The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-11
COMMERCIAL CLUB
BANQUET TO
MIR. P. C. BROOKS
The New Manager of the
Scale Company Tells
of the Growth Of the
Business at Other
Plants
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
BY JUDGE STAFFORD
One Hundred Business and
Professional Men of st.
Johnsbury Cheer
the Speakers

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the top Thursday night at compli-
mentary banquet rendered P. c.
Brooks, the new manager of E. & T.
Fairbanks & Co., and had the pleas
ure not only of hearing him but Of
listening with the greatest interest
to a patriotic address by Judge Wen
dell P Stafford and of hearing the
voice of a former resident, t. N.
Shufelt of Boston.
The banquet was well served by
Landlord Palmer at the Avenue
Hotel where 100 covers were laid.
President Cosgrove presided, and in
opening the postprandial exercises
said that the Commercial Club was
still in existence, though hampered
by war conditions, and that it could
point with just pride to many actlv-
tiles in the war. He then presented
to the audience the new manager of
the scale works, Mr.. Brooks.
Mr. Brooks at the outset said it
was a great pleasure to have this OPP
portunity to meet his new associates
in St. Johnsbury. He said that the
corporation he was now connected
with had reputation that was an
inspiration to greater achievements
and their name had become intelna-
Itional. He had heard since coming
here that rumors were in. circulation
that the factory might be moved
elsewhere. He said that while not
located geographically to the best
advantage if some of the heavy work
left the St. Johnsbury factory 1t
would be replaced by other work.
"Fairbanks, Morse & Co. have come
here to stay" he said, an announce
ment which elected hearty applause.
The chairman of the board of direct
ors is native of this community and
there is a great deal of sentiment for
St. Johnsbury in the mind of Chas. II.
Morse. The president of our cor
poration, Mr.. Fuller, is native of
St. Johnsbury and one of the most
energetic and far-visioned young
men in this country.
Mr.. Brooks then briefly referred to
the other factories owned by Fair
blanks, Morse & Co. at Beloit, Three
Rivers, aBltimore and Indianapolis,
saving that the factories owned by
the Chicago corporation made more
scales of their kind than all the pro-
duct of their competitors put togeth-
| er.
Touching upon munition work he
said that the Canadian factories were
now producing weekly 240,000 IS mil
llimeter shells which was more than
the total production Of these shells
in the United States today. OF this
splendid total one-fourth was pro-
duced at the Toronto plant of Fair
banks, Morse & Company. He made
the gratifying announcement that
the directors of the st. JOhnsbury
plant were seriously considering the
manufacture of munitions to help
America in her production to win
| the war.
in closing he said that the st.
Johnsbury corporation had an annual
payroll Of approximately $1,250,000,
and the new management expected
to develop the plant as they had all
others they had secured, and that he
wanted the cooperation and goodwill
OF everyone in town to accomplish
this.
President Cosgrove took occasion
! to remind those present that now
was an excellent time to join the
Commercial Club and appointed c.
E. Peck, J. Clark Amey, J. I'll. Brooks,
Harry w. Writer'S, A. E. Ashcraft,
G. E. Woods and A. B. Noyes a
committee to serve with the secretary
and treasurer in a special member
ship committee.
T. N. Shufelt, of Boston,a former
St. Johnsbury boy, then favored the
audience with two solos which were
enthusiastically received, A. Z. Drou-
in presiding at the piano.
The last speaker of the evening
was Judge Wendell P. Stafford who
repeated his address given at the
Woman's Club Monday afternoon en-
titled "a Look Ahead" This IS far
and away the most eloquent and
convincing patriotic address that has
yet been given in st. Johnsbury and
! +bo 11nix,e,ra1 verdict was that thouS-