Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-16
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OPEN REcREAr1oN RooM

| The new lunch and recreation room provided by the Huber Co. for it's more than 100 employees ait ] the silk mill on Mechanic street, was auspiciously opened wednesday after l noon at 5.15 with 9 short formal pro- | grafnnle with an attendance of about 75. It is a large well T,%ted snd attractive 1y arranged and furnished room on the
 second floor of the power plant building. 1 Superintendent NJ. L. Bergstresser. 1 who is to have charge of the welfaref l work, opened the programme and spoke | a brief welcoming word to the employees and the invited guests saying that the time had finally come for which many had been waiting in the opening of this new lunch and recreation room. The
 room with it's furnishings. said Mir.
 Bergstresser, was promised at the din I ner last February. l leave it to your
 judgment whether We have made good.
 When we started out to get the place in proper condition I expected to have it ready for opening by spring. but We met
 with various delays in getting the equip
 ment. Some we had to build ourselves |
 want to take this opportunity to ex-
 press my appreciation to all who had | i a hand for their good work in getting | ; the place in shape and in building such 1
 equipment as the kitchenette, cutting
 board magazine rack and our beauti- 7 full library table which was designed  . ic, James Moore. Our carpenter. Charles i F Brown. set to work to build it, but . lsorry to say, he met with an accident Ibefore he had it completed. Now. l am : not going to make a speech l only want ! to say. Let us forget work for the after = noon and have happy time and think of the pleasant. and l hope, profitable hours you and l may spend in this room ' in the days to come.
 Supt BerEstresser turned the rest Of i. the programme over to W. H. Schmitt. H who is the company's supervisor of the !. bureau of human relations, having T charge of this work in all of the com . panys seventeen silk mills. with head II oua7.ers = the West Hoboken mill ~ where there are HOO employees.
 ,,s M- schritt spoke interestingly along ! tho of welfare work and introduced s Generai Secretary Edwin Hin of the e Young Mems Christian Association sf- , ter the audience had united in singing r Brighten the Corner.
 is Americanism was the topic of Mir. 'c Hurs short but earnest talk in which ie he drew lessons from the lives of Wash ie ington. Lincoln and Roosevelt whose ;r pictures hang on the wall of the recrea- ,s tion room.
 s' The new electric player piano with of which the roc z is furnished, played its r- part in the programme by rendering e Some Tune From Some Time, which wa
 followed by remarks by Secretary Louii - NJ. Crandall Of the chamber of com ,s merce. who spoke as follows: As gen @ eral mill worker and later as weaver ' I never realized until after getting ava! . from this kind of work how discourag ss ing it must he to the boss sometimes t % accept the blame for every mistake tha st everybody in the plant makes. l di cu not in those days realize that the bos pla es means of keeping me in my job and O Te helping me to get the things I desire ise most. ise After many years experience in meet IA. ing bosses 1 have come to the conclu ,ts sion that most of them are pretty fin iSn fellows if given chance and, l hay ne found in most cases that they also like Du give square deal to those with whor ar thev work I know this afternoon you ar ch- proud of vour boss and that you thin eis he is a pretty fine sort of a fellow an ug hope that you are trying. oh so hard the will be carried on and on Thursday an
 of production that will make the peopl
 at the home office think so well of you
 boss that they will give him for you any cs thing that he may ask.
 us q feel sure that you have been tr! so- ing hard and that, after this little rt 1ed ception tonight. you surely will try harc ing er than ever to give your boss a squaI oll deal, he would do TOT you IOEdl C'
 operation of this sort will bring cred 'op, to YOU and vour mill and will give you ad- boss encouragement and also a standin far at the home office that will make 1t poss lh5 ble for him to do much for you. l COT to slider it great pleasure and honor be have this oportunity and to enjoy wit m you the opening of this department and
 know I voice your sentiments when E T say to your boss, "We thank you mo cad | heartily for this treat"
 frs. Then the victro1a which is part of Il frs. furnishings of the room was called O frs. responding with solo. Carry Me Bat inst to Old Virginia, after which MT. Schmi on made the announcerent of the plans f Tn. the use of the recreation room. He cal Cu cd attention to the pool table, the electr
 cooker. the sewing machine and oth tha furnishings, saving that the compai tbe wanted all the esfployes to make tn grS their place of recreation at the not
 lunch hour. Coffee will be provided at ,,,- nominal cost On Tuesday and Thursdi ,s nights from to 9 dressmaking class
 Sourbier and Miss Miriam BergstressI
 Friday nights there will be a mig
 school Wednesday night is 10 the mig
 each week for a social programme. bas Henry Ruegg. Jr, who is one of the 6 To rectors of the company and assistant ,oto the general manager at the home oi1 ahIo at West Hoboken. was present and W r+io called on for few remarks. He T ord. sponded prltH!' eApi ps,.s essi-s tLIs ,s -. ,,+ good use of the room.
 sH, With Miss Miriam Bergstreeesr at [
 piano the programme closed with '. singing of America. led by Mir. Hill, V sne got a vociferous response from the au ioon ence with Hes all right" when he as
 ed whats the matter with Mir. Bel . stresserT'
 Ice cream and deEcious home ma zy. cake and lemonade were served und
 direction of Mrs. Bergstresser, assist
 hv Miss Jennie Miller. Miss Winifr
 Keating, Miss Helen ,fisneske. Miss Fl
 Soubier and Miss Miriam Bergstress
 A Gobiel and A. Ravenell assist