The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-14

co. HOLD FIRST
ANNUAL BANQUET
Heads of Big Hardware
Concern Tell Success
of Past Years

which is quite likely to be the fore
runner of other occasions of sim
liar nature among the various mer
camille establishments in Newport
was complete success.
A very elaborate menu was pre-
pared and served by Earle W. Davis
and a staff of aids.
The table was attractievly decor
ated with flowers. Congratulations
to Mr.. Davis for the fine service ane
his aids give in serving the food.
Following the meal which was
heartily enjoyed by everyone a plea
SAINT half hour was spent in story
telling. 1t is fact that many of the
bows were backward and that the lot
of telling the stories fell on few
but they were all thoroughly enjoy
ed.
Several very interesting speeches
were listened to from the heads of
the company and some of the en-
ployes.
Mr.. True described the continuous
growth of the True and Blanchard
company and presented some inter-
esting facts and figures
"The business of True and Blanc
hard has developed to such an extent
that we now do more business in one
dav than we did in a whole month
when we first started in business,
Mr.. True declared. "There never has
been a year ended when the balance
wasn't on the right side. Our bust
ness has been a continuous growth.
Mr.. True made plea for co-opera-
ton among the employees to help
make True e. Blanchard Company a
bigger and better hardware store.
personal attention, organization
and team work are very necessary to
make any establishment successful
and this should be kept in mind by
our employees. ,.m
"Our work must be on a different
basis. You should be producers ana
build up the spirit of cooperation:
Mr.. Akin and myself are well agreed
upon the purposes and plans OF our
business. 1t is to serve the pubic
And this can only be done by team
work, cooperation of all the en-
Moves having the same purpose IN
mind. e-:..
we must of course have fair
nroft. That is essential. We must
have capital with which to work with
BUSINESS can not increase without
capital. There are some men tooay
irving to destroy capital, but by do
ing so they aredestroying the tools
thev work with. Every business must
have capital to increase their busi-
ness.
The purpose in meeting here to-
NIGHT is to bring US all together and
see if we can't get broader point
of view and based upon facts. Our
plan is to bring the facts before so
That YOU will understand things more
clearly.
"Our policy from the beginning has
been to always look for the best
class of labor to be found. The best
is the cheapest in the long run.
"Twenty-fve years ago MI, AKIN
came into our establishment. He was
a promising young clerk in one OF
the stores on the street and started
him him at the magnificent salary OF
81 600 per wear. The other mer-
chants said the salary was unreasoh-
able and that we were crazy. How
ever. time has proved that we were
not so crazy-headed as they were.
Mr.. Akin followed Mr.. True and
told the story of how he happened
to come into the True d Blanchard
store.
Mr. Akin said he was very glad TO
see that every employee of True q
Blanchard Company were present
at is rather an inspiration that gives
us new view of life" he said.
at has been interesting to watcn
the growth of Newport in the past 20
or 70 wears and if we continue TO
grow it will not be surprising to see
the city double it's population IN the
next few years.
But we won plOSi SeS e'ii" ~" |
plsh things unless we set our minus
and hearts upon it. You must nave
tho confidence of one another ana
Won must trust each other. Ninety
nine out of every one hundred are on
the square if given chance.
This has been very SUCCESSFUL
banouet and / am we'll pleased with
the result of it.
If we have our minds on our
work and we tackle it with zeal, zest
and enthusiasm, we will accomplish
things. You must have a mind to
work. There is a whole lot in this.
"True and Blanchard Company dld ,,
more business per capita per popula-
lion than any other business in this ;
section or even New England, we
believe, last year. {
If we take hold and work with en- :
thusiasm we are sure to see things {
buzz around the store as they never
lave buzzed before.
~ would like to see the capital of ,
True and Blanchard Company in
creased so that we might make the |
store the greatest hardware store of t