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CHAMBER HISTORY The Year…1949! From humble beginnings a few brave men & women begin the work……. Approximately 90 business men and women of Ozark Missouri met on Monday October 14th at the Smith Hotel and successfully organized a Chamber of Commerce. Joe Majors, owner of Major Cheese Co. was names president along with Dr. Stanley Roper as vice-president and Herbert Taylor as treasurer. The first committee formed was membership, headed up by Jack Raum, with committee members Hurley Thornburg, Ford Haguewood, Myron White, Fred Wade, and Howard Melton, wit a membership if 49 members with annual fee of $15.00 for men and 7.50 for women. By October 27th, 1949 the membership had increased to 58 members. The next committee was the Budget & Finance Committee headed up by John Hedgpeth with committee members Dr. H.O. Wolfe, James Horst, Arthur Gimlin, Herbert Taylor and Stanley Chudomelka. The publicity committee was chaired by Jack Smith with committee members Mrs. Bertha Mae Pyle, Dr. Stanley Roper and Frank Hannah Sr. November 14th, 1949 the Ozark Chamber of Commerce met and decide to hire a part time secretary. It was also voted at that time that the local chamber would join the National Chamber of Commerce. In 1991 the Ozark Chamber of Commerce bought their first office at the corner of 3rd & Church Street Downtown. It was sold in July 2002 and at that time the Chamber relocated to their current location 191 Nth 17th Street under the Water at the Intersection of Hwys 65 & 14. The following ladies have served as Executive Secretaries and Executive Directors: Sharon Weidleman, Ann Clinton, Gayla Dunn and current Executive Director, Sue Larimer. The following business men and women have served our community well as former Ozark Chamber of Commerce Presidents: 1949 Joe Major Sr. 1950 Joe Major Sr. 1951 Dr. H.O. Wolfe 1952 Harry Shubert 1953 Unknown 1954 Unknown 1955 W.O. Cobb 1956 David Archer 1957 John Pyle 1958 Unknown 1959 Wilbur Wilson 1960 Jess Omans 1961 Jess Omans 1962 Jess Omans 1963 Unknown 1964 Unknown 1965 Dean Harris 1966 Wes Doren 1967 Wes Doren 1968 Herb Morgan 1969 Unknown 1970 John Mitchum 1971 Jim Chaffin 1972 Jim Turner 1973 Denny Hursh 1974 Judge James Eiffert 1975 Unknown 1976 Mike Crain 1977 Unknown 1978 Unknown 1979 Bill Holley 1980 Bill Holley 1981 Bill Holley 1982 Dan Hedgpeth 1983 Dan Hedgpeth 1984 Dan Hedgpeth 1985 Curtis Inman DDS 1986 Don Vespa DDS 1987 Don Vespa DDS 1988 Rick Gardner 1989 Roxanne Amundsen 1990 Tim Seboldt 1991 Mike Woody 1992 Greg Marquart 1993 Bill Phillips 1994 Rick Johnson 1995 Dave Workizer 1996 Steven Hamm 1997 Bobbi Wixson 1998 Tom Arnold 1999 Glenn Blake 2000 Janis Creek 2001 Don Watts 2002 Chuck Branch 2003 Tim Eastin |
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©2003, Ozark Chamber of Commerce - All rights reserved 191 N. 17th Street P.O. Box 1450 Ozark, MO 65721 417-581-6139 |
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