﻿Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  

  

  FIFTH 
  ANNUAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  AUGUST 
  20 
  AND 
  21, 
  1914 
  

   EvANsviLLE, 
  Indiana 
  

  

  The 
  fifth 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Evansville 
  Business 
  Association 
  Hall 
  at 
  

   Evansville, 
  Indiana, 
  beginning 
  August 
  20, 
  1914, 
  at 
  10 
  %.. 
  m., 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  Littlepage 
  presiding. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  fifth 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  

   Growers 
  Association 
  will 
  now 
  come 
  to 
  order, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  pleasure 
  

   of 
  introducing 
  to 
  you 
  Dr. 
  Worsham 
  who 
  represents 
  the 
  Mayor 
  of 
  

   Evansville. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Worsham: 
  Ladies 
  and 
  Gentlemen 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  

   Growers 
  Association: 
  

  

  Some 
  men 
  are 
  born 
  to 
  greatness 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  it 
  thrust 
  upon 
  

   them. 
  I 
  stand 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  this 
  morning 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  that 
  has 
  had 
  

   his 
  greatness 
  thrust 
  upon 
  him. 
  The 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Evansville 
  

   Business 
  Association, 
  who 
  frequently 
  takes 
  liberties 
  with 
  me, 
  told 
  

   me 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  ago 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  our 
  Mayor, 
  I 
  was 
  to 
  

   welcome 
  you. 
  

  

  We 
  extend 
  to 
  you 
  a 
  most 
  cordial 
  welcome 
  to 
  our 
  thriving 
  city. 
  

   We 
  are 
  always 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  associations 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  meet 
  with 
  us, 
  

   because 
  they 
  bring 
  to 
  us 
  new 
  ideas 
  and 
  new 
  thoughts. 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  looked 
  upon 
  those 
  nuts 
  this 
  morning 
  my 
  mind 
  returned 
  to 
  

   the 
  time 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  boy, 
  when 
  my 
  father, 
  although 
  a 
  splendid 
  

   business 
  man 
  who 
  took 
  advantage 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  opportunities 
  that 
  

   presented 
  themselves 
  to 
  him, 
  neglected 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  he 
  had 
  in 
  

   selling 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  across 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   River 
  here, 
  upon 
  which 
  there 
  grew 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  native 
  pecans. 
  The 
  

   only 
  time 
  we 
  ever 
  had 
  any 
  pecans 
  from 
  that 
  place 
  was 
  when 
  we 
  got 
  

   a 
  German 
  over 
  there, 
  direct 
  from 
  Germany. 
  He 
  couldn't 
  speak 
  a 
  

   word 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  language 
  but 
  my 
  father 
  said 
  to 
  him, 
  "Keep 
  the 
  

   boys 
  out 
  and 
  get 
  some 
  pecans." 
  He 
  went 
  down 
  there 
  with 
  a 
  dog 
  

   and 
  a 
  gun 
  and 
  we 
  got 
  more 
  nuts 
  that 
  year 
  than 
  ever 
  before 
  or 
  since. 
  

  

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