The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-10
|LAUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION
OPENS ANNUAL CONVENTION
tssr DAYS SESSIONS WERE
eoTH BUSY AND INTERESTING.
Many Important Matters to Com. up
AZ Sessions To-day. s.nsvst
lsst Evening.

Ss>hsons IocsJ. bancuet
Last Evening.
Win forty delegates attending and
others sim arriving. the third annual
convention OF the Iaundryrner-. a.
ISOLATION OF West Virginia ana VI,-
rinis was opened yesterday morning
IN the assembly hall OF the McI.ur.
Motel The FIRST days session proy.d
AZ exceedingly busy one regardless y.
the absence OF the secretarv a NJ
Deyerly. Of Princeton. W Va who
missed usin connections At Hunting
ton. In tbs absence OF AR. beverly
81 @. Long. Of Norfolk. Va. acted in
the cap@citr OF secretary and the Viz
fault.
The days session was given over .,
reports OF various committees and the
cinerent cnicerS OF the association "A
wen as several addresses delivered by
prominent members OF the orHani-
zatlon- tn opening session convened
al 10 81 o'clock being called TO order
oF President r. l. knight. OF Lynch
oury. Va Rev. q. r. oliver. pastor
OF the Fourth Street NJ. T.. church .la-
nVered the opening prayer and DIR. T
a. haskins delivered the address OF
welcome II the visiting delegates. In
brought up the filtration plant mat
ter stating that the city was abou.
ready 10 erect plant and requesting
mat the leurdrymen be heard from.
Inc convention will act on the mat
ter probaJ'y ut this mornings session
as they are vitality Interested In the
matter 0r securing pure water for
use IN the laundry.
Morris !. Long responded 10 the ad-
HV.H2 .aNa -
N his remarks paid "A tribute 20
Nheeling's lete mayor. e. g. schmidt
Reports OF tho officers OF the associ-
alton were then heard all Of which
showed tn organization 20 he max
Ing rapid strides forward both in the
way OF securing new members and
unanci2lly- \ recommendation that
two committees be appointed to look
after legislature matters In both West
virginia and Virginia was adopted and
II Is likely that committees will be
named nj this mornings business SEES
Sion This concluded the morning
meeting. the afternoon session con-
Nening AT o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
Reports were heard from the exc
cutive corinittees from both states
and action on the application and ad-
mission OF new members was then
taken. Several new members were
ballotted upon. After the reading OF
the minutes Of last years meeting an
interesting address was delivered bv
J. V Dillman. OF Cincinnati. o.. upon
the subject OF Auto vs.. Wagon De-
livery" AFR. Dillman stated that de-
livery by automobiles was best I'm iis
place. but he recommended that no
laundryms1 try IL unless the streets
are level anc well paved. IL was un-
doubtodly the unanimous opinion that
such delivery would not be the
most probable In this city although
Prcsid mt Lynch stated the city's
streets Wee well taAcn care OF com
pared 10 other cities. Mir. Dillrran -
Interested In the American Laundry
Machine company and is well verse1
In the lauddry businc 50.
The next speaker. Gus Kloffer. Ie-
liVered AN Instructive address I'm
which he asked and answered several
questions regarding the washing. dry
ing and pressing ~ the laundry ma
ter.1l. quite a great deal % inform
alton was cleaned 10y the deiegat -
from Mr.. Fluncr's talk Rs thcy picked
up several pointers. >Sich they had
never hear Of be'ore Frank Scrog-
eirs oi tn White swan laundry then
spoke upon the subject Of The
Laundry Employer and the Employe"
being followed BY G. ~. Duncan, ~
the Pearl Laundry. who spoke inter
cstircly upon the topic Of The As
sociatiJu ard Its Benefits" II all be-
licved - MIR Duncan. every owner
20 a laun irr in the Two states regard
less Of the size 90 their business
would imm'd iately become a member
% the association.
Final Sessions Today.
This mornings session which Will
convene at 1890 o'clock will be
featured pv an address TO De deliver
ed bv William Frcw Long. Of Pitts
! Irrh. who T. a representative OF The
National association Of Lnundrymen.
Mr.. Long H. one OF the best verscd
laur dr,mcn I'm the country and his
address VIII no doubt De extremely
interesting. The Charles t. Smith
company. of Cincinnati. has "a repres-
eniative "a the convention. who IL
decorating ali the delegates with adj
v'rtisiuc matter. Incidentally passing
ont a needy article I'm the shape 81 ar
aluminium paper knife The National
Marking company has an automotic
machine On display which is used 70
mark linsng in the laundry and the
delegates think the contrivance a
worder. %hc entertainment 81 the
visitors g. heing ably looked after ~
the local corlmittcc composed o. &. II
Dur an. Frank ScroECins and W ].
Lutz and the delegates were the
guests ~ the local members az a tig
banquet scr1 "a last evening az Nor
cams hotel nsar West Alexander. The
trip was made 90 the hotel on spec
a.