Evening star., 1929-09-06
QUARTERS GIVEN
ARLINGTON BODY.
Ashton C. Jones Donates
Rooms to Chamber of Com
merCe in Clarendon.
BY LESTER n. INSKEEP.
Staff Correspondent OF The Star.

CLARENDON, va, September g.
New ground-floor quarters in the Rees
Building, which is nearing completion
on Wilson Boulevard in the center of
Clarendon's business district. were last
night presented to the board Of direc-
tors Of the Arlington County Chamber
of Commerce by Ashton C. Jones, one
Of the directors and owner Of the Rees
Building.
In making the presentation, Jones
said that he was doing 1t as an express
sion of his faith in the chamber and
of the part that 1t is to play In the
future development Of Arlington
County.
Ready TO Move.
At the present time the chamber oc-
cupies but small room on the second
floor of the Rucker Building in the
block west of the new building. AS
soon as Jones announced the preSen-
tation of the new quarters, which are
spacious enough to permit rather large
gatherings to be held there, the board
of directors examined them and then
instructed P. p. Woodbridge, secretary,
to make preparations to move as soon
as the new quarters are ready for &C.
cupancy.
The presentation was preceded by
the adoption of a report that was made
by Louis C. Carl, chairman of the
finance committee, that amounts to a
practical revision Of the past policies of
the chamber and that is expected to
greatly relieve the present unsatisfac-
tory financial status of the orgariza-
ton.
BY the action taken last night the
directors have brought to a close the
practice OF permitting the continued
active membership of persons or firms
who either cannot or will not pay their
dues and who are now considered dead
wood that Is hampering the progress of
the chamber.
The report provides that "all men,
berS unwilling or unable to put them
selves in good standing should be
dropped from the mailing list and their
membership Cancelled forthwith unless
they are willing to guarantee payment
in writing; that the names Of the MEM
bers SO dropped, subject to the approval
of the board of directors, be turned over
to the membership committee, to be re-
solicited on the same basis as new pros
pectS," and that "since the operating
expenses of the Office have for some
time been on budget basis, the
board make necessary provisions to pro-
vide for each months fixed expendi-
lures in advance on the first Of each
calendar month"
Would Make Chamber Solvent.
1t it pointed out in the report that if
the present membership pledges could
be collected there are more than SUM-
cient funds to pay all liabilities and
operating expenses until the end of the
year.
E. H. Allen. president Of the Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce, ap-
peared at last nights meeting to urge
the participation Of the local chamber
in the Chamber of Commerce day cele-
bration to be held at the Fairfax fair
next Thursday, September IL. He
stated that there will be nine chambers
participating. These will represent
Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax,
Loudon and Prince William Counties.
John H. Olcott, contractor on the
Wilson Boulevard widening project;
Otto Blankenhorn, electrical engineer OF
Aurora Hills, and the Washington Pc
troleum Products Corporation Of South
washington, Va, were admitted to
membership.