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iVOL. 4
CHICAGO, M ARCH , 1928
No. 8
The Chicago Convention
M ost Successful Ever Held— Detroit Lands
1929 Meeting
The Chicago 1928 convention set
Hew records in the vending and coin­
controlled machine industry. It was
the most successful ever held. Hun­
dreds o f statements made by opera­
tors and exhibitors bears this out;
facts prove it.
Paving the way to more complete
0rganization by pointing out the
Heed fo r it, building upon the cor-
°erstones o f better understanding
a n d cooperation that were laid at
former conventions, and blazing the
trail to expansion, and to the solu­
tion o f vital problems o f the indus­
try, the three days, February 20, 21
and 22 have been recorded as three
° f the most significant days the in­
dustry has ever known.
Visitors started arriving in Chicago
as early as Saturday night, and Sun­
day brought a great nlany exhibitors.
Oft Monday, opening day o f the con­
vention, the registration before ten
o’clock showed that most o f the op­
erators were on hand fo r the first
session and a check-up showed that
the 47 exhibit rooms were ready to
°pen at one o’clock.
The Fourth Annual Convention
be held in Detroit in 1929. Feb-
*Uary 14 was the date recommended
V the committee in the closing ses­
sion Wednesday afternoon.
Where the 1929 convention would
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be held was a hotly contested issue
which landed like a bomb shell in
the closing session o f the conven­
tion. Chicago had been named on
Monday night as the logical 1929
convention city, but this decision was
not approved by the delegates on
Wednesday
afternoon.
Delegates
from Detroit, Cleveland and Cincin­
nati presented their credentials be­
fore the committee and a poll by the
delegates which follow ed resulted in
victory fo r Detroit by a narrow mar­
gin. Chicago lacked two votes o f
landing the 1929 meeting.
Officers fo r the National Vending
Machine Operators’ Association were
elected on W ednesday as follow s—
President, William L. Sheade; first
vice-president, J. H. Diehl; second
vice-president, C. H. Robinson, Des
M oines; third vice-president, R. C.
W oock, Milwaukee; general secre­
tary, George A. Grastorf; assistant
secretary, W . J. Zimmerman, and
treasurer, Oscar E. Wagner.
F or the National Manufacturers’
Association, A. E. Gebert was elect­
ed president; B. L. Fry, vice-presi­
dent, and A. W. Blendow, secretary
and treasurer.
The efficient and successful man­
ner in which the convention was
handled brought praise to Secretary
George A. Grastorf and his assistants
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