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San Francisco Convention DevelopmentsSource: Sewage Works Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May, 1947), pp. 529-531Published by: Water Environment FederationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25030493 .
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Another important objective in the pro gram of the Federation was achieved on
March 4, 1947, when the Virginia Indus trial Wastes and Sewage Works Associa
tion was created in a one-day organization
meeting at the Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Va. The new association will take its place
officially as the thirtieth Member Associa tion of the Federation as soon as routine
action can be taken by #the Organization Committee and the Board of Control.
Preliminary organizational activity, car
ried on under the energetic leadership of D. R. Taylor, Assistant City Manager of
Roanoke, resulted in the registration of 58
industrial, municipal and state officials for the charter meeting. Actively collaborat
ing with Mr. Taylor were Richard Messer, Director of the Sanitary Engineering Di
vision, State Department of Health and L. L. Hedgepeth, Technical Secretary of the State Water Control Commission.
Following the adoption of the constitu tion and by-laws, charter officers to serve
for the year 1947-48 were elected as fol lows : President?R. W. Digges, Manager of
the Hampton Roads Sanitary District Com
mission; Vice-President?B. L. Strother, DuPont Rayon Co., Richmond; Secretary Treasurer?A. H. Paessler, Sanitary Engi
neer, Virginia State Water Control Com mission. Mr. Hedgepeth was elected as
FSWA director, to serve for a 3-year term.
Francis S. Friel, FSWA President, opened the scheduled program with an ad
dress on "Recent Progress of the Federa
tion," in which he described some of the
current activities and accomplishments of
the international organization. He was followed by W. H. Wisely, Executive Sec
retary-Editor of the Federation, whose
topic was "An Activity Program for a Re
gional Sewage Works Association." State
Sanitary Engineer Richard Messer, report
ing on the present status and recent ac
tivity in sewage works construction in Vir
ginia, and L. H. Enslow, Editor of Water
and Sewage Works, completed the morning
program.
The afternoon program opened with a
paper by President-elect R. W. Digges, on the subject "Effects of Sewage Pollution on Fresh Water." Mr. Digges approached his topic from the standpoint of the prob lem confronting the Hampton Roads Sani
tary District. The final program contri bution was an informative discussion on
"The Cooperative Health and Sanitation
Program of the Institute of Inter-Ameri
can Affairs in Mexico," illustrated by a series of excellent color slides, and pre sented by Martin W. Johnson of the con
sulting engineering firm of Wiley and Wil son, Lynchburg, Va.
The enthusiasm prevailing at the charter
meeting presages a vigorous and productive existence for this fledgling unit of the
Federation. The people of Virginia are
greatly indebted to Messrs. Taylor, Messer
and Hedgepeth and to the others who
brought about the creation of the new as
sociation, an agency which is certain to take
a leading place in the cleansing and con
servation of the waterways of the state.
SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION DEVELOPMENTS
Preparations for the Twentieth Annual
Meeting of the Federation, being staged in
conjunction with the Nineteenth Annual
Meeting of the California Sewage Works Association and concurrently with the 1947 Conference of the American Water Works
Association, are now going forward in fine
fashion. Although accurate data are not
yet available, there is every indication that
the total registration for the meetings will exceed 2,000.
Local Committees
Local arrangements at San Francisco are
proceeding under the leadership of a joint committee headed by R. C. Kennedy and
Blair I. Burnson as co-chairmen. Other
joint subcommittees on arrangements are:
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J. H. Kimball. Special FSWA subcom mittees on registration and finance are now
being set up, with Harold L. May as chairman of the former and George White as chairman of the latter.
Time-Table of Events
The tentative time-table includes the fol
lowing events and sessions:
Monday, July 21
10:00 a.m.?Registration and inspection of
exhibits.
Board of Control business session.
Noon?Business Luncheon, California Sew
age Works Association.
2:00 p.m.?Board of Control business ses
sion.
9:00 p.m.?Joint President's Reception and
Dance.
Tuesday, July 22
9 :30 a.m.?Convene Twentieth Annual
Meeting. Technical session.
2:00 p.m.?Joint technical session with
AWWA. 8:30 p.m.?Joint Gala Entertainment.
Wednesday, July 23
9:30 a.m.?Technical session.
2:00 p.m.?Joint technical session with
AWWA. 6:30 p.m.?Annual Federation Dinner.
9:00 p.m.?Joint FSWA and AWWA Dance.
Thursday, July 24
9:00 a.m.?Technical session.
1:30 p.m.?Technical session.
3:30 p.m.?Adjourn Twentieth, Annual
Meeting. 3 :30 p.m.?Board of Control business ses
sion.
