Greensboro business [February 1962]

              BUSIN
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF GREENSBORO, N. C. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Volume  10
April.  1962
Number 2
Downtown Design
Study Fund Drive
Is Successful
M. H. Crocker, Chairman of the
Downtown Improvement Finance
Subcommittee announced that
$41,256.40 had been cither paid or
pledged to finance a physical plan
for downtown Greensboro. This
amount is $1,256.40 over the goal
set by the subcommittee. Mr.
Crocker pointed out that any surplus left after the plan is completed
will be returned on an equitable
basis to those contributing.
The Downtown Improvement
Selections Subcommittee, of which
Leon McMinn is chairman, has
sped up its efforts to select a firm
to create a physical plan. A list of
firms that work in this field was
compiled in January. Contacts were
made to find out their interest in
doing the work needed here. A
second inquiry was made to those
showing interest. They were asked
what they could do, how they would
(See DOWNTOWN,  Pago 3)
Two New Conventions
Announced For City
Willard Gourley, Chairman of
the Convention and Tourist Division, has announced that two more
organizations have accepted invitations from the division to hold conventions here, lliey are the Associated Master Barbers of North
Carolina, with about 500 delegates,
and the North Carolina League of
Municipalities, with 600 to 700
delegates.
Recently, the Convention and
'Tourist Division has provided assistance to the North Carolina Hospital Food Institute and the Southeastern Section-Mathematical Association of America, both of which
met at Woman's College. Other
groups assisted were the Fireman's
School, National Council of Jewish
Women, Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina, and the National
Duckpin Bowling Tournament. The
division furnished maps, welcome
letters, badges and Greensboro folders, in addition to providing registration service for the groups.
President Kennedy
Featured Speaker
At U. S. Chamber
President John F. Kennedy will
head a distinguished group of
speakers at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States April 29 - May
2 in Washington, D. C. Among
other speakers featured on the program are Luther II. Hodges, Secretary of Commerce, Senator Bourkc
B. Hickcnlooper and Clarence B.
Randall.
One of the highlights of the meeting will be the North Carolina Congressional Dinner to be held Tuesday evening, May 1. At this dinner
members of the North Carolina
congressional delegation and their
staff members are guests of the
North Carolina Association of
Chamber of Commerce Executives.
Greensboro Chamber Executive
Vice President William B. Little is
current President of the State
Association.
Chamber officers and directors
who will attend the meeting will be
Chamber President Miles H. Wolff,
Nice President Bland W. Worley,
and Orton A. Boren, who will be
installed as a director of the National Chamber during the meeting.
Dairy Princess Contest
Plans Are Announced
Clyde C. Harmon will be chairman of the 1962 Annual North
Carolina Dairy Princess Contest.
Mr. Harmon has written clubs and
organizations in Guilford County
advising them that now is the time
to choose the candidate they wish
to sponsor in the contest. The contest will be held at Starmount Country Club Thursday, June 7, at 10:00
a.m., followed by a luncheon at
12:30 p.m. A breakfast in honor of
the contestants will be held on Friday, June 1, at 8:00 a.m. at the
Sedgefield Inn.
June Dairy Month is sponsored
by the dairy industry of Guilford
County and the Chambers of
Commerce of High Point and
Greensboro.
Urban Development Expert
To Speak At Annual
James W. Rouse, nationally-known authority on urban redevelopment, will be the principal speaker for the 85th Annual Dinner
Meeting of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. Announcement of plans for the meeting were made at the Chamber's Board
of Directors Meeting on April 12.
The dinner meeting will be held May 10 at Starmount Forest
Country Club at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Rouse is President of James
W. Rouse & Company, Inc., a
mortgage banking and research firm,
and of Community Research and
Development, Inc. He was formerly
a member of President Eisenhower's Advisory Committee on Housing and chairman of its subcommittee on Urban Redevelopment, Rehabilitation and Conservation. It
was this committee that recommended the urban renewal program embraced in the Housing Act
of 1954.
In 1955, he was engaged by the
District of Columbia to lav out a
workable program of urban renewal
for the citv of Washington. This
resulted in a report, of which he was
co-author, "No Slums in 'Ten
Years." Mr. Rouse's companv was
active in Baltimore's first two redevelopment projects, Waverly and
Broadway, and financed Washington's first Southwest Area Redevelopment Project.
He was one of the original committee whose recommendations resulted in the formation of ACTION
(American Council to Improve our
Neighborhoods), and he has served
on its Board of Directors since its
inception. Mr. Rouse was president
of ACTION and is now the chairman of its Board of Directors. Ik-
is a member of the Board of Directors of the Mortgage Bankers \sso
ciation of America. He was one of
the founders and is vice chairman
of the Greater Baltimore Committee: serves on the Urban Renewal
Subcommittee of GBC and is chair
man of their Master Plan Subcommittee. Mr. Rouse was also one of
the founders of the Fight Blight
Fund,  an   organization   formed   to
(See ANNUAL MEETING,  Page 3)
SPEAKER: James W. Rouse, of Baltimore, will be the speaker at the annual
meeting of the Greensboro Chamber
of Commerce.
Orton Boren Elected To
U. S. Chamber Board
Orton A. Boren, President of the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
in 1956, 1957 and 1958, has been
elected a director of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States
for a two-year term. He will take-
office May 1 in Washington at the
United States Chamber's Annual
Meeting.
Mr. Boren will represent the Vi
tional Chamber's third election district made up of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, West
Virginia, Maryland and the District
of Columbia. Mr. Boren was nominated by the local Chamber and
voting was conducted among chambers and trade associations throughout the district.