Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-04-08
COMMERCE BODY
MET MONDAY P. M.
American Legion Park and Communi-
ty House Are Considered:
Ladies in Attendance
BY R. N. BALDWIN

The Boone Chamber of Commerce
met Monday evening at 7:30 At the
Critcher hotel. Chairman ". H.
Gragg called the meeting to order
and Rev. F. M. Higgins led in prayer.
A number of ladies of the town,
members of the Worth While Club,
were present, and We're asked to say
anything that might be ON their
minds, which they thought might be
Of benefit to the town.
Mrs. F. NJ. Huggins said she was
the spokeswoman for the Worth
While Club, and that the women
present had called to put before the
chamber a request which she submit
ted in writing from the Worth While
Club to the Chamber of Commerce
asking that the club be permitted to
help in the mater of erecting COM
munity house on he grounds now
owned by the American Legion,
which the legion is offering to Boone
as public park. The letter asked
that the Chamber Of Commerce, to-
gether with the American Legion
work out a plan by which the Worth
While Club can cooperate in the
matter of fixing up the proposed
community house and also the pro
rata amount of money the club would
be expected to give to such u project,
and also how the club may be able to
participate in the privileges and
usage of such community house.
Chairman Gragg assured the ladies'
that the Chamber Of Commerce re-
ceived with gladness the communica-
ton read by Mrs. Huggirs and that
at as early date as possible the cham
Der would comply with the requests
set forth in the letter
AMotion was made by Mr.. J. N.
Davidson and seconded by Rev. Mr.
Huggins, that the Chamber of Com
merce write a letter to the various
fraternal orders in Boone and to the
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these bodies to appoint two of their
members t oserve upOn a commitTee
composed of like number from all
the other,bodies, to help devise ways
and means for developing the Ameri-
can Legion park into a public par.
for the town of Roone. and to devise
ways and means for erecting a com
mu:.ity house on the park and to dl
wise methods and rules for tho main
terance of the parh and community
house, ard to have the members OF
the committee meet with the Cham
Der of Commerce at the Critcher no.
tel on the third Monday night in
April and discuss these questions and
try to arrive at some definite conclu-
sions regarding them.
The idea of tits motion was to get
all the o. ga'.IzationS in Boone inter-
ested in the public park and the pro-
posed community house. Out of con-
sideration of these questions, the
Chamber of commerce hopes to al
rive at the best plan possible under
which to operate in the erection of
and maintenance of the public park
and the community house.
The various fraternal and religious
organizations will in all probability
get busy at once and discuss the
propositions and name two of their
members to serve on a committee to
meet with the Chamber of Commerce
at its various meetings until every
thing can be worked out in detail and
carried forward to completion. All
committees suggested should be APP
pointed at the next regular meeting,
or if no meeting is scheduled to be
held before the third Monday in
April, then there should be a called
meeting for this purpose.