The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-11
FAVORS MAKING
WOMEN MEMBERS
Speaker Says Chamber of
Commerce Should In
clude Them
TURKEY SUPPER
AT BROOKS HOUSE
Lee III. Brow of Westfield Chamber of
Commerce Gives Principal Talk-TwO
High School Seniors Make Decidedly
Favorable Impression.

nigh SCilOOt
Favorable Impression.
An innovation in the form of a Cham
Der of Commerce banquet to which ladies
were invited met the unqualified approval
of both the men and the women present
and attracted a gathering of more than
evening. about half of whom were
women. President Carl S. Hopkins pre-
sided. and the principal speaker was Lee
H. Brow. secretary manager of the West
! field, Mass, Chamber of Commerce, whose
| theme was The Chamber of Commerce and
| the Community. Mr. Brow spoke in an
| interesting and entertaining fashion and
laid before his audience some of the funda-
mentals for a successful Chamber of
! Commerce, showing that organizations of
this kind have undergone an evolution
and that they are now working IN lnnum-
cradle ways for community upllft rather
/ than mere business development. He was
we'll received.
! \ three-piece orchestra furnished in
stFumental music and Alison J. Dugan
led vocal singing, in which all joined and
after an excellent roast turkey supper
| the passing of toy balloons through the
air made a gay scene while the windows
were opened and the people stood for a
brief time .
! President Hopkins then said he believed
| in giving recognition to the younger ele-
ment and had asked Principal ]. f. War
! rem to furnish two speakers from the
senior class of the high school. He first
presented Miss Julia SimOndS, who made
/ a plea that the Chamber of Commerce
make its particular interest the public
school. She suggested that it have as a
3 part of its organization n committee of
( az n apf n
to the teachers and to help deepen the
public interest in the schools. She empha-
/ sized the need of cooperation with the
new principal who is to come after the
| present school year and urged that atten-
| ton be directed toward the community
| house project and to the need of a gym
Inasium.
Lindley Hartwell. the other speaker
| from the high school. declared that the
| public school system was the greatest in
| tiuStry the town possessed He made a
plea for a new school building to relievt
the present congestion. which he said was
J a hindrance to efficiency. The eiimina ton
| of the use of tobacco by high school stu
dents was mentioned as one of the things
| the Chamber of Commerce could help
bring about, and the speaker invited the
members to visit the schools and see the
students at work.
Both these young speakers made a de
cidedly favorable impression, and they
We're rOundly applauded.
| Manager +. q. GustafSOn of the reor-
ganized Brattleboro Military band was
presented. He gave President Hopkins
credit for bringing about the reorganiza-
| ton and told of some of the things which
would be needed TO develop a first class
Organization of 30 local players. One of
| these is a suitable appropriation at the
annual village meeting for Il series of out
door concerts. He said also that the
bandmen needed uniforms and that the
| bandstand should be moved and enlarged
and equipped with a sounding board.
Mr.. Brow prefaced his talk with a gen
erOuS number of stories and anecdotes
which kept his audience in good humor.
Then he discussed seriously the relation
of a Chamber of Commerce to the com
Chamber of COmmerceE Is it an organ
ization in which a number of men get
together every little while for a banquet
Is its object to collect dues and SpenC
the money on foolish things? Is ii organ,
lied for the sake of getting together anC
blowing off steam. of talking lot with
out accomplishment? Is its principal ain
to grab factories, and is it of no account
unless 1T gets Il factory every few days
The modern Chamber of Commerce doe
not exist. for the sake of gathering il
!, new Industries. 1t should have q well
! organized new industries committee. bu
its main purpose should be the bettermen
4 of the whole community. 1t is not createt
4 O serve some special clique. The best def
4 milton of Chamber of Commerce whicl
I he ever heard, the speaker said, was "al
organized expression of the people in tn
interests of the whole community"
\ community is judged largely by tn
type of its Chamber of Commerce Th
4 membership should include both men an
/ women with a firm belief in their tow
II understand You contemplate enlargin
your membership" the speaker asserted
Il hope you will not fail to include tn
4 women" he declared.
Mr.. Brow referred briefly to some of til
industries which have made the city G
Westfield widely known. and he numei
ated many of the things the Westfiel
4 Chamber of Commerce has undertaken
showing it TO be live organization wit
an ambitious program. One thing whic
il has emphasized is the necessity of pro
viding good roads between the city an
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