Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-18
OBSERVED TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Norwich Stationary Engineers Had Banquet With National and State Officers Guests-Past National President Reynolds of Hoboken the Principal Speaker-Local Wants Next State Convention Here.

ident Reynolds of Hoboken, N. J., was introduced. This association, said he, is free and open organization for the man who thinks and who wants to improve his condition, and for such a man there is no better fitted associa- ton in the world than this. This as- sociation has no place for the man who things he has nothing to learn. A great many of the best engineers of the world today are members of this association, attend meetings reg ularly and admit that they are all the time learning something new through the association. The interchange Of ideas, the combating of new mechan- ical problems within the meeting room have furnished to many of these men the impetus to study which has placed them in their present high positions. Personally I have never yet attended a meeting of the association without carrying away. some ne widea which has been of value to me.
 Employer and EmpIsye.
 Engineer and employer too often fail to come close enough together, the latter often regarding the former as a necessary evil, considering that this engineer is there because someone must be there. Too often the em- ployer fails to realize the real sig nificance of the engineer. The more an engineer becomes interested in the work of the association the more val | uable he becomes to his employer, the more efficient and more able to handle his job. Lost energy is where the l money Is lost to the manufacturer and 1t Is here that the real engineer proves his worth.
 MT. Reynolds spoke at some length l on the value of the paper issued by the association, The aNtional Engineer | which last year brought them $S2,000 | gross earnings. If you do not sup 1 port this paper, he said, our earnings
 will be reduced. but with your contin- | ued and increased cooperation the l earnings will increase; we will have more money to spend on our funda- ' mental purposes, aducation and the | enactment of license laws. The li- censing of the engineer is just as es- ] sential to the safety of the public as
 the hcensinf of the physician.
 Enjoyed New England Supper. 1 On the close of MT. Reynolds talk bountiful New England supper was served in the dining room by the mem-
 bers of the committee in charge of the | affair. The menu included escallope6 | Oy5IcrS, SdIa5, OdheU DeaHS, COvu
 meats rolls, pickles. brown bread, cof- l fee, fruit, cake and ice cream. IT 1 the center of the table was a huge
 birthday cake presented the associa- | ton by Mir. and Mrs. Samuel Austin
 and bearing the figures 1902-1912. Can dies embordering the cake were light
 ed when the company sat down to sup | per. Cigars followed the banquet an(
 a general social time was enjoyed.
 By invitation several local manufac- turers attended the meeting and among l the guests were Dpeuty Hastings ol | Meriden and H. H. Howe of Boston.
 The local association has grown iron
 a membership of F on its organization
 in 1902 to membership of A. anC | all it's affairs are in a most prosper.
 ous condition. The committee il
 charge of the celebration was com posed of George Thomas, Fitch A. Dol
 beare, John D. Carpenter, Howell Bai
 ley and Harry Leonard.