The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
PROGRAMME FOR
 LAUNDRY MEETING
 HERE ANNOUNCED
Tri-State Association to Convene Monday and Continue Through
 Tuesday

The local committee of the Fri State Launderers' association has completed the programme of business and enter tainment for the annual meeting of that association which convenes in Birming- ham Monday, and which will last through Tuesday. Tho feature of the entertainment Is a banquet to be given at the Newspaper club Monday night which will be attended by at least l2e guests A special programme Is being arranged. The visitors will be given an opportunity of visiting the steel plant at Ensley. the furnace division and the various industrial operations at Fair field. They will convene at the Tut wiler hotel where the business sessions will be held. one of the interesting features of the meeting and which Is looked forward to with pleasant antici- patton is an address to be delivered by J. A Barkey of Chicago, president Of the National Launderers' association.
 The official programme follows
 Officers of Association
 Monday, April 26, 9:S0 a. m.--conven : ton called to order by the president J. H. Bancroft of Mobile. Invocation, the Rev. J. W. Johnson, pastor First Methodist church, Birmingham Address of welcome. James Weatherly, city com missioner. Birmingham. Response to address of welcome, D. w. Smith, New Orleans, La. Reading minutes of pre- vious meeting. Announcement of com
 mittees on membership, finance and resolutions. Report of president. Re port of executive committee, Report of standing committees. Report of secre- tary Report of treasurer. Considera- ton of communications.
 , Monday April 26, 80 D. m.--"Econ- omy" by G. IT. Potter, Mobile. "Evolu- tion in Business Ethics by Percy w, Brewer. Birmingham. Laundry Lien Lay" by George A. Blinn. Jr., Birming- ham. "The Sunshine and Shadows of the Laundry Business by Otto Rice, Chi cago, Ill. Laundry Cost system" by George D. Wolf. Chicago, H.
 Banquet 9 D. m.. Birmingham News
 paper club.
 Tuesday April 27. s.3o a. m.--Address by J. A. Barkey Chicago Ill. president
 l.. N A. of A. Finished Family Wash"
 by Thomas A. Carothers, Cincinnati, O.
 Cold Starch Process" by George L. Wenzell. Cincinnati. O.
 Tuesday April 27, 1 D. m.-Report resolutions committee, Report finance committee. Report membership com mittee. Report special committee. Un finished business. New business. Elec ton of officers. Selection of place for next meeting. Installation of new off cers. Adjournment.
 2s30 p. m-Trp through plants of T.. $. Steel corporation.
 Wednesday, April 2S-All laundry
 plants in Birmingham opened to visi- tors all day
 Programme Announced The officers of the association arc: ]. H. Bancroft of Mobile, presidents E. Q. Stafford of this city, vice president D. D. Garfield of Nashville. vice pfesi-
 dent w 2 Dalzell of Biloxi, vice presi-
 dent; J. II. Mccormack of Mobile. sec
 retary, and c. r. Smith of Hatties- burg, treasurer.
 The directors are MT. Bancroft MT Garfield, MT Mccormack. MT. Stafford Mr. Dalzell and Mir. Smith The statement was made yesterday that the members of the convention have many very interesting questions Ito be taken up and threshed out and that a great many of the member were anxious to visit Birmingham It is stated that there is expected a very large attendance at the convention from the five states composing the associa- tiOn.