Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-25

New ideas and new ideals have come to these days/out of the stress of the war years, declared Governor Everett J. Lake, guest of honor here, Thursday night at the first annual banquet of the reor- ganized Norwich Chamber of Commerce. And it lies upon the shoulders of every citizen to meet with courage and high resolve the problems and responsibilities that these days of reconstruction are 1 bringing and will bring.
 ] Governor Lakes inspiring message was endorsed and echoed by Hon. Guy A. | Ham, president of the Citizens National Bank of Boston, whose ringing and op- l timistic address upon The Business Out /, look was one of the features of the successful banquet which had an attend l ance of 300. taxing the capacity of the ! big dining room at the Wauregan house. | Preceding the banquet, which was sery- 1 ed at o'clock, there was reception for i Governor Lake and MT. Ham in the Ware regan house parlors. Receiving with the I two guests of honor were Mayor H. NJ.
 Lerou. State Senator Allyn L. Brown, and President Charles F. Wells of the chamber of commerce. The governor was
 attended by Major F. Russell Smith of 1 this city, an aide on the governors staff. Shortly after the big assemblage of I citizens took their seats in the dining 1 room where the floral decorations by i Ernst were carried out in profusion and
 with artistic effect. In honor of the com | ing of Governor Lake, to Norwich, an lm-
 mense floral representation of the shield of Connecticut was arranged on the wall back of the governors seat and the ta- bles were beautiful with banks and bas- lzets of dafodils tulips, hyacinths and other pot:ed plants.
 Swahn's full orchestra played as tho men filed into the room and rendered se'
 lections throughout the evening while thu
 singing by the .banqueters was led witt
 fine spirit by Walter F. Lester. After the singing of The Star Span , gled Banner and the invocation pro
 lowing menu was served in excellen
 form:
 Cream of Celery
 R~ Philadelphia Capon-Stuffed Giblet ,iravy Rissole Potatoe Green Peas
 French Bread
 Harlequin Ice Cream Assorted Cakes : Demi Tasse . Cigarettes Norwich Made Cigar At Speakers Table. Seated with Senator Brown. who wa
 toastmaster at the head table were Gov
 ernor Lake, Mir. Ham, Mayor Leror
 Mayor E Frank Morgan of New London
 President Wells. Major Smith, Rev. W :, A. Keefe, Secretary John J. O'Rourkt i Treasurer Henry F. Parker, Second Vic S President John M. Lee and Dr. John 7 Blackmar, chairman of the Chamber c n Commerce banquet committee.
 l Senator Brown, who is first vice pres
 dent of the Chamber of Commerce open = ed the speaking program about S.2' f speaking of his pleasure at presiding 8 f this banquet of the reorganized Chan n Der. of Commerce, which now consisted ( - over 800 aggressive members enlisted n do the work which a Chamber of Con d merce ought to do. He spoke of variou 5. matters of local interest which are - come before the chamber, including tf e school boards recommendation to build $ 16-room schoolhouse on Mt. PleasaI
 street the Norwich White Way, Il S. s15O,O0O bond issue for permanent higl o ways, the revaluation of property. W Introducing Mayor Lerou as probabl l. the busiest man in the city, Senate
 Brown said that he wast gratified tn;