The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-05

Kansas Farmer Co.; L. G. Hepworth,
real estate, Mulvane building; H. L.
Lariner, manager Usage Fire Insur-
| ance company.
The election of officers for the en-
suing year took place with the result
as given below:
President-E. w. Rankin. business
manager of the Kansas Farmer.
First vice PRESIDENT. L. Vincent.
advertising manager of the Household.
| Second vice president-John c.
| Emahizer, president of the Emahizer-
J Spielman Furniture company.
| Treasurer. P. MetZger, president
| German-American State bank.
| Secretary-Raymond p. Locke of
the Topeka State journal.
| The competition for the highest Of
| flee in the club was keen, and was an
other fact to show that the association
| is a live one. Mr.. ]. L. Vincent gave
the newly elected president a close
race.
The retiring president. Mr. Charles P.
Adams, in summing up the work for
the past year said:
| IF the Advertising club has been a
success the past year, you may give the
entire credit to the very excellent pro-
grams that We have had at our regular
noon day meetings. This was the first
regular dinner club organized in To-
! peka and the feature of having at least
one good speaker at each one of our
| dinners proved to be a very popular
one. The club was organized just about
one year ago and We have met every
other Tuesday noon. I would like to
call your attention to the remarkable
list of speakers that have appeared be-
fore this club during the past year.
Mr.. Herbert S. Houston, vice president
of Doubleday-Page & Co. publishers of
Worlds Work, New York; F. L. Blanch-
ard, for many years managing editor of
Printers Ink, the foremost advertising
Journal in America; S. o. Lindeman of
Kansas City, of the Bakers Advertis-
ing Agency; Ewing Herbert of the Hia-
watha World; the Rev. Charles NJ.
Sheldon and Marco Morrow, both of
Topeka; William Thompson president
of the Kalamazoo Stove company; L.
Roy Curtis, of Kansas City; L. Mete-
lvier, advertising manager of Peck Dry
GOODS company, Kansas City; John
Curran, sales manager of the Colonial
Creamery company, st. Louis; E. w.
Rankin, J. l.. Vincent, and Frank P.
MacLennan, Topeka: j. NJ. Irvine, pub
fisher of the Western Fruit Grower St
the ThorntonM Minor company, Kansas
City; w. ]. Berkowitz. of Kansas City :;
Oscar Garrison Willard. editor and pub
Usher of the New York Evening Post.
One of our most remarkable and in
tereSting meetings was that in which
four of the brightest women in Kan
sas criticised the advertising that is
appearing in the newspapers and peri
OulCdlS- lie papers OI MISS era
ham. Miss Anna Marie Nellis. Mrs
Monroe and. Mrs. Annie DiggS at this
meeting will long be remembered Tor
their brilliancy, wit. humor and sense
lMr. II. S. Street, advertising manager
of Crosby Brothers, Mr.. Arthur Cap
per, W. W. Mills. E. H. Crosby, and j
w. Robinson, who are all very closely
connected with the local ADVERTISING
= field have had prominent places on the
years programs. The address by Mr.
. F. NJ. Ball, late of the Minneapolis Tri
bune and now of Topeka was one o.
the best things that the club has hae
+; the club by L. E. Myers. president O
o the Topeka Edison company, on Electri
cal Advertising, was timely and full o
interest"
Mr.. Hutchings' Address
Mr.. E. A. Hutchings. who was las
. year president of the Kansas City Ad.
vertising club. and who is manager Of
p The Thornton and Minor Co. gave
81 the address of the evening. being in.
81 troduced by the newly elected presi
81 dent of the club, Mr.. Rankin TIL,
n subject of his remarks was How al
n Advertising Club Can Benefit a CITY
In his Introductory remarks MI
Hutchings said that he was glad tina
he had been assigned a little ginger
= talk as his work had been that of
booster-that is pushing things. TIL
s appended is a summary of his ad
dress:
h IAN advertising club can. if prop
~ erly Differed. become the mainsprini
and source of original ideas for boost
ing the city in which it is located
AS the city ofTopeka is looked upol