The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-02
OTHER CITIES WERE IN Line
Whirlwind Campaign Made by Kenosha
Boosters Leaves Other Cities Far in
the Rear and All Withdraw in Favor
of Kenosha.

Kenosha was selected by unanimous
vote as the place for holding the 1916
convention Of the Wisconsin Retail
Merchants Association at the closing
session of the 1915 convention in Osh-
kosh on Wednesday afternoon. It was
a great victory for the Kenosha boost
Ners. The claims Of Kenosha as con-
vention city were strongly urged on the
floor of the convention against the
claims of half a dozen other cities
in the state. Madison and Milwaukee
retired early from the race with Ken
osha for convention honors but Sheboy-
gan hung on and her committee de-
manded the convention up to the time
for the taking Of the vote and then
Sheboygan seeing that she was hope
lessly Eeaten courteously retired and a
Sheboygan man came to the scratch and
moved that the selection of Kenosha for
1915 be made unanimous.
kilograms announcing the choice of
convention reached Kenosha late We'd
nesday afternoon and they brought
great rejoicing to the retail merchants
of Kenosha. This will be the first time
that Kenosha has had a chance to en-
tertain representatives from all parts
of the state at one of the big Wiscon-
sin gatherings and Kenosha is going to
show Wisconsin just how such conven-
ton should be entertained Already
the merchants are discussing plans for
the 1916 convention and it is going to
be made the biggest gathering of mer-
chants ever held in the state. Publicity
work for the convention is going to be
started this fall and it will be kept
going until the delegates begin to arrive
the latter part Of August next year.
Kenosha is going to have 1000 dele
gates from other cities at the conven-
tion next year and it is going to be a
record breaker for meetings of the Wis
consin Merchants. The Kenosha dele
cation after the victory had been won
had real celebration up at Oshkosh
and the committees which had been in
charge Of the battles to secure the
convention for their home towns were
the guests of the Kenosha boosters at a
little dinner. It was real fellowship
dinner and at the end of it Madison,
Milwaukee and Sheboygan men we're
all wearing Kenosha badges and all
ready to boost Kenosha for the big
meeting next year. The Kenosha BOOST
ers are making the return trip from
Oshkosh by automobile and they started
boosting for the convention at every
point along the way home.
There were lot of important matters
taken up at the Oshkosh convention.
Most important was proposed legisla-
tion to change methods of sale of eggs
and produce Pound sales are expected
60 take the place of dozen sales in the
near future.
A committee was named to have
charge of legislation to be asked by
the retail merchants and this committee
will make it's report at the next meet
ing at Kenosha.
While Kenosha sought the 1916 con-
vention it did not propose a single man
for the office of President of the Asso-
citation and r. w. Rigelman of Racine
was unanimously elected as President
of the Association. It is expected that
Racine will cooperate with Kenosha in
making the 1916 meeting great sue
cess. The full list of officers named
for the coming year is as follows:
President-R w. Rigelman, Racine.
First Vice President George E.
Spindler, Superior.
Second Vice President - j. George
Wick, Fond du Lac.
Treasurer james P. Davern, Mil
waukee.
Directors Louis Hersig, three years;
Otto MenchoW, Wausau.