Billboard advertising (Aug 1896)

BILLBOARD ADVERTISING. August, 1896. at 6jJ P M THIRD DAY. I'midrnt Schaefer rapped (or order i ■0.13 A. M II became evident that tU chit' uiinnl of nun, members in th diction of officers on tlie preceding dn< The O>nvention. A GREAT BIG SUCCESS. tions from local theaters and opera houses. The president hurried through with them with commendable prompt- Bill Potting CO.. Chicago; Geo. M. Le. onard. of Grand Rapid*. Mieb.: and W. II, Walker, of Detroit. Mich., were vis- P. B. Haber was prevented from attend. The new name. "The International Hill Posting Association,' is an improve. TV. It, Fttlford, of Chicago, waselecleil a solicitor. Harry Munson, of New York, was however, and finished a great deal of routine work. Morning session adjourned of bill posters that this or any other conn try The, big cinb room of the Leland House was packed to overflowing with members of the Inter State Bill Hosier's 1-rotective near. The East, the West, the North lion to this effect was carried with but three dissenting votes. The revision of th* constitution and by-laws was taken up, and all changes and alterations out- lined and discussed. The matter was then Called to order at I P. M., sharp. The ranks of the workers were still further depleted, but a quorum was secured, and by hard, persevering efforts the remainder of the routine work was dispensed with. A vote of thanks was tendered to the Chicago press, the out-going officers, Sam T. Jack, the Schiller Theatre, and the Masonic roof garden for I even vilUgi s. At the president's left sal Treasurer C. C Maxwell, of Lincoln. 111. At bii right Vice President Stout, of St. Louis, was eseoorrd, and next to him sat Clarence E. Roney, secretary of the or- ganization and the official stenographer C. 11. Woodworth, of Fort Wayne, I ml., Frank P. Myers, of Danville, III., was J. E. Girard, of Erie, Pa., made many W. J. Horn is active and agressive. His influence was felt often. Clarence E. Runey is the most system- atic and tireless worker in the Inter- national Bill Posting Association. He is wonderfully popular with all. too. Harry Stoops, of Chattanooga, traveled a thousand miles to be present. Tbedelivery of the i n of the p -dst I2-«5 P. U . after the e on Credentials had been ap . (Others came straggling in, until at adjournment eighty-two mem- bers were in attendance. This number and seventeen, and fell off y to a trifle over fifty.) The after n o'clock. The report of the Com- mittee on Constitution and By-lam rnw read and accepted, after which the vari- laken pp section for This consumed the remainder o( the which came to adjournment at JS P M. SECOND DAY. . and the taken up. Thers was considerable di- versity of opinion, and the debates were bat the president well in hand, and held them to the work under way, until a mo- tion to again snspend the rules again pre- vailed, this time to take up the election of officers for the ensuing year. It re- President, P. F. Schaefer. Chicago. First Vice-President, p. G. Stout, St Second Vic New York. ant, and altogether popular gentleman than P. F. Schaefer, none of the members and delegates present had ever beard Washington Hesing, postmaster of Chi* cago. extended a cordial invitation to the members and delegates to visit the new post-office, and inspect its workings. Some forty or fifty did so, and enjoyed DON'T BELIEVE HIM. If anyone tells you that I can't post your paper in NVw York, d. n't you belitvt l,im. There is no boycott, and cevar has been, notwithstanding reports to lii I cm grit you jut u good a show, and lest as bfg • show as you are willing to pay for, and on the finet biUWdi of New York City. 107 W. 2Blh St., New York. 1 Ttltplione.