Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-14
BOSTON VISITORS
DINED AND SPOKE
Cordial Welcome for Chamber of
Commerce Men
Trade Extension Committee Urged Co.
operation Among Business Men-Fine
Supper Served by Eastern Star.

Supper Served by Eastern Star.
With the establishment of closer
bonds OF cooperation among the BUSH
ness men OF New England as a definite
object, the trade extension commit 90
OF the Boston chamber of commerce left
Boston in is automobiles Monday morning
on six-days' trip through Massa-
chusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire
and were entertained in Brattleboro
Tuesday night by the board of trade
the feature of the entertainment be-
ing a chicken-pie supper served in the
Masonic temple dining-room. About so
men made up the Boston party and
about twice that number of Brattleboro
men helped entertain them during their
stay. The visitors were a jolly lot and
made a decidedly favorable impression.
Many new acquaintances were formed
and when the evening was over all felt
deepened interest in the business re-
latons between Boston and Brattleboro
The chamber of commerce party WIS.,
tied Worcester and Springfield Monday.
Holyoke, Northampton, Greenfield and
keene Tuesday, coming here from
keene by way of Spofford lake. So
much was provided to engage their at
tentlon that they. were two hours late
In arriving here, and 1t was necessary
to give up the proposed trip to the Con-
hectlcut river dam at Vernon and the
ride about town. Several automobiles
containing Brattleboro men started from
the Brooks House late in the afternoon
to meet the guests and escort them to
town. Each Boston car took a local
man aboard and some of the machines
We're driven past the Memorial hospital
and the Estey organ plant, but there
was not time for visiting many places
OF interest Each man wore a badge
giving his name and occupation, and
when the visitors were ready the party
left the hotel, each guest being accom-
panied by two Brattleboro men. They
went directly to the Masonic temple
and sat down to supper about 7.3O
o'clock.
Walter M. Lowney, of the Lowney
chocolate company, was chairman of the
boston party; F. d. Stidman, manager
OF the eastern department of the Auto
mobile club of America, was pilot, and
Herman l.. Dillingham; of the chamber
of commerce was secretary of the trip.
Secretary j. A. McKibben of the chamber
OF commerce was a member of the party.
and -FOUR Boston newspaper men were pres
ent, Charles N. Morgan of the Herald.
Warren Dyar of the Globe, d. p. Shea
OF the Post and ]. p Whitman of the
American. The other guests included
Claude A. Palmer, Harry r. Wellman.
Oliver M. Fisher, ]. H. Hustis 70. Elmer
Foye, c. w. ROBBIE, G.. G. McCausland.
James II. Lake, Nathan Warren, j. S.
Hathaway, c. A. Gilmore, E. C. John
son, Stanley King, A. c. Farley, T. NJ.
FITZPATRICK, F. E. Mann, c. D. Lyons,
j. A. Voodry, George B. Gallup, E. D.
Dodge, II. F. Luetge. w. c. Atwood, G.
II. Carter, W. S. Railway, L. j. Kelley,
william III. Balm. A. Morris Greenblatt,
W. II. Seeley, George H. Lowe, F. l.
Brown. John d. Peck, Walter Smith.
William Hardy. John Capron, ]. r.
Poole, j. S. Fraser, A. N. Bell, William
=. Litchfield, H. A. johnson, E. c.
Campbell.
Full justice was done to the excellent
supper served by the women of Bing-
nam chapter, Order Of the Eastern Star
and all commented upon 1t. The menu
was as follow5: Tomato cream SCUM.
saltines, potato chips, chicken pie, beef
boar, cold tongue, mashed potato, rolls,
olives, cabbage salad, custard pie, lemon
ple' strawberries and cream assorted
cake, roquefort cheese, American cheese.
crackers, coffee. The printed menu
cards each had fresh pansy tied with
ribbon In the upper left hand corner.
cigars also We're furnished. Leitsing-
ers orchestra played during the sumner
and the chamber Of commerce glee club
led In singing various popular songs
under the direction of Edwin C. John
son, OF the firm of II. A. johnson e.
Co., bakers and confectioners' supplies.
At intervals throughout the post
DIAL exercises the glee club sang and at
the close they gathered around the piano
Tor half hour of song. Then some of
the chairs and tables were cleared away
and two or three old-fashioned dances
TOOK place, members of the Eastern Star
joining.
when supper was over Clarke c.. Fits
opened the speaking first announcing
that he had been selected to act as
toa stmaster in the absence of President
Major c. Houghton of the board of
trade. He said that while Boston might
be the hub Of the universe he wanted II
understood that Brattleboro was several
spokes and large part of the rim.
Mr.. Fits limited the local speakers to
TWO minutes each, but said that the
Boston men could take all the time thew
wished. He urged the chamber of COM
merce to do all it could toward secur-
ing better train service between this
town and Boston and said that II was
harder to get to Boston than 1t was to
new YORK. We want a train to leave
brattleooro at a. M, he said, and ar
rive In Boston at 11.30, or a through car
on the Central Vermont at $50 to reach
Boston at o'clock by way of Palmer
Walter Nj. Lowney spoke briefly Of
some OF the accomplishments of the
chamber of commerce, stating that
through its efforts together with the
chicago board Of trade a national board
OF trade recently was organized. He
said that two years ago the chamber of
commerce conducted its first trade ex-
tension trip through the eastern and
northeastern sections of New England
for the purpose of enabling it's members
to meet other business men of New Eng
land and cement a casual business ac-
quaintanceship in the stronger mould of
personal friendship. Believing that bust
ness prosperity in general depends
largely upon the good will and conf
dence which can be established ONLY
through the medium of personal ac-
quaintanceship and realizing the mutual
of Boston and New
England in business affairs, this delega-
ton of Boston business men is Journey