Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-16
PRESS MEETING
Members of the Fraternity Gather in
Wausau on SaturdaY-An Enjoy
able Occasion.

Last Saturday afternoon, the men,
bers of the Marathon County Press
association and its invited guests,
met in this city to have a social time
and get better acquainted. Frank
Leuschen, the genial editor of the
Marathon Times, in his plea for all
to visit Marathon at the time of the
publishers basket picnic at the
grounds near that village on the oath
day of June, said that there was no
place in the world where the people
were more hospitable; where the sky
was bluer, the foliage greener, the
water more sparkling, or the birds
sing more sweetly, etc. So it might
have been said in truth of Wausau
that day. 1t was a perfect after
noon, the sky was without cloud
and the rain which came the night
before brought out the leaves, the
grass and the birds. At the appointed
hour the guests were given an auto
mobile ride about the city the start
being made from the Bells House.
The following gentlemen generously
placed their cars at the disposal Of
the publishers: B. Heinemann, presi-
dent of the National German Ameri-
can bank; G. B. Meyer, president of the
Mer chants association, and A. A.
BaJcock, Jr., engineer of the Wiscon-
sin River improvement company, and
for two hours the ride was through,
the business and residence portions of
our city; over handsome driveways
and past public and government
buildings and on the high points over
looking the city. The trip included
the country club where all got out
and looked over the grounds and went
through the building. All expressed
themselves as very much surprised at
the beauty of the club house and
grounds and if the time had not been
so limited they would have tried their
hands at golf, for their enthusiasm
grew apace, as they strolled about.
The ride ended at the Wausau club
house at four O'Clock, where the pres
ident of the association spoke few
words of welcome and, after brief
business session, followed with talk
upon "Some of the Future Possibil-
tiles"
The second paper was by B. e.
Walters, of the Mosinee Times, secre-
tary of the association, upon "The
Newspaper as the Merchants Catalog."
The third and last paper was given
by Herman Roemer, of the Wausau
PIONEER.
All of the papers were discussed and
the meeting proved very animated
one. Besides there were quite
number of very helpful talks made by
the publishers present.
The afternoons pleasures ended
with a banquet at the Bells house in
which all participated. The first
social session of the Marathon County
Press association, proved much
greater success than was anticipated.
Those present besides representa-
tiyes of the press of Wausau were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Win. Allen, of the
Merrill Star-Advocate; AL. SutOr of
the Grand Rapids Tribune; Fred l..
Berner of the Amigo Republican; S.
K. Adams, of the Birnamwood News;
B. E. Walters, of the Mosinee Times:
A. Neuenschwander, of the Athens
Record; E. B. Crawford of the Edgar
Press; Frank Lueschen of the Mara
thon Times.
There will be several more like
meetings during the year and on the
oath day of June there is to be
basket picnic at Marathon, TO which
all members Of the fraternity are in
vited. The publishers from our sister