The Coolidge examiner., 1936-12-03
Many at Meeting

More than 155 members dlI
guests participated in the annual
r,idwlnter dinner meeting of the
Florence Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday in the recreation room or
the Presbyterian church.
Coolidge, Oracle, Casa Grande
and Phoenix were represented.
The program was opened by Paul
w. Loucks, president of the Flor
ence chamber, who introduced G. {.
Nolan, city councilman. Mr.. Nolan
welcomed the visitors on behalf of
Mayor Alvin Bruenkamp.
Mr.. Loucks later turned the chair
over to H. c. Hill, program chair
man. who introduced the following
guests: Louis o. Fiscel, president
of the Florence Rotary Club; Mrs.
C. A. Whitlow, president of the
Florence Woman's Club Judge
E. w. Mcfarland of the Pinal coun-
ty Superior Court; G. A. Peterson,
representing Oracle; c. j. Moody,
chief engineer of the Indian irriga-
ton service; Arthur King, chief en-
gineer of the San Carlos irrigation
district; Francis Seagoe, president
Of the Coolidge Chamber of Com
merce; D. S. Davis, president of the
Business Mems Club of Coolidge;
W. w. Knorpp, general manager OF
the Arizona Republic and Phoenix
Gazette, Phoenix; w. M. McGovern,
executive secretary of the Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce; Leslie j.
Mahoney, supervising architect for
hn nc mil nj l.
ton in Arizona; S. B. Hannah,
president of the Florence Lions
Club, Harvey Tyson. rlornE"e
scuutinaster, and c. w. EaywrC d,
local high school coach.
Mr.. Louck5 reported on objectives
of the Florence chamber. These in
clude completion of the resettlement
project now being started in the
valley, the bringing here of Boulder
dam power on the Gila river about
12 miles upstream from here, de-
velopment of improved water sup
ply and park facilities for the CON-
munity, paving of U. S. Highway
80 from Florence to Tucson, better
cooperation among local civic or
ganization, promotion of the tour
ist industry and encouragement of
the game protective movement in
this district.
Ben F. Thum, secretary of the
chamber, reviewed activities of the
past year, mentioning radio adver-
tising, promotion of Works Progress
Administration projects, improve
ment of Highway 80, work on the
Butte dam project and on the move
meEt to bring natural gas here.
Other speakers on the program
included Mr.. McGovern, who brief
" sketched what can be accom-
plished by community advertising,
asserting that whatever is done u
help one particular community III
directly helps all other communities
in the state.
MIR. Mahoney spoke on architec-
luIe appropriate to Arizona. This
state, he said, is fortunate in hav-
ing a setting that adapts itself
particularly to Spanish architec-
tUre. Visitors coming here, he said,
expect to see something different
and are disappointed if they find
the same kind of houses and other
buildings they see at home.
Mr.. Knorpp gave a talk, illustrat-
ed by graphs and charts, in which
he pointed out the relative position
of Arizona in comparison to other
states from the standpoint of popu
lation, income, automobile owner
ship and other similar factors bear.
ing on the states economic status
While Arizona ranks 43rd in popu
lation, he said, it has seventh posi-
ton in factory" wage earnings
which means the states mines.
Using another chart he pointed
out that Arizona's 1886 increase ir
farm income was 28th best in the
United States, in commercial cal
sales 22nd, in the value of checks
drawn 10th, in passenger car sale:
18th, in house refrigeration 11th, ii
electric power output second, anC
in life insurance sales first.
A. w. Gressenger, Florence, pre-
sented a short, humorous talk
Miss Betty 10 Borree talked on thu
Girl Scouts and Stanley Mathews OIL
the Boy Scouts.
Four Florence men, who 20 year
ago tonight were in attendance n
a similar meeting of the loca
chamber, were presented The.
were A. c. Wrenn, local newspape
publisher, DugaId Steward, H G
Richardson and H. H. Freeman.
Entertainment included musica
numbers by Mr.. and Mrs. E G
KaSlesfield, Mr.. and Mrs. A c
Thomas and Ben Arney, al. o
Florence; Spanish music by Eel
nando Arriola, Florence; other mu
sical selections by a girls trit
from Phoenix Junior college, CON
posed of Lois Templeton, Jeal
Benslow and Dorothy Perkins, &C
companied by Bob Webber, and
solo by Ludean Langston.