The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-20
GLAD HAND TO Be
GIVEN DELEGATION
indianapolis Business Mer
Are Sure to Have Pleas
ant Time Here.

Indianapolis tradesmen who will be
guests of the business men OF Rich
mond on the evening Of Wednesday,
September ~. will be given the glad
hand and plenty to cat. Tentative
plans for their reception were made
at the meeting of the executive COM
mittee members and the chairmen OF
the other committees in the CONNER
cial club rooms on Tuesday evening
: AS the saying Is, the arrangements
are ito do the affair up brown"
Indianapolis tradesmen, will be rep
resented by delegation of at least
80 and IL is probable that some others
who will not accompany the delegation
on the days trip to the north and east
cities of the state, will come here spe-
cially to attend the evening reception
and banquet. All Of the visitors Will
be jobbers and manufacturers. The
object of the visit is not so much to
boom Indianapolis as il is the state.
The visiting delegation will leave
indianapolis on the morning of Sep
TENDER 26, visiting mary Of the lead
ing cities to the north and northeast
of Indianapolis on that day. On the
next day starting at Fl. Wayne they
! will visit all cities on the G. r. & J..
division OF the Pennsylvania railroad,
concluding with their meeting here
lin the evening and returning to In
dianapolis that night in their special
train about $3.50 o'clock.
I At Portland a committee including
~. A. Spekenhier Demas Coe and Ray
mond Mather will meet the Indianapo-
lis men and escort them here. They
will urge that the Portland visit be
'cut short in time for the special I'd ar
where the delegation will be met by a
large delegation Of Richmond bust
mess men and a band.
The indianapolis crowd will be lined
up behind the Indianapolis Newsboy' s
band and the Richmond delegation
and it's band will fall In line, marching
up Tenth to Main and thence west to
Eighth and from there to the Y. NJ.
c. A., where banquet will be held,
kaccording to present plans.
The association building will be at
tractively decorated, particularly the
gymnasium. On the walls will be hung
Quaker City slogans, some of which
will be of humorous character, such
as Richmond Pianos bring harmony
to indianapolis homes" At each plate
will be carnation. probably of va
riety propogated originally by local
florist, and also the Commercial Club
publication Of recent issue advertising
Richmond The table decorations in
other respects will be cut flowers in
vases and sprinkled about the tables.
Flags and other emblems will be hung
on the walls. Local business men will
be charged 81 a plate.
Each business man will be seated
with men engaged in his same line OF
business.
The program will include eight
short addresses, four by visiting bus
iness men and four by local men.
Charles BoOkwalter, eX-mayor Of Indi-
annapolis, who Is heading the delega-
ton. will be one of the speakers. 1t is
probable that J. Bennett Gordon, edi-
'torial writer for the Indianapolis Sun,
formerly of Richmond. will deliver an
address. the list of local after dinner
speakers has not been announced, lie.
roy N. Snyder the secretary Of the In.
.dianapolis Trades Association, who is
arranging the trip in letter to the To-
cal committees declares that insofar
as the Indianapolis end of the program
Is concerned, he can promise several
surprises. The visitors hope to leave
the city by $3.50 o'clock in order that
the members of the newsboys' band
may get home In time to attend school,
the next day. For this reason it is eX
pected that Attorney w. II. Kelley, the
toastmaster will introduce the first
speaker about 7:45 o'clock During the
evening the band will render severa
musical selections.