Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
MT. PLEASANT
GIVEN NEXT
CONVENTION
Funeral Directors Decide to
Go There for Their
Meeting in 1918
THAT CITY ALSO GETS
THE NEW PRESIDENT

Members Of the Sixth District
Funeral Directors association. who
are closing their twenty-seventh an.
nual convention here this afternoon,
have chosen Mt. Pleasant as the place
for their February. 1918 meeting.
Oskaloosa and Grinnell were the
other bidders for next years conven-
ton The delegates and commercial
clubs from each of these cities invited
the directors to meet with them. Art
Wallbank, prominent business man
and president OF the Mt. Pleasant
Commercial club, was present and
made personal appeal to the under
takers to come to his city. The vote
finally stood Mt. Pleasant IA, Oska-
loosa IL. and Grinnell 6.
Oficers chosen for the coming year,
are:
President-R X. Crane. Mt. Pleas
ant.
First vice PRESIDENT. W. Harp
ster, Grinnell.
Second vice president-Charles Bar.
cher, Denison.
Sec. and treas.-R. Q. Smith, TT
Madison.
Delegate to state convention-F. 1.
Daggett. Ottumwa.
Today has been a fun one for the
directors Opening at O'Clock this
morning the program has been carried
out almost continuously until late this
afternoon Ehsn the laa7 rtntiost
closed.
Committee reports resume Of the
work of the Mutual Assurance soci-
ETY. and an outline OF the legislation
needed this year we're given this morn
ing and A. A. Taylor lectured.
An address by Very Rev. Father F.
W. Hoppman, paper on Figuring
Costs by John T. Baylor and the hand
ling OF new and unfinished business
closed the days work late this after
noon.
Wednesday evenings program was
especially interesting. musical en-
tertainment was given at the Commer-
cial club, where the meetings have
been held and then the delegates were
the guests OF their statesmen. large
number of whom were in the city.
Smelser's Juvenile orchestra, the OF.
tumwa Male Chorus, under the direc.
ton Of Prof. Edward Weeks, Mrs. G.
G. Kitterman with Miss Van Dyke as
accompanist. Rowe Hinsey, accom-.
panied by Prof. B. o. Worrell MrA
F. P. Holman and Mrs. E. B. Hoppe
furnished the music and Mrs. G. G..
Keyhoe read.
The convention room was decorated
Wednesday evening by huge clusters
Of roses and carnations. There were
the annual gift to the directors from
the Kemble Floral Co., of Oskaloosa.
The Swearingen green house Of this
city sent flowers today.
A resolution adopted by the direc-
tors before they adjourned this after.
noon reads as follows:
We, the committee on resolutions,
submit the following votes Of thanks,
to the honorable mayor Of Ottumwa,
Fred n. Carter, for his address Of
welcome to the Commercial club for
its courtesies, and to the citizens OF
Ottumwa in general for the spirit OF
hospitality manifested.
We are grateful to Dr.. D. c. Brock
man for his able and interesting ad-
dress, to Prof Edward Weeks and all
those who took part and made 1t pos
sible for us to enjoy the splendid musi-
cal entertainment of Wednesday even.
ing.
We feel that the sixth district con.
vention as whole has maintained its
reputation as a source Of profit to it's
members and from social point OF
view 1t has been a decided success.
We wish to acknowledge the import.
ant part the Hawkeye association con-
tributed toward the success Of our
meetings.
We are also grateful to the Kemble
Floral Co. and the Swearingen green
house for the beautiful flowers they
sent to our convention hall.
A. v. Frazee.
A Tav1or