Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-22
Major Halves Issues Announce.
ment of NJ. w. A. Session
to be Held at Peoria
OF LOCAL CAMP OFFICERS
Is the Fourth Annual Gathering-Sev
erai Rock Island Men Are to
Speak at Convention.

iiOHdl MeclinS OF tne Local camp
Clerks association which will De held
at Peoria beginning Saturday, June l..
and continuing over Monday of the fol
lowing week. This meeting will pre-
cede the head camp session of the
society The association was organ
lied at St Paul in June, 1901, at 4
meeting called by Major Halves, and
| including all of the clerks in attend
| ance at the head camp meeting held
there then. The first meeting was held
| in Rock Island in February. 1902. and
later sessions at Indianapolis and Mil
waukee Fully 900 clerks have sig
nified their intention to attend the
coming meeting.
! Local Men Speak.
| The program announced by Major
| Halves includes number of features
of particular interest and benefit to
clerks of camps, and the meeting
promises TO be very profitable one
for the members. Several Rock Is
land men connected with the head Of
flee of the society here are ON the pro-
gram, in addition to Major Halves
Among. those who will speak are ]. F.
Munger. j. W. Houder, Fred NJ. Butt,
J. a. Moran. f. o. VanGalder, and e.
II. Phillips of this city
| The Program.
| The program for the meeting is in
full as follows:
SATURDAY, JUNE 13-MORNING.
Called to order at $50 a. m-Pres-
ident f. II. Norling. Kansas City, Mo.
Announcements. Calling of the Roll.
Ietc.-Secretary W. r. Copeland. Lima.
Ohio.
Addresses of Welcome = Mayor
Thomas O'Conner. Peoria. H.: Clerk
Peter Werner tS43). Peoria. ILL.,
Responses to Addresses OF Welcome
President f. H. Norling. Kansas
City. Mo-: Clerk W. B. Lyman (2O9G)
Alden Iowa.
Addresses by Head Officers
Appointment of Committees by Pres
ident Norling.
AFTERNOON.
Address Relating to Duties of Head
: Clerk and Local Clerks-Head Clerl,
c. w Halves.
The Pass Report and Pass Report
Bcok-Common Errors and Their Cor
rection-J. F. Munger, chief auditing
department, head clerks Office
Discussion led by Clerk Perl o
Bowers (3S7S). Charlottesville. Ind.
Prohibited and Hazardous Occura
tons, and Incorporate Members
Camp Trials-Executive Council Rul
ings-Fred NJ. Burt. chief prohibited
occupations department. head clerk:
] office. Discussion led by Clerk J. II
5 Tousley CPD Spokane, Wash.
. The Formulation of Death Proofs
! The Daty of the Camp in Relation
Thereto. w. Houder. chief mortu
airy department, head clerks Office
+ Discussion lead by Clerk w. O. Dun
lazy t55G3), indianapolis, Ind.
] The Card System of Accounting
r Its Advantages and Disadvantages il
: Local Camp Work.. A. Moran. audi
f tors, correspondent. head clerks office
EVENING.
: Discussion led by Clerk C. Davie
: (7062). Newark, \. j.
| The Mailing List-<How Revised an,
a acknowledgements from Clerks-F
e 10 VanGalder. editor The Modern
Woodman. Discussion led by Clerl
iG. n. Frinll tl0S), Des Moines. Iowa
SUNDAY, JUNE Ia.
No program has as yet beenC al
: ranged. but it may be that specia
= lservices will be held in one of tn
= Peoria churches for the Clerks asst
: citation. Announcement of the Sunda
program will be made at the close @
:. The Saturday session.
=, MONDAY, JUNE 15-MORNING
H espondence-Local and Hea
| Campo. G. Taylor. chief correspor
dence department. head clerks offic,
Discussion led by Clerk w. B. l.!
man (2096), Alden. Iowa.
Reinstatement of Suspended Men
bers-The Suspension Department an
Its Work-Bonds of Camp {0fficers-
E. H. Phillips, chief suspension an
bonding departments, head clerks O
fee. Discussion led by Clerk O. "
Walkup (667), Galesburg. I'll.
Transfer Cards-Remtting Propo
tomato Part of Current Term Dues
Clerk w. z. INLAND (969). Lincoln
Neb. Discussion led by Clerk Charlie
E. Jewett (365), Madison. Wis.
II Deposit of Camp Funds by Cler
Ilwith Camp Banker-Is Banker Niece
/ lsary?-Clerk J. Bart Foster (7257
| Chandler. Okla. Discussion led b
Clerk o. l.. Lundgren Q243D, Oh
II cago, III.
II The Per Capita Tax-Should 1t E
| Collected and RENTED Monthly
stead of Quarterly and Semi.annuall,
fl-Clerk E. A. Miller t5250), Harri
burg, Pa. Discussion led by Clerk .
H. Mann (727S), Kansas City, Mo.
AFTERNOON.
The Safety Fund-Fines for Deli
Uauents-How to Handle Suspend.
Members-Clerk ]. H. Hoffman (361
llLeavenworth, Kan. Discussion led |
tlClerk C. s. Leech (l35), Alton. ILL.,
Semi-annual Audit and Investigate,
Camp Records and Accounts