The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-24
W0rden Manager
 at Convention
Fisher Leaves for Atlantic
 City--DirectOr of Association

Mir and Mrs R. c. Fisher of the Worden Ice Cream company left
 to-day for Atlantic City, N. J., where they will attend the s1st annual convention of the Inter- national Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers and the Dairy h. dustries Exposition the week of October 26th.
 The convention and exposition which are international in charac- ter, will be attended by several thousand ice cream and other dairy product manufacturers from every state and province in the United States and Canada and several foreign countries. Held in the Am
 bassador hotel on the boardwalk, the 56 speakers in the nine ses- sions of the convention will dis cuss subjects of interest to ice cream manufacturers in admins tration, accounting. production, sales and advertising.
 The ice cream industry, due to the popularity of it's food product, ice cream, has had steady growth during the past 30 years. The ice cream industry in the United States has a capital investment of over $450, 100000. Last year the Amer ican public consumed 345,714.000 gallons of ice cream, which repre- sents a per capita consumption of
 2.S5 gallons.
 The dairy industries exposition this year will be the greatest in history, occupying the entire main floor, stage, basement, and a |special room in the municipal audi torium, the largest building of it's kind in the world. situated mid-
 way on the famous boardwalk. Present indications are that some. 275 exhibitors will show their products on floor area to- taling almost five acres. Scores of new items that have been de- veloped during the past year specifically for first presentation at the exposition. together with
 numerous refinements of standard equipment and supplies. will be
 exhibited. Reports received from
 member companies by the Dairy and Ice Cream Machinery and Sup plies association indicate that the presened at the exposition will be Liilo sCdl III their potential influence on the economy of the dairy foods indus tries.
 Heightened emphasis will he placed on the educational exhibits
 and concurrent activities of the
 exposition in recognition of their ever-increasing interest and signi- ficance to ice cream manufactur-
 CTS and milk producers. Educa- tional exhibits will include those of the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. Inter- national Association of Milk Deal CTS, Evaporated Milk association,
 National Dairy Council and Bureau
 of Dairy Industry of the U. S. De- partment of agriculture. Dairy En- gineering day will be held on Oc- tober 29th. Important will be
 the second annual students na- tional contest in Judging dairy products and the fifth internation-
 al butter contest and exhibit and the second international cheese contest and exhibit.
 R. c. Fisher, general manager l, of the Worden Go is director of the International Ice Cream asso- citation, chairman of the research committee, and vice president of the New England Association of
 Ice Cream Manufacturers.
 Mir Fisher has three subjects
 that he will present at the con-
 vention. namely:
 | 1. Presentation and Interpreta-
 ton of Cost Accounting. Informa-
 ton from Executive Standpoint. 2. Publication of Scientific Ab- | stracts Journal.
 3. Meeting Consumer Demand Through Variety of Flavors.