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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ... Finance--F. M. Joyce, chairman; William H. Murphy, J. T. Thurman, S. A. Stockwell, G. A. Ainsworth. Press and Printing--W. M. Horner, chairman; V. H. Van Slyke, W. B. Cheney, J. J. Bullis, H. W. Gorton, Jr. Speakers and Invitation--I. Kaufmann, chairman; J. T. Stlmmel, W. M. Horner. Transportation--A. W. Murton, chairman; S. A. Stockwell, J. T. Stlmmel, F. M. Joyce, T. W. Forbes. Hall and Hotel--J. T. Stlmmel, chairman; C. M. Woodworth, W. E. Smith, W. G. Stlmmel, L. P. Van Norman. Entertainment of Ladies--N. W. Clark, chairman; J. T. Thurman, G. A. Ainsworth, H. W. Gorton, Jr., V. H. Van Slyke. Reception--William H. Murphy, chairman; G. A. Ainsworth, W. M. Berry, W. B. Cheney, F. W. Fiske, T. W. Forbes, J. L. Garland, H. W. Gorton, Jr., J. E. Hodge, R. C. Kalkalf, W. G. Stlmmel, S. A. Stockwell, W. E. Smith, A. E. Steer, A. Soares, J. T. Thurman, L. P. Van Norman, V. H. Van Slyke, Aug. M. Warren, H. G. Murphy, together with general committee of arrangements. At the conclusion of the roll-call the president delivered his address, which was as follows: To the delegates of the National Association of Life Underwriters, assembled in this, the ninth annual convention, I extend hearty greetings. "Counting time by heart-throbs, not by figures on a dial," we may be said to have reached, as a conventional body, the fullness of our maturity and power, in these brief nine years; and feeling deeply the honor of presiding over such a body, I crave your indulgence, and would remind you that we meet here today, a band of brothers, in this grand family reunion of the associations, having one aim, one interest at heart--the betterment of our work as a whole. Applause. Probably there is no gathering fraught with so much pleasure, and conducive of so keen an awakening of th...
