MAY 4, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



41 



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BOARD HAS TWO HARD DAYS 



SOCIETY AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Executive Board Meeting. 



The annual meeting of the executive 

 board of the Society of American Elo- 

 rists was held in the Woman's Art 

 building, Indianapolis, ;ind., Mondajy 

 and Tuesday, March 27 and 28. The 

 meeting was presided over by Presi- 

 dent S. S. Pennock. 



The first session was held Monday at 

 9:30 a. m. The president called the 

 meeting to order, and directed that the 

 roll be called, when the following were 

 found to be present: 



S. S. Pennock, president, Philadel- 

 phia; Samuel Murray, vice-president, 

 Kansas City; John Young, secretary. 

 New York; J. J. Hess, treasurer, Oma- 

 ha; William F. Gude, Washington rep- 

 resentative, Washington, D. C; J. C. 

 Vaughan, national councilor, Chicago; 

 William L. Rock, Kansas City; Her- 

 man P. Knoble, Cleveland; Paul R. 

 Klingsporn, Chicago; Thomas C. Joy, 

 Nashville, Tenn.; Carl Hagenburger, 

 Mentor, O.; Wallace R. Pierson, Crom- 

 well, Conn.; Thomas Roland, ex-officio, 

 Nahant, Mass.; J. F. Ammann, presi- 

 dent Florists' Hail Association, Ed- 

 wardsville. 111.; Joseph Kohout, presi- 

 dent Chicago Florists' Club, Liberty- 

 ville, 111.; Henry Penn, chairman pub- 

 licity committee, Boston, Mass.; George 

 Asmus, chairman national flower show 

 committee, Chicago; Philip Breitmeyer, 

 president F. T. D., Detroit, Mich.; W. H. 

 Gulp, president Kansas State Florists' 

 Association, Wichita, Kan.; S. W. Cog- 

 gan, president Michigan State Florists' 

 Association, Battle Creek, Mich.; W. D. 

 Howard, president American Carnation 

 Society, Milford, Mass.; Roman J. Ir- 

 win, president New York Florists ' Club, 

 New York; Robert Pyle, president 

 American Rose Society, West Grove, 

 Pa.; W. A. Rowe, president St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, Kirkwood, Mo.; James 

 McLaughlin, president Cleveland Flo- 

 rists' Club, Cleveland; H. M. Joy, presi- 

 dent Tennessee State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Nashville, Tenn.; A. S. Gray, pres- 

 ident Oklahoma State Florists' Associ- 

 ation, Chickasha, Okla., and Richard 

 Vincent, Jr., president American Dahlia 

 Society, White Marsh, Md. The dele- 

 gate members representing the affiliated 

 organizations, all having presented 

 credentials, were duly seated. James 

 McLaughlin was appointed sergeant- 

 at-arms. 



Finances. 



Secretary Young read his report of 

 the Washington trade exhibition, which 

 showed that a profit of $6,520.61 had 

 been realized. The total receipts were 

 $10,408.43, and disbursements $3,887.82. 

 On motion of Mr. Roland, the report 

 was accepted and ordered to be made 

 part of the minutes. 



The secretary then read the report 

 of the auditing committee, first ex- 

 plaining that this was a new commit- 

 tee of lay members of the society ap- 

 pointed at the recommendation of 

 Thomas Roland while president. The 

 report, submitted by Percy B. Right, 

 New York, chairman of the committee, 

 endorsed the work of the official audi- 



tors, and the work of the secretary's 

 office in the preparation of the various 

 accounts, which was enormous. The 

 expenditure for auditor's service was, 

 in the opinion of the committee, quite 

 necessary, and was both nominal and 

 reasonable. 



Considerable discussion ensued as to 

 the advisability of continuing the serv- 

 ice of the public auditors, and it was 

 finally decided, on motion of Secretary 

 Young, that the services of the public 

 accountants be continued, with compen- 

 sation not to exceed that now provided. 



The secretary then presented his an- 

 nual financial report, which was quite 

 lengthy. The report was prefaced with 

 the report of the official auditors, 

 which certified that balances of the dif- 

 ferent funds as set out were a true 

 and correct statement of receipts and 

 disbursements since January 1, 1921, 

 and conformed with the balance as 

 shown on the books of the secretary as 

 of December 31, 1921. It was shown 

 that there was a balance in the perma- 

 nent fund of $49,167.68, and in the gen- 

 eral fund of $16,653.01. In addition, 

 the secretary read a lengthy statement 

 from the auditors, embodying comments 

 on the system of accounting in force, 

 and suggesting a few changes looking 

 to its betterment. 



Treasurer J. J. Hess presented his an- 



nual financial report, with official re- 

 poitH from the auditors, and bank cer- 

 tificates as to balances, all of which 

 agreed with the secretary's rejjort. 



At Washington. 



William F. Gude, as Washington rep- 

 resentative, stated that while there had 

 been no necessity for particularly ac- 

 tive service, he might mention that last 

 fall he had been privately informed 

 that a bill had been introduced which 

 threatened the parcel post service for 

 florists, and he had at once, through 

 the trade papers, called upon all mem- 

 bers of the trade to make protests to 

 their congressmen against the passage 

 of such bill. The bill, he had since been 

 informed, had been practically with- 

 drawn. He had considered it advisa- 

 ble, he said, at the time of the disarma- 

 ment conference in Washington, to fol- 

 low the example set by the Rotary Club 

 and other organizations, and send flow- 

 ers to the opening of the conference. 

 He had also sent a large basket of 

 American Beauty roses in the name of 

 the society, but at his own expense. 



Vice-President Murray reported as to 

 the renting of the auditorium in Kan- 

 sas City for the August convention. 

 Secretary Young reported that he and 

 President Pennock had visited Kansas 

 City and looked over the auditorium. 



Samuel S. Pennock. 



(President <if the Society "f Anierlcan Flciists.) 



