The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-09
Kansas Mutual Insurance Com
panies to Meet in Topeka.
Twenty-First Annual Meeting
Thursday and Friday.
300 EXPECTED FROM KANSAS
Address Of Welcome by Mayor
ii. j. COrwine.
Convention viii Open at 9:s0
O'Clock Thursday.

Mayor Herbert J. Corwine, Elmer
f. Strain, president of the Topeka
Chamber of Commerce. L. 7. HusseN
Kansas State Fire Marshal, Joseph
Hanlon. fire chief of Topeka, DIR. S. s.
Estey, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Topeka, and Frank L. Ira
Wis. Kansas insurance commissioner,
are to be speakers on the program of
the twenty-first ann al meeting Of the
Kansas State Association of Mutual
Insurance companies, which is to be
held at Topeka November IL and ~,
Thursday and Friday of this week.
500 Expected For Meeting.
Addresses of w~:come to the 900 in
surance men expected from all parts
of the state, will be delivered by
Mayor Corwine and Mr.. Strain. Chief
Hanlon will give the insurance men
some of the angles of fire prevention
which appear to the actual fire
fighter. Frank Travis, state insurance
commissioner, and W. c. Hodges, man.
ager of the Kansas Inspection Bureau
will talk to the insurance men from
the standpoint of the state insurance
official.N
The program of the meeting will
open at $3.50 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, and the remainder OF the fore
noon will be taken up by the enroll
ment Of members, the appointment of
comittes on nominationse, resolutions
and credentials, and a social ''get-ac-
quainted" session.
Response by C. N. PayAe.
The addresses of welcome. the re-
Spouse by Charles n Payne, of the ex-
ecutive committee of the association,
the Presidents annual address. and
addresses by: G. j. Olson, secretary of
the Kansas Farmers Mutual Insurance
fo%s -
Company Cooperation in Handling
Large Risks" and by Fire Marshal
Hussey and Inspector Hodges win oc-
cupy the entire program of Thursday
afternoon.
Opening at $3.50 o'clock, the no
of the meeting.
Friday, ESQ A. NJ
Mutual Insurance. = Progressive
and Aggressive" by Geo. W. Snyder,
secretary Farmers Mutual Insurance
association of Columbus, Kan.
THE UNNECESSARY Single Roof
Hazard" by H. H. Collins, president
Republic County Mutual of Belleville,
KanA
Address. by Joseph Hanlon, fire
chief of Topeka.
Electricity as defined by Prof. West
Dodd,l of Des Moines, Iowa.
ITS Friday, 4 80 p. M. 4
Legislative conferences in executive
session.
Fire and Tornado Department, I. F.
Talbot, of Mcpherson. chairman.
Hail Department, Will J. Miller, of
Topeka, chairman.
Report of National Convention by
]. B. Henderson, secretary Midwest
Insurance company of Wichita.
Address by Frank L. Travis, state
superintendent of insurance.
Address by Harry p. Cooper. secre-
tary of the National Association of
Mutual Insurance Companies, Craw-
louisville, Ind.
Reports of secretary-treasurer
auditing committee, credentials COM
m1ttee, committee on resolutions.
Election of officers, standing COM
mittees and director in National asso-
citation.
Selection of location of next state
meeting.
Conservation Is Theme
The general theme of the conven-
ton is to be Conservation it is an
nounced on the programs which have
the association will be maintained in
the National hotel, and the sessions
Will be held in the rooms of the
Chamber Of Commerce.
Topeka men who are officers of the
association are: w. B. Gasche, presi-
committee, and legislative committees,
and Otis s. Allen, member of the legis-
la6ve committee.
The printed programs which are
being distributed bear a poem of well
come by Mr.. Gasche, who, in addition
to being president of the association
has been unanimously appointed poet
laureate.
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