With corporate governance for the Vegetable Growers Supply Co. tidied up just a couple weeks ago and a three-person executive committee in place (J. P. Smith, president, J. B. Molitor, secretary and Joseph Rengel, vice-president), J. P. Smith called a special meeting of the board of directors on February 5, 1919 at 8 P.M. at Arcanum Hall, 7013 Ravenswood Ave., Rogers Park, Chicago, just two weeks after the last directors meeting.

Newly elected board members for the year, J. P. Smith, J. B. Molitor, Robert F. Dilger, Michael, Leider, Anthony Kremer, Ferdinand Kutz, Nick Platz, Henry Didier, Frank Herff and Math Hoffman were present. Only Joseph Rengel was absent.

The board approved a motion to authorize the executive committee to work out the details of a contract, at the prices quoted by Mr. Hieb, the owner of one of the Wisconsin lumber mills the Vegetable Growers Supply Co., wished to use for lumber supply. The board then cancelled the upcoming regular board meeting coming up the next four days on February 9, and adjourned.

While the board meetings were carrying on the mechanics of starting up a new business in January, 1919, J. P. Smith is also working on a significant expansion of capital stock that will enable the company to raise additional money. All these legal details will be presented in just two weeks at the next board meeting and in two weeks after that at the next full shareholder meeting, March 5, 1919.

Above all else, these founders are moving quite quickly in just a couple months time to establish this company.