Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-01
ROCK ISLAND MEN
ARE ON PROCR AM
James Mcnamara, DIR. F. A.
Smith and j. B. Corken Camp
Clerk Speakers.
AT W00DMEN HEAD CAMP
Auxiliary Organization to Be in Ses-
sion Three Days and Good Pro-
gram Is Prepared.

Inc Modern Woodnien Local Camp
Clerks association will hold its sixth
national meeting June 1915, inclusive,
at Toledo as a forerunner to the meet
ing of the head camp which opens
June 16. J. B. Corken of camp 1850,
Rock Island, is member of the execu-
tive committee of the association.
Many members of the organization are
also delegates to the head camp.
The association was organized at
st. Paul in June, 1901, during the week
of the head camp. Five meetings, at
Rock Island, indianapolis, Milwaukee,
Peoria and Buffalo, have been held
since the formation of the association
The first meeting was in Rock Island
in February, 1902.
There are $4,000 camp clerks and
the board of directors of the society
has provided a hall for the coming
meeting at Toledo and made arrange
ments for the preservation of records
of the meeting by employing steno-
graphers. Badges will also be furn-
ished. Otherwise the clerks must de-
fray their own expenses. Those clerks.
who attend the head camp as dele
gates, are entitled to mileage and per
diem.
The Body house at Toledo has
ben selected as the official head
quarters for the association members.
| The Widell hotel is also available as
headquarters and the secretary of the
organization will MAKE reservation at
either. The meeting of the associa-
ton will be held in Memorial hall.
Opens Saturday Morning.
The meeting will be called to order
Saturday morning, June Is, at $50
O'Clock by T. II. Norling, Kansas City,
president of the Local Camp Clerks
association. Carl H. Keller, mayor of
Toledo. will make the address of well
come and Judge C. E. Chittenden, of
Toledo, Will give the response on be-
half of the society. Short addresses
will follow by the head consul, head
clerk, and other officers. President
Norhng will then appoint committees.
Opening the Saturday afternoon SEES
sion following committee report
James Mcnamara, assistant head
clerk. will speak on How the Local
Camp Clerks Association May Serve
the Society,"" The night session on
Saturday will be devoted to addresses
on finances and the auditing depart
ment.
The program for Sunday will be de-
cided at a meeting to be held Saturday
afternoon during the convention.
The following is the program for
Monday, the closing day which in
cludes addresses by several Rock
Island men:
Morning.
The Society's Medical Department
Clerk Relation,-Dr. +. A. Smith,
chairman supreme medical board,
Rock Island.
The Camps Social Session-What 1t
Should and Should Not Be-A. H.
Johannsen, San Francisco.
Keeping Track of NONRESIDENT
Members-The Maintenance of Their
Good Stand1ng-E. A. Miller, Harris
burg, Pa.
The Country Camp Clerk-His Dut-
les. His Difficulties and How They
May Be Remedied.
Criminal Negligence of Camp
Clerks-H c. Wine. GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Our Sanatorium. and Its Future
Maintenance-Direct S. S. Tanner,
Miner, III.
Afternoon.
The Forester Team-lts Value 10
the Camp-Should Every Camp Have
a Uniformed Well-Drilled Team.
B. Corken. Rock Island.
The Camp Clerk and the Camp
Deputy-Why They Should Cooperate
M. l.. Mayer, Lima, Ohio
Camp Hall Properties-Are. They
Profitable? Do They Assist IN the
Growth of the Camp, and Hold the
Membership Together?-A. II. Hooper,
St Paul.
Pleasant experiences of camp clerks
Free for ALL Limited to three MIN
utes.
Election of officers.
Final report of committees.