I)k<;bmbbh 15, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



47 



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CLUBS HOLD ELECTIONS 



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CHICAGO CLUB ELECTS. 



Old Officers Retained. 



Election night brought out a somc- 

 whiit larger attendance at the meeting 

 of the Chicago Florists' Club at the 

 Hotel Randolph, Thursday evening, De- 

 cember 8. Balloting on the oflicers 

 nominated at the November meeting 

 resulted in the unanimous reelection of 

 the present ollicers of the club. These 

 are: President, Joseph Kohout; vice- 

 president, A. T. Pyfer; treasurer, A. II. 

 Schneider; secretary, V. Lautenschlager. 

 The contest for the office of trustee, for 

 v»?hich one candidate was. to be elected 

 for a term of three years, resulted as 

 follows: Hans Jepsen, 11; E. Golden- 

 stein, 7; Albert Koehler, 6.' The tellers 

 were Herman D. Schiller, Paul Weiss and 

 Peter Pearson. As the new member of 

 the board of trustees, Hans Jepsen was 

 called upon and expressed his apprecia- 

 tion of his fellow members' vote, 

 promising to continue as regular an at- 

 tendant at the meetings as he has been 

 in the last year. In this connection T. E. 

 Waters called attention to a rule of the 

 club which provides that the office of 

 any trustee who fails to attend three 

 consecutive meetings shall be declared 

 vacant, commenting on the absence of 

 the trustees at meetings during the last 

 year. President Kohout expressed liis 

 intention of enforcing that rule during 

 the coming year. 



The following new members were 

 elected by the unanimous vote of those 

 present : L. Hoeckner, wholesale florist, 

 30 East Randolph street; Bert Chad- 

 wick, of the E. C. Amling Co.; D. Silver- 

 stein, broker, 315 South Dearborn street; 

 Ben Bakker, salesman, 166 North Wa- 

 bash avenue, and Nicholas A. Schmitz, 

 grower, 6007 North Paulina street. 



Successf nl Show. 



In the absence of N. J. Wietor, chair- 

 man of the flower show committee, F. 

 Lautenschlager presented a report 

 covering the receipts and disbursements 

 for the flower show held in conjunction 

 with the exhibition of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America at the Audi- 

 torium hotel, November 16 and 17. 

 <'ontributions from the leading Chicago 

 houses totaled $660 and the sale of 

 tickets for distribution by retailers 

 brought $336, making the total receipts 

 $996. Although an appropriation was 

 made by the Chicago Florists' Club to 

 cover the entertainment at the banquet 

 held in connection with the show, all 

 expenses connected with that feature 

 were absorbed by the committee, and 

 after all expenses had been defrayed 

 and payment had been made for the 

 show manager's services, the commit- 

 tee s books just balanced. The great 

 amount of hard work done bv Secretary 

 Lautenschlager as show manager 

 brought forth commendation by several 

 members of the club and to express the 

 appreciation of the organization arising 

 vote of thanks was tendered by those 

 present, with much applause. Mr. 

 Lautenschlager left a sick bed to be in 

 attendance during the show and thereby 

 brought on a relapse, which was so 



severe that he had not left his house 

 until the day before the cliih meeting, 

 to attend the meeting of the flower show 

 committee ])rej)aratory to making its 

 final report. The infection which re- 

 sulted from a boil on his arm, aggra- 

 vated by a cold, spread through his sys- 

 tem, and for four days during lii.s con- 

 iinement he was without the use of his 

 eyes. Mr. Lautenschlager re])orte(l feel- 

 ing considerably better and aiiticipateil 

 returning to his offic(> at the estahlisli 

 ment of the Kroeschell Bros. Co. the fol- 

 lowing Monday. 



A communication from W. F. Kk.-is, of 

 Baltimore, led to a discussion of tlic 

 advisability of forming one or more 

 bowling teams to represent the Chicairo 

 Florists' Club. After some discussion 

 the matter was, upon motion, referi'ed to 

 a. committee of three to be appointed by 

 the president. 



Discussion of tlie chil)'s annual 

 novelty night, to be held in conjunction 

 witli the February meeting, led to the 

 suggestion that a joint meeting he held 

 of the dub and the Commercial Flower 

 (•rowers of Chicago on the meeting night 

 of one or the other of the organizations 

 next February, when :i large (lis])lay 

 might be brought out. 



The rlesire for a tiowcr show next 

 spring has l)een augmented by the suc- 

 cess of the show at the Auditorium last 

 month and by the remarkable showing 

 at the Uptown Chicago exposition at the 

 Mroadway Armory during the first wcu'k 

 of November. H. D. Schiller told of the 

 notable results of the north side show, 

 which exceeded everyone's expectations 

 in all ways. Ho stated that there had 

 lieen 103,000 visitors during the five 

 days of the show and of this number 

 l.'4,()()0, ])ractically one-fourth, were ])aid 

 admissions, although no revenue had 

 l)een anticijjated from that source. 

 Tickets had been distributed through 

 public schools, clubs and other channels, 

 and Mr. Schiller stated that the north 

 side busin(>ss men were so enthusiastic 

 reg.'irding a flower show as their draw- 

 ing card at anotli(>r similar exposition 

 that some of them exjiressed reluctance 

 to tell west side business men anything 

 about that feature of the affair when an 

 organization from that j)art of the city 

 asked the north siders' advice in prepa- 

 ration for a similar show at a big 

 armory on the west side. ^[r. Schiller 

 thought that a guaranty fund for a 

 north side flower show would be sjieedily 

 raised by the business men of that 



Joseph Kohout. 



(Kc-elccloil Iresiileiit of the Chicago Florists' Club.) 



