Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-30

What is Norwich going to do to show
her boys who have fought for democ-
racy and stood between US and the
Hun, that we appreciate what they
have done for US? This was the
question that occupied the attention
of over two hundred members of the
Norwich Chamber of Commerce on
Wednesday evening at one of the largest
meetings held in many months.
The meeting was called to order by
President Frank J. King at S o'clock
who remarked on the good showing
,, the chamber made for the first meet
ing of the year. Secretary l.. M.
Crandall read the minutes of the last
meeting which were declared APPROX
ed. The banquet committee made a
report on the arrangements for the
banquet which will be held on Feb.
! 10th
| President King then called on Alder
man NJ. C. Higgins, chairman of the
Public Works committee of the COM
mon council to state when the city
| would start work on the West Thames
street improvement. Alderman HlS-
gins stated that everything was in
| readiness to start the work in the
spring and that just as soon as the
frost was out of the ground work
would begin. He said that the crushed
| stone was now being prepared at the
crusher and that if anyone could have
foreseen the mild winter we are having
that the work would have been well
under way.
President King with a few brief
words introduced President Benjamin
T. Marshall of the Connecticut College
for Women, whose topic was practical
memorials for the returned heroes.
Your town has a wonderful history
and | know you are all proud of the
traditions of it, said President Mar
shall, but how little we would care
for these and for our town if the Ger
man had been victorious. We have a
bright future before US nof, but, il the
Hun had won we would not care what
became of US, we would have been will
ing to die. But the German was not
victorious. He was made to surrender
and our boys and those who stayed al
home made him do it, and the Victory
has given US a future. We have scor-
ed a victory, but not such a cleanup
as l should have liked to have seen
Marshal Foch the greatest man of thf
day saw that by this kind of vic
tory he could save the lives of hun
dreds of thousands of men but the vic,
J tory was not one where the army beg
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E has caused so much misery 10 thu
! world and who so ignobly SURRENDERED
there comes not one word of repent
= ance or does the one responsible hav,
? the decency to say I am ashamed.
4 And until they do, | say, do not Civ
them a piece of butter or an ounce 0
Y bread nor show them bit of sympa
e thy.
6 We can never give, do Of b
G enough to show how much we ap
preciate what these boys who hav
I fought the battle of liberty, justice an
o equality; have done for US. Within
: few months the country trained an
K put into the field-thanks to Genera
d Wood and others who haven't ha
e their due-an army of two million c
men, the cleanest that ever stood i
c shoe leather.
This army has not gained foot c
territory but they have upheld tn
principles of democracy. Fifty or S
of the boys have returned from tn
. battle and they are changed. The
It have new ambitions, new ideals an
It there is a purpose in their live
G What are we going to do to keep thes
V new ideals before them. Are we goin
k to let them slip back into the Of
k rut?
Don't forget from that these me
H. have saved our women.
: They have stood between us and IL
e most vile beast the world has ev'
# seen.
: When the soldiers returned fro
s previous wars bronze tablets and sts
le tues We're erected in their honor b
le what these boys have done meri
r something different, better memorit
,e What we~Should do is give him SOM
thing that he that he VIII have an il
terest in and will help these new idea
CT democracy.
,E My suggestion is that in Norwich
he III o ,1ir a., '5fasses 81
by Ln o-o,+2a 1fooo AZ O. q
10 men and children may so and lea