The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-09
John SpOttswOOd,
4. Of C.. Secretary,
Resigns Position


a. ne start Of yesterdays
nssetinW of me Chamber OF Com
meEgs. John spostswood submit
80 - resignation as secretary.
TIE hitter 10 The board Of di-
FsftaFa fellows:
Hen Members of the Board of
KlgextoFa.
keY Weat Chamber Of Commerce,
- Mesi. Florida.
3seNSieannns
Fasse acrept this letter as my
Feagnafion a. Secretary and Gen.
eral Manager of the Key West
0'hmmleg If Commerce, effective
lnnsliasaly or At the earliest
NFaatxahls date. bot in no event
lFuai November SIN.
Il has heun q real honor and
vlaasufe e. serve with such a fine
hsmga of directors. | have enjoyed
mw wngk and even although /
Ave "a been able % accomplish
al thai would have liked to,
I - have the personal satisfac-
Elan 81 doing the best job /
eaald
a. aefviee b. the board has
Lea without compensation and
IN ST. at eFeat expense to myself.
- shurtaac II personnel and
sses increasing demands PLACED
- mn b. my business requires
49, / aevote my entire time to 1t,
~ ieasa Cos the present. How
axws. Il there Is anything that l
"a q 81 BE- Of service to the
ghamber working with The pres
- haard o. any future boards,
please feel tree 30 call upon me.
Thankina you Tor your cour-
taaiaa. | am.
Yours very truly,
JOHN n. spOTTSWoOD
Afgvr fhe resignation was SUBJ
msgted. a vas accepted by the
bamfa "a directors with regret.
The board then ordered a reso-
haasan drawn commencing Spots
asaa laf rs work and expressing
a. appfeciation Of the directors
as as services rendered. This
swmluiion was ordered forward
81 b. me press.
A seport Of the ballots was
Eaad In which Vim. Arnold was
elected president Of the board of
afFsegass and the other eleven di-
reetaxa eiected 60 serve with him
wnsw A. Maitland Adams. Glenn
Htza. 1ue Allen. Fred Miller,
gsmamlo nexanilla. Z. A. Strunk,
D.. KdMin =. Trevor, Horace
ungsani. Hugh Hodge. John
Buustswood. Aquilino Lopez, Jr.
Agtef these officers were elect
"a efiNially, designations Of John
htMsasauod. Horace O'Bryant,
so A Maitland Adams were re-
ae6Vea
A Kfeat deal Of discussion fol-
tsmea these announcements and
aAs8 anmnimous opinion Of those
psmaNmf were that O'Bryant, Ad-
a. as Spostsw0od should not
seasen Inasmuch IS the member
shp 30 elected them. They were
aaAed - reconsider and give
thNiF flnal decisions al the re-
gnaaea meeting To- be held at 4:30
r. ~, Friday at the offices Of
- Secretary.
Hhm recessed meeting being
Fexalied ~ President Adams in
eeseE b. provide time in the in
teFmn taT the newly elected di-
feetefn o. have a caucus TO dis
euaa their wishes In respect to
So stating 81 chamber personnel
aad fsli TIE vacancy created by
Npsstfawuod's resignation.
HhrFx are at present two APP
pssemtiona TOE the secretaryship,
tasaaa al Harold Laubscher and
0liees GFiswold. IL Is also thought
thas afhers may be solicited or
maeegt.sed for.
Ar SputtsWood, O'Bryant and
Adams stiil insist on resigning,
fhe memi three highest on the bal
49, ali tled with the same vote,
weFs 1mrk sellers, Clarence Higgs
aat wm ". DemeFitt. However,
So Tsesaay's meeting, VIM. w.
faewefiit stated emphatically
thas 49, would decline. The next
hsMhesa wouid b. Howard Z. Will
aan. and Everett Russell.
Thu@a present were: A. Matt
iand Adams. Jack Sellers, Ger
fFuhe t.auhscher. VIM. w. De-
msealtl Clem Price. A. J. Dion,
ha@aFd Wilson. Horace O'Bry-
amt 0onxalo Bezanilla. Joe AL
IN. Hugh Hedge. John Spots
wned. Louis CaFbOnell, and Dan
Navarro