Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-08

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 since the. founding of, the chamber. He told of thee increased membership as the resul. of 8 campaign for mem bers al.d of the estabifshment- of nu- merouc Flieaus. Of the assistance that the chamber had rendered the nation atsvarfous times. He told of the Home Garden movement which the chamber had taken an active interest in dur ing. the past summer. MT. James re- ferfed to- the secretary, saying that too much praise could not. be given him for his work He thanked the members of the chamber for their interest in it's welfare. He also thank ed the press for numerous courtesies which it tehad.eextended. At the close of this. review, Mr.-Janes introduced | Mir. Foss of Springfield as the speak CT of the evening. MT. F'oss spoke on the Relation of the Chamber of Com merce to the Community and the part | the Community should play in the Chamber Of Connfnerces MT. F'oss spoke as fellows: i.s *nnes | The first Chamber of Commerce was founded in New York state back in the year. of 1s9S and since then the cham l bers throughout the ,. country have l progressed at various rates. Isl 1850, | there were less than 25 in the coun- try. and, now there are over 5000. A national federation of chambers was formed in 1906. '. ..t--.'
 | Why has this increase been made? It dnn to the fact that s taS ths df m l problems of interest 70 communities. These problems fnust be solved in some n1an:1er. In snSall town it
 CT. but in the big, places it was diff | ferent. Therefore in order to get the opirion ,4 of sthe community it was | thought. best; to have one body which problems. Go operation of members
 is the thing needed i1 successful | chamber.
 The idea of these civic chambers is l an old oPe and many European coun- l tries have adopted them and they are supported by taxation. Now this tax afion does not tend to create interest l in the body itself. If a man pays dues
 to the. organization he naturally takes
 more interest in the body and that is what is needed in 8 chamber. With
 aut interest 'an organization will de. l The, Chamber of Commerce takes n1unity q, l on the other hand the com l munity must surely take an interest l in its chamber of commerce. When we have this co-operation between I the chamber can dofss an" immense | amount of good. The spirit of a
 chamber tof 4con1merce- should be to , give and rot to think mainly of what, isa the one word, which fits a success | full chamber of commerce.
 1 MT. F'oss outlined briefly the work ing of the Chamber of Commerce of body is doing for it's city, Many relp- full suggestions. were gathered from
 Mir: F'oss's address. 'f-. .i
 ttsafTollowing Mir. B,oss'ss@ address the members of the: chamber gave MT Toss a rising vote of thanks. X l R..W. Perkins of the associate mem l Dership committee gave a brief report
 in which he stated that a meeting held fFarr ftav-c bod l discussed relative to reorsanizing the manufacturers bureau and that ten l manufacturers ' had been pledged as members with dues which amounted to
 $100 each and this wassto provide an emergency fund A part of this mon'<
 would go to the chamber for expenses Frederic W. Cary also spoke on the
 needs of the Chamber of Commerce Tn regarding ways and means. .. i w Judge Nelson J. Aylins also spoke on. the matter, saying that more in ! terest should be shown among the members and, that they should get to- gether and put their shoulder to the
 wheel and push for prosperity. Following Judge A3@ting' s talk: Post : master ;J.'AP:r Murphy explained the
 war ssaNings plan of the government, II He toldg<ef the thrift stamp plan. He spoke as follows: - t.
 With the first thrift stamp the pur
 chaser is given a thrift card with
 spaces for 16 stamps. When IS thrift :, stamps have been purchased and af- ! fixed :tfe thrift card can be exchanged for war@ savings stamp by paying
 the difference between the s4 the thrift
 stamps represent and the current
 value of: a war savings stamp. which
 in December, 1917.- and January, 1918,
 will be s4-1e. and thereaf fter ,. cent for
 each succeeding month during the
 wear 194Sss 1e.r.-~ sf:3 -r~ 1rsry r.. After one certificate is placed on
 the cord it can be registered at the
 postof1ce and according as other l stamps are attached have them also l stamps attached it should be regis
 tered and insure it's not being scashed
 only to its~rigirtfui owner. There is
 no charge for registration.
 Cashine Certificates. Under ordinary conditions the ten day, notice would not be, taken advan-
 tage of by Q postmaster. d s quite d
 large number could be paid for from
 the posta T. funds on hand. @:ftfE F
 1 The meeting adjourned and refresh
 mehtsawerei served: f-'sf's 'A.'
 Now in Federal Service l The following members are. now in
 the federal service 3Dr. John: $. Black l mar James C. 1sbister, Walter Moran,
 M. J.. Ziegler:.S During the year eleven
 members have been removed by death: Charles W. Conlsteeks @JosephsT. Gun ningham, ~N-4-T---Lane, John A. Mac
 nougald.7 INilliagle N. MeC.ord. Michael I B.. Ring Frank Fl. Smith,, Henry w. Tibbits, Arthur B. Webb. During the ,i year s nenters have resigned, Is
 members have been dropped from the
 membership roll. for non ayment of dues; If irifen1pefS f4faNe nlo4ed ito other l cities. sThere are at present 561 mem berS in good standing and 55 members