South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-28
UNCLE SAM s MEN
WILL INVADE CITY
FOR THREE DAYS
Nearly Thousand POStOffiCe
Clerks and Carriers of Indi-
ana Will Convene in South
Bend Next Saturday.

Between 700 and 500 men who work
for Uncle Sam are expected to be in
South Bend on July 3, and ). This
was the announcement Monday of NJ.
E Remley, chairman on publicity
committee, when he gave out his first
batch of news relative to the joint
convention that is to be put on here
by the postal employees of the state
1t will be the meeting of the Rural
Letter Carriers, the state Post Office
Clerks and the state City Carriers as
sOciations 1t also marks the first at
tempt at a joint convention of the
three different organizations.
Remley stated that the feature of
the business sessions will perhaps cen
ter around a resolution to get all the
organizations under one head ana
make one single convention each year
available for all classes of postoti1ce
employees Two men will be present
TO urge this consolidation of postOfilce
men, +. W. Gainor of Muncie, ma
tional president of the Letter Car
riers' association, and W. q. Stahl,
state secretary Of the Indiana Letter
Carriers association
Headquarters for the joint conVen-
ton will be the high school which has
been leased for the three days Each
OF the three different organizations
will hold its business sessions separ-
ately. but all social sessions will be
consolidated. Registration of dele
gates and visitors who will begin ar
irving Saturday afternoon Will De dl
the high school.
Program sunday Afternoon.
Little will be done on Saturday night
except registering Of delegates and IN
formal receptions. sunday afternoon
at . O'Clock the program of the con
vention Will be formally opened at the
high school auditorium when Mayor
Fred W. Keller will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome. Rev. Henry Il.
Davis will give the invocation. The
response to Mayor Keller's welcome
will be made by Postmaster George
Zinky. This will be followed by
30-minute talk 10y ]. NJ. Studebaker,
sr.
The exercises at the auditorium VIII
be adjourned then and the Visitors
taken on an automobile tour or South
Rend Mishawaka and NOtre Dame.
rather Cavanaugh has promised TO
furnish escorts at NOtre Dame. sun
dav evening the delegates and visitors
will be at their leisure.
Monday morning at S:5O o ciock
the respective business sessions or the
three organizations VIII oeglh. ms
viii include the election of officers and
the introduction Of various resolutions
including the one to make perma-
nent consolidation Of the bodies ana
hold one convention a year.
Banquet Monday Evening.
At o'clock Monday evening the
banauet will be served by the Ladies
Aid society of the Grace NJ. E. church.
Preparations are being made for 6OV'
The high school cafe and the gym
nasium will both be utilized as dining
rooms.
After the banquet the closing eXer-
cises will be held in the high schooI
auditorium. The committee IS now
endeavoring to obtain speaker OF
national prominence. Three men men are
assured. Frank T Rogers of chicago.
national president of the Post Oftice
Clerks association; Z. w. Galnor:
Muncie. national president oi
the Letter Carriers association, ana
N q. Stahl. state secretary OF the
Letter Carriers association.
The delegates from the local Posi-
O45eo clerks association will he c. r.
smoke. John II. Award, f. 5. Showal-
ter and Melvin Seybold.