Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-16 | Page 14 | New Furniture Group Formed

! HEW FURNITURE I GROUP FORMED ! i Organization of a corporate as-locution as-locution of all firm connected with tho furnltura industry waa begun Monday at T p. m. at a meeting in ; tha Hotel Utah. Replacing the old Retail Furniture Dealers' Ateocia- tion of Utah, the new corporation will include all retailer, wholesalers, whole-salers, manufacturer! and manufacture' manufac-ture' re present Uvea of the itate. Approximately 00 persons of theae various branches were preaent at Monday's meeting. Tha organization la to be a nonprofit non-profit corporation for promotion of the furniture Industry In the state. New Nam Tha new name will, be the Utah Furniture Association. Inc. The following officers win elected: President, L. L. Graham, of the Christiansen Furniture company. com-pany. Salt Lake City: first vice president, Alex Eberhardt, Salt Lake Mattress Manufacturing company; second vie president, Clarence Nil-son. Nil-son. Dornbecker Furniture Manufacturing Manu-facturing company, Salt Lake City; secretary-treasurer, L. C Forsey, Standard Furniture company. Salt Lake City. Elected director wer: 8. W. Russell, Dixon, Taylor, Russell Rus-sell Furniture company, Provo; Sam Axelrad. Axelrad Furniture company. com-pany. Salt Lake City: Victor Day. Crawford, Day tt Company, Salt Lake City: Lorenso Richards. Boyle Furniture company, Ogden: Ben Manufacturing company. Salt Laks City; W. 8. Berwick. Barwick-Fer-rin company, Salt Lake City; Fred B. Eby. William Volker Company, Bait Lake City, and Irving C. Meyer-sehm, Meyer-sehm, representative. Furniture City. Executive Director Appointed executive director was George L. Nelson, attorney, who formerly represented the Retail Furniture Dealer' Association of Utah. During ths meeting the furniture mm stood on minute In silence a a tribute to their late associate, H. Harry Mad sen and Joseph Zlnkler. Article of Incorporation war to be drawn up this week.