The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-05
BUCHANAN IS
new COMMERCE
CHAMBER Head
More Tourists, Industries
Detectives; Mrs. Wise
man Again Secretary
ASK TURNOUT FOR
TRAVEL EXECUTIVES

The newly-clcctcd board of di
rectorS of the Chamber Of Com,
mcrce. meeting last night, elected
officers and then gave immediate
attention TO a program Of enter
tainmcnt for "a travel executives
and newspaper representatives
who will visit HcndcrSonville next
Tuesday on a tour Of North Car,
DINA under the sponsorship of
the state department of cOnserva-
ton and development.
With all board members pres
cnt. II. F.. Buchanan was elected
president; ThoS. II. Franks, first
vi cc-prcsident; c. X. Hoover, sec
ond vicc-prcsidcut, and J. c. Nor
row. treasurer. Mrs. Cathryn
Wiseman was reelected for her
fourth year as secretary.
Mr.. buchanan. who succeeds 7.
ID. Clark as president, has been
chairman of the merchants divi-
sion and served this year rs chair
man of the entertainment COM
mittcc and of the airport commit
tee. He is credited with being
largely instrumental in obtaining
federal funds with which to build
the Hendcrsonville- Asheville air
port and the new city gymnasium,
and has been active in other civic
nroipctS. To the board last night
he said he believed that the COM
ing year should present large OPP
portunitieS to HenderSonvillc, not
only as a tourist center but also
in the matter of inducing new in
dustrieS to establish themselves IN
Henderson county. The latter, he
said. will be second to none
among the detectives of the cham
Der of commerce in the coming
years work.
Concerning the projected visit
of travel executives, it was dis
closed that the party will be met
at Brevard at 4 p. nj. next Tues
day by Mr.. Buchanan, J. c. Nor
row. c. X. Hoover, 7. d. Clark,
w. b. Hodges, and ThoS. ii,
Franks. Upon their arrival here,
the party will be driven through
two or more Flat Rock estates
and then be returned to the Sky
land hotel for a dinner dance
After spending the night as guests
of the Skyland, the visitors will
be given breakfast before then
departure for the Lake Lure and
Tryon sections.
All Chamber of Commerce
members are invited to attend
the dinner on Tuesday evening
and i'm addition a number of Spe'
cial guests will attend, including
several prominent new residents,
and members Of the city, county
and city water boards of commits
Sioners. Reservations for the din
ner must be made at the Cham
Der of Commerce office not later
than Saturday noon of this week
Plates will be 81 each. Members
not attending the dinner may
come in for the dance without
charge of admission.
The secretary was directed to
express to S. G. Jones, manager
of the Skyland hotel, the appre'
citation of the board in providing
overnight accommodations for the
members Of the tour party.
As there is no appropriate Int
erature on hand with which to
answer hundreds of inquiries re-
ceived through the state adver'
Using program, a new advertising
committee to be named by Presi'
dent Buchanan was authorized to
prepare and have printed a SUI
ficient number of copies of an
attractive folder to meet this de-
mand. Notice was taken of space
given by Charles f. Miller of the
Southern Directory Co., to Hen
jacksonville in the new Fitzgerald
Ga, city directory. An invitation
TO visit Hendersonville is printed
on each 10th page of the direc.
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