Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-21
STATE CHAMBER ACCEPTS
 EASTERN CONN. INVITATION
Will Hold Annual Summer Outing at
 Webster in July.

President Charles A. Pease of Hart l ford, president of the Connecticut l State Chamber of Commerce, appoint ! ed last week the following committee l Charles M. Walker of New Haven, chairman, Charles A. Co1ley of Water bury, J. c. Broatch of Middletown, R. l LaMottee Russell of South Manches- ter and Herbert R. Branche of this city.
 At an invitation of the chairman of the committee a meeting was held in New Haven tuesday noon, preceded by 3, luncheon. MT. Branche and Joseph T. Cruttenden, president of the East ern Conn. Development committee and vice president of the State Chamber of Commerce, attended and extended an invitation to the state chamber of commerce to join with the Eastern Connecticut Development committee for their annual outing in Webster. The following invitation was extend ed: To the Summer Outing Committee of the State Chamber of Commerce, June IT, 1916; Gentlemen: The Web ster-Dudley Chamber of Commerce and the Putnam Chamber Of Com merce unite to entertain the Eastern Connecticut Development Committee and the Southbridge Board of Trade at an outing, Thursday, July I3, at Lake Chargoggagoggm manchaugagowg- chargunagumgamaug. We cordially 4AlNGIC IIlS OHGu1D6I Ol
 Commerce to combine with us and
 hold their annual summer outing at
 the same time and place. The lake,
 which lies partly in Massachusetts
 and partly in Connecticut, is a rare beauty and of unusual historical in- 1 terest and furnishes all the requisites for a. successful outing. Our joint committee will be glad to handle all details and we assure you that we
 should be honored if this invitation be
 accepted. Respectfully yours, c. J. Hartman. secretary for the joint com 1 mittee.
 1 At the committee meeting in New l Haven it was the consensus of opin- | ion that the outing would be held at 1 Cozy beach, New Haven, but owing to 1 the tact and oratorical powers of the i representatives from this section it was voted to unite with the Eastern | Connecticut Development Committee
 and hold one of the greatest outings 1 ever pulled off in this state and it is | expected that from 600 to 1,000 will be l in attendance. The event will un- 1 doubtedly be one of the greatest in l eastern Connecticut and already spe- l ciaI train service has been engaged The special train will leave New
 London, taking in the New London ] Chamber, the Norwich Chamber. Dan ielson, Willimantic, Putnam and then | to the lake and will convey the mem | bers back after the outing. It has l been arranged with the OpG1ca1 Com pany in Southbridge, one of the larg-
 est factories in the country to allow
 any one who may so desire to inspect l their big plant and so with the Gros- | yenordale company. Automobiles will 1 be at the disposal of the picknicers to l take rides through the beautiful sec | ton of Eastern Connecticut, including l Wolf Den, Thompson and Brooklyn I all noted as residential summer plac- es. The committee in charge has al-
 so arranged to have in service a boat cn the lake which will convey about 50
 passengers and as the lake is 10 miles
 long a delightful ride on the lake may
 be anticipated
 Tn the line of anusements one of the
 chief attractions vii be a real base ball game this year between two pro-
 fessional teams.
 A Rocky Point caterer has been en- gagged to serve and they promise tc
 put up one ofthe finest bakes ever
 Already phamplets containing histori- cal sketches of the early settlers and
 early settlement of Eastern Connecti. cut are being prepared. Three bands the Putnam band, Southbridge >ant Webster, besides Tubbs band whicf
 the local chamber intend taking, have been arranged for and will be an.
 nounced later.
 On next Tuesday in Danielson, tn,
 Eastern Connecticut Development , Committee will hold is usual June { meeting, preceded by a dinner and ar,
 engagements will be made for the grea, event that will put Eastern Connecti cut on the map.