The border vidette., 1929-01-19
WONDERLAND CLUB DIRECTORS
HOLD MEETING
Wednesdays Herald)

wednesdays Herald)
Although the Nogales Won.
derland Club and the Nogales
Chamber of Commence will not
be welded together as 9 single
unit, it was unanimously decided
at the general meeting of the
Wonderland club directors held
last night that the finance com
mittees OF both organizations will
work together as one group. raise
an annual sum of $780, 900 which.
will be proportioned $4,000
to the Wonderland club for that
organization to carry on its na
tional advertising campaign and
SO, 900 to the Chamber of Com
merce to meet it's proposed 1929
budget.
After hours OF discussion by
the general mem mbership during
which many ideas for the ad..
vancement of Nogales were
heard, the way was pointed out
by j. f.. Johnson local Ford
dealer and director of the No
gales Wonderland club, who led
the bafled group of local. bust
ness men out of the woods"
and urged the amalgamation of
the financial committees only for
the betterment and progress of
Nogales.
Last nights meeting was call.
ed by the directors of the No
gales Wonderland club to def
nitely decide the future course
OF that civic body. Continued
reports reaching the club that
efforts were being made to con.
solidate the two organizations
resulted in q general call for the
meeting and q thorough discus
sion of the activities of the club.
The meeting was presided over
by w. J. Phillips, director of the
Wonderland club. who urged the
members to get down to business
and to form a definite plan of
advancement. IS
G. r. -Michaels,s secretary of
the Wonderland club, made q
short report saying that within
two years of actual activity OF
the Wonderland club q sum Of
approximately $36, 900 had been
expended and over l80 perman
ent arrivals had resulted thus
far. Mr.. Michaels claimed that
q proven financial result from
the Wonderland clubs activity
amounting q, to approximately
$2O0, !, 900 could be traced. .:s
Many speakers addressed. the
large group of business men who
assembled last night. Bracey
Curtis, president. Of the First
National. Bank, urged the con
tinuance of the civic program;
| H.sRs Sisk of The Herald urged
theis curtailment ofsthe9 national
appropriations and the develop
ment of the trade zone of Noga.
Hes promoting this city directly
to the people who market in this
city E. "a. Titcomb Of Roy and
Titcomb, Inc, urged. that no
consolidation be effected and
praised the activities Of the
Wonderland club; Hugo W. Mil.
ler, local assayer; Malcolm Mid
dleton, president OF the cham.
Der OF commerce and Joseph N.
Karam of the La Reforma store.
urged consolidation of the two
organizations. DR.. o. A. Smith
told of the need of national ad-
vertising and said that be did
not believe that merging was the
proper method. H.
Facts and figures were pre-.
sented showing that only a slight
reduction in overhead expense
could be made by the amalga
nation of the two clubs. The
employment of additional help
at the chamber of commerce, it
was argued, would be as much
or more than is at present being
employed.
In 1928 the chamber of com
merce expended in round figures
approximately $4,000. During
the same year the Wonderland
club expended approximately
$4,000. The chamber of com.
merce SO it was reported, could
not exist and function properly
without additional finances.
Although the meeting last
night was called to order shortly
after 500 o'clock it was nearly
II p. m. before the way out Of
the quagmire of difficulty was
found.
The method was presented by
r Johnson who urged that