Robinson Astute Choice to Head Chamber of Commerce, Pasquotank Hospital Association, Jan. 27, 1922

Now President of the Chamber of Commerce

CHARLES OAKLEY ROBINSON

A young man of rare ability, enterprise and much promise stepped into the presidency of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce Monday when C.O. Robinson was unanimously elected to that office by the newly organized Board of Directors. No one in Elizabeth City better appreciates the value of a Chamber of Commerce to a community than young C.O. Robinson. And there isn’t a man in town who will roll up his sleeves and put more personal effort and pep into the activities of that organization. That is why he was elected. Most folks in the town know very little about C.O. Robinson and his election as the head of an organization composed of 288 of the livest wires in the community may come as a surprise to some who have not watched the rapid growth of this young man in useful citizenship in the past few years. It is a safe bet that the Chamber of Commerce will thrive under his leadership. The presidency of the Chamber of Commerce carries with it the Presidency of the Pasquotank Hospital Association. The Hospital Association is also congratulating itself upon having acquired one of the most astute and successful business minds in the community as its executive head.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 1922