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LEavse nViengga sR,e vNieevwa-dJao,urnal, January 13, 1942. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECOMMENDS f FORMATION OF WATER DISTRICT , The Las Vegas chamber of commerce today adopted a resolution to. recommend to the boards of city 'and ©lark county .commissioners, to! take immediate steps to form a water district to ' bring water to Vegas valley from Lake Mead; and either distribute the water here or make a contract with the Las Vegas Land- and Water 'company for the distribution. Considerable discussion preceded' the adoption of the .motion, with' the speakers, President Marion B. EarL Secretary R. B. Griffith, Charles Pipkin, and John F. jfl Miller^ emphasizing that the cham- £ ber of commerce is not trying to £ fight the wafer company; They < stressed the necessity of and adequate water supply for this area, ‘ not limited by the present under- 1 ground water. The four speakers pointed out , that 'it is necessary to- take im- j mediate steps to guarantee a sup- » ply of wafer so that the growth of the town will not be retarded. THE REV. C. H. SLOAN NOMINATED AS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HEAD . ..y^latoount to election was- the nomination today of the. Rev. Charles Hi- Sioan, pastor of the Firit. Baptist church, as the only candidate for election as president of the Las Vegas chamber of commerce for the year 1942. Ballots.) wqre mailed this;: afternoon ta. members- of the chamber, for thei?beleeiion next. Tuesday, and netK'.pfiXcers will take over their duties February 3. iNomihated for' first Vice-president. was A1 Adams; for second vice-president, Lloyd Tritle; and for .treasurer, Ed Von 'Tobel, Sr. .Only, one noinination was made for-each of .the. above officers, and 'for the fol|bwMg;rfbrnirieea,lor directors: : Laws and legislation,.* Marion Ear); commerce,.. Otto. Underhill; : business; and, living ' conditions, : Paul McDefrciotf; manufacturing and industrial .relations,, R. B, ‘Griffith; real estate, Tom Campbell. ; Aviation, James Cashman; entertainment and housing, R. R. RusSeli;. publicity, A. L, Riddle; 'hotels, Florence Lee Jones; 'transportation, Stove Girard. ? Mines and mining, Clesse Turner; federal,; state- and municipal affairs, A. P. G- Steffes; agriculture and horticulture, H.-B-iHoov- ,er; audit and finance, iFrank Mc- Namee, Jr.; streets and. highways,! R. J. Kaltenborn,. - s' ^Membership; Mike Gordon; banking, C. S. Wengert; reclamation ..and power, A, C. Grant;,, national parks, and- monuments, C. P. Squires: education, Roger Fo- jley; public morals, Ford ;L. Gil- 1 bert; fish,, and game, | Jack Mc- ‘Nutt; arid archaeology and history, Otto' Kimball. ' The Rev. Mr. Sloan has been a resident.; of Las, Vegasfor 15 years, during which he' has been the pdstor of the First Baptist church, and has been active in community affairs. A member of the Kiwanis club, he lias served several terms on the executive board of that organization. He also has. been a regular member of the chamber of commerce and has been on the board of directors ‘several times,' always devoting much of his time-and; energy l§ the committee which he headed. In 1938. he was1 elected to the Nevada legislature 'from . Clark . county and during his term there took particular interest in matters relating to the protection of fish and game.' He was presi-. dent of the Fish and Game Pro- tective Association of Clark county and has assisted- in fostering .the. ? activities of that organization. He .is-- a native of Louisville, Kentucky, but received his early education in the schools of Texas. Upon his graduation from high school, he enrolled? at Colgate university in New York and was graduated there. Starting his: , wqrji' ps • a Baptist minister, he thin •?returned .:to. >, San j Antoni®, Texas, where he.was engaged in church work until he moved his family to Las Vegas 15 years ago. —,, - o—---------"