Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-22
President S. s.. Moon Of
Dayton Presided.
Privileges Of the City Extended
by Mayor Young.
Mansfield and Springfield After Next
Convention.

The third annual convention of the
State Association of Letter Carriers
met in this city Thursday. The busi-
ness sessions were held in G. A. X.
hail.
The convention was called to order
at 1920 o'clock. by President S. 8.
Moon Of Dayton. Mr.. Warren r.
Snyder Of the Akron branch was intro
duced and in turn introduced Mayor
w. Il. Young, who gave the welcome
address.
The Mayor assured the delegates OF
Akron's hospitality, and said that the
doors of the city had been taken from
their hinges that the convention might
have free access to come and go as 1t
pleased He welcomed the members
Of the association as representatives of
Il branch of the United States govern
ment which demonstrates that the
people are capable of running their
own affairs. "Uncle Sam said Mayor
Young, has taken especial care in Sc
lecting you, to look after his business,
and the service you are rendering
daily, shows that his confidence has
not been misplaced"
On behalf of the local branch Post
master DR.. l.. s. Ebright welcomed the
visitors. M ,,e,rs
President Moon announced his com
mittees as follows:
Credential Committee--Clarence j..
Stemple, Youngstown. Oscar w. Scud-
der, Piqua; C. f. Rolling, Columbus.
Auditing committee-Glenn S. Os,
borne, Dayton; Charles r. Raedel, Can
ton; John l.. Burneson, Mansfield.
Mileage and per diem committee
+ w. Boyle, Toledo; Alf II. Beiser,
Springfield; Warren K Snyder, Akron.
A recess of 10 minutes was taken,
for the committees to make their re-
ports, after which the convention set
tied down to routine business. On ac-
count of the parade, which took place
d ~ Inrl- thn IL Ifnrt
ment was not announced until nearly
| o'clock.
The afternoon session was not call
ed until after the parade was finished.
The officers of the state association
are as follows: President, G. G. Moon;
of Dayton; vice president, Isaac
Scholes, of Springfield secretary. Mel
vile Johnston of Columbus; treasurer,
II. V. Compton, of Toledo; sergeant-at-
arms, Ralph d. Scheibley of Tiffin.
The delegates present at the morning
session We're: $. s. Moon, Dayton; Is
aac Sch0les, Springfield; Melville John
ston, Columbus: III. V. Compton, Tole-
do Ralph u. Schcibley. Tifiin; Frank
n. Hi,st. Newark; w. w. White, Co
lumbus: A. X. Young, Cincinnati; c.
H. Stemple, Youngstown; Alf II. Biser,
Springfield; G. Il. Rolling, Columbus;
q. s. Osborne, Dayton; o. w. Scudder,
Piqua; w. S. Sprenger Fremont; c. II.
Raedel, Canton; Leroy Smith, Cleye-
land ii. j. Spittle, Cleveland: John
Il. Burneson, Mansfield.
Thursday evening banquet will he
served in G. A. II. Hall by the ladies
of the Women's Relief Corps. DR.. l..
S. Ebright will be toastmaster.
The headquarters for the convention
We're at the Empire hotel.
OVERFLOW MEETING.
The reception committee, composed
of every member of the local force,
furnished entertainment in Liedertafel
hall for the visitors who were not dele
gates. Refreshments were servd and
the afternoon was spent in making new
acquaintance and renewing old asso-
Citations.
Z The local carriers gave an impromptu
musical show which greatly pleased
the visitors. Il. A. Cummins was in
terlocutor and the ends We're taken
care of by A. r.. Limric, G. Harry Mil
Ter, w. ID. Kittlnger, and Il. Fl. o.
Brien of Cleveland. During the show
Charles Il. Gostlin sang MY Honey
That Love so Well.' A. E. Limric
sang, "The Golden Wheel" and W. ID.
Kittinger's solo was entitled, "Moye
up, Johnson" r. \. Cummins and G..
Harry Miller gave "A local parody and
"A, u. Limric and Charles Roth were
success in their bear dance. A fancy