[News Script: Chamber of commerce] Part: 1 of 2
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CHAMBER OF COIMERCE 1-1-1
The fort Worth chamber of
commerce officially opened
its new offices at 700 Throckmorton *4M - today.
And the honor of opening the j door for business
went to Brown Harwood, retired real estate man, who
arrives for the occasion !n a rented horse and buggy.
r'ifty-seven years ago he came to Wort Worth and ap-
plied for membership in the Fort Worth Board of Trade,
as the chamber was first called. He has been a con-
tinuous member ever since. A new cr brings the new--
est member of the. chamber to the opening. Walter C.
Beadle, representing the Western Oil Company, joined
the chamber yeste-day. JA. Gooch, chamber president,
hands Harwood a gold key to formally open the offices.
Tomorrow the chamber will hold an open house for thepublic to see its new quarters.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Chamber of commerce], item, July 19, 1959; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861422/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.