FOREST AND STREAM 
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THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION’S 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
The annual meeting of the stockholders of The In¬ 
terstate Association for the encouragement of Trap¬ 
shooting was held at the Association’s office with The 
Corporation Trust Company, 15 Exchange place, Jersey 
City, New Jersey, on Thursday, December and, at 10 
o’clock in the forenoon. 
The roll-call showed the following members repre¬ 
sented in person: 
United Lead Company by Evans McCarty; Rem¬ 
ington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company by A. 
F. Hebard, T. A. Marshall and J. Leonard Clark; E. 
I. du Pont de Nemours & Company by T. E. Doremus, 
and L. J. Squier; Winchester Repeating Arms Company 
by F. G. Drew; The Hunter Arms Company, Inc., by 
T. H. Keller, Jr., Parker Brothers by W. F. Parker; 
The Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Company by Paul 
North; American Powder Mills by Murray Ballou; 
Hercules Powder Company by J. T. Skelly and Edward 
Banks; The Western Cartridge Company by H. E. 
Winans; The United States Cartridge Company by 
C. R. Babson and O. R. Dickey. 
The Lefever Arms Company, the Selby Smelting and 
Lead Company and the Ithaca Gun Company were rep¬ 
resented by proxy. 
Messrs. J. S. Fanning, H. A. Keller, Neaf Apgar, H. 
E. Posten and T. L. Briggs were present by invitation. 
The secretary presented and read a copy of the no¬ 
tice of the meeting, together with proof of the due 
mailing thereof to each stockholder of the Associa¬ 
tion at least two weeks before the meeting, as required 
by the by-laws. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the minutes 
of the last meeting were approved. 
Messrs. Thos. D. Richter and Henry S. Rosenthal 
(neither of them being a candidate for the office of 
director) were appointed inspectors of election and duly 
sworn. 
The meeting then proceeded to the election of the 
directors by ballot in accordance with the by-laws. 
The report of the president for the past year was 
presented, read and ordered to be filed. 
The secretary’s detailed report for the past year 
was presented and ordered to be received and filed. 
The financial report of the treasurer for the past 
year was presented and ordered to be received and 
filed. 
The annual report of the manager was also presented 
and ordered to be received and filed. 
The polls having remained open the period prescribed 
by statute, were ordered closed and the inspectors pre¬ 
sented their report in writing, showing the following 
persons, stockholders of the Association, had received 
the greatest number of votes: 
P. D. Beresford and J. R. Wettstein of the United 
Lead Company; A. F. Hebard, J. Leonard Clark and 
T. A. Marshall of the Remington Arms-Union Metallic 
Cartridge Company; T. E. Doremus, C. A. Haight and 
L. J. Squier of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Com¬ 
pany; J. T. Skelly and Edward Banks of the Hercules 
Powder Company; T. H. Keller, Jr., of the Hunter 
Arms Company, Inc.; F. G. Drew, H. S. Leonard and 
W. R. Clark of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com¬ 
pany; W. F. Parker of Parker Brothers; C. R. Bab¬ 
son and O. R. Dickey of the United States Cartridge 
Company; W. E. Keplinger and T. H. Keller of the 
Peters Cartridge Company; Paul North and J. H. Web¬ 
ster of the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company; 
A. H. Durston of the Lefever Arms Company; F. W. 
Olin and A. J. Norcom of the Western Cartridge Com¬ 
pany, Murray Ballou and E. B. Drake of the American 
Powder Mills; W. B. Stadtfeld of the Selby Smelting 
& Lead Company; George Livermore of the Ithaca Gun 
Company; John R. Turner and Elmer E. Shaner. 
The chairman thereupon declared that the above 
named persons were duly elected directors of the 
Association. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the United 
Lead Company’s resignation from membership was 
accepted. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the Black 
Products Company of Chicago was elected to member¬ 
ship and “The Sporting News” and “Sporting Goods 
Dealer,” of St. Louis, and the “American Shooter” 
of Baltimore, were elected to honorary press mem¬ 
bership. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the secretary 
was directed to file with the records of the Associa¬ 
tion for the purpose of reference, following papers: 
(1) List of stockholders entitled to vote at this 
meeting. 
(2) Proxies presented at the meeting. 
(3) Notice of meeting and proof of mailing thereof. 
(4) Inspector’s oath and report. 
(5) President’s Report. 
(6) Secretary’s detailed report (for the past year.) 
(7) Secretary’s data covering the Association’s work 
for the past year. 
(8) Treasurer’s Financial Report of Assessment Fund. 
(9) Treasurer’s Financial Report of Registered 
Tournament Fund. 
(10) Manager’s report. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, a meeting 
of the new board of directors for the election of offi¬ 
cers, etc., was directed to be held at t P. M. this 
day. 
No further business coming before the meeting, upon 
motion, duly made and seconded, the same adjourned. 
The Directors’ Meeting. 
The meeting of the board of directors was held at 
1 P. M. The meeting was called to order with F. G. 
Drew acting as chairman and E. Reed Shaner acting 
as secretary. 
The following officers were elected to serve during 
the ensuing year: President, T. E. Doremus; vice- 
president, C. R. Babson; secretary, E. Reed Shaner; 
treasurer-manager, Elmer E. Shaner. 
The minutes of the directors’ meeting held Decem¬ 
ber 3 and 4, 1914, at Jersey City, and August 18, 1915, 
at Chicago, Illinois, and those of the several mail 
votes taken during the year, were duly approved. 
By special permission, C. T. Summerson, of New 
York, addressed the meeting and requested the Asso- 
