The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-17
State Retailers
Meet at Lincoln
February 26-2S
Divisional Meetings, General
Sessions, Banquet and Elec-
ton of Officers on
Program.

Eighteenth annual convention of
the Federation of Nebraska Retailers
will be held at the Lincoln hotel. Lin
coin. from February 26 to 2S.
Members of the board of directors
will meet at the hotel Tuesday after
noon, February 26, at /. Tuesday
night at the first general session
of the convention will be held.
J. Cass Cornell, president Of the
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. will
deliver the address of welcome. and
Y. c. Elliott of Mason City viii de-
lived the response. Address Of the
president, V. G. Lyford of Falls City.
also will be made, together with the
reports of the secretary and treas
urer.
J. f. Daley. merchandising man
ager of the Burgess-Nash company,
Omaha, will deliver an address.
Speakers the following day will in
clude r. K. Kelly Of Minneapolis.
Miss Marie Weesner. advertising
manager of Miller and Paine, Lin
coin; Fred w. Anderson of Cozad,
Neb.; Winfield Hartzell, Denver.
Divisional Meeting.
The morning session will be fol
lowed by general discussion. An
nual business meeting of the Fed
Grated Merchants Mutual Insurance
company will be held at 11:30. At
noon there will been grocers' lunch
con in the Chamber of Commerce build
ing, with meetings of the grocers' as
sociation, the furniture association,
the shoe association. and the dry
goods and ready-to-wear association
in the afternoon. Banquet of the
Paper and String club will be held in
the evening at 6:30 in the ballroom
of the hotel.
Thursday morning speakers will In
clude S. A. Sanderson, Lincoln; Harry
L. Keefe. Walthill; A. w. Gordon.
Omaha; II. C. Balsiger, Kansas City.
The talk again will be followed by
general discussion.
In the afternoon talks will be
matte by C. w. Watson Of Lincoln:
T. w. Carroll, Lincoln: Sheriffs w.
d. Smith, c. p. Hensel and w. G.
Condit OF Tekamah. Lincoln and
Fremont. respectively: f. S. Penney.
Fullerton; A. NJ. GdanitZ, Farwell;
L. A. Broz. Prague: B. J. Dingworth.
Raeville; W. Z. Mcdonald. Craig: ].
L. Rice, Blue Springs; and Tony Kriz,
Weston.
Annual business meeting OF the
federation will be held Thursday af-
ternoon at 4:30. at which time direc-
tors will be elected and the conven-
tion city for 1925 will be selected. An
nual banquet and entertainment.
given by the Lincoln manufacturers
and jobbers will be held at $50.
Speakers at sessions of the Furni-
ture Dealers association will include
George Proudfit, Lincoln w. G.. Free
man, Fairbury; and T. X. Kelly. Min
neapolis.
Speakers before the Dry Goods and
Ready-to-Wear association will include
Newton Gaines. University of Ne
braska: A. II. Powell. Lincoln; c. J.
Guenzel, Lincoln. and J. c. Ridnour.
Lincoln.
Speakers at the sessions OF the Shoe
Dealers association will be Fred Wells
Lincoln; F. NJ. Nebe. Atlantic. Ia:
Leo Lowenberg. Albion.
Reception for Women.
Speakers before the Grocers' and
Meat Dealers association of which
Ernest Buffet of Omaha Is presi
dent. will include Winfield IIartzeli
of Denver and II. C. Balsiger of
Kansas City.
Women attending the convention
will be rendered a reception at the
governors mansion Wednesday az
ternoon at 3. and will attend the
Paper and String Club banquet We'd
nesday night.
Thursday afternoon there viii be
a reception and tea by the school OF
fine arts OF the University of Ne.
braska. at the university library
building. with address by Prof. Paul
II. Grummann, director of the school
OF fine arts.