Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949), Thursday 2 June 1949, page 6


CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FRANKSTON ANNUAL MEETING Cr. C. T. Coates (senior vice-president) presided at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Com-merce on Monday night. There was a large attendaince of mem-bers. Election of Officers The following office-bearers were elected: President, Cr. C. Coates; vice-presidents, Mrs. A. L. Peters, Mr. J. Womersley; sec-retary, Mr, G. C. Harvey; treasu-rer, Mr. J. Walker; Council, Mrs. R. W. McDonald, Messrs. A. M. Eadie, C. R. Byrne, Nelson Morris, J. K. A. Tayler, and L. H. Hunter. Ex-Officio Members The following were elected ex-officio members (power to attend, without voting power): Messrs. Cameron (Postmaster), Jones (Stationmaster), Fire Brigade Captain, Farquahson (National Service), Smith (High School Principal), and Geo. C. Pentland (Shire Secretary). President's Report Submitting the president's re-port, Cr. C. Coates said the de-parture of the ex-president (Mr. R. Tarrant) was greatly regret-ted. as he had been a tower of strength in the position. 'Cr. Coates said the Chamber proposed to conduct an early trad-ers' appeal for the Community Hospital. Reviewing the Chamber's achievements for the town, he said, they had secured all-night lighting, night patrol, and con-ducted successful debates and sporting events that had created goodwill. The Chamber had been success-ful in having parallel parking de-ferred as premature. -arrtnett Car Hopes Cr. Coates said that, despite its being treated as a political foot-ball, there was still great hope of the Hartnett car industry coming to the Frankston district, to give the town a kick-off to becoming another Geelong. Band Supported The president said that at long last the Town of Frankston look-ed like getting a band, which would be a wonderful district as-set. Credit Balance, £1/8/3 The treasurer's report disclosed a credit, balance of £1/8/3. Later. in the meeting Mr. J. K. A. Tayler criticised the poor fin-ancial position of the Chamber, and urged an increase in member-ship fees to obtain more revenue. Secretary Thanked Cr. Coates (president) paid a tribute to the valuable assistance rendered him during the year by Mr. G. C. Harvey (secretary), also by Mrs. R. V. McDonald and other members of the committee. "Standard" Thanked Thanking the Press for very liberal and helpful publicity dur-ing the past year, Cr. Coates (pre-sident) paid a special tribute to "The Standard" and its represent-ative (Mr. L. V. Mudge).