New Britain herald., 1917-02-09
C0RbIN CLUB HAS
 ITS ANNUAL DINNER
Enjoyable Gathering Held at
 Allyn House Last Night


 1 A very pleasant practice is fol- 1 lowed in the P. & F. Corbin organ
 ization of foremen and department l heads of meeting annually after the 1 close of a years business, discussing ] a good dinner, and after briefly re- l viewing the results of the year just l closed, gathering their forces for a united effort to beat the best record so far made. It is made, the occasion of a review of the situation and the gaining of a general view of the bug l mess by men who have so earnestly worked in the execution of details that the greater aspect of the whole , las fallen into secondary place. Last 1 night was the tenth annual affair of
 the kind, being the annual dinner given the Corbin club by P. & r. Cor bin, at the Allyn house in Hartford. Special cars left P. & F. Corbin's office at o'clock, reaching Hartford Just in time for the participants to check their hats and coats and file into the big banqueting hall on the second floor of the hotel. The diners were assigned to tables seating four, with a guests table extending across | the end of the room. W. l.. Shelton, president of the club, presided as toastmaster. The others at the head table were: President H. c. M. Thom- son, 9uditor George T. Kimball,' pur- chasing agent A. N. Abbe and traffic manager J. F Atwater of the Alnerl-
 can Hardware Corporation, general manager c. B. Parsons, factory man. ager J. R. Fletcher, sales manager l.. Mouat, Jr., and R. N. Hemenway-, cashier G. Ernest Root advertising manager J. B. Comstock, assistant superintendent F. G. Hausman and {Messrs. W. s. Trask, H. c. Barnes and Samuel Clark of P. & F. Corbin. Brilliantly colored hats were sup piled the diners. Special Corbin song sheets gave opportunity for vocal exercise, and tasteful menu de- printing plant set forth the items of a bountiful meal which ended with genuine Scotch churchwarden pipes and tobacco of a special blend.
 In the addresses which followed, there was reflected a sense of ap- proval of the efforts that had been put forth in the year just ended and a hearty commendatfon of the spirit of the organization. C. B.. Parsons, the first speaker, voiced his appre- citation of the support of the men in these trying times with irregularities in supplies of materials and labor, and gave them as watchwords for another year Loyalty and Cooper ation." He expressed his feeling of indebtedness to the foremen for the maintenance of the Corbin high stand ards of quality, and to the distributing force for the spread of the fame of Corbin goods into all corners of the globe. He called upon all for a still closer cooperation in the changing demands of the times which require greater efficiency in processes and methods than had ever before been known in the conduct of business.
 President H. c. M. Thomson fol- lowed with a characteristic pleasantly worded thoughtful discourse in appre-l citation of the man who got out and got under his task as contrasted with I the one who slid from under responsi- 1 bility lnd 'let George do it."
 J. R. Fletcher endorsed MT. Par | sons sentiments regarding loyalty to 1 ones employer or breaking away l when loyalty became impossible.
 A. N. Abbe spoke briefly on the l difficulties connected with deliveries of 1 material. Sales Mana gers Mouat and | Hemenway stated that the standards of quality had not only been main tained, but had been raised percep- tibly in many directions, enhancing the reputation of Corbin goods and mak- ing them increasingly easy to market. MT. Hausman called upon the fore men to set their mark still higher and exhorted them to again break records in the year before them.
 One of the most appreciated talks was that given by Samuel Clark, a re- tired foreman of the iron foundry, who had been in the company's service for over fifty years and who now, hale and hearty at the age of seventy-nine. is resting from his labors. He told of the Corbin traditions of the early days when the force was small and everyone worked shoulder to shoulder 1 He exhorted the foremen to preserve the Corbin spirit of unity and har- ] mony which made great things possible. He was enthusiastically cheered.
 Following the speechmaking, there was an extended musical pro- gram of unusual merit, the meeting ending well after midnight. It was a most enjoyable affair inspirational in it's effect upon those present, and will doubtless have a lasting effect in the spirit in which the company's affairs are conducted.