San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14

/ according TO A. ]. l1cAndless of For
WAYNE, Ind. who is here for the Ma
tional Insurance Commissioners meet
ing. Mr.. McAndless is assistant secre
tary of the Lincoln Life Insuranc;
Company.
Judge c. s. Younger. insurance
counsel in the attorney generals
office OF Ohio, says he finds San
Antonio with the same fine spirit
peryading IL as when he first came
TO this cosmopolitan city in 1909.
A. c. Bigger Of Dallas, president Of
the American Life Insurance Com
pany. who is well known TO Texas in
surance men, is at the st. Anthony
for the insurance mems convention.
J. o. Rummens, deputy insurance
commission for the state of Washing
ton. is attending the insurance pow
WOW.
William W. Chambreau.
J. J. Shambaugh.
No. they are not relatives who hay?
decided upon different ways of spell
ing their names, but are two insurance
opponents who live in Des Moines,
Iowa, and represent different conf
NAMES there. Their names sound alike.
They have offices in the same build
ing. there being but one floor between
them.
Mr.. Chambreau and Mr.. Sham
bsueh are in San Antonio for the
National Convention Of Insurance
Commissioners.
Oklahoma City. Okla. is well rep
resented at the Fire Marshals con-
vention in the Gunter Hotel by Frank
Davis and Mrs. Nola Landers, both
assistants in the Oklahoma Fire Mar
shals office.
G. L. Topping. past president OF
the Fire Marshal's association ana
now state fire marshal OF West VIZ
ginia, is here for the big meeting.
State Marshal |. A. Tracy OF Des
Moines, Iowa, is here exchanging
views on fire prevention with other
representatives of offices similar to
his.
look at that fellow See how
quickly he greets newcomers with an
apprising glance? &C.,
"Wonder why he stands a little to
one side, so he can see everything
that is going on without making him
self overly conspicuous"
These probably were some OF the
IL
minds of delegates to the Fire Mar
shal's convention when they noticed
a well dressed, prosperous looking
man in the lobby Of the Gunter hotel
Monday before the convention opened.
Who was he?
". s. Lemly of Temple. Tex, spe-
cial AGENT for the National Board OF
Fire Underwriters.
George Graham of st. Louis, Mo-,
the man who is president OF the
American Life Convention, which
comprises 40 legal reserve life in
surance companies, is here for the in
surance commissioners meeting. That
being an honorary position. the way
Mr.. Graham makes his living" as
his friends express il, is by being vice
president of the Central States Life
Insurance company.
Being manager Of the fire pro
lection and insurance division Of
the DUPONT Powder company,
where even a little fire night
mean the blowing up Of a whole
plant. is the job held by III. l..
Miner of Wilmington, Del. Mr..
Miner is representative Of the
Delaware Fire Marshars asSocia-
tion at the convention here, and
made an address Monday after
noon.
Clyde ". Coffman of Topeka, state
fire marshal of Kansas, and others
spent the afternoon Sunday as the
guest Of Fire Chief J. G. Ssrran OF
San Antonio, driving about the city
in the chiefs big automobile. Mr..
Coffman said he was delighted with
the parks and other places of inter-
est which he found in this city.
There was nothing strange about
Governor ma" Ferguson being on
good terms with her ex-governor hus-
band. Jim. but the two FergusOns
surprised friends when they appeared
on the convention floor arm in arm
with Ex-Governor Pat VI. Neff.
The governor and two ex-governors
seemed to find a great deal in COM
mon.