| Show penney manager attends convention to be held at ogden V A malmsten malm sten manager of the local J C penney store leaves sunday to attend the spring convention of the organization to be held at ogden headquarters of the conven tion ion w will be the bigelow hotel and the he meeting will continue for one week special interest is being paid to th the e convention meetings this year owing owing to the at attendance of george H bushnell former 1st ast vice pres i dent of the J C penney co who resigned from this position late in in february in order that he hc might be relieved of the responsibilities ht es of the office which he has occupied for the past ten years mr bushnell who continues as a director of the company first became identified with the J C penney organization in 1911 when when the general offices were located in salt I 1 lake he is generally recognized as one of the outstanding financial organizers gani of the mercantile world mr lew V day vice lent dent of the J C penney co will be chairman of the convention at ogden which will be the first in a series of 16 such meetings to cover the eastern central and western sections of the country the western division being scheduled for five meetings there will be 1396 J C penn penney ey co managers in attendance attendant atten dan ce at the sixteen meetings an increase increase of afi slightly more than over over the number who attended the spring sessions last year the first day of the sessions will be devoted to the presentation of the policies of the organization a general discussion of future plans plan and a resume of the past year the balance of the week will be devoted to bu buying ing in the various de representatives of the new york and st louis general offices being present to exhibit the various lines of merchandise which will be shown on monday the opening day there will be a banquet at the bigelow hotel at which mr bushnell will be the guest of honor |
