The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-09
JACOB SCHLOER
REELECTED PRES.
Committee Is Appointed to Look
After Civic Interests of City and
Soliciting Committee Is Left to Jur-
isdiction of the Revision Com
mittee.

A meeting of the Hammond Busi-
ness Mems association held in weis'
hall at $3.50 o'clock last evening at
which officers were elected or re-elect-
ed, a committee to revise the consti-
tuition and bylaws was appointed and
smother meeting was arranged for on
Thursday, April 16, on which date the
organization will vote on the code of
rules by which it will be governed in
skhe future
The attendance was small compared
20 that at the first meeting and there
were not to exceed forty-five persons
spresent when the meeting was called
TO order by President Jacob Schloer.
The first step taken was to give
everybody present an opportunity to
&ign the roll and become members
Two OF those present responded while
several who had signed the roll at the
zirst meeting paid their initiation fee.
It was decided to have a committee
make nominations for the various
off1ces and President Jacob Schloer ap-
pointed z. c. Minas, Otto Knoerzer, J.
G. Ibach, A. NJ. Turner and Adam Ebert
on this committee.
They retired and after a long ses-
sion during which Mr.. Schloer was
called into conference they reported
the following nominations; Jacob
Echloer, president; J. G. Ibach, vice
president; Edgar Johnston, secretary
and Jos. Weis, treasurer. The board of
directors recommended by this commit
tee was Walter Sohl, Adam Ebert, ].
~. Beckman, Percy A. Parry, Otto
Swain.
The call which was issued by the
president for the meeting, was ex-
tended to only those who had signi-
fed their intention of becoming mem
bers but it was discovered by some
one in the hall that one of the officers
and one of the members Of the board
of directors had not yet signi1ed their
intention of becoming members Of the
organization.
This matter was called to the atten-
tion of President Schloer who admit
ted that one of the officers was not a
member of the Business Mems asso-
citation but thought under the eircum-
stances he could be induced to join.
Patrick Reilley moved that the re-
port of the committee be accepted and
that the officers be elected by acclama-
tion. Before this was done, Jacob
Schloer stated that he had not expect
ed to be candidate for the presidency
but that the committee had called him
in and insisted that he accept the Of
fee, which he finally did
The officers were then elected by ac-
clamation and the association pro.
ceeded with other business. A NJ. Tur.
ner stated that one of the principa,
purposes for which the Business Men:
association had been reorganized wa:
for the purpose of becoming a member
of the Calumet Deep Waterway asso
citation and he moved that S110 b,
voted for the initiation fee to max,
possible a membership in this organ
ization.
]. C. Ibach made the suggestion tina
a. committee be appointed to look af
ter the civic interests of the city. A
NJ. Turner took up this idea and state,
that he believed Hammond was to be
come the Hyde Park of the Calume
region, the best residence district il
this great manufacturing center. TIL
article in THE TINES suggesting tina
the railroads be induced to lay ou
parks on their right-of-way through
the city, he said, was a good one ant
Dhould be followed out.
Jacob Schloer suggested that a so
iciting committee be appointed to e,
but and look up new members. 1t wa
finally decided to refer these matter
to the committee which will revise tn,
constitution.
Just at this time the interest in tn
meeting Jagged somewhat and Mr. Sch
loer urged that the members get VI
md make some motions and sugges
tons
J. Flody irish moved that the com
mittee on constitution and bylaws b.
appointed by the president and the fol
lowing men were selected Georg
Pearson, L. L Bonn berger and Floy,
Irish
This committee viii report at tn
Continued On mage 2