New Britain herald., 1919-01-08

Kces of welfare
 LII factory is the
 <e Universal club
 Ahnders, F'rary and
 Esor the past year
 Has been at the Lan-
 3Eiety known as the
 It was formed as a
 lind it's purpose was to
 HIS and sailors who left
 # employ provided with
 a, few luxurios. AS it's
 NA club chose H. A.
 @ the second floor is 8
 lMtive office and a retiring
 iAdies when they are guests
 kSelub. The rooms adjoining
 Been made into one large assem-
 hall. Here all the regular meet K gs Of the club will be held. The re- 1napinintg two rooms are sleeping cham bers, and these are one of the features of the entire club. Here any member may remain over night for the small sum of 50 cents. The company enl- plOys many people from out of town and the rooms were designed to be for their comfort. From now on these rooms will be open at any time to tho members of the club.
 In the near future the club will be equipped with a pool table, and as the club grows more will be installed. Tho club is to have an orchestra of it's own to play at all of it's social events It will also have a banjo and mandolin club. At the present time there are = members of the club, comprising 12 teams which are having bowling tournament. Another group of mem- bers is having a card tournament at the present time. The first meeting of the club in it's new quarters was held last night. The meeting was largely , attended and a good time was en- joyed. Howard Stearns, an employe of the company, who was in Italy With tho American Red Cross, gave an in teresting account of his work there. The talk was illustrated by about 70 lantern slides of pictures taken by MT. , Stearne and the slides were made at the local factory.
 The opening n ight for ladies will be next Tuesday, when they will be the guests of the club. An appropriate program has been arranged for that night. On January 24 the club will 1 give dance in the bungalow on Arch 1 street which will be for the members and invited guests only. They will give a vaudeville show in the Y. W. l C. A. on the night of February IA. All 1 of the talent will be L.. r. and C. peo- 1 pie The dues Of the club are 50 cents ] per month. At the present time there 1 are 230 members.
 i During the war the club kept 1 steadily at it's duty and sent candy, 1 cigarcttes etc. to it's men in the ser vice. < Ianders, Frary X Clark ma 2azine, known as the Mirror" 1 was also started by tho company for 1 the express purpose of keeping the fellows in the service acquainted With 1 conditions at home. With the end of the war, the part of keeping the sol | diers and sailors supplied became a second interest Naturally, the 1 thoughts of the club was turned to 1 social times. Up to this time the | Universal club had been meeting in a small room in the factory and the first postwar thought was suitable quarters for the club. The old Lan- i ders homestead on East Main street has been given to the club to be used as a club house. The entire house has been furnished by the company and will be maintained by the com pany. There is a large kitchen and pantry, both connected, and equipped 1 with everything electrical The dining room is large enough to ac- commodate a goodly sized crowd. The card room is well fitted out for social enjoyment. On the lower floor there is also one room especially provided for rest and comfort. The front room of the lower floor is a guest room as well as a room for en- tertainment and has new piano in it. One of the facts which the presi- dent made very clear is there will be no intoxicants of any kind allowed in