Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-09-27
Rockville Chamber OF Commerce

Leonard l.. Nicholson, Jr., Washington
and Rockville realtor, was unanimously
elected president of the Rockville Chamber
OF Commerce at its annual meeting here
last week.
Edgar Reed was made vice-president,
and Harold C. Smith and VIM. F. Pretty
man were reelected secretary and treas
urer. respectively. George H. Lamar, Geo.
L. Edmonds and Curtis L. Ward we're
selected as delegates to represent the
chamber at the meetings of the Mont
eomery County Civic Federation, and j.
Roger Spates, William F. Prettyman and
Harold G. Smith were named alternates.
The selection of an executive board was
deferred.
The chamber is expected to take on new
life as result of resolution adopted
authorizing the appointment of a commit
tee of five to canvass the community and
interview the merchants and other business
men and women with the view to not only
enlistine their more active participation
in the activities of the chamber, but to
invite criticisms as to how it has fallen
short of Its full ability to serve the towns
business enterprises and suggestions look
ing to improvemen and enlargement of ser
vice in hehalf of the community generally.
The resolution was offered by William
F. Prettyman. president of the Montgomery
County Bar Association, who called atten-
ton to the fact that the chamber has not
been receiving the whole-hearted support
of the business interests of the town and
that, while the organization had accom-
plished much. it had not been serving the
town in as large a manner as he con-
sidered possible. He held that Chamber
of Commerce attains its highest usefulness
and measure of success when it is the
forum for an interchange of ideas by the
business men. He expressed the belief
that Rockville is on the verge Of healthy
development and that proper cooperation
of the business people through the Cham
Der of Commerce would prove big factor
in its growth and general improvement.
The appointment of the canvassing COM
mittee was left to the president, who
announced that the personnel was of such
Importance that he would defer the selec-
lions e the present.
ThSfesolution directed the committee to
report at the next meeting of the chamber
giving the names of the persons inter-
viewed and the criticisms and suggestions
made by them.
The chamber recently reduced the an
nual dues from $40 to SIS and as an add
tional means of reviving interest voted to
remit all unpaid dues, excepting for the
year just starting.
Announcement that the Rockville Pike
Citizens Association is in process of for
nation led the chamber to adopt a reso.
luton extending to and inviting from the
new organization "a cordial interchange
of views concerning. and a friendly CO.
operation in all problems which may
hereafter arise in which the town OF
Rockville and Rockville Pike Citizens As.
sociation may be mutually interested.
and extending to the members of the
Rockville Pike Citizens Association an invi.
tation to attend the meetings of the Rock.
vile Chamber and offering the privilege:
of the floor to them for the discussion Of
all matters which may be the mutua
concern of themselves and the town Of
Rockville.
The resolution further set forth that thu
Rockville Chamber of Commerce is inter
ested in the prosperity and well being no
only of the town of Rockville. but of tn,
adjacent portions of the county.
The meeting was one of the best attended
held by the chamber in number Of
months. Reports of the various com
mittees were submitted including a state
ment Of the treasurer. which showed the
organization to be in excellent financia
condition. The retiring president. Curtis
L. Ward. presided until the election Of
afficers, when the new president. Mr.. Mich.
olson, took charge.