The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
Jr.Chanberof
Commerce an
ActiveReality
Twenty-Five Young Men Sign
as Members-100 present
at Gathering
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Officers and Committee Chair
men Elected-St. Cloud
Body Invited

On Friday night about 100 young
men of the city met in the Com
munity Club rooms to discuss the
formation of a Junior Chamber of
Commerce. The meeting was call
ed to order by Earl Knox, of the
Standard Oil Co., temporary chair
man, who in we'll chosen words
explained the purpose of the Or
ganization. 1t was a most enthus-
iastic meeting and as result a
Sank Centre until with twenty-five
members was formed!
C. J. McLain, as temporary Sec
rotary, explained the rules and reg
ulations of the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce. He said it was a ma
tional body with headquarters in
Los Angeles, Cal, and was affiliated
with the United States Chamber OF
Commerce, at Washington, D. G..
The age limit of membership in an
organization of this kind is 35
years, but owing to conditions
which arose in Sank Centre, the
local unit decided to raise the age
limit to forty years. Thirty dol
lars per year must be sent to the
head office and for, this the local
unit receives various suggestions
for programs.
After considerable discussion pro
and con, in which some OF the
young men suggested that a body
be organized within the Community
Club, membership cards were pass
ed out. Twenty-Five of those pres
ent signed the cards.
In the discussions it might be
said that Carl Fischer gave the ad-
dress of the evening. His talk was
a masterpiece.
Next in order was the election
of officers which resulted as fol-
lows:
C. G. Mullen, President. ..
DR.. w. Johnson, Vice President.
c. J. McLain, Secretary.
Ralph Steffes, Treasurer.
In the election for the chairmen
of the various committees the fol-
lowing young men were selected:
Membership-EdB orgmann.
Roads and Signs-Earl Knox.
Entertainment-AlL Lies.
Business Development-Fred Un-
ger.
Fair Committee-Chas Holcombe,
chairman; Richard Schoenhoff, as
sistant chairman.
It was decided to hold meetings
twice a month, one of these to be
dinner meeting to be held in the
hotel, the other to convene in the
Community Club rooms. The dues
were set at $500 per year.
The members voted to attend a
meeting in st. Cloud this Wednes-
day evening at which time a state
conference was held. The st. Cloud
unit extended an invitation to the
local men sometime ago. It was
also decided to invite the Junior
Chamber of Commerce of st. Cloud
to this city in the near future, at
which time a banquet will be serv-
ed in the Community Club rooms.
A resolution was offered and
unanimously accepted to pledge the
local organizations support to the
Community Club and to the Stearns
County Fair officials. 1t was also
suggested that members attend the
Community Club as often as pos
sible and give their personal sup
port to that body as well as that
of the new organization.
A membership drive will be con-
Quoted in which each member of
the organization will be required
to bring in one new member.
The members of the organization
who signed up Friday evening are:
Steve Deziel, Paul Besser, Ed Bes-
ser, DR.. H. Wolff, Leon Veeder,
Richard Schoenhoff, H. Strom, A.
r. Hesse, Walter Benson, c. H.
Holcombe, AL Lies, Jesse Rose, H
A. Saeger, Chas. Miller, c. ]. Nc
Lain, Ed Borgmann, Fred Unger,
Clarence Mullen, DR.. Johnson, Earl
Knox, Ralph Steffes and c. ]. Arne-
son.
During the past week through
the activities of the membership
committee, the following new mem
bers were added to the list. Fred
Mossman, Verne Soltau, Geo. H.
Minette, Paul Telling, Nolan Gil
bert, Don Barron, Allen Meigs, A.
j. Weisner, Louis Borgmann, Val
B. Schoenhoff, Elmer Dockter, G.
Hillerud and Raymond Hillerud.
The total membership has now