Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-21
ELLIOTT-FISHER
statesmen MEET
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Nentlon of the field forces of the
Eiliott-fisherC Company. There wound
have been 252 delegates there had
ii. A. Fox, of New Zealand, and w.
Il. Tedder, of London, arrived. But
they 1alled to respond to their
names and the word was given out
! they still are on the way from those
far countries to Pennsylvania cap
ltal. They probably will arrive be-
lore the weeks convention closes.
When President p. ID. Wagner,
OF the Elliott Fisher Company, rose
/ 10 greet the delegates a cheer went
i up that could be heard down on the
nrst foor of the hotel. He gave cor
ulal welcome to the men who do
Things for the company. G. w.
Spahr, general salesmanager and also
general chairman OF the convention,
was in the chair when the proceed
ings opened formally. He, too,
, greeted the delegates. When the
rollcall had been concluded and the
delegates had been identified and
registered the delegates set out to
become acquainted with their col
! leagues. This took up the time un-
I'll l1.3O, at which time luncheon
was served. Then special trolley
cars bore the delegates to the plant
OF the company in South Cameron
street. AS they stepped from the
cars moving picture camera men
caught them and a band played In
welcome. They spent the afternoon
at the plant This evening there
will be smoker in the grill room
OF the hotel. Tomorrow the con-
Vention will get down to business
and will hear addresses bearing on
the subjects of special interest 20
the manufa cturing side of the Ell
lott Fisher industry.
From Pacific Coast
The Elliott Fisher men began to
arrive here yesterday for the six
day convention. The first large
contingent to arrive was the Pacific
coast men who came in on the sec
ond section of train No. 2 over the
Pennsy at 1915. Most of these
men had been on the way for four
days. From that time on the men
came in from the south, middle
west and east on special cars at
tached to the regular trains until
late Sunday night The first man
to arrive was G. f. Barker, from
Vancouver British Columbia. The
other Canadian representatives ar
rived during the day.
The men were cinometographed
as they arrived at the station and
were then escorted to the Penn
Harris by the reception committee
from the general office and factory.
The convention will last through
out the week with daily morning
and afternoon business sessions IN
the ballroom. The evenings will be
devoted to entertainment of the
men starting with the smoker this
evening. Golf, tennis and other ath-
letic games at the Colonial Club
will be on the program Tuesday
evening, with baseball and othe..
contests on the Island Wednesday
evening. Amateur night will be en-
toyed at the hotel Thursday and
there will be a banquet Friday
night.
Prizes to Be Awarded
The prizes won during six months
"9 to 5" contest which closed June
80 will he presented to the twenty
four winners Friday by Salesman
ager G. W. Spahr. The men were
given a wide variety of articles to
choose from. such as iewelry, fur
niture, athletic goods. cameras. etc.
the total value amounting to sew
eral thousand dollars. The contest
was a big success and all former
sales records of the company were
broken.
Notes of the Convention
The ballroom is gay in dress of
flags sd bunting.
Each delegate wears a distinctive
Elliott-Fisher badge.
"Tedder's on the way" said Chair
man Spahr when the London dele
gates name was called.
II is safe 70 saw &c "Amarioap
was more heartily sung than it was
by the Elliott-Fisher delegates.
This is the first convention of field
men in the thirty years history of
the company. One will be held an
nually hereafter. and it will be held
in Harrisburg, too.
As an evidence of the high cost
of doing things these days of 1919,
this sign was displayed in the ball
room: This convention costs s30.2J
per minute"
An unusual incident occurred just |
before the morning session con- |
cluded Orders for $4,000 worth of |
business were turned over to Mr.. |
Spahr by members of the salesforce, !
who had obtained them practically |
on the way to Harrisburg. A Chi |
cago salesman brought an order ap- |
$4,000 from the Com |
Edison firm of that city. |
G.. F. Carter. who has been with |
the company twenty-five years and |
who has the distinction of having |
sold the first Fisher model machine,
was among the delegates who re-
warm greeting from his fell |
low delegates after the roll had |
been called.