The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-25
CITY IN BEST BIB and TUCKER
Five Hundred Visitors Expected and
Program for Convention TO Be the
Best Ever Offered for State Body
Jobbers Show Interest in Meet.

Kenosha men who are members of
the Retailers Association are now act
lively engaged in making plans for the
annual convention Of the Wisconsin Re-
tailers' association which is to be held
in Kenosha beginning on August 18th
and continuing to the evening of the
18th. The sessions of the state body
are to be held at Eagles club and it is
certain that the convention is going to
draw the largest crowd of visitors ever
seen at state convention in Kenosha.
The committee in charge have been no
titled that more than two hundred and
fifty regular delegates have been chos-
en- for the convention and it is expect
ed that the number of visitors will
reach double this number.
The big task of entertaining the Wis
itors has been entrusted to a, committee
Of which w. III. Robinson is the chair
man. On the committee are DR.. G.. F.
Adams, Charles Werve, Charles III.
Curtiss and William E. Stevens. These
men have been given to understand
that Kenosha is on trial as conven-
ton city and that the entertainment
that is planned for the convention Of
the Retailers will go a long way toward
debating the choice of Kenosha as a
place for the holding of other gather
ings of state bodies.
The committee held its first meeting
on Friday afternoon and it is planning
to put a punch into every minute that
the visitors are in the city. The plan
for entertainment has not as yet been
worked out but it is going to contain a
lot of things There will be an auto
mobile ride for the guests, they will
be given some time to visit the big
industrial institutions Of the city. The
fraternal organizations of the city are
going to be asked to keep open house
during the three days and the theatres
are expected to put on special programs
to while away the hours when the dele
gates are not busy with the weighty
business Of the convention or enjoying
some other amusement provided for
them.
G. w. johnson is chairman of the
Ways and Means committee end he is
in charge of the task of raising the
$1,000 or $500 necessary to provide for
the entertainment Of the convention.
The members Of the association have
all agreed to help in this matter and
it is thought that raising the money for
the convention will not be difficult
task.
The local members Of the committee
will have nothing to do with the out
lining Of the convention program. This
work is entirely in the hands of the
state officials and the program will be
made public within the next week or
ten days. Men prominent in retail or
CARNATIONS all over the country will
come to Kenosha to talk to the dele
gates. There will be reports of various
committees and considerable time
will be given to the discussion OF laws
which retailers Of the state will ask
the legislature to enact at its next
session. It is the plan Of the officials
of the state organization to make the
Kenosha program one that will appeal
to men in every line of retail trade.
Jobbers and wholesalers are expected
to be represented at the convention
and while no plan has been made for a
display Of their products it is pretty
certain that later on the jobbers them
selves will provide for such an ex-
hibit. 1t is possible that arrangements
viii be completed to put on a pure food
show in Kenosha during the meeting
Of the state retailers.
The. committee in charge of the con
vention is expecting the active co-opera-
ton Of all the people of Kenosha to
make the convention real success.