Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-06-19
DRUM MERS ELECT
STATE OFFICERS
w. 7. ELLIOTT, MADISON, HEADS
WISCONSIN UNITED CoMMER-
CIAL TRAVELLERS.
MILWAUKEE MAN HON0RED.
Fred Went, Cream City knight of the
Grip, Chosen Member of the
Grand Council.
CONVENTION CLOSES ITS WORK.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, June 10
special. AT the meeting Of the grand
council OF the United Commercial Travel
crs this morning, Madison was chosen as
the place for the next state convention,
which will be held the first Friday and
Saturday in June, 1909.
List of Officers.
The following officers Of the grand
council were elected:
Grand senior councillor, w r. Elliott
Madison; grand junior councillor, Il. J. Bed
berry, Fond du Lac, grano secretary,
George j. Nichols, WatcrtOWn; grand treas
urer, Henry Awe, Oshkosh; grand con
ductor Fred Went, Milwaukee,, grand
pagr, &. taIkins, Sparta; grand sentinel, w.
i. Hcrtgcn, La Crosse.
Supreme Council Delegates.
NJ. l.. Dunn, Madison; Charles Dean,
Eau Claire; and the three past council
IOrs will attend the supreme council at
Columbus, o. The atcrmates are +. w.
SissOnS, la Crosse; -. X. Foster. La
Crosse; {. +. Yates, Black River Falls;
j. II. Lachcr, Chicago; and e. Il. Evans,
GAINESVILLE
VI. j. Sullivan of Milwaukee, who
was elected grand councillor Il year ago,
but resigned because Of having to leave
the state, WAS rcinstatCd this morning,
and by virtue Of the new election be
comes the past grand councillor. During
SuIlvans retirement, II. w. SissOu, La
Crosse held the first hOnors in the state
among the United Commercial travellers.
Several hundred members, their wives
and families attended the picnic held this
afternoon at Lakeside park in their hon
or. The programme for the afternoon
consisted Of launch and trolley rides,
band concerts and dance.
10 definite programme has been ar
ranged for this evening which will mark
the close of the convention. Tonight, how
ever. there will be an electrical display
on Main street and several band concerts.
Convention Is Closed
The convention proper closed this morn
ing with the meeting of the grand council
at the Henry Boyle theater During the
session. the visiting ladies were given an
automobile ride about the city.
The ball and banquet held at the Coli
scum last night was the principal social
feature of the conventions The hall was
deliberately decorated in the convention
colors and over 1000 people were in at
tendance. During the evening many per
sons gathered outside to listen to the
open air band concerts
Reception for Ladies.
Yesterday afternoon there was a large
attendance at the reception held at the
Elks' clubhouse in honor of the visiting
ladies. The programme for the after
noon consisted Of several musical selec-
lions by Alfred Isaac, Mrs. r. S. Ar
thur, Miss Anna Mclean and Mrs. Rob
ert Melis
At the business meeting of the grand
council Yesterday afternoon Richard Pc
ters4n was elected grand sentinel and
l.. j. Nenne, grand page. Many mem
bcrs Of the council signified their inten-
ton of accepting the invitation rendered
by the citizens of Chippewa Falls to at
tend the homecoming festival to be held
there Ill September during the county
fair.