The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-11
T. P. A.
Notes
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Elmer q. Lebo IL at Terre' Haute
today whore tonight he will attend
the last meeting OF the Indiana div
ision board OF directors as 1t Is now
constituted. Before another session
10 called the election of new directors
Will have taken place here at the
state convention. Tonight's meeting
In addition to being an important one
from the viewpoint OF business that is
to come up. will also give Brother
Lebo some insight on the number of
visitors to be expected at the ap-
preaching convention. Estimates
continue to grow and by the time
the eventful day is here. Richmond
may be literally filled up by the mem
bers OF the Indiana division.
Keeping apace with the train sched-
ules Is one OF the delightful exper-
fences of the boys on the road these
days when railroad companies in their
retrenchment policy think no more Of
cutting of an old established train
and thereby utterly destroying SEIZED
ules than they once did in cutting
down the number of cars to a train.
The reduction of trains has put a SER
ious crimp in the travelling schedules
of many of the boys and thereby has
increased the burdens of the "gay life
on the road"
Naturally enough discussion in the
Post rooms these days is confined al
most exclusively to convention plans,
and the executive committee, which
by the way, meets tonight as usual,
is trying hard to put the finishing
touches on the arrangements so that
l.$a I'll h@
before the meeting begins. Perry j.
Freeman, chairman of the committee
in charge of decorations, has entered
into a contract with Beck & Son, Of
Cincinnati, to become the official dec
orators for the convention and a corps
Of expert artists will be here a week
or ten days before the convention to
give their attention to the business
houses along the principal streets
which will be covered in the parade
The T. p. A. colors of course will
predominant In all color schemes, but
the National colors also will be inter-
woven with those of the organization
and no more attractive combination
could be imagined. One Of the deco
rative features for the Coliseum, in
which the banquet will be held, as
we'll as the business sessions, will be
massive mathematical electrical
piece-a fac-simile of the T. p. A.
button, with the lettering in gold,
and with incandescent electric lamps
studding the outer circle and the let
tiers. The button" will be six feet
in diameter and suspended high above
the heads of the assembled banquet
ers and we'll to the west end of the
great hall, the effect at night prom
Uses to be exceptionally pleasing to
the eye. Decorative schemes of this
nature come high, but SO do T. p. A.
conventions, and as Col. John Hegger
says: go to it boys, for we've got the
nun"
Wait until Post C's delegation gets
to Houston, Texas, in June, for the
National convention. 1t will be small
in numbers, John Hirschburg, l.. E.
Browne and Fred Haisley, but it will
stack up in quality with any of the in
vaders of the southland. According
to the dope about the Post rooms,
Hirschburg is preparing to take half
dozen new suits and eleven fancy
waistcoats, so that he can give Hous-
ton a change of personal scenery every
day Of the convention. Just now he
is negotiating for a sample trunk, size
OAlL, " Sdiiy thO wa VA ooN'
Post C boys feel very appreciative
of the kindness of the Commercial
club which has seen fit to contribute
financially toward the convention eX-
penses. The action will be recipro-
Gated, for in all the world there is no
booster like the travelling man. he
has the discriminating sense in flne
degree and he knows when he lands
in a good town. So when he comes
into Richmond. with its gala attire
and hte hospitality Of it's people noted
on every hand, he will go home to
boost. Richmond will lose nothing
by the coming Of the T. p. A. boys
in fact it will prove big advertise
ment and the Commercial club did
not overlook this fact.
Walter Bates, of the American Seed.
ing Machine company, who was one
of the real live wires on the conVen-
| ton committee, and who was com
PEELED to put his work in other hands
because of a business trip to South
America, is just now sailing the plue
sea somewhere between England and
the east coast of South America
Walter went to England, then sailed
from Southampton for Buenos Ayres
1t is thirty day voyage on the type
of steamer which is in the English
South American service. and Walter
probably will have his All Of the jolly
| life of the sea before his steamer
touches port After a period OF bus
mess activity in the republics, he will
| 20 westward across the Andes and
sail northward up the west coast, his
| purpose being to pass through the
Panama cana! to the east coast and