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Febuuaiit 2, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



31 



HARTFORD CONVENTION 



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CAENATION MEN ELECT. 



Annual Meeting at Hartford. 



At the annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society, at Hartford, 

 Conn., last week, the following officers 

 were elected for the ensuing year: 



President — A. F. J. Baur, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind. 



Vice-president — Henry W. Sheppard, 

 Cincinnati, O. 



Secretary — Oliver E. Steinkamp, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



Treasurer — Fred E. Dorner, Lafayette, 

 Ind. 



The first session of the meeting 

 opened Thursday morning, January 26, 

 in a company room of the Foot Guard 

 armory at Hartford. Vice-president 

 Osborn brought the meeting to order. 

 A representative of the mayor gave the 

 speech of welcome, to which C. S. Strout 

 replied in his customary happy vein. 

 The address of the president and the re- 

 ports of the secretary and the treasurer 

 were then presented as published in 

 last week's issue of The Review. On 

 the committee to consider the officers' 

 reports, President Howard then ap- 

 pointed S. J. Goddard, C. S. Strout and 

 C. W. Johnson. On the committee on 

 condolences he appointed Albert M. 

 Herr, "William Sim and Harold J. Pat- 

 ten. The committee appointed to draw 

 up final resolutions was E. Saunders, 

 Thomas Peglcr and Robert Kift. 



William Nicholson sent a telegram ex- 

 l)ressing his regrets in not being able to 

 attend the meeting. In view of his serv- 

 ices to the society in former days as 

 president and as judge, C. W. Johnson 

 moved that the society send a remem- 

 brance in the form of flowers to Mr. 



Nicholson. Wm. F. Gude sent a tele- 

 gram from Washington, D. C, regretting 

 that his broken ankle kept him away 

 from the meeting. Carl Engelmann, of 

 Saffron Walden, England, who was a 

 visitor at the society's meeting two 

 years ago, sent an expression of his 

 best wishes for the success of the Hart- 

 ford gathering. 



Cincinnati Next Year. 



When invitations for the next meet- 

 ing of the society came up for consid- 

 eration, Cincinnati had the field alone. 

 The request from florists of the Ohio 

 city had been made two years before 

 and reiterated last year. Formal ac- 

 ceptance was made at the evening ses- 

 sion. Opinion was expressed by several, 

 chief of whom were S. J. Goddard, C. S. 

 Strout and C. W. Johnson, that the 

 American Carnation Society should hold 

 its exhibition alone, holding that the 

 roses detracted from the value of the 

 exhibitions to carnation men. After 

 some discussion this matter was laid 

 over for further consideration at the 

 evening session. 



Since A. F. J. Baur had given warn- 

 ing a j'ear ago that he would not be 

 considered as a candidate for secretary 

 to succeed himself this J'ear, which 

 marks the completion of his thirteenth 

 consecutive term of office, C. S. Strout 

 nominated him for the office of presi- 

 dent, with the idea of expressing the 

 society's reward for the long years of 

 Mr. Baar's faithful service. His elec- 

 tion was made unanimous at the even- 

 ing meeting. 



A. F. J. Baur nominated H. W. Shep- 

 pard as vice-president, to be in charge 

 of arrangements at the. Cincinnati con- 



vention. He was unanimously elected 

 at the evening meeting. 



Hunt for Secretary. 



The choice of a successor to Mr. Baur 

 in the office of secretary ajjpeared diffi- 

 cult and S. J. Goddard moved that a 

 committee of three be appointed to 

 bring in a nomination at the evening 

 session. The chair appointed Mr. God- 

 dard, C. W. Johnson and C. S. Strout, 

 who, ufion canvassing the field, believed 

 the best person available to be Oliver 

 E. Steinkamp, the partner in business 

 of the retiring secretary. A telegram 

 to Mr. Steinkamp brought the response 

 that if it was not contrary to the princi- 

 ples of the organization to include 

 among its officers two members from the 

 same firm, he would be willing to act 

 for the ensuing year. His nomination 

 was unanimously confirmed, in the be- 

 lief of those present that this energetic 

 young man could do much for the so- 

 ciety, having Mr. Baur at hand during 

 the coming year to initiate him in the 

 work. 



Although his duties have kept him at 

 home, Fred E. Dorner was thought tlie 

 best choice for the office of treasurer, 

 and his reelection was unanimous. 



Peter Fisher was reelected to the office 

 of director. 



Since it was necessary to elect two 

 judges to fill the vacancies at this meet- 

 ing, C. S. Strout thought that no better 

 choice could be made than that of C. W. 

 Johnson to succeed himself. For the 

 other vacancy A. F. J. Baur put in nom- 

 ination the name of John Hartje, of 

 Indianapolis. Since th(! society's by- 

 laws require three nominations for the 

 two vacancies, some one was required 



View of the Carnations and Roses at the Hartford Exhibition, Looking Toward the Stage. 



