Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-20

est manufacturing plants outside of city limits are willing and have offered to pay a sum annually to support our fire department provided it will answer their calls for assistance; that New York city corporations are now paying millions of dollars for insurance against bombing and the government is ito locate a defensive balloon station on the Thames river? If others are making provision against possible dis aster, why shouldn't we? Who will educate the public to our needs and dangers if we don't?
 One thing We have learned during the past six months is to appoint on committees men who are vitally inter ested in the problem to be attacked. A man will work for things that inter est and benefit him. Few cities will agree to remain as they are until t928.'s The population will multiply, factories will grow, schools must more nearly meet the needs of real life, the after the e-war problems must be met When citizens get together the founda. ti0n stones Of permanent progress have been laid. The chamber of com merce bears the same relation to in dividual action as the regiment of trained soldiers does to the mob. But the regiment must be supported and | the members must each do his impor- ! tant part of the work
 In closing I desire to state a creed l as it applies to the business men of Norwich and the application of which would do much to benefit the com 1 munity and all who adopt it:
 T will work unselfshly for the com
 munity welfare, believing that such work is immortal, and if I engage Tn 1 1t my thoughts and the results of my l endeavors will be budding and helping other men long after my day. It is only by, earnest endeavor that I can l transmit this city to those who follew l me better and greater and more beau- tiful than it was transmitted to me- l At the conclusion of MT. Cary's re- marks, Secretary Branche rose and paid high compliment to President Cary for the efficient work that he has done, during the past six months A l rising vote of thanks was given Mr
 Cary.
 l Rev, Joseph H. Selden, the speaker
 of the evening, was introduced by MT Cary, and in a brief talk MT. Selder
 complimented the Chamber of Com. merce on its rapid and remarkable
 growth, saying that it was notable the
 short time in which the chamber haC
 become a. power in the community NlA. koSiutn dlSO remarked on the ell
 cient way in which President Car,
 and Secretary Branche had conducted the affairs of the chamber He urged
 all members to put their shoulder t . the wheel and get out and push fo
 the Chamber of Commerce, one of tn,
 greatest benefits to a community
 Contributing Memberships,
 1 President Cary announced that ow ing to certain conditions and in viev of the fact that there were 188 delin
 quent members out of a, total member ship of 518. it had been thought neces
 sary, as the dues of the chamber ar only $6.. per year, to raise money fo current expenses by other means | : view of this fact. two committees ha
 been appointed to a contributin membership, the minimum contribu 1 ton being $25. R. W. Perkins, chair man of one committee, reported that S far he had secured $1 .625 in pledge 3 for the coming year and that ther 1 would be many more. Otto E. Wul
 who was in charge of the committe : that interviewed the retail merchant 5 in regard to this plan, stated that l