June 22. 1918 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 



The American Association of Nur- 

 serymen, will hold its forty-third An- 

 nual Convention in Chicago on June 

 26, 27 and 28, with headquarters in 

 the Hotel Sherman. A big program 

 of important business has been pre- 

 pared and the prospects are that 

 plenty of entertainment will be en- 

 joyed. Following is the program as 

 sent out by Chairman H. B. Chase, of 

 the Program Committee: 



Program. 



Meetings in Crjstal Room— Exhibits 

 in West Room (Adjoining Crystal 

 Room.) 



Wednesdat, June 26th, 1918. 



10.00 a. m. Call to order by Vice- 

 President J. R. Mayhew; song. "Amer- 

 ica"; invocation. Rev. C. S. Harrison, 

 York, Nebr.; "The Glad Hand." Geo. 

 M. Spangler, Jr.,, Association of Com- 

 merce. Chicago, 111.; "A Message," 

 Major Lloyd C. Stark. Report of 

 committees; Arbitration, W. C. Reed, 

 chairman; Arboretvim, J. Edward 

 Moon, chairman: Complaints and 

 Grievances, AV. H. Wyman, chairman; 

 Distribution and Directory. M. R. 

 Cashman, chairman; French Relief, 

 F. L. Atkins, chairman; Hail Insur- 

 ance, Frank Weber, chairman; Land- 

 scape, Thos. B. Meehan, chairman; 

 Legislative, Wm. Pitkin, chairman; 

 Nomenclature, J. Horace McParland, 

 chairman; Press, Robert Pyle. chair- 

 man; Statistical, Henry B. Chase, 

 chairman; Tariff, Irving Rouse, chair- 

 man; Transportation, Chas. Size- 

 more, chairman; Vigilance, Paul C. 

 Story, chairman. 



"Banish the Barberry and Save the 

 Wheat," Dr. E. C. Stakman, St. Paul, 

 Minn., chairman ; Barberry Eradication 

 Com., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Appointment of Committees. 



Announcement of Entertainment 

 Committee. 



1.45 p. m. (Executive Session.) 

 Song, "Star Spangled Banner." 



1.50 Report of Secretary-Counsel — 

 Curtis Nye Smith: report of treasurer, 

 J. W. Hill. 



2.15 Address. "Marketing Methods." 

 L. D. H. Weld. Mgr. Commercial Re- 

 search Dept.. Swift & Co., Chicago, 111. 



2.45 Special Order of Business — Res- 

 olution and Amendment to Constitu- 

 tion 



(Note — That ample time be allowed 

 for a full and free discussion of this 

 most important matter, no additional 

 topics are scheduled for this session. 



Program Committee — Announce- 

 ment of Meeting of State VicePresi- 

 ■dents. 



7.30 p. m. Meeting of State Vice- 

 Presidents. 



8.30 p. m., Reception and Get-Ac- 

 tiuainted Banquet. 



Thi'bsdat, June 27th, 1918. 

 10.00 a. m.. Song— "Where Do We 

 Go From Here Boys?" "Market De- 

 velopment" — Report of Temporary 

 Committee. Report of Publicity Com- 

 mittee, P. L. Atkins, Chairman: The 



Booklet "Home Grounds," from the 

 Publisher's Viewpoint, J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland. Prom the User's Viewpont, 

 O. Joe Howard, Secretary Van L;nd- 

 ley Nursery Co., Pomona, N. G. 

 "Costs, Profits, and Income Tax," Al- 

 vin E. Nelson. Swain Nelson & Sons 

 Co.. Chicago, 111. Discussed by Ar- 

 thur H. Hill and Guy A. Bryant. Re- 

 port of State Vice-Presidents and Elec- 

 tion of officers. 



1.45 p. m.. Song "Over There." 

 "Personal Experiences in the 

 Trenches," Officer from British Re- 

 cruiting Station. Chicago. 111.; 'Fuel 

 Conservation." Mr. Osborn Monnet. 

 U. S., F!uel Administration: "War 

 Times and the Nursery Business." 

 Four-Minute talks by E. C. Hilborn, 



Majob Lloyd C. Staek 



President American Association of 

 Nurserj-men 



North Dakota; Windsor H. Wyman. 

 Massachusetts; R. D. Underwood, Min- 

 nesota; J. R. Mayhew, Texas. 



Thursday Evening. 



Meeting of American Nurserymen's 

 Protective Association. Thos. B. Mee- 

 han. Secretary. Meeting of Retail 

 Nurserymen's Protective Association. 

 Guy A. Bryant. Secretary. 



Friday, June 28th, 1918. 



10.00 a. m. "Standardizing the 

 Bunching of Nursery Stock." E. P. 

 Bernardin. Parsons, Kansas. "The Re- 

 tail Salesman," E. H. Smith, Secre- 

 tary, Harrison Nursery Co., York, 

 Nebr. 



Final Report of Committees; Reso- 



lutions; Unfinished Business; Song — 

 "America;" Adjournment. 



Exhibition 



Alvin E. Nelson. Chairman of the 

 Committee on E;xhibits. reports that 

 all arrangements have been made for 

 a very fine display. The exhibits will 

 be staged in the west room of the 

 Sherman Hotel, adjoining the Crystal 

 room in which the meetings will be 

 held. 



Entertainment 



The entertainment features will in- 

 clude:^ 



Wednesday noon (12.30) Luncheon 

 by all ladies in attendance at Mar- 

 shall Fields & Co. (Narcissus Room) 

 followed by a tour through that mam- 

 moth establisliment under conduct of 

 trained guides. 



Wednesday Evening: (8.30) Recep- 

 tion and "Get-Acquainted" banquet. 



Thursday Morning (10.00) Trip 

 through Art Institu'e. 12.00 Luncheon 

 at Art Institute Cafeteria. 1.30 Leave 

 C. & N. W. Depot for Great Lakes 

 Naval Training School. 8.15 p. m. 

 Theater Party "Friendly Enemies" at 

 Woods' Theater. 



Friday. Afternoon — the ladies are 

 invited to visit (along with the men 

 folks) the establishment of Sears. Roe- 

 buck & Co. 



LADIES' AUXILIARY. 



The women of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen will hold their 

 third annual meeting, and a larger 

 attendance of ladies than ever before 

 is expected. This "Ladies Auxiliary" 

 will have charge of the music, recep- 

 tion and entertainment features. A 

 reception and tea will be given for the 

 gentlemen on Wednesday, June 26, at 

 5.30 to 6.30 p. m. The officers are as 

 follows: 



President — Mrs. E. S. Welch, Shen- 

 andoah. Iowa. 



Vice-President — Mrs. W. C. Reed, 

 Vincennes, Ind. 



Secretary — Mrs. E. R. Taylor, Tope- 

 ka. Kans. 



Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. B. E. 

 May, Shenandoah. Iowa. 



Chairman of Entertainment Com- 

 mittee — Mrs. Clyde Leesley, Chicago, 

 111. 



A PRESENTATION. 

 Major Lloyd Crow Stark, President 

 of the National Association of Nur- 

 serymen, was recently presented with 

 a handsome sword. The blade of the 

 sword itself bears the inscription "U. 

 S. Lloyd Crow Stark," and the scab- 

 hard is inscribed, "Presented to 

 Major Lloyd C. Stark, President, 

 American Association of Nurserymen, 

 1918." It is very handsome and of 

 the regulation U. S. Army style and 

 the scabbard Is heavily mounted with 

 silver trimming but yet complying 

 with the Army regulations. The Com- 

 mittee of the Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion appointed to make the presenta- 

 tion were William Pitkin, E. S. Welsh 

 and John Watson. 



