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THE INDIA RUBBER AVORLD 



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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



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'HE annual meeting of the New England Rubber Club, 

 adjourned from Monday, April 17, was held in the As- 

 sembly room of the American House (Boston) on the 

 evening of April 25. There were about 100 present, 

 when Treasurer George P. Whitmore called the meeting to or- 

 der and proposed that the honorary vice president. Augustus 

 O. Bourn, take the chair, as both the president and vice presi- 

 dent were absent. The first business was the reading of the sec- 

 retary's report by the assistant secretary, E. E. Wadbrook. 



THE secretary's REPORT. 



Mr. Pkesidknt and Mk\ii;krs oi- i iik Nkw Em; land Rubher Ci.uii: 

 The last annual meeting of our Club was held at the quarters of the 

 Massachusetts Automobile Club. Boylston street, licsttn, when the 

 officers who have served you during the past year were unanimously 

 elected. Following the election of officers was a Smoke Talk, illustrated 

 by stereopticon views, the whole being descriptive of a journey to the 

 great planting districts in Ceylon and the Federated Malay States. 



Our next gathering was at the Country Club, Brookline, the occasion 

 being our regular Midsummer Outing. Thisfunction was in everyway 

 on a par with those that had preceded it, and may well be called one of 

 our most successful outings. 



In the fall the Club treasury being low and the Editor of Thk India 

 Ri'iii'.EK WoKin having a story of experiences in Panama weighing 

 heavily on his mind, he was invited to appear before the Club at the 

 assembly room in the American I louse and ease himself of his accumula- 

 tion of experiences and adventures. This also took the form of a Smoke 

 Talk, and as the cigars were particularly good, the audience appeared to 

 enjoy the entertainment. 



The Midwinter Dinner, occurring in February and held at Young's 

 Hotel, was one of the most successful that the Club has ever given. 

 The guests of honor were Ex-.Secretary John U. Long and Colonel Sam- 

 uel 1'. Colt, and the addresses of these distinguished gentlemen, together 

 with those of other speakers, will long be remembered by the largest 

 gathering, with one exception, that our Club has ever brought out. 



At our last annual meeting we felicitated ourselves on our membership 

 of 179. We have new cause for congratulation in that we have now 

 210 members. 



During the year past the Club has suffered untold loss through the 

 deaths of Hon. E. S. Converse, George A. Alden, Dr. Carl Otto Weber, 

 and Mr. A. H. Yeomans, men whose places can never be filled, but 

 whose naines on the roll of our organization are in themselves a precious 

 legacy. 



Two most important suggestions regarding the future usefulness of 

 the Club developed daring our last midwinter dinner, and it is to be 

 hoped that during the present year something tangible may come of 

 them. The first of these, from the lips of Ex-Secretary Long, was to 

 the effect that some suitable memorial to Charles Coodyear should be 

 undertaken by just such an organization as the New England Rubber 

 Club. The other, from our absent president, the Hon, L. D. Apsley, 

 that the New England Rubber Club appoint a committee of five and 

 invite each of the other forty trade organizations in Massachusetts to do 

 the same, forming a committee of 200 to come together, discuss im- 

 portant questions and to report back for unanimous action on the part 

 of the clubs that they represent. 



As this meeting comes on the fifth anniversary of the existence of the 

 Club, we may well congratulate ourselves on its progress and perma- 

 nence. That the Club is a great success goes without saying. That it 

 has brought together the whole New England trade, notably promoted 

 a spirit of friendliness, and incidentally spent some .$qooo for which 

 double that value has been received, is a not unworthy record, nor is it 

 too much to hope that the next five years of the life of the Society will 

 show an equal if not greater measure of growth and usefulness. 



HENRY C. PEARSON, Secretary. 



The report of the treasurer followed after which, J. Frank 

 Dunbar on behalf of the Auditing committee, certified to the 

 correctness of the report. 



THE treasurer's REPORT. 



RECEIPTS. 



Bank Balance April iS, 1904 $ 704.04 



From Members for Initiation $ 145.00 



From Members for Dues 966.66 



From Members for Dinneis 1,021.47 2,13313 



Total $2,837. « 7 



DISBLrRSKMKNTS. 



Dinners, etc $1,433.29 



Flowers >'3.55 



Music and Entertainment 298.38 



Prizes, Sporting Goods, etc 31.10 



Printing, Postage, etc 275.54 



Refund Members on Dinner Tickets <2.oo $2,163 86 



Bank Balance and Cash on Hand April 18, 1905. 673-31 



Total $2,837.17 



GEORGE P. WHITMdRE. 



Treasurer. 



The next business was the election of officers. The chairman, 

 in bringing this business to the attention of the Club, stated 

 that the present officers had been asked to serve for another 

 year, and all had signified their willingness to do so with the 

 exception of the Hon. L. D. Apsley, who declined reelection be- 

 cause of the constantly increasing pressure of his business. The 

 following ticket was then unanimously elected : 

 OFFICERS. 



President — JOHN H. Fl.INT. 



Vice /'resident— An rnVR W. Stedman. 



Treasurer — Geokcb P. WhitmoRE. 



Secretary — Hf.nry C. Pearson. 



Assistant Secretary — El.STON E. WadrROOK. 



Ifonoraiy Vice Presidents — Augustus O. Bourn, Robert D. Evans, 

 James Bennett Forsyth, George H. Hood, Henry C. Morse, L. Dewait 

 Apsley. 



Directors— CosteWo C. Converse, Joseph Davol, A. M. Paul, E. S. 

 Williams. Arthur W. Clapp, Frank L. Locke. 



The Smoke Talk which followed was a further story of trop- 

 ical travel by the Editor of The India Rubber VVorlt), the 

 subject being a trip to Columbia, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. 

 The speaker had on that journey as traveling companions, Mr. 

 C. H. Arnold and Mr. A. F. Townsend, both well known in the 

 rubber trade. As the story will be told in detail, with many 

 illustrations, in later issues of The India Rubber World, it 

 is not necessary here to do more than say its relation proved 

 it to be most interesting, and incidentally that the speaker's 

 companions were of just the sort to make a journey to the 

 tropics exceedingly entertaining and enjoyable. 



After the conclusion of the lecture a eolation was served and 

 the members and guests spent an hour in an informal social. 

 A meeting of the Executive Committee was held directly after 

 the Smoke Talk at which the following committees were ap- 

 pointed : 



Dinnct — Frederick H. Jones (chairman), Ira V . Burnham, William 

 H. Keyes, G. E. B. Putnam. Eugene H. Clapp. 



Entertainment — R. L. Rice (chairman), E. E. Fay, J. Frank Dun- 

 bar, George H. Mayo, W'. M. Farwell. 



Auditing — George P. Eustis, J. Frank Dunbar. 



Sfii'ris — W. E. Barker (chairman), Fred T. Ryder, R. L. Chipman, 

 F. D. Balderston, James H. Learned. 



Kciidutions — The officers of the Club, ex officio. 



The secretary, treasurer, and assistant secretary, are ex officio 

 members of the Dinner, Entertainment, and Sports commit- 

 tees. 



