Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — WM. B. AUSTIN BEADS HAMILTON CLUB TICKET. [ARTICLE]

WM. B. AUSTIN BEADS HAMILTON CLUB TICKET.

Pledged to Platform Embracing Business Administration; Popular Chicago Clubman. Pledged to a platform embracing a business administration, William B. Austin, managing director of the Knox Hat Manufacturing Company, and treasurer and manager of John T. Shayne & Co., candidate for president of the Hamilton Club, heads the ticket selected by the nominating committee of the club for the annual elec tion of May 20th. Mr. Austin, a native of Indiana, and fifty-two years old, has been a member of the Hamilton Club for eight years. He has served two years on the board of directors and otto**year as rice-president. During the past year he has been chairman of she clubhouse committee, which was charged with planning and directing the construction of the new quarters of the club recently erected in Dearborn street, as well as the handling of the money involved. , •".rrrray Mr. Austin is also an active member of the bouse furnishing committee and of the political action committee of the club. In addition to his activity in the Hamilton Club, be has served as president of the Marquette Club, and is a member of the University, Union League and 'South Shore Country Clubs, and the Chicago Association of Commerce. 1-.'. V / •