Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-15
MAKING RESERVATIONS FOE .
 COMMERCE CHAMBER BANQUET

Reservations are being rapidly made for the chamber of commerce banquet on Thursday. Feb. 24. at the wauregan ho- tel. A local orchestra has been engaged, menu selected, and the, chamber Is for tunate in having as the speakers Hon.
 D. J. Lake. governor of Connecticut who will speak on matters pertinent to the af- fairs of the state of Connecticut and Hon. Guy A. Ham of Boston, Massachu- setts, whose subject will be The Busi- ness Outlook. Due to the fact that the governor will be present, and as Thurs- day, February 17th. at S ?. n., has been the date set for reservations to be made in the order of application, and further more as the capacity of the banquet hall is limited and reservations are pouring l! into the. chamber of commerce office daily
 it can Dc readily seen that it is ncces- sary for those intending Co be present to
 make reservations immediately. The price of the tickets just clears the actual cost of the banquet. Every ticket Is numbered and 2 corresponding number will be placed at the reservation made at the banquet table. The dinner will com mence promptly at p. m., so that an
 opportunity will be afforded for those at- | tending to arrive home in due season.
 Hon. Guy A. Ham is president of the
 Citizens National Bank of Boston, was
 formerly assistant atterney-generai of the state of Massachusetts, and has talk
 en an active participation in all public
 affairs: He is ..at present actively en-
 gagged in devoting his time and talents | toward the relief of the starving chil- dren of Central Europe. He is regarded as one of the foremost orators in New
 England, and Is credited with more en- listments during the recent war than any
 other single agency in New England.
 Those who will be present at this ban quet will enjoy a treat, and 1t Is the in- tention , of the committee in charge te
 make this one of the most enjoyable ban quets ever held by the&Norwech Chamber
 of Commerce. The committee Is desirous of calling the attention of those who in- tend to make reservations for the banquet
 to do so at once, because of the limited
 Members of the chamber of commerce in
 good financial. standing will have the first choice of reservations. -N-N ". H. Cat of The Bulletin Company
 and a number of local merchants met in the chamber of commerce office Monday
 morning to discuss advertising rates. and .he matter was discussed very fairly and quite fully. Those present were of the opinion that The Bulletin Company were , not unfair In advertising rates.
 |. Through the. courtesy of the manager
 of the local office Of the Southern New England Telephone Company, J. ". Wey' mouth, the chamber. has on file the fol lowing telephone directories:s New Yori city telephone directory, Hartford dis trict, New Haven district, Waterbury dis Itrict, Bridgeport district and New London ; district These directories are on file al
 the office of the chamber on Shetuckei } street, and may be consulted at an. itime. '.
 [ Preparations are under way for a fo . rum meeting of the chamber of commerc'
 which will be held on the, first Monday
 of March. in all probability at the town
 hall. This < forum meeting will discuss
 the necessity of securing two parcels O land; upon one of which t Is proposed tc erect new s!xteen-roon school in thu ] Thamesville district E z. ~ir