The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-11
THIRTY PLATES SERVED
New Offices Have Been Built and
Many improvements Made About
the Plant On Jefferson
Street.

A visit to the plant of the Edger-
ton Manufacturing Company on
Jefferson street, between the Van
dalia and the Lake Erie & Western
Railroads, shows a busy hive Of in
dustry. Men and girls by the hum
dreds are employed in the making
of baskets of all sorts, and the
number and variety is legion. Sew
eral of the buildings have been re-
built and improved the past year,
and all has been treated to a cover
ing of paint that brightens up the
entire surroundings.
In the Office there has been big
change made. The President, c. 5.
Cleveland, has a private Office.
Similar quarters have been parti-
toned off for A. NJ. Cleveland, who
is the Secretary, and separate
room is added for A. C. Mortland,
the Vice President. These private
rooms open out into the general
Office, where the Misses Dora and
LAURA Capron hold sway. Typewrit-
ers, adding machines, and all the
furniture that goes with a fully
equipped and up-to-date Office. The
growing business of this firm de-
mands this added Office room, AMI
they have now a most commodious
and well appointed suite OF Office
rooms, that will compare favorably
with anything in the larger cities.
A fire proof vault room has been add
ed for the safety of the books and
valuable papers, and every convent
enee that can be thought Of is to be
found here. 4 visit to this Office
will well repay for the time spent,
and we congratulate the Edgerton
company on this much needed I'M
provement to their establishment.
IL las become the custom of this
Company to each year give to their
saleslpen and heads of departments,
a banquet, and the day set for this
was WEDNESDAY, january 3, and the
place was Hills Cafe. The statesmen
for this section were all called In,
and the superintendent Of the sew
eral departments of the works, with
the officers, went to the banquet hall
at II 80, remaining till 4:30 partak-
ing IF the delicacies and substan-
tials that were served them by that
chief of caterers Fred w. Hill
The aim of these annual meetings
is to get the men together, and dis
cuss the situation of business
throughout the country, especially in
their lines, and suggest ways and
means for handling the large volume
of business that comes to them
Speeches were made by the officers
and guests, and a thorough discus
sion of the basket manufacturing
and marketing business was INDUCED
in. Following is the menu of the
banque:
Oyster Cocktail Wafer Crackers
Celery
French Buttered Rolls
Dreamed Tomato Soup Cream Slav
Pearl Crackers
Steamed Fried Chicken
Fried Oysters Mashed Potatoe!
Hot Biscuit
Sweet Potatoes Creamed Onions
Salad
Olives Pickles
Apple Pie ala mode
Coffee
Some thirty were in attendance
at this banquet, and it was the mos
elaborate affair that has ever beel
given by this firm. All will nov
start out on the new years worl
with renewed energy, and feelinl
of nearness to each other that thi
meeting is sure to promote. EN-
ployers and employees feel mutua
interest in the success of the bust
ness, and will work the better 70
having had session of social in
tercourse. In the absence of d. Z
Snyder, Treasurer of the Company
Oliver G.. Soiee was an invited guest
Among those who were at tn
banquet were John s. Bryant, Sprin
field, Ohio, General Sales Agent, "
A. Pyle and b. A. Ireland Of Chics
90, ". j. Spruce, G. E. Meek, ]. 3
O'Reair, and e. E. Tyner Of Kokom
e. w. Sehrock and Ed Tanner o
Plymouth, I'll Of whom are salesme