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Mr. Beitler, Director of Public Safety of Philadelphia, and Sec¬ 
retary Edge, of the Board of Agriculture. 
The minutes of the September meeting were then read by 
the secretary, and on motion adopted as read. 
The president then read his address, which was a brief 
review of the progress made in association circles, and the work 
accomplished by this association the past two years. Referring 
to the trying times in all avocations, he gave words of encour¬ 
agement to all those who would remain steadfast to the true 
aims and objects of the profession during the present trying crisis. 
The chair announced that nominations for officers were now 
in order, when the following nominations were made: President, 
Leonard Pearson; First Vice-president, W. H. Ridge; Second 
Vice-president, Thos. B. ‘Rayner; Third Vice-president, Drs. 
Keil and Waugh; Recording Secretary, W. G. Benner; Corres¬ 
ponding Secretary, Drs. Plelmer, Ridge, Flarger, Allen, Glad- 
felter, Goentner; Treasurer, John R. Hart; Board of Censors, 
Drs. Harger, Zuill, Hoskins, Bridge, Kooker, Thomas B. 
Rayner, McNeil. 
There was a motion put that the rules be suspended and 
secretary cast the ballot for nominees where there was no op¬ 
posing candidate. There being some objection, the chair ruled 
that a full ballot be cast. Drs. James B. Rayner and Webster 
being appointed by the chair as tellers, the election was pro¬ 
ceeded with and the tellers then reported the tally of ballot. 
President, Leonard Pearson, 32 votes; First Vice-president, W. 
H. Ridge, 22 votes; Second Vice-president, Thomas B. Ray¬ 
ner, 22 votes; Third Vice-president, James A. Waugh 16 votes 
and Z. S. Keil, 5 votes; Recording Secretary, W. G. Benner, 21 
votes; Corresponding Secretary, W. H. Ridge, 2 votes, F. 
S. Allen, 12 votes, R. Gladfelter, 2 votes, C. Goentner, 7 
votes; Treasurer, J. R. Hart, 20 votes; Board of Censors, S. J. 
J. Harger, 21 votes, W. L. Zuill, 15 votes, F. Bridge, 10 votes, 
W. S. Kooker, 16 votes, J. C. McNeil, 19 votes, W. H. Hoskins, 
18 votes, Thomas B. Rayner, 14 votes, James B. Rayner, 2 
votes. 
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