Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-07-19
REPUBLICS BIG
CONVENTION OVER

EentlOn returned 10 hlild Nilclc NiiS
visitors were entertained by the Re
lpubic Motor Truck company, at y
good vaudeville bill in Genesta thea
ter. Screen slides showing cartoons
OF many dealers in their character
istic occupations, advertisements and
sayings evoked hearty laughs
On Wednesday discussion was re-
sumed ON all models at the park, led
| by Engineer Taylor.
Lunch was served Wednesday noon
in the Republic fine new lunch room
! nit J. ant one, the occasion marking
Its opening. The lunch room is a
! splendid one, with room for four
hundred and fifty workmen and one
hundred and twenty Office girls at one
inme. Lunches are TO be served TO
The employees at cost, and those who
take their dinner will be able 10 90 20
lunch room and get a cup OF coffee a
pie. or anything else that they may
: desie. to round out their meal. IL i5
an up-to-date institutional restaurant
OF the most approved type. Informal
talks followed the luncheon in which
most OF the dealers and members OF
the factory organization took part.
During the convention large num-
ber of orders were placed, the averag
OF the orders being over 1000 a day
for the life Of the three-day con-
vention.
Al different times during the week
Mrs. Charles Rhodes, Mrs. G. W.
Moore and Mrs. NJ. A. Holmes enter
tanned the ladies who came with their
husbands 10 attend the gathering
Tuesday afternoon, when they were
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Rhodes, the band gave concert at
the Rhodes home for their benefit.
In bringing the men to Alma the
Republic chartered special Pullman
cars from Chicago and Toledo. These
were held on the side tracks here to
give additional sleeping accomoda-
tions to such as were unable to Sc
cure them at the hotels. The entire
service of the Wright House was
also secured by the Republic for their
guests.
1t was good fellowship from start
TO finish. The outlook in truckdom
fol the coming year was surveyed
with optimism IN every quarter.
Over twenty-three thousand Republic
trucks are now in operation an the
hands of owners, and the factory
expects to more than double this num-
Der in the next twelve months
, Following is list of the Republic
dealers and agents who attended the
convention as near as il could be Sc
cured:
Ed. S. Ralph of Springfield, o.; Ed.
Habersham and p. A. Miller of Bal
timore, c. r. Carr OF Alma, j. NJ.
House Of New York, George p.
Daugherty OF Chicago, G. G. Carman
Of Tampa, Fla. +. c. Humphrey Of
Hackensack, n. j.; +. Legg OF Hen
derson, n. c.; +. d. Engle of Lans-
ing, T. II. Wood, OF New Haven,
Conn; w. o. Harlow and +. ID. Full
/ Ter of Kalamazoo, T. A. Burt OF Ur-
bana, H.; Don Mollony of Flint, w.
{ Viet and j. J. Eddy of Chicago,
VIM. 4. Prtchard of Detroit, c. NJ.
! Holmes Of Dcs Moines, T.. +. Opper OF
Detroit, H. English of Spokane,
Wash: |. S. Fink Of Columbus, l.. 1.
Smith Of Akron, II. Y. Schneider of
I Cleveland, w. c. Crowle and family
OF Adelaide, Australia; II. }. Gentling
OF Baltimore, Md; l.. +. Hoofmastei
of Youngstown, O.; {. {. Henny OF
Flint, W. R. Lyons OF Flint, r. l..
Chaplin of Staunton, Va; d. +. Poyer
OF Los Angeles, l.. NJ. Cregor Of FL
paso, j. B. Quirk oil Indianapolis, II.
Williams of Terre llaute, VIM. l.
Betz, Jr., Of Vincennes, Ind; A. +.
Geiss Of Evansville, T. A. Drage OF
Fort Wayne, +. y. Faulkner Of Indian
apolis, +. c. Dodson of Dallas, Tex,
lE. {. Noack Of Rock Island, Edward
Andriott Of Louisville, KY; II. p.
Kelly Of Cincinnati, A. {. Mason of
Les Moines, Charles Melhado OF
somewhere in the SOUTH" John Yam
ger Of Shreveport, La; l.. II. Beach
OF Fort Wayne, A. A. Robsh OF
Knoxville, Tenn; Harry Hooper OF
Spokane, c. +. Purdy of Lafayette
Ind: J. l.. Gof and Archie Dixon OF
knoxville, Ia; Fred Neumeister of
Rockford, H.; II. A. Jones Of San
Bernardno, l.. G.. Hadlcy OF Los An
geles, Vernier Copeland Of Bakers
field, Bert Murphy Of Omaha, l.. J
Gardner Of Saginaw, +. }. Bray OF
Bay City, NJ. X. Gorham Of Alma, II
If. Gleason of New York, II. p. List
man of Troy, Bob Enos of Cleveland
w. II. Kincaid of Huntington, Ind.
u. @. Adams of Uniontown, Pa; I. a
Mofiitt of Binghampton, y. y; W
w Martin of Pittsburgh, Ira. DonlcS
Of Uniontown, w. l.. Krise Of Pitts
ton, Robert Mofitt of Binghamton
Geo Greiner Of Palmyra, n. y; /. w
! Dill of Harrisburg, y. j.; n. }
shcrill Of Charlotte, $. c.; A. w
/ Wood OF Attica, n. y, r. a. MycrI
, OF Lynchbufg. Va; W. NJ. Bennett o
i Pittsburgh, I. X. Francis Of Flint, a
- J. Borst. A. r. Goldby and L. +
/ Bruce Of Buffalo, {. p. Briggs Of Min
! ncapolis, A. j. Podawiltz Of EaI
= Claire, Wis, +. g. Meyers and r
!. r. Aull Of St Louis, Mo; T. j. Burt
: less Of Grand Rapids, Ed. Jenkins o
). Columbia, S. c.; r, A. Tirado Of Sal
Artonio, T. VI. Gening Of Kansa
5 City, Fred Shaw Of Tulsa, Okla.
e Ed. L. Consino and Z. +. Newma