. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 'H;^fa!'^i^i,im\%p AVQvar 17, 1922 The Florists^ Review 45 STAGING THE BIG SHOW SsZS2S25HSa52252SES2S2S2S A YEAR ago I submitted my report to you at the Washington conven- tion, and told you a number of things that were expected to happen that did not. I told you of the possi- bilities of a dream being realized, a dream that the leading men in the trade at Cleveland had so impressed upon their minds that it seemed almost a re- ality to them. And so that dream became almost a fixture in the minds of the members of the national flower show
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 'H;^fa!'^i^i,im\%p AVQvar 17, 1922 The Florists^ Review 45 STAGING THE BIG SHOW SsZS2S25HSa52252SES2S2S2S A YEAR ago I submitted my report to you at the Washington conven- tion, and told you a number of things that were expected to happen that did not. I told you of the possi- bilities of a dream being realized, a dream that the leading men in the trade at Cleveland had so impressed upon their minds that it seemed almost a re- ality to them. And so that dream became almost a fixture in the minds of the members of the national flower show committee. Aye, this same dream spread until the 1 entire horticultural world had begun 'it to look upon that dream as something 'l real. And that was the opening of ''' Cleveland's wonderful public audito- rium, which cost about $7,500,000 to erect, with the fifth national flower show. And I know how bitter, indeed, ; was the disappointment to all, and par- >^ ticularly to the well organized and hard- working people of our craft in Cleveland and nearby. They had done the pre- liminary work well. All was in readi- ness, when almost at the last hour, you 'i might say, for the date was Friday, \ January 6, we were in- f'l; formed that the newly elected mayor, who took oflBce January 1, 'V would under no circum- stances allow the build- to be used until every detail was finished and finances raised to prop- erly maintain same, al- though we had in our possession a lease prop- erly and legally exe- cuted. Eosy Day. I well remember the day our committee, with the chairman of local committees and also President Roland and President - Elect Pennock, were in the office of t h e commis- sioner of public build- ings and, after a long conference, were in- formed that we could positively have the building for the dates of our show, also that we would, on account of the educational char- acter of our exhibition, be put on the minimum rental basis, which meant a saving of many thousand d
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