Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-08

special interest engaged the attention or the. May meeting of the chamber of commerce, which. was held Wednesday evening in the hall at Elks' home with an attendance of close to 100, and fur ther action in regard to the need of houses in Norwich and possible ways of meeting this. A committee of three was appointed to take the matter into Consideration after a report had been presented. of plan MiddletoWn is fol- lowing. a
 President Frank J. King opened the meeting; and introduced as the first speaker, N. NJ. Hoopingarner of the federal board for vocational training to speak upon tke subject of what we are, doing for returned soldiers and sailors.
 What the United States government is doing for returned soldiers and sail ors, who may be partially disabled. The training is to give these men 100 per cent. efficiency enabling them to work alongside normal employees. It is important that the employer shall not look upon what the man has lost, but consider what he has left and what he can do. One type of men to be trained will be those who will be trained on the job, through apprentice work. In this line, however, it is not the inten- tion to furnish employers with cheap labor, for the man must be paid a liv, ing wage. The government will sup plement the wages in some instances. The slogan is the proper job for every man.. That is the whole aim of this federal government aid for partially disabled soldiers. and sailors. The gov ernment wants employers to look over their plants and see where men with certain disabilities will fit in. Many large plants have already been making surveys to determine this.
 Mir. Hoopingarner said it was the first desire of the federal government to see that every Norwich returning soldier and sailor be placed in a Nor wich job, and he asked the Chamber of Commerce to cooperate towards this end and give every man an opportuni- ty to carry on' in civil life as he has been doing in military life.
 A. J. Haas. representing the federal board for vocational education in this state, spoke briefly and asked that men needing vocational training be referred to Secretary l.. M. Crandall of the Chamber of Commerce.
 H. E. Stannard, who is general man. ager of the H. B. Cummings corpora tion, which does work under the U. S. Housing corporation, spoke of types of houses which this corporation erects. President King spoke of the admirable plans and the fine approaches and gen. eral outside appearance of 116 houses built in New London by this corpora tion. The houses have slate roofs and granolithic walks. 2 | In answer to qqueStion from Pres , ident King. MT. Stannard said he con- 1, sidered prices for building were as low now as they would be for the next ] five years. 1 Secretary Craudall stated that man. { ufacturers here have told him they frequently cannot keep their help who i come from out of town because new 1 families cannot find satisfactory places to live in.
 /; President E. o. Rodier of the Nor rwieh Building and Loan Association which has been in business for three years, spoke of the good business ex- i perience which the association has ! had, and called attention to the plar
 of the association from a pamphlet which was distributed in the meeting He invited the citizens of Norwich tc become more generally members of ths building and loan association, which could be of so much more help 1T
 building of home in comparison witt
 
 E. A. Guthrie of New London, di vision superintendent of the Centra Vermont railroad spoke informally and President King expressed the ap preciation of Norwich for the tWs new, trains on the Central Vernon road. Mr Guthrie said he had beer glad to do what he could to get thes'
 trains placed because the Chamber
 of Commerce and the citizens of Nor
 wich hadb cen very patient with in
 sufficient railway service.
 Nelson Parker inquired of MI
 Guthrie how much longer the ever.
 other day freight service and the tW'
 o'clock closing hour for the reception of freight on the railroads here wer 1 to continue. Mr Guthrie answered
 that freight now could be sent alon;
 oftener than every other day if d re
 spectable carload could be made up. |, MT. Parker also stated that Worces
 ter dealers said "Bosh" when gettini goods from Norwich was spoken 0 ; for it takes three or four days to ge freight from here to Worcester. c. J. Isbister, local freight agent fo . the New Haven road said there seem ed little change for any change iron the ? o'clock closing time on freight a | lOllS Ilc Ody "dS Il force. After much discussion with tn men they had chosen to work iron l7:30 to 4:30, which made an eight hou
 day, and that meant the ? o'clocl
 freight limit. If the men worked long
 CT they would have to be paid over
 time and that meant raising freigh rates. Two violin solos were very accepta
 bly, rendered by MT. McNeely, accomp
 anied by Joseph $. Adams, and Henr,
 Fontaine, two selections in fine voice
 both artists being loudly applauded. | William A. Norton, secretary of tn , park commissioners, gave an interest : ing sketch of the development of Mo began park which he called one of tn t big assets of the city. About 5 mile
 of roads and miles of paths hay been built in the park and a New Hay en park authority has recently stated 5 after seeing the park, that if tn 5 ideas now planned are carried out. n : finer park would be found in New Eng land.
 MT. Norton spoke of the cutting 0 the chestnut trees because of tn
 blight and the reforestation on accoun
 of that In this 23,6SS trees have bee
 set out and also 300 shrubs. Seve
 hundred cords of wood, 5000 ties an , 500 poles have, been secured from tn v park.
 Q Roy E. Kellar, who is the Y. c. c. . county secretary gave a description c : this work which has been in pro ] gress in this county for. the pas e month. It is business endeavo
 along good citizenship lines with tn
 youth of the country towns throug
 giving them right leadership to mol
 their future manhood.
 A. L. Pea1e of the city developmer
 committee invited the members of tn
 1 iChamher of Commerce to sunnort th