond Times
Dispatch Charles w. Williams, presi-
dent, and B. F. Moomaw. secretary, of
the Roanoke Association of Commerce;
r. Gilbert Wood. agricultural agent of