New Britain herald., 1918-12-04
TAFT AS GUEST OF
 COMMERCE CHAMBER
EX-PreSident Will Be Royalty Entertained on December l6

The chamber of commerce will en- certain Ex-President William Howard Taft upon his visit to this city Mon day, December 18th. The ex-presi- dent is coming to speak on the great war, under the auspices of the New Britain Teachers club. Tn order that the business men of the city could have an opportunity of meeting MT. Taft, the chamber is completing plans for a reception at the ElIls club from 6 D. m. to 6:30 of that evening, fol- lowed by an honorary dinner in the banquet hall of the club. President Pelton will announce the reception committee within q few days. One hundred and fifty tickets will be is sued for the banquet and those de- string to attend must mako sure of their tickets at the earliest possible date. il. F. Erwin and Secretary l.. A. Sprague will have charge of the tickets. Places of sale will be an nOunced in 0 day or so. FIX-President Taft comes to New Britain for the first time, and on this occasion brings d message to the business men of the city which should insure one of the largest audiences. The tickets for the lecture are already being taken up rapidly It is not often that New Britain has the honor of welcoming nn ex~president and the occasion should bring the response of every loyal citizen.
 GrOccrS Meet TomOrroNy.
 The grocers of New Britain will meet a& tho chamber of commerce tomorrow evening at o'clock. Pres ident William CoWlisha.W has a good program of work laid out for the year, together with a splendid pro gram of entertainment for the associ- ation, which he will discuss at the meeting. A full attendance is de- sired in order that the support of ev- cry grocer can be counted upon.
 Social at Y. M. C. X.
 The chamber of commerce is to try a new kind of social evening for the members next Wednesday night at o'clock, at the Y. M. c. A. banquet hall The principal speaker will be President Alton T. Miner of New Lon don, the new state chamber of com merce head. His active program for an enlarged state chamber and the part that each local chamber must play in the foundation of the body will interest every live business man m NSW bTlCa1n. OIneH large clues in Connecticut have signified their desire to back MT. Min nor in his plans and there is no question but what New Britain will do the same. There will be no tickets issued, as the social evening is open to all memb bers. A buffet lunch will be cerved by the chamber, good music and singing provided and an oppor- tunity of the mem bers to become bet ter acquainted. The social evening planned for by the merchants at their last general meeting will be merged in this gathering.
 For Uniform Closing.
 A special meeting of the mercan- tile directors has been called by Chairman w. A. House at 7:30 on this same night at the Y. M. C. A. The matter of changing the hoNrs of open ing stores on the evenings of the week before Christmas will be voted upon. Now that the restriction on Christmas buying has been lifted by the federal government, the merchants feel that some change in the hours than those agreed upon last summer is necessary. This meeting will not affect the uniform hours in general X committee has been appointed to take up this matter and report at the regular December meeting.