The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-29
MEN BEFORE
The PUBLIC EYE

The booming of the i-Centennlal
celebration brings before the public eye
that adept in such affairs Abe l.. Sahm,
the man who is at home when called
upon to stir up enthusiasm and mar
shall the details of great big jubila-
ton
Mr.Sahm has had abundant expert
enCe in looking after public celebrations
and this is the reason the semi-Ccnten-
NAL association so eagerly sought his
services and placed him at the helm 10
guide the enterprise to the goal of sue
cess that is aimed at reaching. The
association chose wisely; to this every
one will agree, and this judgment has
already been confirmed by the results
that have been achieved since he went
among the merchants and unloaded his
arguments and persuasion to divert the
spare dollars Centonnial-way AS di-
rector of the promotion and publicity
department, as 1t were, of the Cclcbra-
tion, Mr.. Sahm has set the people a
talking of scmi-Ccntennial until now
you can hear nothing else discussed
about town. This is just what was
wanted, for everybody seems interested
in the big jubilee that has been planned
for. Mr.. Sahm has heaps of plans and
schemes that he will put in practice
as the days pass. and when the credit
for the great amount of work that will
have been done is passed around, this
worker will merit a heap of it.
Mr.. Sahm is foremost among the en-
terprsing and progressive merchants
of the town he is one of the towns
most vigorous pushers in movement
that means its betterment. and he has
served his fellow citizens well and
faithfully in the citys councils He has
pleasing personality and Abe" as he
is known best. is well spoken of whcr~
ever his name is mentioned.
Prof. A. Wilson Geary is another i'm
portant factor in the preliminary work
of the celehra ton. Mr.. Geary is in
charge of the headquarters of the semi
centennial association, which are To-
Gated in the city building. His work
devolves on him a heap of details, but
they are met with knowledge of how
TO readily dispose of them and make
room for what is crowdnG behind them,
Mr.. Geary is always ready to pass out
| information on any subject pertaining
to the celebration, and it's SO satisfying
! to the seeker of this information to
+ be cordially received, as he always is,
| by Mr.. Geary and to be intelligently in
| formed as this gentleman can do so,
Mr.. Geary is a member of the High
school faculty, by whom his knowledge
of educational matters is justly appre-
Cated. He is graduate of Bucknell
and is possessed of a fine intellect that
is sure to make its force known and 10
win a high place for its possessor.
William Collins. president of Com
mon council. is Il young man of the
town who stands high in the favor of
his coleague and has earned the good
will of his constituents and citizens
generally
The favor with which Mr.. Collins is
regarded among his co-workers in
council was expressed at the reorgan-
ization of councils, when after dead
locking over the election of chairman
he was suggested as a compromise
candidate and was readily accepted
and hastily called to the position. This
action council has never had reason tC
regret but on the contrary. the wisdom
of its choice has been often attested
for Mr. Collins administration has beer
Clean-cut, devoid of frills and generally
such as to indicate that he is the righ
man in the right place. to use an of
quoted saying,
Among his accomplishments dancine
Is conspicuous and he has attained &
skill that has been his services as in
struCtor greatly sought after here
abouts, Mr.. Collins recently attended
the national convention of DANCING
masters at Indianapolis and during tn,
coming social season he will introduc,
the new dances that were there illus
trated. Mr. Collins is genial and af
fable and is a capital story teller.