The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-07

manufacturing houses in America.
members of the Centrah Exhibitors
association, have displays i'll the audi
torium These include the Johns
ManviIle company. the CrandaI Pack
ing company. the V. d. Anderson com
pany and the Dearborn Chemical
company. The Topeka steam Boiler
Works. the most up to date and best
equipped shop of its kind in the mid
die west, will be among the exhibitors.
Official Opening Thursday.
Thursday morning at o'clock the
official opening of the convention will
be held at the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
This had to be postponed until the
second day on account of the fact that
the national president and secretary
could not arrive sooner. This session
will include an address of welcome by
Mayor Corwine, response by +. II.
Burg of Fort Scott, president of the
state associations; an address by c. b.
Merriam, president of the Topeka
Chamber of Commerce, and responses
by President MacKay and National
Secretary Raven.
The second session will be opened
at II o'clock the same morning and
will be occupied with outlining the
work for the coming year, getting the
working condition of the association
into shape and general uganda
work. AT noon the members and del
The third session will be held in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms at
= o'clock Thursday afternoon and kwfll
be featured by an address by A. A.
Potter, dean of engineering of the
. Kansas State Agricultural college, who
will lay before the engineers the
proposition of free course in their
! line of work at the state college.
Thcatcr Line Party.
simultaneously a theater line party
for engineers wives will be given by
the ladies' auxiliary. In the auditorium
| at 4 o'clock, addresses will be deliv-
| cred by A. A. Potter and President
| MacKay. At O'Clock in the evening
the annual banquet will be given in
| the Chamber of Commerce banquet
| room.
At the Friday morning session, open
| ing at o'clock in the Chamber OF
| Commerce rooms again, the next con-
vention city will be selected and Of
| ficers for the coming year elected and
installed. At o'clock the visitors
will inspect the various industrial
! plants of Topeka and at I o'clock il
! the evening will be given an automo-
| bile trip over the city.
! Beginning at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening. in the auditorium, Secretary
| Raven will deliver an address. which
: will be followed by moving pictures OF
erty loan pictures will also be shown
The program and the convention
will end with a wrestling match be-
| tween Robert Petit and Oscar Peter
son. both of Topeka, for two falls out
of three. A good purse has been ar
! ranged for the winner.
Officers of Association.
The officers of the state association
| are +. H. Burg, president; j. w
Kessler. Topeka, vice president; ]. NJ
Van SAINT. Topeka. secretary; J. L
, Stone, Leavenworth, treasurer.
The state association was organized
in 1912 and includes local associations
at Topeka. Atchison, Salina. Leaven-
| worth. Kansas City, Pittsburg Par
sons, Neodesha, Concordia. Arkansas
City. Wichita, and Fredonia, all OF
whom will send delegates. Scores OF
engineers from other towns where
there are no local associations also
make it a point to attend the annua
convention. The Topeka association
was formed in 1887. c. II. Taylor. OF
the Topeka Edison Company, is presi-