NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Travelers Assn. Officers, 1926, Henderson County

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Date: Fri, 24 Sept 1999 
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Abstracted from the Henderson Evening Journal- April 7, 1926

The members of the Travelers’ Protective Association, elected officers, directors, 
committees and delegates, last night (April 6 1926) at the Soaper Hotel in Henderson KY 
(Henderson County) for the National Convention. Many members of this division, Post C were 
present for the vote. 

Elected officials were:
H. H. Farmer- president
Rev. Logan B. English- chaplain
Chas. R. Murray- secretary/treasurer 
Gordon Bacon- first vice president
P.H. Lockett- second vice-president
James F. Fleming- third vice-president
W.C. Cooper-fourth vice-president
L.L. Hurley- fifth vice-president

The directors were
John T. Elam, S.A. Banks, Arthur Petty, E.N. Williams, S.W. Jennings, Miles H. Baskett

The committees formed were:
Railroad- S.S. Stitt
Publicity- W.W. Smith
Hotel-Jacob Zimbro
Legislative- Leo Ling
Employment- T.B.  Stevenson, Jr 
Good Roads- C.F. Dickerson
Membership- E.L. Kleiderer
Waterways- Ben C. Rash

National Convention Delegates to be held in Philadelphia PA are:
H.H. Farmer and John T. Elam
Alternates: Charles Murrary and S.S. Stitt

A large membership drive will be held on April 8 1926, assisted by Claud Clark of 
Hopkinsville( State President), Nicholas Bosler of Louisville ( Chairman of Membership) and 
C. Rufer Finck ( Secretary/ Treasurer)