Robert E. Zinn, oldest member,

Chicago Section Chairman, assists the Section's Three of the oldest members of the Section are: Henry G . Albert L. Smith, in cutting the birthday cake Martin (1897 ) , George M . Davidson (1895) , Walter B. Brown ( 1 9 0 0 )

Chicago Section of A C S Celebrates 50th Anniversary

SIOLDI N G a regular meeting on March 15, ' the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of its charter in 1895, the Chicago Sec­tion celebrated the occasion with a birth­day cake. Several of the Section's oldest members were present, Albert L. Smith, member of the SOCIETY of longest standing in the Section, joining in 1891, did the honors by cutting the cake which pro­

vided refreshments for the social hour concluding the meeting. Other mem­bers entertained at dinner included Warren R. Smith (1897), Henry G. Mar­tin (1897), George M. Davidson (1895), and Walter B. Brown (1900). About 460 attended the meeting.

Robert E. Zinn, Chairman of the Sec­tion, introduced Ward V. Evans as the

chairman of the 50th Anniversary Com­memoration of the Chicago Section to be held in the Fall. Mr. Evans read letters from other old members of the Section who had been unable to attend the meet­ing. They included E. L. Dunlap, F. B . Dams, and F. E. Dodge, signer of the Sec­tion's charter and its first Secretary. Other officers of the Section at the time of organization were Frank Julian, Presi­dent, and J. H. Long, Treasurer.

Robert J. Moore, manager, Develop­ment Laboratories of the Bakelite Corp., Bloomneld, N . J., was the speaker at the general meeting following dinner. His subject was "Synthetic Resin Plastics".

Gustav Egloff and Robert J . Moore , speaker of the evening Georse M . Schmeing, Secretary of the Section, and Carl Schmltz

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Ward V . Evans, Mrs. Robert E. Zinn, and R. A . Brenneck Mrs. George M . Davidson and Fred C. Koch

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