Show enthusiasm E n th and an d good fellowship F e H 0 w I 1 kas hi P at commercial C 0 ercia ICI club u bm meet beet 0 evening a splendidly at tended geeting weeting 11 of the commercial club was helden the club for the purpose or of election of officers for the ensuing year at tho the adjourned meeting of two weeks before a committee of at five live wore ere chosen to make a report of changes chang necessary to stimulate interest in the Comme commercial Jal fy ty the interests of the community that committee com consisting of enoe dennion earl thompson don 13 colton james H wallis and W 8 henderson did their work well sending out over question alres with one exception the replies were in f favor avor of keeping the name bof the vernal commercial club real interest wae was edwn in the answer answers given and without exception all were for a live 11 commercial club the findings of the committee are given in irk full below we your committee appointed to make malto a survey of qt the citizens of aln uintah county aa as to the kind of civic or canIza sanitation tion they would support and ta t make recommendation recommendations to you as to our findings beg beff leave to report as follower 4 of the tho many replies both written and oral to the question lon of main mining a commercial club it was the unanimous desire that some such an organization be continued and only one person suggested a change in name we therefore recommend that the vernal commercial club be continued we recommend that monthly membership meetings be held at which live appropriate topics be considered and in which all may take part subject to be introduced by some person prepared and then thein thrown open for general discussion the executive officers should definitely assign subjects far enough in advance to insure careful preparation on ou the part of those who are naked asked to lead the discussion we suggest as a ipa ow of these subjects the oil development and ties the proposed railroad and UK its relation to this section irrigation and drainage we also call your attention to a few subjects which we feel need immediate discussion relative to appropriation from state on duchesne vernal road discussion of expending county road money urging of immediate erection of federal building hi vernal providing tor for ladles ladies rest room in vernal we further recommend that occasionally sio nally a prominent person on some special subject be secured to address our club and that occasionally a ilk luncheon with special social features be given for club members we beg to report that the principal critic criticism lm Is that the club seems too exclusive than not enough attention ie Is paid to visitors and we find that the general impression IMP Is that the club members are too and not democratic enough therefore we have made the above recommendations we find that most men desire that additional quarters be secured so that the business for which the club ie is organized organ leed may be given more prominence ini nence and at the same time leave provision for the social features therefore wo we recommend that as an noon goon as the membership will permit that additional quarters be secured A large majority favor employment of a full time secretary as soon aa as the membership la is largo large enough your committee ie Is in harmony with this suggestion with the addition of the above natures features we believe the scope of usefulness and influence of the club would be widened therefore we wo recommend that the people living outside of ashoot valley including jensen jenson be admitted to membership upon payment of f a lower rate of fee we recommend that the provision ln to the br by laws pertaining to prompt aa payment ament of daem as ws a requisite to con can tinned be strictly enforced the vernal commercial club has bas not hod toe the support of tho the farmers f r the county as a it should and we kd fad that the main claim Is that they have not had bad the proposition put up to them in auch such a way that they realized real toed the necessity for it and they do not really the benefits to be derived cor nor do they seem to know how much ouch good the commercial club has accomplished for citizens of uintah county we bel believe levie that the ao of the club in securing curing ee tor for tua county the present efficient mall service Is U of itself worth all the due dues that have been paid in and these orn aro many other accomplishments that might be mentioned that we owe directly to this club and so we recommend that in the future more publicity bo be given to too the labors and accomplishments of tho the club to the end that all will know that it Is truly a countywide county wide organization therefore wo we recommend an intensive membership drive for the coming coining month respectfully submitted F ARL FARL THOMPSON ENOS BENNION DON B COLTON JAMES H 11 WALLIS W 8 HENDERSON committee much enthusiasm was as shown in the selection of officer officers and strong nion man were chosen covering the various nelds fields representative L W curry cashier cashler of tho uintah state bank was chosen president william witbeck a representative stockman and other various business interests was elected vice president the board of control ao aio eearl thompson superintendent of uintah county schools E M keahey secretary of thia raven 01 company benj P kelly mana ier jer of the ashton kelly mercantile company cm rem pany dr homer E rich and W S 8 henderson of the manker lenderson lender son realty company A general discussion cleared up many questions of interest to the club especially were all 11 enthusiastically a unit jn n just as soon as the membership was large enough that larger quarters be ba secured plans are already under way for this president curry carry among the many other good things which are aro in store for the club stated he was sure the club would soon have a ship of or more active and enthusiastic rI astle ra embers boosters for the uintah basin and vernal in particular there is not the least doubt but that this year will be the greatest thus far in the history at of vernal many representative men u will III be with ith us during the yeal and our opportunity is to have them boosters when they leave the big feature emphasized by the retiring officers and president curry of the new officers was that monthly meetings are to ho be held tor for members with such men as president widstoe of the university of utah as speakers with ith good programs of music well known orators to make addresses which will be well worth the dues the members pay with a large and active membership such meetings arc are possible this would be right in line with community endeavor boosting for the things that are for our good another feature would fould be occasional banquet banque ti when the social side would bo be emphasized all of this will come with the enlarged membership which is sure to come every business man and farmer in uintah county and any other who ho la is ed in having a larger and better vernal jand land baan should become an active booster in the vernal commercial club that its ts prestige will be felt all over the state the retiring officers are john N davis president benj P kelly vice president and abar carter jr tien critchlow dr J W stevens L r L colton and L H alien allen the board of control wm win M anderson has rent ent in bis his resignation as secretary but no gnp has aft been chapen to fill his place A vote of thanks was tendered to the retiring off officers leers mr colton speaking on the motion referred forred ro especially ally to the untiring labors of at win anderson And ereon the retiring secretary Parti particular culat reference renco was made to the splendid work done by him during the siege stege of influenza a year ngo mr anderson has been untiring in his efforts to bring help to those who were in need he be has been willing to go out and wait upon the nick sick in many cases at the risk of his own life ho he hae has gone in and waited upon the sick when no other nurses fes could bo be found the good old scriptural rip tural doctrine that no man hath bath greater love than this that bo he lay down hie his life tor for his brother as exemplified in iz mr andersons conduct during the influenza that bat our community passed through ft a year ago practically ever since the vernal commercial club was an organization mr anderson has served the club as its secretary free of charge he has always been a consistent booster for chiz uintah country and has not only onty given bis time but has I 1 spent 4 his money freely in making trips to the neighboring settlements and even to outside point poin tir whenever he thought he could do a good turn tum for the public the vernal comme ceal club has been a real factor for good in the development of the aln tah tab basin and particularly the eastern eastorn part of it and mr anderson And ereon hae has been the leading spirit in helping the club to fill 1111 its mission we are suro sure that all will feel it la Is i a distinct lose to have mr anderaon And ereon n retire as secretary of the club of course be he will bo be one of us as ft a member from now on and will be juit just as willing to lend his support la in the furtherance of all worthy movements we trust that not only the of the vernal club but the residents of elmah county will truly appreciate the unselfish untiring labor labors of the retiring secretary A real live membership committee will be appointed and wll will shortly make a drive for the member ship mark it is thought the first big meeting with outside speakers will be held early in april as transportation por tation facilities will probably be too difficult to make an earlier meet ing successful the meeting closed with every body present feeling that the right bad had been chosen that the vernal commercial club was entering the greatest period of its existence long 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