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Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce (view source)
Revision as of 10:32, 20 January 2021
, 10:32, 20 January 2021→Historical documents
====1953====
====1953====
* Formation of a Tree Commission was recommended to City Council by the Civic Projects Committee. The Chamber donated $500 toward the initial tree survey, and in 1955, when the Tree Commission was established to plan a shade tree planting and replacement program on city owned or controlled land, the Chamber appointed the first members to serve on this commission.
* Formation of a Tree Commission was recommended to City Council by the Civic Projects Committee. The Chamber donated $500 toward the initial tree survey, and in 1955, when the Tree Commission was established to plan a shade tree planting and replacement program on city owned or controlled land, the Chamber appointed the first members to serve on this commission.
====1954====
* The success of a 6-week adult education course, sponsored by Borg-Warner and the Wooster Rubber Co. in the fall of 1953, led to the Chamber's five-year involvement with Adult Education. The Chamber began by offering, at the College of Wooster, one 13-week course open to the general public. Within five years, this program had grown to 16 different courses with over 350 adults participating. In 1958, feeling this adult education program should become a permanent part of the community, the Chamber so notified the Board of Education, and relinquished sponsorship.
* In May, following a short concert at the board meeting by a group of boys ages 16-25, Lee Parker announced the J. C.s would like to sponsor these musicians, and their immediate need was drums. After being given $200 by the Chamber to purchase a sufficient number of drums, the Junior Chamber Community Band was practicing weekly at the radio station.
* An October luncheon welcomed executives of the Mardigian Corporation.
==Timeline==
==Timeline==