New Britain herald., 1921-08-23
MANUFACTURERS BACK
 UP JR. ACHIEVEMENT
(Continued from First Page).

Samuel N. Stone, president of Colts L. Taylor, secretary-treasurer af Tay- Tor and Fenn, Hartford; Alexander Hopper, treasurer of the American Silver Company, at Bristol, and AbrG.m Buol. vice president of the New Brit a1n Machine Go.
 Tentative Plans.
 The tentative plans are said to be in case of the committees anticipated favorable report, of which there does not appear to be any doubt, to oper- ate through local businessmen's or ganizations. In New Britain the nec- essary steps to iterest taxpayers and roters as we'll as businessmen would be taken by the Chamber of Com 1nerce.
 Maxim Investigates. Secretary Ray L. Maxim, of the To. 2 Il chamber of commerce, has inves- tiga ted this work on his own accord and is siastically in favor of it. He thinks it would be a wonderful thing for the community, if all achievement clubs in this city could hc concentrated under one head, and operated with the approval and as- slstance of the municipal government. At present there are various achievement clubs which have no di- rect connection with each other Miss Miller has charge of the achievement clubs on the city playgrounds. Rev. Frederick H. Wilkins is managing several clubs at the Childrens Home and has just closed his most success full season at the dailyy vaca tion bible full season at the daily vacation Bible mad their birth.
 Frederick l.. Fay, director of re- | ligious education at the South church. and w. L. Williams, the latter who with his wife, were among the most | active workers of MT. Wilkins school, which just graduated about 2O5 pupils. have organized club | among the boys of Troop ?, Boy Scouts and are planning to start another one for outside boys.
 Mrs. Hewitt and Mrs. G. A. Porter, who also were among the daily va Ication Bible school teachers, have Icontinued their interest by planning Episcopal church.
 A history of this movement on file at the Chamber of Commerce | rooms, is as follows:
 History of Movement.
 The Achievement club work had it's beginning in New Britain when Super intendent Stanley Holmes. of the pub lie school system, after seeing the demonstrations at the manufacturers exposition, at Hartford. in January, invited the Junior Achievement bu
 reau to explain the work to a com- | {o<J ;,, x.,o1
 fare work in New Britain. Leon A ISprag que, president of the Rotary
 club, who was present at the meet
 ing called by MT. Holmes, extended
 an invitation to have the work eA-
 plained at a meeting of the Rotary
 club at the Shuttle Meadow. club house This was done. Delegation;
 from a number of Connecticut Rotary
 clubs were present at this meeting.
 Miss Esther Miller of 2S Trinity
 street has the honor of organizing anC
 leading the first Achievement club 1T New Britain. This was a club of girl! lin sewing which Miss Miller has nov Turned over to another leader. Mis-
 Miller also organized a club of boy to take up the rubber project.
 The next clubs were organized abou
 June 20 by Miss Gertrude Jahn ant
 Miss Mabel Wallen, teachers in tn lStanley school. The organization o lthe clubs by Miss Jahn and Mis- tWallen were the direct result of lparent- teacher meeing at which tn Reinforcement club work was explained
 Arrangements for this meeting Wa
 made by Louis P. Slade, the Higl 2 lschool principal, who was very deep IIy interested in this work
 | TOW3
 nington. Vermont, an organizer ant
 promoter of the daily vacation Bibl