Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-18
JUNIOR CHAMBER
MEETING PACKED
WITH ACTIVITY

Many features marked the weekly
breakfast meeting of the Junior
Executives Division of the cham
Der of commerce held at the Barbara
Worth hotel Wednesday morning.
They heard three wen delivered ad-
dresses by visitors: they were invit-
ed TO be guests Of the FL Centre Golf
Club at the golf links on sunday;
hey heard two members in interest
ing craft talks; and reports of pro
gress by chairman of various com
mittccs. In addition they had a very
satisfying breakfast.
One of the leading discussions of
the meeting followed the report
submitted by Chairman Munson Of
the committee in charge Of the style
show which will be presented at
the Imperial Theatre Friday night,
October %. and which the juniors
are sponsoring.
it is the first style show being
conducted in which all merchants Of
tbe c.tv are invited to exhibit and
the report as submitted by Munson
indicates that those wl:o attended
viii see the latest in styles. In ad-
dition to this display the Juniors
VIII present an entertainment pro
gram to fill in between the pre-
santation of the various models. The
junior division will also publish a
newspaper in connection with the
style show which viii be d;stribut-
ed throughout the valley.
Chairman Harrigan Of ;he civic
Improvement committee reported
that his committee has been work
ing for some time ON plan to
heautifv the entrances to the city
and that arrangements are under
way to plant trees along the high
ways leading into the city. He also
stated that the committee is plan
ming to establish tree nursery in
order that this work may be carried
on in large measure in the near
future without too great an eXpen-
Giturr. The athletic committee plans
to organize a golf club within the
junior chamber. The juniors have all
been invited to be guests of the Ell
Centre Golf Club Sunday. Arrange
ments are under way to provide
clubs for those who are unable to
obtain them for use Sunday and it
is expected that the juniors will
spend "A merry day chasing the balls
through the hazards and rough.
y report submitted by the com
mitt2c in charge Of the Annual
HalloWe en- Froiic to be held at the
Barbara Worth Hotel on the night
of October 81, showed that. every
thing is progressing nicely for the
event.
G. L. Heber was the principal
speaker Of the day. He carried the
members back to the valley of 1900,
when abodrs were comprised mostly
of tents and butter was passed over
the hamily board in bottles. He
carried them through its develop
mcnt to the present dag and in con
cluding declared that Young men
have PLAYED important roles in its
progress and that it would be the
same from now on, the Juniors of
the valley taking over the work now
being done by the older men.
Col. c. l.. Phillips gave a short
lalk in which he asked the endorse
ment Of the junior chamber and its
backing in making the pending
membership drive of the Red Cross
= successful one in the valley He
said the drive must be successful
this year because Of the plan to
promote a new division of the or
ganization here, one which would
care for persons in needy. circum-
stapces and who are unable to oh
tain aid through other organizations
or the Red Cross because of its
present rulings.
Leo Watts. secretary of the Cal
eXico Chamber of Commerce, com
plimented the juniors on the pro
gressive organization which they
have formed and talked interesting
ly on several subjects of the NOM
Cnt.