Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-15
UNITED TRAVELLERS TO MEET
Two Busy Weekend Days Are Seized.
uled for Omaha.
CONVENTION WILL OPEN FRIDAY
BIE banquet 10 Ne Given Friday
Evening at Happy Hollow CIub,
with Colonel woods as
TOastmRster.

The program for the twelfth annual ses-
sion of the grand council Of Nebraska
United Commercial Travellers of America
which will be held in Omaha this week,
dscloses the fact that two busy days will
be put in by the knights OF the grip.
The convention starts Friday morning
May %. at $3.50 O'Clock with an open session
at Myrtle hall. to which the public is in
vited. T. A. walton Will be the presiding
officer. Invocation will be offered by Rev.
T. j. Mackay, pastor OF All Saints church.
Mayor DahIman will welcome them in be-
half of the Commercial club. Grand Coun-
cilor S. f. Ersklne OF Norfolk will make
a response. An executive session will be
held at 10 O'Clock at which the grand coun-
cilor will preside, and another session will
be held at 1 30 in the afternoon, at which
the same officer will be in the chair.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the women
will leave the Paxton hotel for an auto
ride over the city and will be taken to
the Young Women's Christian association,
where the privileges of the plunge baths
may be enjoyed.
A banquet will be held at the Happy
Hollow club at $50 O'Clock, when Colonel
Richard Woods of Sioux Falls will act as
POSTMASTER. Rev. T. j, Mackay will pro-
nounce the blessing l.. w. Wakeley, gen
| eral passenger agent of the Burlington, will
speak on Relations Between the Railroads
| and the Travelling Men" W. c. Brooks Of
! Beatrice will respond to the toast, wild
ows and Orphans" H. H. Bsldrige to "Op-
timsm OF the Travelling Men" Rev. F. l..
! Ioveland to Moral Advancement of the
| Travelling Man." and Henry r. Gehring
to "The Ladies' After the banquet dancing
will be INDUCED In by the party,
Executive session Saturday.
Tho program for Saturday consists of an
| executive session at o'clock. The visit
ing women will meet at the Paxton hotel
and will be escorted through the retail
stores to do what shopping they desire.
| At u o'clock the women will be enter
tanned at a luncheon at the Young Wom-
ems Christian association, which will be
followed by a musical program.
The officers of the grand council are
Grand councillor, Samuel f. Erskine, Nor
folk, Neb.; grand junior councillor, Charles
w. Hnzie, Omaha, Neb.; grand past coun
cilor. Walter A. Sain, Beatrice. Neb.; grand
secretary, Fred W. Hawken, Fremont
Neb; grand treasurer. Henry A. Fritz
Columbus, Neb; grand conductor, Paul b
Trueblood, Grand Island. Neb.; grand page
Robert d. McFadden, Hastings, Ncb.
grand sentinel William H. Bonney, Lin
coin, Neb.
Grand Executive Committee-Edward A
Plummer, Holdrege, Neb.; Elmer e. Alb
bolt, Beatrice Neb.; Rudolph W. Book
: Grand Island, Neb.; Pearl H. Patterson
Chadron, Neb.
Committees in charge of the convention
are:
General Committees. w Hinzie, chair
man; &. ]. Lyon, E. H, Button.
Reception Committee. S. Griffen, chair
. man; C. N Saltsgiver, T D. DIN, w. A
y Skate, w. c. Bronson, Saul Levy, J. n
Sinkular, c. E. Allen.
Ladies Reception Committee-Mrs E. !
Greene chairman; Mrs. l. Griffen, Mrs
d John Sullivan, Mrs. w. o. Rice, Mrs Ed
: ward Rynott, Mrs. George Gabriel
Ladies' Entertainment Committee-Mr
wv. A. Challis, chairman; Mrs. j. r. Ruber
stein; Mrs. j. T. Austin, Mrs. John Car
non, Mrs. Oola S. Goodrich; Mrs. H. I
a Winter, Mrs Nellie Harmon, Mrs. d.
: OBrien, Mrs. Harry Chapman, Mrs. J. 1
Walton, Mrs. 7. A. Walton, Miss Edit
Lyon.
Hotel Committee. T. Hogan, chairman
: f. +. Osborn.
: Badge Committee-C. L. Hopper chat
nah.
Press Committee-E. G. Harwood, chat
man.
Decoration Committee-George BegeroV
chairman.
u Dance Committee-T. A Walton, chai
man; j. 4, Robertson, f. ]. Greene, c.
:, Patrick