Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-26
METAL CONTRACTORS COMING
National Association of Sheet Metal
Contractors Convenes Here.
MANY DELEGATES LOOKED FOR
Local Committee is Preparing for the
Entertainment of the ViSItOrS--
Exhibit TO BE Made at
the Auditorium.

One Of the biggest conventions that mas
been held in Omaha this year will be held
here August Z, s. 9. 10 and II. when the
seventh annual session Of the National
Association Of Sheet Metal Contractors
convenes. Five hundred delegates. almost
as many women accompanying them, and
many outside persons interested in the
doings Of the association are expected TO
attend and the event will be the most
elaborate Of any convention yet held in
Omaha in 1911
The Official program provides for inter
esting and important discussions on prac-
teal subjects, together with unusually en-
ioyable entertainment features The COM
mittee on local arrangements has been
working with untiring effort to make their
fellow members and friends comfortable
while in the city.
An important feature of the convention
will be the exhibition Of furnaces, stoves,
etc. in the Omaha Auditorium, and from
all reports this exhibition will be one OF
the largest ever held at any OF the seven
conventions of the association. In order
TO give the delegates a chance to examine
the exhibits the business sessions will be
held In the afternoon7and the mornnss de-
voted TO the investigation Of the Quality
of the exhibits.
women's reception committee composed
OF the wives and daughters Of the local
members will plan entertainment for thu
women visitors.
National Officers.
The officers Of the national association
are: President. r ]. Braley, Providence,
r. l.; first vice president E. P. Smith.
Norfolk, Va; second vice president. John
Bogenberger. Milwaukee Wis; third vice
president. John H Hussie. Omaha; fourth
vice president. Frank Hoersting, Dayton.
O.. treasurer. w. A F1ngles, Baltimore,
Nd; secretary. z. L. Seabrook, Philadel-
phla. Pa: trustees, E. w. Richards. Phila-
delphia. Pa. T. P. Walsh. San Antonio;
Otto Goebel. Syracuse N Y; Alfred HoIt-
man. Buffalo. n. Y; Thomas Black, Brook
Ign. N Y; p H. Lenderking. Baltimore.
Nd; X. I. Willis. Moline. III; J. H. Daug n
erty Nashville. Tenn.
The officers of the Omaha Association.
which is affiliated with the national assO-
citation, are as follows: President. ]. H
Hussie; vice president, Hugo Schmidt:
secretary, J. p. Williams; treasurer, Her
man Kunde.
The committee on arrangements is conf
posed OF the following Omahans: John
Hussie, J. p. Williams, R L. Carter.
Matthew B3ornsen, w A Haberstroh. A
Munroe, Carl johnson and G. F. Epeneter.
Local firms who are members OF the Ma
tionaI Association OF Sheet Metal Contrzs-
tors are Mueller & johnson. W. s. Heaton.
A. Mast & Son. Bjornson Sheet Metal
works, Milton Rogers Son & Co. Charles
Krelle. E. Savage. A. Munroe. L. g.
Thrane. Epeneter Cornice Works. Olsen
Bros., T. Sinhold. w. A Haberstroh. q.
Wig & Son. p. Hauth. Omaha Stove and
Repair works. John Hussie Hardware COM
pany. Carter Sheet Metal company. Hei~
man Kondae. Simonson & Norby. King
Hardware company, Council Bluffs Sheet
Metal company, independent Tin shop,
Rapp CoFnice works, Sanford Wright. T.
Jansen Cornice works and the Standard
Furnace supply company.