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100 Years Ago in
Huntington
By
By Brandon Woolum
-The following
statement and list of
committees for the
meeting of the Ohio
Valley Improvement
Association meeting
here in November was
made public today by
L. J. Corbly,
president of the local
auxiliary of the
association. Acting
under the instructions
of Colonel Vance of
Columbus, Ohio,
president of the Ohio
Valley Improvement
Association, I have
this day appointed the
following committees
who will have entire
charge of the
forthcoming session of
that association,
which will be held in
this city on the 16th,
17th, and
18th of
next month. Before
appointing these
committees I have
consulted with a
number of the members
of the Huntington
auxiliary of the Ohio
Valley Improvement
Association, also with
the president of the
Chamber of Commerce
and with the president
of the Merchants’
Association. If any
mistakes have been
made, therefore, in
the makeup of any
committee, it is
certainly not
intentional, for I
have tried to appoint
as L. J. Corbly, D. E.
Abbott, B. W. Foster,
F. B. Enslow, T. B.
Garland, D. A.
Mossman, J. W.
Valentine, Jacob
Sheets.-Dr Moore,
Axel McCurdy, Q. L.
Newcomb, A. W.
Werninger, William
Turley, C. B. Wyatt,
J. S. Davis. My own
name appears at the
head of the committee
on program as per
request of Colonel
Vance that each local
Ohio Valley
Improvement
Association’s
president head this
committee and
associate with him the
vice president and at
least three others. My
own preference
certainly would have
relieved me of this
seeming "voting for
myself." I am sending,
by mail, a list of the
names of each
committee to the
chairman of that
committee, also
general directions and
suggestions connected
with the work to be
done as outlined to me
by Colonel Vance.
Already I am receiving
inquiries and
applications for
accommodations, hence
the importance of each
committee’s beginning
work at once. I shall
call the chairman of
the various committees
together soon to so
coordinate our work
that no
misunderstanding or
lapping of duties may
occur, and to discuss
with them details
concerning the meeting
in so far as our
people are responsible
for its success.
-If the board of
directors of the
Guyandotte Club are
successful in their
plans, the club will
be furnished on the
most elaborate scale.
Plans are at present
under way to purchase
the entire furnishings
in the West Virginia
building at the
world’s fair and have
them removed to this
city at the close of
the fair and installed
in the palatial club
house at the corner of
Fourth avenue and
Eleventh street. A
committee has been
appointed to make an
offer for the
furnishings which are
costly as well as
beautiful. If the sale
is consummated, a
committee will be sent
to St. Louis and all
the furniture,
draperies and other
environments will be
carefully packed and
shipped to this city.
Mr. D. E. Abbott, one
of the world’s fair
commissioners, was the
originator of the
idea, and will exert
his influence to
secure the furniture
for this club house.
-Winning a battle
depends on the
officers, the men, the
guns, the ammunition.
All must be the right
kind for weakness in
any one point may
result in defeat. It
is the same thing in
business. Likening the
management to the
officers, the clerks,
to the soldiers, and
the merchandise to the
ammunition, every
element in forming an
organization, must be
right to win success.
We believe that you
will find our
merchandise, prices
and treatment right.
This is what wins
leadership for us.
KOONT’S, the Hardware
Store."
-It was not a
Barnum & Bailey
procession, neither a
Josh Sprurceby band ,
but a flock of
sixty-seven geese that
attracted widespread
attention along the
various down town
streets at noon today.
Sixty-seven pretty
white geese marching
four abreast, being
drive to market, was a
sight that very seldom
is seen in this city.
However, the fowls
waddled along in a
dignified way, as
though they were an
escort to President
Roosevelt or some
other distinguished
visitor. The geese
belonged to John Bunn
who lives on Four
Pole. He stated ths
afternoon that he
drove them seven miles
to this city, having
started at day break
and arrived here at
noon. The geese
appeared fagged out as
it was a long and dry
march for them. They
were brought to this
city and will be
fattened for the
holidays.
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