Technical Program Nears
Completion
Program Chairman Gilcreas and his committee are in process of clearing final
details on the technical program and, as
usual, they are doing an outstanding job. Particularly significant sessions are those
to be held jointly with AWWA on Tues
day and Wednesday afternoon. AWWA
will be host at the Tuesday joint program, which will pertain to the general topic of "Ground Water Pollution." The Wednes
day afternoon session, with the Federation
as host, will follow the theme "Reclama
tion of Sewage Effluents." Speakers who
have accepted assignments in this sym
posium include N. T. Veatch, Earnest
Boyce, Abel Wolman, L. V. Wilcox and Dario Travaini; other contributors are yet to be selected.
The Tuesday morning session will open with a short general business meeting, fol
lowed by papers describing the sewage works improvements in development at
San Francisco and Portland. The San
Francisco project will be reported on by Clyde C. Kennedy; J. E. Stevens and H. L. Thompson will deliver a joint paper on the Portland project, which will be dis cussed by A. M. Rawn.
Stream pollution and industrial wastes
papers will feature the Wednesday morn
ing program. F. W. Kittrell, G. E. Sy mons, W. J. O'Connell, Jr., and W. T.
Knowlton have accepted assignments here
and at least one more paper is to be ar
ranged. The Thursday morning session will be
devoted to the Annual Operators' Forum, this time arranged and presented by the
California Sewage Works Association.
Industrial waste problems, plant mainte
nance and operation kinks will be stressed.
An abbreviated but important symposium on the B.O.D. determination will close the
technical program on Thursday afternoon.
Various studies and developments on this
basic analytical tool will be reported by Harold B. Gotaas, W. F. Langelier, David
H. Caldwell and R. G. Tyler.
Exhibits
The most comprehensive and elaborate
manuf acturers' exhibit ever to be staged is
already assured by the unprecedented de
mand for display space. By early April, 95 companies had reserved 152 booths, re
quiring th*t some of the exhibits be set up outside of the huge Arena in the Civic Auditorium.
The Water and Sewage Works Manu
facturers Association is bending every
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effort toward the presentation of an exhibit that will be an outstanding feature of the concurrent meetings.
Entertainment
The social events are being planned to
afford a variety of high quality entertain ment. The President's Reception and
Dance on Monday evening, which will be the opening general event of the AWWA and FSWA meetings, will serve admirably as a "Get together and get acquainted" function. Some form of home talent en
tertainment is tentatively planned. The "Gala Entertainment" on Tuesday
evening will be presented from the Arena
stage. This program is being assembled
under the personal supervision of W. J.
Orchard?who has directed many of the most memorable entertainment events of
AWWA and FSWA meetings in the past. This show is expected to climax all others.
On Wednesday evening, the Annual Fed
eration Dinner will be followed by a dance which is to be opened jointly to Federa tion and AWWA registrants. It is prob able that some entertainment will be offered at the dinner.
The general social program will be con
cluded on Thursday evening, when the An
nual AWWA Dinner will be held.
Ladies' Entertainment
Arrangements are as yet in an early
stage, but special ladies' entertainment
events are tentatively scheduled for Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday. One or
more teas, a luncheon and bridge party, and special tours are being considered.
The final program will allow plenty of time for shopping and for sight-seeing.
Hotel and Transportation Reservations
All FSWA and AWWA members have been furnished with complete information and reservation forms for their use in
making hotel and transportation reserva
tions. Additional forms are available
upon request to Federation headquarters. All those planning to attend the concur
rent meetings at San Francisco are urged to forward applications for reservations
without delay.
F.S.W.A. 1947 CONFERENCE San Francisco?July 21-24
SPECIAL TOURS NEW YORK SPECIAL
En Route
Leave: New York, 1:25 P.M., Monday, July 14
Arrive: San Francisco, Sunday Morning, July 20
Stop-Overs : Rocky Mt. National Park, Salt Lake City, Boulder Dam, Las Vegas and Los Angeles
Return
Leave: San Francisco, 6:00 P.M., Friday,
July 25 Arrive: New York, 8:30 A.M., Sunday, Au
gust 3
Stop-Overs: Portland, Victoria (Canada), Glacier National Park
Round trip from New York approximately $450 on all-expense tour basis. (Does not include expenses in San Francisco.)
For Information
E. A. Sigworth, Suite 1333, 230 Park
Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
DIXIE SPECIAL
En Boute
Leave: New Orleans, 11:30 P.M., July 14
Arrive: San Francisco, 7:30 A.M., July 20
Stop-Overs: El Paso and Grand Canyon
Return
Leave: San Francisco, 9:00 P.M., July 25
Arrive: Kansas City, 8:10 A.M., July 30
Stop-Overs: Los Angeles, Boulder Dam, Salt Lake City, Denver (short time)
Round trip from New Orleans approxi
mately $175 for rail and pullman. Cost of meals and sightseeing tours will be extra.
For Information
W. H. Weir, Atlanta, Ga.
Egmont S. Smith, Dallas, Tex.
A. P. Black, Gainesville, Fla.
Thomas L. Amiss, Shreveport, La.
Make Reservations Promptly
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