The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-28

the organizations annual meeting
in the Community Building here
on Wednesday Night. Succeeding
Alvah H. Ward who headed the or
ganization since a re-activation
meeting last May 8, McCown, i'm
| mediately launched a campaign to
raise $1,000 for current financial
needs of The Chamber of Com
merce.
| In taking over the leadership
of the organization, McCown sta
ted:
"The Dare County Chamber of
Commerce, through it's officers and
directors for the year 1852 will
strive to accomplish the following
detectives.
/. To put the organization on
sound financial basis by discharg-
ing all past obligations, and incur
ring new obligations only in line
with the funds available for work
this year.
2 To assist in every way pos
sible the organization of the Dare
Tourist Bureau, which will handle,
to a great extent, much of the adj
Vertising and publicity work per-
formed by the Manager, Aycock
Brown, of the Dare County Cham
Der of Commerce, and paid for by
that organization.
! 8. To find and promote ideas for
the progress of Dare County, inclu-
ding the beach areas, the mainland,
the outer banks and Roanoke Is
land.
4. To cooperate with other or
! foundations in the County for the
purpose of improving relations
between the residents of Dare and
our many visitors and tourists.
1t is the hope of the President
that every citizen of the county,
not already affiliated with some
other group, will work with us i'll.
accomplishing these detectives.
Dare County is growing each
year, because of one all-important
factor-the appeal of the Dare
Coastland to the travelling public.
! Let us combine our efforts to make
this appeal greater and to insure
that those persons coming here
will return again. Such achieve
ment will richly reward our efforts
and will establish our Dare Coast
land as the most popular vacation
land in Eastern America"
The current financial needs in
clude few hundred dollars in
past obligations and $1,000 as a
financial investment in the new
Dare County Tourist Bureau which
is now in the organization stages
under the leadership of Lawrence
L. Swain, Manteo, David Stick.
Kill Devil Hills and M. L. Bumrus
of Hatteras.
| Swain and Stick were present at
| the meeting to explain the pro-
| gress that has been made to date
in raising budget of $4,000 ne
cessary for the creation of the
Dare County Tourist Bureau. The
organizations creation by October
/, was still slightly more than
$4,000 short of its goal, but both
| Swain and Stick, who were sche-
duled to meet with their steering
committees at the courthouse here
on Thursday morning were hopeful
that the budget would be raised in
order that the impartial news, pub
licity and promotion organization
. would be created on or before
October /.
At the Wednesday night meet
: ing a new slate of officers were
. elected. E. E. Meekins, a former
director was elected vice president
: of the Chamber of Commerce, sue
ceeding H. Travis Sykes of South
ern Shore at Kitty Hawk. Mrs.
Rennie Williamson was elected
treasurer to succeed Archie Bur-
rus. New directors elected to serve
one year were Miss Jimmie Gray
of The Croatan Hotel, and Mrs.
Julia Gray Of Virginia Dare Doh
House. Also serving for one year
with them will be Major ]. L. MUIR
ply. A. H. Ward, M. X. Fearing,
Jr. and Archie Burrus were elected
as directors to serve two years.
A total Of $275 was pledged by
persons attending the meeting as
follows: David Stick, $1,000; d.
Nv. Meekins, $1,000; A. w. Drink
water, $500; Al. H. Ward, $1,000;
Fearings, Inc, by M. K. Fearing,
Jr., $4,000. To raise the remainder
Of 4 s1,725 goal Immediately var
! ious persons at the meeting in.
!. GLIDING, E. E. Meekins, L. L. Swain
I MRS, Julia Gray, M. X. Fearing, Jr.
Wallace McCown, o. ]. Jones, A
2 H. Ward and Archie Burrus, .
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