The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-07
START WORK IN OCTOBER
Expert Widely Known in Work of Com
mercial Organizations to be First Sec
rotary of Kenosha Chamber of Com
MERGE for Three Year Term.

| John Lind of Chicago, for the past
three years one of the field agents of
| the National Chamber of Commerce
and widely known as an expert in the
management of commercial organiza-
tions, is to be the first secretary and
/ executive officer of the Kenosha Cham
| Der Of Commerce. He was unanimous
| " elected to this position for a term
of three years by the board Of direc-
tors Of the new Kenosha organization
at meeting held at the Office of Act
| ing President James Cavanagh on Fri
day afternoon.
| The election of Mr.. Lind as secre-
tary of the Kenosha Chamber of Com
merce followed his recommendation by
committee which had examined the
| qualifications of more than forty APP
| plicants for the position. Mr.. Lind
was not an applicant for the position
in Kenosha but he was strongly rec
commended for the position by prom
| inent members of the Chicago Cham
| Der of Commerce and of the federal
| body and the position was rendered to
him by the committee subject to the
approval of their action by the board
of directors. Mr.. Lind will receive
| salary of four thousand dollars year
and he is to start his work in Kenosha
| the first of October. He will have di-
rect charge Of future movements to
complete the organization of trade
body in Kenosha and his work in the
| past gives every reason to believe that
| he will make successful man in
charge of this very important work.
Secretary Lind met with the board
| of directors following his election and
explaised his plans for work in Keno
sha and they were given the complete
sanction of the board. He was in
structed to prepare at once to go ahead
with his plan for organization and
about the first of October a campaign
will be launched under his direc lion
with view of securing 1900 or more
members for the Kenosha organization.
Secretary Lind is man who has
many attachments to his credit and
When he was asked to come to Kenosha
he consented to give up a position
which assured him even a larger salary
than is to be paid him for his work in
Kenosha. He saw a great opportunity
for work in Kenosha and accepted it.
| Mr.. Lind is a man of wide educa-
tional attachments. He was graduated
from the classical course at Amherst
College, took his master s degree from
| Harvard and since leaving college he
has been engaged in educational and
commercial organization work For
five years he was employed as a teach
er in the Armour Institute Of Tech
nology in Chicago and he gave up this
| work to join the forces of the National
| Chamber of Congress- His genius for
| organization was recognized by the
leaders of the national body and he
was made one of the field organizers.
In the past three years he has been in
close touch with the work of CONNER
clal organizations in many parts of the
United States and he is regarded as
an expert along organization lines.
Capitalization of Pra;nso is the
| hobby of the new secretary and his
work in Kenosha will be in the back
ground and point out the way for Ke-
nosha to use its own resources for
business organization for the uplift
and advancements in many cities and
is thorough handler of men,
| He is married and his wife will ioin
him in Kenosha within the next two
weeks.
| Broad plans for the work of the Ke-
nosha Chamber of Commerce were laid
down by the board of directors and
Mr.. Lind was given to understand that
he will have the cooperation of the
men and women of Kenosha in his eff
forts for civic betterment and the ad-
vancement of Kenosha as a CONNER
cial center.
Formal plans for the completion of
the organization of the Kenosha body
will be announced the latter part of
this month and it is probable that the
whirlwind campaign which is expected
to land every man really interested in
Kenosha as member of the organiza-
tion will be launched on the first day
of October. 1t is expected that the
full membership of 1900 will be Sc
cured within a week after the cam
paign is started. No steps We're taken
to secure headquarters for the Cham
Der of Commerce but this will be taken
up at the next meeting of the board
q. G. Simmons who is president of the
organization is its most enthusiastic
booster and he is planning to give his
personal attention to the work of or
ganization.