The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-17
State Organization Com
pleted and Permanent
Officers Elected
MONTGOMERY CHOSEN
NEXT MEETING PLACE
Colman Blach Is Chosen Head of the
Local Organization and Dele
gate to the National
Convention

The Alabama Retail Clothiers' associa-
ton completed it's organization yesterday
afternoon at the Tutwiler hotel and ad-
journed until the first annual conven-
ton, which will be held in Montgomery
| in 1917 The organization of the Ala
bama Retail C1othiers and Mems Out
filters has been under way for several
weeks, and the matter of organization
was brought to a close by NJ. H. Rosen-
| than, secretary of the Ohio Retail
| Clothers association, and representing
the National Clothiers' association.
The organization of a state and local
association is considered an important
| step toward putting the retail clothing
business on higher planes in this state.
| 1t stands for honest advertising, i'm
proved methods of salesmanship. i'm
proved quality and for stricter ethics OF
| the business.
| The state organization was organized
yesterday morning when clothiers from
all parts of the state were addressed
by M. H. Rosenthall, who explained in
detail the advantage of an association OF
| its kind and the ultimate good that
would come from such an organization in
the state. He said that the organiza-
ton would promote better feeling and
closer relation between the clothiers. He
| pointed out certain conditions existing
in Birmingham and other cities, having
arisen from keen competition, that would
| be eliminated.
PRESIDENT SIDNEY LEVY
| Sidney Levy, of the Capital Clothing
! Of mt
| temporary chairman, and after the mat
| ter of organization was fully discussed,
the election of officers for the state
association took place. Mr.. Levy was
elected president; William COON first
vice president; 1. Lechback of mobile,
second vice president; Colman Blach OF
Birmingham secretary and treasurer H.
J. Porter of Birmingham and Julian Rice
| of Montgomery and Louis Saks of Biz
mingham were elected as members of the
executive committee.
| After the election and installation of
| officers, it was decided that the state
association would affiliate with the Ma
tional association The association re-
| ceived encouraging kilograms from
Charles E. Wry, secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Retail Clothiers and
from David Kirchbaum, president of the
National Association of Clothing Manu-
| facturers.
| MONTGOMERY CHOSEN
In the afternoon the session began at
clock and lasted until late in the aft
ernoon. Aside from the choosing of the
town for the first annual convention,
| which will be held the third Tuesday in
September of 1917, little other state bust
ness was transacted. Mobile and Mont
| gomery entered a friendly contest for
the convention, Montgomery being de-
cided upon
The afternoon session was given over
principally to the organization of the Biz
mingham Retail Clothiers' association.
The officers elected for this association
are as follows: Colman Blach, president;
John DeShazo, first vice president; John
Yeatman, second vice president; Joe Saks.
secretary, and H. J. Porter. treasurer.
| w. W. Odom, Ben We'll and ]. Fried
man, together with the officers OF the
association, form the executive commit
tee The local association will hold reg
ular meetings on the second Tuesday OF
each month. They invite all retail cloth
iers and mems furnishers to affiliate with
the association and they are of the opin-
ion that much good. locally, will come
from the organization.
Sidney Levy of Montgomery was elect
ed as state director to the National as
ISOLATION, while Colman Blach was elect
ed delegate to the national convention
which meets in Chicago next month.