New Britain herald., 1916-04-18
PlainVille News CHANDLER ID SPEAK
 AT ANNUAL BANQUET
Compensation Commissioner AC- CeptS Business Mems Invitation
DATE TO MAY 10

President of State Chamber of Com-
 merce Also Agrees to Take Part in Post Prandial Program-Orders Enough to Keep Busy all Summer.
 George B. Chandler of Rocky Hill, compensation commissioner for this district, has accepted an invitation to be one of the speakers at the annual banquet of the Business and Improve- ment association. to be held in the Town hall on Wednesday,, May 10. The committee of arrangements has been angling for MT. Chandler for several weeks and the members are highly gratitied over his decision to attend. MT. Chandler is rated as one of Connecticut's after dinner speak, CTS and he is in great demand throughout the state. He. spoke before the local business men a few years ago and made such a favorable inn pression that associations banquet committees have been urged to get him for a return visit.
 The committee also announces that Charles A. Pease of Hartford, presi- dent of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, has agreed to deliver an address at the banquet. The local association is affiliated with the state chamber and in accepting the invita- ton MT. Pease expressed himself as being pleased to visit Plainville.
 While they are not prepared to make known, the other speakers, the banquet managers declare they will have set of orators that will make the post prandial exercises very inter- esting and they expect that this fea- ture of the affair will be entirely sat isfactory to those who attend.
 Arrangements for the banquet are progressing satisfactorily. It was orig inally planned to have the spread on May 3. but the date was advanced a week to meet the convenience of some of the speakers.
 Fox's orchestra has been engaged to furnish the music and the musi- clans are now rehearsing with the as- sociations singing contingent for the popular songs to be sung during he courses.
 Interest in the plans of the com- mittee indicates that the demand for tickets will be heavy again this year and it is probable that the capacity of the hall will be taxed to it's utmost Loaded With Orders. Local manufacturing concerns are enjoying their share of the prosperity distributed in New England and were it not for the shortage of labor and the difficulty in getting materials the owners of the shops admit that they would soon be able to live comfort ably without exerting themselves ex- cep to clip coupons
 All the mills have more orders that they can handle and in all de- partmentS are operating on full time and are unable to keep up with the rush of business.
 The freight embargo has bothered the various concerns a great deal. Since 1t was lifted a few days ago conditions have improved to some ex- tent, although it is still impossible to get shipments through in a reasonable time.
 The Trumbull Electric company's plant is probably the busiest in the town. This concern can't get enough help to satisfy it's needs and, like other hnanufa curing establishments is handicapped by it's inability to get raw material in satisfactory quanti- ties.
 According to President J. H. Trum" bull the company has enough orders on it's books at the present time to keep the factory running all summer without getting any additional bust ness.
 Doubts Success of Plan.
 While with other citizens he is will ing to give the plan a tryout, First Selectman W. J. Johnson expresses himself as being doubtful of the sue cess of the scheme of turning over the Town hall to the boys and young men