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CHICAGO AND THE MIDDLE WEST
Frank W. Kirk, Manager, 333 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
H. H. Fleer Appoints Nine Directors
for Illinois Music Merchants Ass'n
These Include Henry Weisert, C. G. Steger, G. B. Wiswell, L. L. Parker, A. L. Bruner,
C. A. Lloyde, E. J. Justin, H. Hewitt and F. W. Perkins
' T p H E Illinois Music Merchants' Association
•*• will carry on a larger program of trade and
association development during the enusing
year under the direction of nine newly ap-
pointed directors who have been announced
by President H. H. Fleer, vice-president of
Lyon & Healy.
In re-electing the officers of the Association
at the last meeting in September it was recom-
mended that the president appoint nine mem-
bers as directors to assist in carrying out a
larger program during the coming year em-
bracing many subjects and problems in which
the State association can take an active part in
handling them.
The following directors, who have been ap-
pointed, will assist the officers in various pro-
motional duties so that the necessary work will
not be confined to a few members. In fact all
members of the Association have been urged to
co-operate to the fullest extent in carrying out
an enlarged program of activities. The new
directors include Henry Weisert, Bissell-
Weisert Co., Chicago; C. G. Steger, of the
Steger & Sons Piano Co., Chicago; Geo. B.
Wiswell, Joliet; Lloyd L. Parker, Harrisburg;
A. L. Bruner, Rock Island; C. A. Lloyde; E. J.
Justin, Justin Bros., Cicero; Henry Hewitt, M.
Schulz Co., Chicago, and F. W. Perkins, Gul-
branson Co., Chicago.
E. J. Delfraisse Dies
at Age of Sixty-one
vertising manager and assistant secretary of
the company.
Outside of his active business career Mr.
Delfraisse's particular avocation was playing
golf, and during the season he spent at least
one day a week at the Olympia Fields Coun-
try Club, of which he has been a member for
a number of years.
He is survived by his widow, Ella McKenna
Delfraisse, and two married daughters, Mrs.
Robert Beebe and Mrs. Herbert Starr, a sister,
Mrs. A. D. King, and a brother, Leon Del-
fraisse. The funeral services were held on
Saturday, November 17, at the home of
George H. Starr, 7621 Saginaw avenue, and
interment at the cemetery of Holy Sepulchre.
The large number of friends attending and
the profusion of floral tributes attested the
respect in which he was held by all who knew
him.
, .
Secretary and Advertising Manager of Q R S
Co. Passes on as Result of Complications
Due to Operation
Ernest J. Delfraisse, secretary of the Q R S
Co., one of the most widely known and popu-
• lar men in the trade, passed away unexpect-
edly Wednesday night, November 14, at the
Illinois Central Ho.spital in Chicago, four days
after he had successfully undergone an opera-
tion for the removal of his appendix.
He was recovering from the operation suc-
cessfully, and in fact had expected to be re-
moved to his home the following Saturday
for recuperation, but on Wednesday night an
embolism developed and he died, to the sor-
r o w of a -wide circle x>i business associates and
friends.
.
Mri Delfraisse was born in 1867 in New
Orleans, ,La., and was first associated with the
tuning profession. About twenty-five years ago
he came to Chicago to join the Melville Clark
Co., which later developed int.o the Q R S Music
'.Co., now the Q R S Co. During his twenty-
five years' association w,ith the company Mr.
Delfraisse took a_n .actiye part in the growth
of the organization. At the time of his death
and for years prior, he was a director, ad-
WHEN CHANGING AGENCIES
Consider the Old Reliable
BOARDMAN 6c GRAY
PIANOS FOB YOUR LEADER
Strictly First Class Si^us 183.1 .
Full Protection
Given Agents-
Albany, N. Y.
ince
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1849
I c eAmerica's
I JFbremost
Pianos to Be Featured
in Industrial Art Show
To Have Prominent Part in Exhibition in
Chicago Department Store Under Direction
of Art Directors Club
Development of a purely American type of
modern furniture, calculated to meet American
conditions, and appeal to American tastes, is
expected as a result of the exposition of indus-
trial and decorative arts which will be held under
the auspices of the Association of Arts and In-
dustries and the Art Directors' Club of Chicago,
at Mendel Bros., Chicago, in January.
As the exposition will be made up of twenty-
nine interiors, ranging from typical rooms in
American country homes and city apartments
to commercial units, the modern piano should
occupy an important place in these settings.
All of the assembled objects most conform
to American design and manufacture, and in
the modern mode. An imposing architectural
setting will be provided for the exposition by
a committee of well-known local artists and
architects.
James D. Cunningham, president of the Ill-
inois Manufacturers' Association, is the exec-
utive director.
J. W. Million, Jr., Joins
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Bremer-Tully Go.
•' John W. Million, Jr., has joined the engi-
neering staff of the Bremer-Tully Mfg. Co.,
radio manufacturers, Chicago. Mr. Million
brings to his new connection a wide experi-
ence, having served for two years as> research
engineer with the Bell Telephone Laborato-
ries, working with vacuum tubes and radio re-
ceiving sets of all types. He is a graduate
of the University of Michigan and spent one
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George W. BvaunsdorC, Inc.
Direct Manufacturers of
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