The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-11-20

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Banking company. who acted as ex-
ecutive secretary for the Anderson con
vention. viii be in Hammond for the
entire convention period and Will prob
ably bring several business men with
him. Six well-known Evansville bust
ness and association men will attend
the Hammond sessions Evansville's
delegation at Anderson last year was
only three. Wabash is sending five
delegates and reports from other asso-
citation centers are coming in regularly.
stacy on the Joh.
state Secretary E. r. Stacy will ar
rive In Hammond tonight or early to-
morrow morning to work In conjunc-
tion with local committees and Conven-
ton Secretary Z L Mcgee other
members OF the state force at Indianap-
oils will arrive tomorrow evening and
take up quarters reserved for them
at the Carleton hotel Most of the
association secretaries and all of the
convention speakers win be lodged at
the Carlton, where the state committee
has established its headquarters.
The big street banner announcing
the convention and its dates and place
OF principal meetings was put across
Holman street in front of the Majestic
hotel this morning Buttons and badges
Buttons and badges for local commit
teemen will arrive tomorrow and given
out before Friday morning as a means
Of identiG~ alton.
Tonight at the rooms OF the Chamber
of Commerce there viii be meetings Of
the committee on assignment Of dele
gates and of the committee on the bust
ness mems dinner This committee has
urged that all who have not secured
their tickets for the dollar dinner Fri
dav evening do so at once. because only
SO tickets have been reserved for Ham
nond and they are being disposed Of
rapidly Cashier w. c. Belman. Of the
First National bank, Is one of the COM
mittee who has tickets for sale.
The work among the railroad men Of
North America by the Young Mems
Christian association will receive spe-
cial attention at the annual convention
| in Hammond this week. when w. y.
| Northcott. metropolitan railway secre-
/ tary of the international committee for
| Chicago, speaks Sunday evening at the
| Christian church and illustrates his talk
with stereopticon slides showing the
buildings and principal ACTIVITIES of the
| railroad associations of North America.
The pictures viii be shown promptly
at 1915 and the talk will conclude in
| time for the union meeting to take
place there later.
Mr. Northcott is one Of the few men
in the middle west who are competent
to discuss this broad phase Of associa-
tion work He is the executive who
was responsible for the big interna-
tional railway conference In chicag go.
/ IF 4
ated from Moore's Hill college. and
acted as secretary of the railroad asso-
Citations both at Lafayette and Peru
Going to Scranton Pa, one of the larg-
est railroad association points In the
| United States. several years ago, he
made a record which drew him into in
ternational committee work.
A b Minear who, with Mcconnell
Anderson of Gibson association. has
been busy setting up the rWlroad meet
ings for the convention was in Ham
mond last night and gave out the full
details of the Sunday evening meeting,
which is designed particularly for rail-
| raod men and their families
The railroad department of the as
ISOLATION is comparatively new" said
Mr. Minear. but It has been prac-
! tical that the companies of North
/ America are recognizing it as the only
| permanently successful method # do
ing welfare work among railroad men
Eighty five per cent of the railroad
mileage of the United States and Can
ada is represented by the companies
contributing to the railroad M G a
work. This work is being done at 252
important terminal and division points
! in North America"
THE most significant recent develop
ment' continued Mr.. Minear, Is the
construction work begun last week on