Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-02-27
THE ANNUAL MEETING
IS HAPPY OCCASION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GATHERS
TO HEAR REPORTS OF OFFICERS
AND LISTEN TO ORATORY

county than the opportunity they have
had of securing automobile tags right
in town.
Some Of you may wonder and some
may ask why we have not secured in
dustries for Woodstock. Your Directors
have had opportunities, many of them,
to locate industries here and but for
one reason only you would likely see
smoke stacks towering to Heaven and
business conditions would be improv-
ed and much money spent with our |
merchants because of pay rolls of such
industries but for that one reason, and
and in these days of cross word puz-
zles might ask you to answer Tor
yourselves what that one reason is
when tell you it is five letter word
the chemical symbol of which is H2O.
This has been the barrier. Scores OF
inquiries have reached the Secretary's
office. long deliberations have been
held by your Directors but nothing
could avail when they had but one
answer to make mo water. be-
lieve ere long there will be an arising
on this subject and our citiZenry will
not raise single word in opposition to
the betterment of this situation, not
alone for the alienation of our own
needs but that we might expand and
he prepared to enlarge our town aud
our own finances by the encourage
ment of manufacturing Mr.. Carl c.
Boyer of the City Council will speak to
US later on the water question.
| During the year we held several
Business Mems Luncheons which were.
helpful and inspiring and all who at
tended went away with a feeling of
better fellowship and interest in the
common good of al.
u The Directors have long felt the
need of and have discussed to some
extent the necessity of improvement
, of our Fire Departments efficiency,
| both as to equipment, membership and
/ housing of such apparatus, and have felt
: deeply the need of Community build
: ing, place to take care of many needs
which it would provide for. Your Di-
: rectorS have started this movement and
believe within very short time this
S will have taken such shape as all our
0 citizens will be pleased with the out
a come.
: We have the greatest and best little
e town in all the world, we all love it.
y but are We doing all we can to in
e cessantly boost it :?
Il Few of us ever pause to consider
how our town came into being. We
have taken its existence for granted,
u and have been willing to let the other
fellow assume all responsibility OF
management. But our town did moi
:. just happen. A definite force called il
: into existence at the very point al
which it grew and in nearly all cases
= the same forces continue to exist.
The creation of towns solely by manu-.
facturers is not common-it is the ex-
ception.
Il Under favorable circumstances the
life of town and cities is of indefinite
length. The chance of winning through
and becoming a great city depends
;. partially upon the economic conditions,
and partly upon the character and en-
ergy of its citizens.
i l want to thank the Directors for
4 their unstinted service and the sacri-
fices they were called upon to make
during the past year in giving the
duties of the Chamber of Commerce
, their hearty cooperation. These Di-
2 rectors likewise deserve tine thanks of
an entire community.
, In closing wish to quote some words
. from Kipling which to me are immortal
lines. They seem to teach the lesson OF
cooperation futility of personal
, effort unless supported by the effort
of others. have Eheard these lines
quoted many times to exemplify the
fact that all are dependent on few,
and the few dependent on the many.
NOW this is the law of the jungle
i AS old and as true as the sky,
And the Wolf that shall keep it may
i prosper,
| But the Wolf that shall break it must
die.
AS the creeper that girdles the tree
| trunk,
The law runneth forward and back
For the strength of the pack is the
Wolf,
And the strength of the Wolf is the
pack.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
We should CO operate because it in
creases efficiency, promotes good feel
lug, it improves quality. it creates en-
thusiasm, and it gets result.
Following the Presidents address,
Secretary William M. Calvert submitted |
the following report:
&AS dShsibCo vi kuC WOOuSlUCk
Chamber of Commerce are so varied
as to make it impracticable within the
limits of this report to do more than
to touch briefly ON some OF the ac-
complishments of your Chamber. The
chief activities will be dealt with by
the Chairmen of the various commit
tees.
The object and purpose of the
Woodstock Chamber of Commerce was
to build greater Woodstock, secure
new enterprises, promote the COM /
mercial and manufacturing interests ,
and the general welfare Of the town Of
Woodstock. The Woodstock Chamber /
OF Commerce possesses no occult pow ,
ers, through the medium Of which 1t |
may perform miracles in the correc- I
lion OF civic or business evils. Popu. I
larity frequently accompanies spectac- /