Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-21
JUNIOR CHAMBER
NSTALLS NEWLY
CHOSEN OFFICERS
Plans For Many Activi-
ties Discussed During
Weekly Meeting

Officers for the current six
month term, elected by the junior
chamber of commerce at its last
regular meeting, were installed
this morning, after which the Jay
Gees got off to a flying start on
business before the house. AL G..
/ Smith, past president of the organ.
ization, presided at the installing
of the new president, Louis B. Nc
Manus, who, after speech Of
thanks to his fellow members, intro
duced the other officers to the
gathering.
H. w. Fawcett, mayor of Ell Cen
tro, was the guest of honor at this
meeting and assured the junior
chamber of his support and cooper
alton in their efforts to make
FL Centre a better place in which to
live and pointed out several items
of business which, in his opinion,
might be seriously considered by
the Juniors as means to that end.
Residents of the outlying districts
should be encouraged to visit the
city as often as possible and par
ticular attention should be given to
the arterial entrances to the city
so that access to the business es-
tablshments of FL Centre might be
had by ranchers under all weather
conditions. He also stressed the
idea that new business men coming
into the city should be appropriate
| " welcomed and made to feel at
home and he further cautioned his
hearers not to allow their enthus-
iasm to bias their view points when
considering the various problems
facing the city and it's development
r. B. Whitelaw, the newly elected
president of the senior chamber of
commerce, and member of the
junior body, was also present at
this meeting and urged the members
to strive to carry out whatever pro-
gram they may adopt for their own
welfare and that of the community.
Toad Race Saturday
Members were warned that but a
few days remain before the horned
toad race is to be held in Heber,
Saturday night, and everyone was
asked to get out and hustle in order
that. the event might be successful.
It is being staged to secure funds
for a delegation to attend the ma
tional convention in Brooklyn, and
the cooperation of every member is
needed to insure success.
Cal Rector announced that prog
! rcss is being made in the formation
of yacht club for the valley,
sponsored by the junior chamber.
He stated that much interest has
been shown in this movement by
influential parsons in the valley
and it is hoped that some definite
step may he taken toward organic
ing this club in the near future.
C. o. Murphy, commodore of the
, Coachella yacht club, with Others
from that valley as well as from
Lake Elsinore, will come to Ell Cen
tro next week to talk matters over
with those interested in. the forma-
ton of club in the valley.
1t was the consensus of opinion
that this matter would rest until
the next meeting so that every ef-
fort of the members could be put
into making the horned toad derby
and dance at Heber, Saturday, a
| success.
Entertainment for the breakfast
was furnished by the boys orches-
ira from Wilson school. Members
, of this orchestra are: Richard
Swink, leader, Basil Williams, vio'
lin; Forrest Barbe, saxophone
Gene Becker, trumpet, Byron Fer
guson, banjo and Dave Lee, drum
mer.