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Show "Unity In The Community9 Report Made By Outgoing C of C Pres. New Officers Take Command The report of outgoing president C. G. (Neal) White was liberally liberal-ly sprinkled with praise forthe various committees with the heads of committees tanmg the bows for their groups. "Mine was the softest soft-est job in the whole chamber because be-cause all the other people did the work" he said. The very successful success-ful year was laid to the door of Dale R. Curtis, business development; develop-ment; Henry W. Richards, Finance; Fi-nance; J. W. Andrews, Legislative; C. L. Rockwood, membership; J. Gordon Sorensen, parking; Horace Richards, program; Ray D. Free, public affairs; and Newell Brown, retail trade. The successful license plate office of last year brought special commendation with the promise of one for this year during the last two weeks of February at a place to be announced. The educational program directed and promoted by Paul Euehner and Willis Carlisle featured the showing in several schools of the film "Everybody's Business" a gripping portrayal of what community spirit really means. The coming year will see additional showing of the film to schools and interested groups. The legislative committee has gathered much information on the City-County re-organizational plan which is available to interested, members. The get-out-the-vote campaign under P. M. Pontz produced pro-duced the largest vote ever in this area. Membership committee pointed to an increase and offered the new slogan "57 in '57." An appeal was made for even more by Mr. White. A map of the new parking areas with future development was presented pre-sented by J. Gordon Sorensen by request. The safety council operating under un-der the public affairs committee had an outstanding project led by (Continued on Page 2) ncssmen of America were mentioned men-tioned and it was brought out that this meeting to come on February 6th would be a revitalizing of the entire Chamber movement. The Sugar House chamber can do any good thing it wants to if it goes about it constructively concluded the new president. Leo Johnson came in for special mention on his Christmas candy canes and Lynn Peterson for the job of hanging the decorations. The outgoing president reminded that he would still be with them, this year as a hold-over director. "Unity in this Community" the coming year's slogan was emphasized empha-sized in his closing remarks, which also had a word of praise for the executive secretary of the Chamber. Cham-ber. Mr. White expressed the thought that "Jim," as he is known to all, is the best executive secretary secre-tary of any Chamber in the United States." C. of C. (Continued from Page 1) Pen Vincent called "Operations Home Improvement." They carried car-ried the clean-up campaign to the Irving and Evergreen schools. This program is up for another ' and larger effort this coming year. A traveling trophy has been set up for the winner. A gift was presented to outgoing President C. G. (Neal) White and an enthusiastic and inspirational appeal for continued cooperation from all members was made by incoming President Paul L. Fehr-son. Fehr-son. A properly inscribed combination desk note-pad, calendar and clock were presented to Mr. White along with a fountain pen. Each board member received a plaque in appreciation ap-preciation of his work. Incoming president Pehrson graciously assumed the reins of a second term by enlarging on the theme that? there are no business failures in Sugar House. "A man's relation to his God, family and employment em-ployment characterizes him. In this respect Sugar House residents are a choice group who are able to get along," the President said. a plea for continued fine chamber leadership able to be interested in and to handle the problems of its members followed by a promise of help in every way was held out for tlie coming year's administration. Members were urged to set aside the full day of February 6 when the President of the National Chamber of Commerce would be in Salt Lake City with other top leaders to hold an all day meeting. Forces at work against the busi- |