The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-14

The connecting link between the
work shop and the administration Of
fices of the biggest industrial concern
in Kenosha was cemented on Monday
night when more than a hundred of the
leading employees of Simmons Company
met at the Elks club and organized the
"Simco Club. 1t is an organization
which promises to be of greatest value
in developing the Simmons company
The organization is probably the first
of the very same kind to be formed in
the United States. It is not working
men S union or a millionaire s club but
both working men and milhonaires are
going to be eligible to membership and
it is expected that the organization will
eventually include every efficient en-
ploye of Simmons Company from the
"Big Boss in the administration de-
| partment to the man who sweeps floors
but sweeps them we'll.
The Since Club is a sort of secret
organization. 1t is going to have it's
ritual and members who 90 into it will
have to be initiated The promoters
give assurance that the goat is not
going to be hard to ride but that the
man who rides it will have a pretty
good understanding of just what is ex-
| pected of him as a member of the club.
One hundred and forty four leading
employees of Simons Company have
signed the charter roll of the new or
! ganiaztion and it is expected that be-
Ifore many months the membership of
the club will reach the fifteen hundred
mark. Some of the members are dream
ing of a big lake shore club house as
the center of the club IS activities but
| the realization of these dreams will be
entirely dependent on just how close the
organization comes to meeting the idea
of the men who have promoted it. At
| the meeting on Monday night a consti
tuition and bylaws were adopted and
the first set of officers elected. The
| officers are:
President-Earl w. McMullen.
Vice President-Rrank Wolfe
Secretary-Theo Nehlsen.
Treasurer-Don G.. Travis.
Il am not telling any secrets of the
organization, said President McMul-
len this morning, "but the first pass
word of the organization is efficiency.
This organization is one to promote eff
ficiency along many lines and along
right lines. 1t has the idea of getting
cooperation not only for the advance
ment of the factory interests but also
for the advancement of the interests
Of the men. We plan to make effic-
iency the measure Of good membership
ard men who are efficient will be
qualified for membership. There ism It
any obligation that any man can not
take or that any man who wants to
work with his head as well as his hand
should not be willing to make. Men
will be eligible to membership when
they become efficient workmen and we
are going to make the membership in
this organization sufficiently attractive
to have men seek efficiency in order
to be enrolled as members. The constitu-
ton states that the objects of the club
is the mutual advancement of the or
ganization and the organization IS mem
bers. It is going to bring the employees
in closer touch with the administration
of this big company. It is going to
give man with a real suggestion a
chance to be heard and heard with the
power of the organization behind him.
On the other hand it is going to put an
end to chickering's without having them
reach the administration end of the
business. There are lot of proposed
features for the organization. Some time
we plan to have a sick benefit and &C.
cident insurance feature The dues are
placed low enough SO that every one
can belong and belong without feeling
the expenditure.
The meetings of the Since Club are
to be held every two weeks and it is ex-
pected that for the next three or four
months the meetings will be taken over
largely with the election and initiation
of new members. One thing is certain
and that is that the "Simcoo club is
going to be the biggest lodge in the
city. Pretty nearly every one employed
by Simmons Company is going to make
an effort to get the password and share
in the benefits of the organization.