Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-04
VOLCKHAUSEN LEADS VOTE
CAST In G. C.. S. ELECTION
By R. S. Sowell

meeting, considered by many being the most
important in Greenbe1t's history, held Tuesday
evening, January 2, in the Auditorium by nearly
subscribers of Greenbelt long-awaited consumers
cooperative. The most important transacted
there was the selection of nine residents Who Will
serve-four of them for six months and five for
year--as directors of the reorgani zed Greenbelt
Consumer Services, Inc, which reorgani zation,
cording to present plans, should be by
January IL.
The five candidates elected to serve one-year
terms Tin the order of their selection Walter
R. Volckhausen, Howard C. Custer, Sherrod E. East,
Fred C. Wilde, and Dr.. Joe ". Still.
Those chosen to six-month terms Tin the or
der of their se1ection) Mrs. Carnie Harper,
Mrs. Bertha Maryn Joseph Lotus, Earl Swailes.
Eighteen Greenbelters candidates for the
nine positions the board Of directors In addi-
tion to those who were elected, the following
candid
Glendon L. Alfred, Allan S. Arness, Mrs. Bernice
Brautigam, Eugene Reynolds Henderson, Francis j.
Lasner Isaac Schwartz, George Tretter, Donald Wag
staff, and Denzil D. Wood.
After some L. months of hard work the part Of
the Cooperative Organizing nmittee, a citizens'
committee elected by the Greenbelt Citizens Associa
tion, all arrangements have been completed and the
Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc, January or
1oWi chever day the present stockholder (the Con-
s,mer Distribution Corporation, represented either
by Percy Brown Herbert E. Evans, president and
president, respectively, of C. D. C. meets in
Baltimore and certain legal papers filed with
the State-win be transformed into consumers
cooperative owned and operated by the Earici pating
residents of Greenbelt and few non-residents VINO
have subscribed. At that time the old board of H-
rectors will appoint directors those Greenbelters
selected Tuesday evening and then resign Thus, the
Greenbe1t Consumer Services, Inc, will become 10
caly-omed cooperative.
On December 20, the old board of directors of the
Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc, met and adopted
measures which ~ amended the organizations char
ter permitting the adoption of bylaws suitable for
Greenbe1ts cooperative, replaced the old bylaws
with those approved at the subscribers meetingm
December II, subject to few revisions which were
approved by the subscribers Last Tuesday evening ~
retired the stock owned by Consumer Distribution Cor
poration, and ~ issued 3o3 shares Of stock 1903
voting shares and 10 non-voting shres) to the paid
up subscribers, in exchange for checks tota11ing
$3.50 from the Cooperative Organizing Committee,
acting for and in accordance with ar agreement be-
tween the committee and the subscribers.
This method of procedure allows the corporation
to be tran sformed into a consumers cooperative
without any interruption In the organi zation. It
was expected that these arrangements would be
pleted by and be effective January /, 1910 (as
published in Last weeks Cooperator). However, leg
al tecmi ca1it1es necessitated To-day delay In the
actual filing Of the necessary official papers.
Chairman Walter R. vo1ckhausen Of the C.o.C has
been assured by Percy Brown, president of C. D.C.s
that these papers will be filed by January IL.
Practi caly all action taken at Tuesdays meeting
by unanimous votes
The following persons served te1iers; George
Bauer, chairman; Abraham Chasanow; William Robinson;
Mrs. Linden S. Dodson; Joseph o'Leary; Mrs. Ruth
Taylor; Joe Maynard and Arthur Gawthrop.