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Show Junior Chamber of Commerce Given National, State Charters The Milford Junior Chamber of; Commerce, Milford's newest ser- j vice organization and the onlyj junicr service group in the county, I came into existence officially j Wednesday evening with formal presentation of national and state! charters in connection with the ! charter night banquet in the Union Pacific dining room. Thej presentation ceremonies, impres-; sive in their own right, were most! happily combined with references to Flag day, thus giving double importance to the occasion. John Moore Williams, president of the new organization, presided as master of ceremonies at the banquet, tc which some 58 members, mem-bers, other local business and professional pro-fessional men and outoftowri j s-uests sat down down shortly afv ! 8:30, the hour set. Preceding the banquet there was held in the At-kin At-kin hotel an informal smoker in which most of the group participated, partici-pated, enjoying it as a prelude to the more formal gathering which followed. Presentation of the national charter was made by Walter G. Mann of Brigham City., prosecuting prosecut-ing attorney of Boxelder county. He is a director in the National Junicr Chamber of Commerce and told of the great growth of the j movement since its inception only a few years age. From 450 organizations organi-zations in the United States a year ago, the movement had grown until there were now 704, the charter char-ter he duly presented to the local . group bearing that number. Continuing, Con-tinuing, he spoke in a patriotic vein and told of some of the mere or less unsung heroes in American history, many of them young men while they were serving their country coun-try so well, urging his listen- ers to emulate their example of unswerving service. D. C. Dix of Cedar City, former president of the group at that place, an indefatigable worker in j behalf of the movement and now state president of the organization, organiza-tion, gave one of the best prepared talks local people have listened to in a long time, giving his talk in connection with the presentation of the state charter. Complete master of the English language, seemingly, he made every word count in his plea for more rever-: ence for those things which mean much, but to which many would-be l Americans give little more than flippant attention. A most important import-ant duty of parents, he said, is the teaching to children that our flag is beautiful and meaningful! President Williams, in brief but well-chosen remarks, told of the pleasure and honor he felt in ac-' cepting, in behalf of the local or-j ganization, of both the national and state charters, and expressed, the hope that the Milford group! would be able to set a mark for service that would measure up to the confidence reposed in them. Attorney Sam Cline, as one of the other speakers, mentioned thrtee types of Americans, com- , mending in highest terms that type; who lives and gives of his! Americanism. Commenting on that part of the Lions club slogan, "Our Nation's Safety," he expressed the thought that this group of younger ', workers could accomplish much in helping to mold young Americans j to true Americanism, teaching by precept that laws and ordinances are not to be treated lightly. In . conclusion he stated that the town without a live service organization1 is a dead town, and the inhabitant of such a town who attempts to believe otherwise is fooling no one! so much as himself. Be careful with your criticism and generous with your praise, he urged, working work-ing always to build up. L. A. Wynaught, president of the Milford town beard of trustees, told of his pleasure at being present pre-sent as a guest and welcomed the visitors and the new group of service ser-vice workers. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is the offspring of the renowned United States Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, he stated, and, if these young men of Milford follow fol-low in the footsteps of this great national body, their usefulness and service can be unlimited. J. C. Smith was introduced by the chairman as, in addition to his position of cashier of the Milford State bank and president of the Beaver County Board of Education, Educa-tion, being well-known to be deeply sympathetic to youth movements move-ments of all worthy kinds, and Mr. (Continued on last page) M Charters Presented (Continued from first page) Smith, in turn, told of his confidence confi-dence in the young people of today, to-day, feeling that they were able to carry on in creditable manner. E. R. Moody, principal of the Milford high school and presidentelect president-elect of the local Lions club, was the concluding speaker and in brief but impressive remarks along the lines of patriotism and service, mentioned that there were great things yet to be accomplished under un-der the guarantee of the constitution constitu-tion of this great country. The later success of this organization will rest with the willingness of the group .to give generously of work and means and only in this way may it function at full value to the community. - President Williams expressed his gratitude, in behalf of his fellow workers, for the presence of the large attendance and for the complimentary com-plimentary remarks and words of encouragement of the various speakers. The dining room was cleverly decorated in the national colors, with neat place cards bearing small flags. An added feature consisted con-sisted of attractively printed cards bearing the names of the charter officers and members of the organization or-ganization as follows: John Moore Williams, president; Howard Tanner, Tan-ner, vice-president; Alton F. Harris, Har-ris, secretary; Weldo W. Watts, treasurer; Thorold White, Forrest' G. Stuck and Richard Claude Hor-' ton, board members; Frank White, j Lawrence Easton, Rayfield Craw-, j ford, Stanley Voorhees, Grant j MurcKck, Thomas Foss, II. V. j Carlson, Richard Heslington, Clyde j Griffiths, A. A. Mclntyre, Jerry Whiteman, Harry Jefferson, Kenneth Ken-neth Weston, Keith Rollins, Willis Whitbeek, Foster Morris, C. L. j Firmage, Ross Patterson, Vance Fisher, Dern Osbcrn, Richard j Johnson, Walter McCullev, Richard S. White, Jack McMullen, Roy C. Carlson, George Wilson, Walked-Finlinson, Walked-Finlinson, Stanley Regan, Robert! Tomsik, IUldro Turner. I M |