Fredericksburg Board of Trade

Fredericksburg Board of Trade

Former type	Chamber of Commerce
Industry	Other Services
Fate	Dissolved
Founded	Fredericksburg, Ohio (1918 (1918))
Defunct	November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)
Headquarters	Fredericksburg, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	1

Locations

• 0000 Unknown St., Fredericksburg, Ohio 44627

Comprehensive History

Fredericksburg Is Asking Road

• Fredericksburg Is Asking Road: But Village Board of Trade is Not Desirous of Taking it From Moreland

Although tremendously desirous of connecting Fredericksburg and Wooster by paved road the enthusiastic workers of the Fredericksburg Board of Trade are not seeking to divert the course of the inter-county road from Moreland through Fredericksburg. In a signed statement, printed below, President Harrison explains that Fredericksburg is perfectly content to have Moreland get a paved road, but that Fredericksburg is also entitled to one. The write says.

GOOD ROADS PROTEST

It is the desire of the Fredericksburg Board of Trae that the public be clearly informed as to the intent and purpose of their campaign for improved roads, inasmuch as your paper misled the public in the statement in last Friday's issue, which reads as follows, and which is absolutely incorrect.

As stated to your Wayne County Commissioners, the State Highway Advisory Board and to the State Highway Commissioners, the State Highway Advisory Board and tot he State Highway Commissioner, Mr. Taylor, personally, it has never been, nor will it be our intention or object, to deprive the Moreland district of its already located, inter-county road. We have invariably stated our desire to have this improvement completed and at the same time claim that the southeast portion of Wayne County, now without a single fool of improved road, is entitled to an outlet to connect Fredericksburg with Holmesville on the south and Wooster-Apple Creek road on the north.

Our village now has from eight to nine hundred population and a number of thriving industries, as well as a very thrifty element and we feel that we are entitled to road improvements. If the good people of Wooster would wake up to the importance of this project which has been promised us by your County Commissioners they surely would help us boost instead of publishing misleading statements to the detriment of our best efforts.

The Fredericksburg Board of Trade. -- A. P. Harrison, Pres.

Fredericksbu'rg Men Banquet

• Fredericksb'urg Men Banquet: Ladies of Community and High School Class Prepare and Serves Dinner

One of the most enthusiastic community gatherings ever held in Fredericksburg was the annual meeting. Thursday evening, of the Fredericksburg board of trade over 200 persons participated in the enjoyment and profit of the evening.

Included among those present were the county commissioners and Capt. Redick, clerk of the board, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Steinmetz, C. L. Allis of Wooster former county commissioner H. D. Shannon of Orrville, T. C. Hunsicker of Dalton and other guests from the vicinity of Fredericksburg.

To properly inaugurate the evening's festivities, the ladies of Fredericksburg, assisted by the high school domestic science department, prepared and served a Thanksgiving day turkey dinner. There was an abundance of turkey for each guest and there was more than an abundance of the trimmings and delicacies, which the ladies had carefully prepared.

At the close of the dinner, addresses were made by Mr. Hunsicker, the chief speaker of the evening, and by several others, including the county commissioners. The range of subjects discussed was as broad as the number of speakers. The board of trade members desired to have a community gathering and their most ardent desires were fulfilled.

Before the banqueters left the high school auditorium, where the meeting was held, the men very profusely thanked the women and the high school class for their untiring efforts and abundant success with the banquet.

Fredericksburg Dissolves Board of Trade

• Fredericksburg Dissolves Board of Trade

An 87-year-old tradition passed into history Monday as the council voted unanimously to disband the village Board of Trade.

The board has been formed in 1918 to attract business and industry to the town, but over the years the board's role had changed to become a promoter and facilitator of special events. Board member Connie Herman said the organization had run its course and out of steam, having only five members."

Timeline

• 1918 - Established
• 2005 - November 14,