The Harvester World: Volume 1, number 5, February 1910

              The Harvester World
Herbert V. Nicholls, ledger clerk of London, Canada, gen¬ eral agency, has been promoted to credit clerk.
Chas. McCollam, salesman and expert at the Winnipeg, Man., agency, visited the Chi¬ cago office recently on his re¬ turn from an extensive trip through the eastern states.
Wm. Clark, secretary to Pres¬ ident Cyrus H. McCormick, has been transferred to the manu¬ facturing department. He will be succeeded in the President's office by W. S. Towne, of the sales department, recording.
M. Gray Carrel, of the Den¬ ver general agency, has been promoted from assistant block- man to blockman, with head¬ quarters at Grand Junction, Colo.
F. A. Compton, of the Du¬ buque general agency, has been promoted from assistant block- man to blockman.
The Athletic Association of the Chicago office gave a very successful musical and card party on the evening of Febru¬ ary 19th. Eight prizes were awarded.
C. M. Hunt, who has been special cream harvester sales¬ man on the Eau Claire, Wis., territory, has been promoted to blockman, with headquarters at Marshfield. A. C. Gut- wasser, of the same territory, has been promoted from can¬ vasser to special cream sepa¬ rator salesman, and B. F. Rip- linger from canvasser to special gasoline engine salesman.
From the Times-Enterprise, Albert Lea, Minn.: "HansW. Jensen has returned with his family from Mason City, hav¬ ing resigned his position as cashier with the International Harvester Company of Amer¬ ica to take a responsible place with the American Gas Machine company of this city. Mr. Jen¬ sen was the last member of the old Krebs organization which made the McCormick agency in this territory so successful, and his return to this city is most welcome."
In order to show his appre¬ ciation of the work of the sales
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men and other employes, N. E. Furlong, general agent for the Parkersburg district, arranged for a banquet at the Cottage Cafe, a short time ago. Those who attended included the men employed in the office of the company as well as the sales¬ men. The list was as follows: N. E. Furlong, general agent; W. Y. Davis, Chicago; C. W. Dressel, Belpre; L. D. Greg¬ ory, F. J. Zigler, G. W. Hutch¬ inson, Parkersburg; D. D. Congleton, Athens, 0.; G. L. Seaman, Ravenswood; L. W. Campbell, Clarksburg; M. C. Ridenour, Newburg; Arthur Cunningham, Moorefield; W. L. Atkins, Huntington; W. M. Haddox, Charleston; J. E. Hines, Ronceverte ; H. A. Wood, Rio Grande, O.; J. W. Vigar and F. M. Krider, Ra¬ cine, O.; John Morgan, Win- field, W. Va.; Dan Raiborn, A. E. Archer, R. A. Burdette, Ira Waterman, H. D. Leach, C. L. McNeal, W. R. Woods,
C. W. Grimes, and Dr. H. B. Depue, the medical examiner for the benefit association of the emi)loyes for the Parkers¬ burg district. D. T. Casley, one of the experts for the com¬ pany, is still in St. Joseph's hos¬ pital as the result of a recent accident, and could not attend.
George S. Ritter, of the De¬ troit general agency, took ad¬ vantage of the automobile show held at Detroit during the week of January 24th by issuing about four hundred invitations to friends and dealers to attend an informal opening, January 25th and 26th, at the new warehouse and office building, 97 Vermont street. The sales¬ room was tastily decorated, and auto buggies, delivery wagons, the new roadster, engines, cream separators and tillage implements were displayed and demonstrated by an efficient corps of blockmen and sales¬ men, after which the time was spent in social intercourse and a trip of inspection throughout the new building.  Visitors were
D. E. Blake, Chicago; F. T Fallon and Edgar Gossett, Grand Rapids, Mich.; R. V Board and F. E. Palmer, Jack' son, Mich. Practically all pres ent expressed a desire that this be made an annual affair.