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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Key West Chamber of Commerce announces full membership meeting on May 3 at 8 p.m. at County Courthouse to discuss summer tourist promotion, possible home show, credit clearing system, and state sales tax changes.
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To Be Held By Chamber Of
Commerce Membership May 3
A full membership meeting of
the Key West Chamber of Com-
merce to discuss several import-
ant items will be held at County
Courthouse, courtroom, May 3, at
8 p. m., Earl Adams, president.
announced today.
Promotion of summer tourist
business will be discussed, par-
ticularly with those member
firms who are engaged in the
tourist business.
The possibility of a home show,
featuring displays of items carri-
ed by local merchants, will be
taken up. The purpose of the
show would be to display articles
that the public may not know are
carried by local merchants. At-
tendance would be free, and cost
to each merchant exhibiting
would be held to a minimum.
Adams said that a credit clear-
ing system will also be discussed.
This would be a system whereby
a firm could check by telephone
with the Chamber at the time of
a sale before extending credit to
a buyer.
The State Legislature's report-
ed plan of altering the present
sales tax will also be discussed
by chamber members.
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Key West
Event Date
May 3
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A full membership meeting of the Key West Chamber of Commerce to discuss several important items will be held at County Courthouse, courtroom, May 3, at 8 p. m. Promotion of summer tourist business will be discussed, particularly with those member firms who are engaged in the tourist business. The possibility of a home show, featuring displays of items carried by local merchants, will be taken up. The purpose of the show would be to display articles that the public may not know are carried by local merchants. Attendance would be free, and cost to each merchant exhibiting would be held to a minimum. A credit clearing system will also be discussed. This would be a system whereby a firm could check by telephone with the Chamber at the time of a sale before extending credit to a buyer. The State Legislature's reported plan of altering the present sales tax will also be discussed by chamber members.