November 11, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



CLUB MEETINGS 



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CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Election of Officers. 



At the monthly meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club, Thursday evening, 

 November 4, nomination of oflBcers for 

 1921 was held. For each office the 

 nomination was unanimous, Ex-presi- 

 dent T. E. "Waters declining another 

 term in order to leave the nomination 

 of Joseph Kohout for president unan- 

 imous. The other officers for the com- 

 ing year are: Vice-president, A. T. 

 Pyfer; treasurer, A. H. Schneider, Oak 

 Park, and secretary, Fred Lauten- 

 schlager. August F. Poehlmann, whose 

 term as trustee had expired, was re- 

 nominated for another three years. 



One application for membership was 

 read, that of Albert Schmidt. Secretary 

 Lautenschlager, in his report, made 

 reference to the tremendous growth of 

 the membership list. There have been 

 forty-six new members to date this year. 

 This is an increase of over twenty-five 

 per cent. 



Becommend Honorary Memberships. 



^rention was made of the resignation 

 of Ernst C. Amling, who has settled 

 in California, and his name and that 

 of Oscar J. Friedman were referred to 

 tlio trustees and recommended for hon- 

 orary memberHliips. It was also voted 

 that a basket of fruit be sent to Roin- 

 hold Schiller, who is ill in a hospital. 

 President Waters in a short address 

 made mention of members recently de- 

 ceased and those present stood in silence 

 wliilc he read the names of Charles 

 Hunt and Thomas J. Long. 



It was voted that an invitation be 

 extended to the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America to hold its annual exhibition 

 in Chicago next year. It is held this 

 week at Washington, D. C. A tenta- 

 tive committee to investigate possible 

 ni'(f)innioilntioii was appointed by the 

 cliair and consisted of C. W. Johnson, 

 chuirman, Fred Lautenschlager and N. 

 J. Wictor. 



A bill of Mrs. Ella Grant "Wilson for 

 publicity work during the annual meet 

 ing of the American Carnation Society 

 last January was brought before the 

 club. One-third of this had been as- 

 sumed by the Chicago Retail Florists" 

 Association and another third by the 

 Allied Florists' Association. It was 

 voted that the Chicago Florists' Clul.« 

 assume payment of the remaining thinl. 

 The total bill amounted to about $270. 



"Say It with Flowers" Week. 



The committee on "Say It with 

 Flowers" week had no definite report 

 to make, except that everything was 

 being made ready. George Asmus said 

 that the estimated cost would be be- 

 tween $6,000 and $7,000. It was ex 

 pected, he said, that the week would bo 

 opened with a proclamation by Mayor 

 Thom{)son. 



President Waters brought up the idea 

 of a dance to be held during "Say It 

 with Flowers" week. After some dis 

 'Hussion the idea was enthusiasticnllv 



adopted by the club and the good-of-thc- 

 club committee was empowered to ar- 

 range details. As a guarantee of the 

 financial su|)port of the club, members 

 were asked to subscribe for tickets and 

 in five minutes 160 tickets at $1 each 

 were spoken for by sixteen members. 

 The night chosen was Friday, November 

 12, and it was proposed to call the 

 dance the "Say It with Flowers" ball. 

 It will be held at the Hotel Randolph. 



In addition to the party November 12 

 the committee has arranged progressive 

 cards, any game the ladies like to play, 

 for the entertainment of those who do 

 not dance. 



Armistice day, November 11, it is 

 proposed that every soldier in every hos- 

 pital in the city receive a floral token. 

 Among the other plans outlined for the 

 big week was that at a football game 

 Saturday, November 6, an aeroplane 

 should fly over the field and drop flowers 

 on the spectators of the game below. 



It was suggested that while members 

 were subscribing for the expenses of 

 the big week the "Say It with 

 Flowers" pennants still remaining be 

 disposed of. Secretary Lautenschlager 

 passed among the members and sue- 

 (•(^eiled ill disi)osing of all but twenty- 



five. Tliesc pennants are being used on 

 florists' automobiles this week. 



NEW YORK CLUB MEETING. 



Next Year's Nominees. 



The regular numthly meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club was held at the 

 club's rooms in the Engineering So- 

 cieties' building, .Monday evening, 

 November 8, with an attendance ap- 

 proaching 200. President A. M. Ilen- 

 sliaw presided. 



The nominating committee rejiortcd 

 the following selections of candidates 

 for office in the club during 1921: 



For president: A. M. Ilenshaw, I. S. 

 Ilendrickson and P^ugenc Dailledouze. 



For vice-president: Koman .7. Irwin 

 and John fanning. 



For secretary: ,folin Young and Wm. 

 A. Phillips. 



For tr(>asiiri>r: W. C. Rickarda, Jr., 

 and George Hildenbrand. 



For trustees: Kichard Hughes, G. E. 

 M. Stumjip, Alex Donaldson, Perev P. 

 Rigby, C. B. \Veathere<l, Fred L. Atkins, 

 Jos. S. Fenrich, Ilarry O. May, Anton 

 Schultheis, Wallace K. Pierson, Jos. A. 

 Manda an.l P. W. Popp. 



Joseph ' Kohout. 



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