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Alfred C. Eynon Elected President of National Association. BRINGS OFFICE HERE His Untiring Efforts Win for Him Highest Position. President A. C. Eynon of the Can ton Businessmen's Association Was unanimously elected president of the National Association of Master Plumb ers of the United States at their con vention in Galveston, Texas, late Thursday afternoon. This association is the largest organization of its kind in the world and has about 10,000 members. Beside the honor which his election will bring to Canton, the city will profit in a business way as the na tional offices, employing quite a force of clerks and stenographers will be brought to this city in the near fu ture. His election was unanimous. After the vote was announced Mr. Eynon made a short address in which he said in part: “As you have deemed it wise to extend to me this high office, it is with pleasure that I accept. As pres ident of this great organization it places me at the head of an insti tution composed of fearless self-made and intelligent men who have built up this association on the foundation of sound training and thorough or ganization. “It may appear to you, during this hour of anticipating the goal of my ambition, that I forget the great fu ture, the magnitude and scope as well as the influence wielded by our won derful organization, and the part it is playing in the theatre of public af fairs. I hope not—I believe T have part knowledge and part realization of what it is, and it is the knowl edge I possess that causes anxiety and the hope that my administration may by strict adherence to duty main tain the same high standard of ef ferency as that of my brilliant pre decessor, the Hon. A. Seldon Walker, and that other splendid gentleman, Hon. Walter TD. Nolan, and many are bright minds ahead of them Why have graced the presidential bair, ‘I shall always aim to be loyal , the tenents of our constitution and the instructions laid down by this coll eotion. I will be subservient to the ‘ayys of our country and respect them; as you and I are law-abiding citizens to chall this organization be under my aiministration. An earnest purpose will be to progress, not impulsively or in haste, for history records that the world's advancement in great movements must, of necessity, be slow so as to be enduring. “In these few matters I shall give you my promises of unceasing efforts so as to retain your confidence as well and to avoid the dangers and pit falls leading to the abuse of author ity with which the high office of pres ident of this association is invested.” To Take Ocean Voyage, Mr. Eynon succeeds Selden Walker of East Orange, N. J., who served one year, whose fame as an organizer and presiding officer is known by every master plumber throughout this coun try. The convention adjourned Thursday after selecting the next meeting place. Messrs. Eynon and Double leave Galveston Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock for a steamer cruise on the Gulf of Mexico visiting several gulf cities and probably proceeding to Cuba, and thence home by steamer to New York. Mr. Eynon will announce his cabi net on returning home. They will consist of men highly honored from coast to coast in matters of organiza tion and prominent in the eye of the public. Mr. Eynon was born in the beauti ful little city of St. Catherines, Ontar io, Canada. In his native town, he served as an apprentice to the plumb ing trade in the shop of Gurney Brothers. Completing his appren ticeship, he was justly promoted to the degree of “journeyman.” It was then that he turned his thoughts to ward the United States—as many Canadian boys had done before and since, believing that quicker reward would come to those of ambition minds and actions in the dominion of “Uncle Sam,” than in the home land. It was then just a step across the border and these ambitions were real ized. A position was tendered Mr. Eynon, by the firm of Oby and Love, Alliance, Ohio, who decided to embark in the plumbing business along with their general business, as Alliance was then intalling its city water system. Mr. Eynon had charge of this de partment for five years and with creditable success, so much, that the senior member of the firm, Geo. W. Oby, decided to seek a new and larg er city to engage exclusively in plumbling and steam work. A new concern was opened in Can ton with Mr. Kynon chief of the work shop, who later became junior part ner, and in 1898 became the sole own er, Mr. Oby retiring. When proprietorship was obtain ed, the pet plan of a co-operative shop was made possible, and Mr. Eynon quickly put this plan into active op eration by taking several of the old and faithful employees into the con cern and so the organization remains today. A Loyal Booster. Mr. Eynon's citizenship in Canton has not been apathetic, fo he has identified himself with eivic advance ment, and on many occasions, has been honored in public affairs, and in a fraternal way, and is looked upon as progressive. During the candidacy and election of Wm. McKinley , for governor of Ohio, Mr. Eynon was chairman of the Republican county committee, and chairman of the county executive committee during the memorial 1906 campaign when McKinley was elect ed president of the United States. At the present time Mr. Kynon is director of several public institutions, an active member of the Board of Trade, and this year, re-elected presi dent, by acclamation of the Business Men's association. Mr. Eynon was elected, by accla mation, one year ago, as chairman of the joint committee of the Board of Trade and Business Men's associa tion to formulae a plan of campaign for a Greater Canton by raising a fund to place at the disposal of the Board of Trade in securing new in dustries. This campaign was successful and brought credit to Canton as a pro gressive city “where they do things right’ and to Eynon’s demonstration of executive ability. Prominent in Organization. No member in the Ohio State Asso ciation of Master Plumbers can claim a better record for faithfulness to duty or royalty to the tenets of State and National Association than Mr. Eynon. A continuous member laboring at all times to assist in building up the business of plumbling and to place it at par with the best in commercial lines. He organized the Canton lo cal about 13 years ago, Was a member of the State Association five years in advance of that time, and it may well be said to his credit that Canton local has never depleted in membership nor missed in regular meetings during those years. After six consecutive years as pres ident of his home local, the state as sociation made demands upon him and elected him to office from vice presi dent to president and to national state vice president, as well as a delegate to several national conventions. He was a member and held all offices in the Northwestern Association of Mas ter Plumbers and is now known and recorded as “Honorary” vice presi dent of this noted association. The invitation from President Wal ter A. Nolan, to serve as a member of the national executive board of di rectors, came to him unannounced and unsought, thus bringing with the compliment from President Nolan, the realization of worthy merit. One year on the national board of direc tors formed friendships among the leading craftsmen so that at Chicago, last June, Mr. Eynon was nominated and elected vice president of the na tional association by a handsome ma jority over other candidates for the same office Mr. Eynon is an unassuming gen tleman, believing that office of any kind means only the conserving of duty, as the responsibility of office may require. Honor of election, is not the consideration alone, but activity of purpose is ever his earnest desire. Set upright in concrete bases, old steel rails are used for telephone poles in Panama, where tropical in sects soon destroy timber. Alfred C. Eynon
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Canton News Democrat
Canton, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 16, 1911
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