American Association of the Philippines

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1953

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126 AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL March, 1953 American Association of the Philippines THE following were elected to serve as officers for the fifth year of the Association. Presi dent, Ewald E. Selph; Vice-President, Joseph A. Thomas; Recording Secre tary, Miss Helen Boyle; Treasurer, Theo. L. Hall, J. F. Cotton; Cor porate Secretary, Miss Natividad Y. Ortiz. Committee chairmen appointed by the President are: Procedure, Ewald E. Selph; Patriotic Events and Ve terans Committee, Mr. Harry Fonger; Social Welfare, Mrs. Esther Gibbs; Fil-American Matters, Paul Verzosa; Finance, W. D. Arnold, Theo. H. Hall, John F. Cotton; Public Rela tions and Social Events, Mrs. Marie Wilkins; Historical, Joseph A. Tho mas; Membership, Roy G. Davis; Medical Advisory, Mrs. Margaret Stevenson; Community Center, Frank S. Tenny. The annual meeting of the Amer ican Association was held on Janua ry 5, 1953, at the American Embas sy. The meeting was called to order at 5:30 P.M. by President Ewald E. Selph. President Selph then in troduced the Ambassador, Admiral Spruance, who spoke a few words of welcome to the members of the Association. ’President Selph then introduced Mr. Wm. S. B. Lacy, Deputy Chief of Mission, who gave a short message about the work the Association was doing and offered the help of the Embassy in any way it possibly could. After the committee reports, Pres ident Selph called upon Consul Benninghoff to make a few remarks. Consul Benninghoff said this was the fifth or sixth American Associa tion he has been associated with in the last 25 years and that by and large the problems of each one of them were similar. The Consul also stated that this is the largest colony of Americans in the world, which raises unusual problems, and the Association members were to be complimented on the manner in which they are meeting the situation. He said that unfortunately, as many know, neither Congress nor the Amer ican Government appropriates funds for the relief of Americans in foreign countries and the Consulate is not provided with funds that they can use for that purpope. Mr. Sison made a motion, second ed by Mr. Canson, that the member ship dues in the Association be raised from P5.00 to Pl0.00 a year. The President said he would refer this matter to the Board of Directors for consideration. The meeting ad journed at 7:45 P. M. There was a poor attendance of members at the meeting; present were as many naturalized Americans as native born Americans. —From the American Community Newsletter, January-February, 1953. E should be pleased if Journal readers and adver tisers would go through this number of the Journal,—or any Journal issue, for that matter, and ask themselves in what other publication anyone interested in Phil ippine business could find so much up-to-date and authoritative information conveniently presented for immediate reading and for future reference. You Get Greater Marketing Coverage When GETZ SELLS IT FOR YOU The widespread and elective GETZ Distribution system—outport offices GETZ Salesmen Reach the Whole Island 1 like Pemeo Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes, Manio Crowns. Coco Honee. Gold Medal Spaghetti and Macaroni, Eagle Ketchup and Jams, Crnmiro Soup Products, Rose Packing Products and Phillips Alcohol . . . the maximum distribution that you want and will get lor your own products C.ETZ SELLS IT FOR YOU”! GETZ BROS. & CO. Ojficts at: 135 MUELLE DE BINONDO, MANILA • TEL. 2-69-96 a 2-69-98 and MAGALLANES ST., CEBU CITV'TEL. 620 AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES: ILOILO • BACOLOD • DAVAO THE NERVE CENTER OF WORLD-FAMOUS BRANDSIN CEBU CITY

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