The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MAKES IT'S BUDGET
AND PLANS DRIVE

In their first meeting since the
city council appropriated a sum of
100000 to be used by them for
immigration purposes, the Com
mercial Club of Winslow met We'd
nesday night in the City Hall to
plan a membership drive and lay
out a budget for the year A list
of prospective members among
local business men was tabulated
and classified, and the drive
which will cover several weeks
will start tomorrow. M. L. VetetO
was elected temporary president
to succeed A. ]. Renaud, who re-
signed, stating that the press of
other duties prevented him from
keeping the office.
The tentative list shows that it
will be possible to realize a sum
in excess Of $4,000 year from
memberships, and this, with the
amount given by the city, will
allow for a comprehensive cam
paign of advertising calculated to
introduce Winslow to the whole
country, and particularly to other
parts of Arizona. Unfortunately,
owing to lack of publicity in the
past, Winslow's attainments and
attractions are little known except
in northern Arizona.
One of the first moves of the
club has been to place publicity
in the state papers concerning the
annual Snake Dance of the Hopis.
The first actual and authentic
date of either of the three dances
to be held this year were reported
to other parts of the state by the
"Mail" and by the Commercial Club
While but one small item in q
large program, this publicity has
resulted in many letters asking
further information.
The club has had published a
small pamphlet, with map of the
roads, showing routes to the Snake
Dances and giving a log of the
roads. WinsloW is nearer the
dances than either Holbrook or
Flagstaff, but misleading informa-
tion has caused many visitors to
the Snake ceremonials to travel
miles out of their way each year
Every Commercial Club and bureau
distributing tourist information in
the state will receive a supply of
these booklets, and more will be
sent to Automobile clubs in south
western states
The comparatively small amount
of publicity that Winslow has en-
ioyed as a result of. the re-organi-
zation of the Commercial Club has
brought scores of letters asking
information concerning this section
AS soon as real campaign can be
gotten under way this will of course
increase, and will bring increasing
benefits in the way of tourist
travel and new residents here.
At the meeting Wednesday night
all merchants in the city were
classified, and tentative amount
to be asked from each was arranged
AS every business in Winslow will
profit from the work of the club,
all were written down as pros
pective members. However, the
membership WILL NOT BE MADE
UP OF BUSINESS MEN OR FOR
BUSINESS MEN ONLY, as indivi-
dual memberships will be sought.
The work of the Commercial
Club is calculated to make Winslow
better, to improve it's appearance,
to lower taxes by inducing more
people to locate here and thus in
crease the assessed valuation. to
assist all other civic minded or
ganizations in any project they
plan to better the city, and in gen
era1 to carry on all such work as
may be suggested to them either
from members or non-members to
further Winslow in business way
or as a city of homes.