Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22

On Wednesday at the weekday noon day luncheon of the Norwich Rotary club at the Wauregan hotel a Christmas party was held with large and beautifully decorated tree on which were gifts for for every members of the club. No one was allowed in the dining hall until -12.15 o'clock when the doors were thrown open and the members marched in and around the tree singing 'Jingle Bells"
 After the guests had been seated San ta Claus and Santa Claus. Jr., appeared and straightway wished the members the club a Merry Christmas and a Hap py New York after which they distributed the gifts, which while not costly, fur nished no little amusement. E. Howard Baker was Santa Claus and Joseph c. Worth was his offspring. After the dis trfbution of gifts there was a duet by Santa, ST. and Santa, Jr.
 At the business session President Lu- cius Briggs presided and made the an- talk last week on the needs cf the Back us hospital, $325 had been contributed toward a gas-oxygen machine for the hospital and that as about s160 more was needed Dr. Agnew would be glad to re ceive the funds. A letter of appreciation for the gift of S10 to the entertainment fund for the nurses at the hospital was read by the secretary.
 Announcement regarding the poster ad- vertising campaign to boost business was made during the meeting, This cam 1 paign is sponsored by the New York Ro- tary and has the hearty support of all the Rotary clubs in the country. The | object of the campaign is to stimulate business and prosperity for the country | After the business session the meeting was turned over to Alfred c. Bliven, a member of the firm of The N@wich Paper Box Company Inc, MT. Bliwen ] gave a very interesting talk on the man ufacture of paper boxes and short his- i tory of his business.
 MT Bliven spoke as follows:
 ! Mir. President and Fellow Rotarians: Our president has requested that in our talks before the club we talk upon our business in preference to any other sub ] ject, this will be a very brief sketch of 1 the manufacture and uses of the set up or stiff paper box. Our particular business was established in the city of 1 Norwich in the year 1885 by my father, i Samuel F. Bliven, and an uncle, Alfred R. Beebe. and was known as The Nor ] wich Paper Box Co. The original place of business was in a basement Of : the Osgood building, 101 Broadway, the | business was carried on in this room | fol about years and we occupied a floor space of approximately 2,400 square | feet In 1889 our business was moved to the top floor of the building in which l locality we stayed until the spring of | 1892 During the depression of busi-
 ness in the years 1S92-3 and we were compelled by lack of business to move l our business into the country to reduce
 expenses At that time Alfred R. Beebe
 left the partnership and Samuel E. ] Bliven became the owner of The Nor
 wich Paper Box Go.
 l During these three years above men, | tioned the plant was located in the first house north of the fair grounds which was known as the Stephen Clifford place In the fall of 1895 business i'm | proved to such an extent that it war.
 ranted going back to the city, and oul
 plant was again located in the Osgoot
 building, at which place it remained un
 til the fall of 1912. At that time bus
 ness had increased to such an exten
 that we were very much handicapped fol
 room and we were able to secure a To-
 cation on Whites court known as thu
 Hiscox building, where in which plac
 we had about 5000 square feet o
 floor space. We remained at this loca
 tion just 9 year and two months ant
 having again outgrown our quarters W
 were able to secure location at 9 Chestnut street in the building know [, as the Cork Shop. Here we increase
 our floor space to approximately 1000
 square feet.
 The death of Samuel Bliven occurre,
 August Il. 1917, at which time m
 brother was appointed administrator c
 the business ond January 1, 1919 tn : business was incorporated under tn
 name of The Norwich Paper Box Co