New Britain herald., 1922-10-11
But S2S9,700 Reported at Luncheon Today-George P. Hart Hints of Large Snhs"'--:' ,ing.
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-, M 7..-At.,cw Britain, which was scheduled to close on Thursday, ha. been continued for the remainder oi the week and will be brought to a close on Saturday at the noon hour luncheon at the hotel headquarters on West Main and Washington streets when the final reports will be heard
 Isaac Black, general chairman of the campaign, in short after lunch con talk, told the workers that the time was getting short and he urged all men to do a lot of Charging" and get out after the people of New Brit ain to buy stock. Several of the team captains told MT. Black that they be- lieved the campaign should be con- tinued so that they could interview more people and as result, it was voted to close the campaign on Sat urday instead of tomorrow.
 883 People Buy Stock
 Figures submitted show that the stock sold to date has been purchased by 663 people only. The hotel off, cials believe that there are as many more residents who will buy stock if they are interviewed.
 George P. Hart Talks
 George P. Hart, chairman of the board of directors at the Stanley Works. in addressing the worker,A told them that he was pleased with the results of the campaign and he is in hopes that it will be put across in New Britain, as this city Is in need of a good hotel.
 MT. Hart stated that the hotel or ganization was a splendidly planned enc and he felt that its, members could go out and get anything they wanted. It was for this reason that he expects the campaign to be a suc- cess, he said.
 Hints At Large Subscriptions
 In concluding his speech. Mir. Hart said that he realized most all of the received to date had been for small amounts and he told the workers that they must have req son to believe that some larger ones will come in before the close of the week.
 Mir. Hart also said that there are many factory people interested in the welfare of New Britain who come from out of town to stay over night at various intervals but he as well as other factory officials have always found it necessary to apologize for the lack of hotel accommodations in this ,ity.
 Reports For Today
 The total received for the new hotel to but $2s9,70O which Is title more than one half the desired sum. The reports of team captains IS submitted today follow:
 Division A = Ernest w. Christ, ,hairman-W. H. 'Crowell, $500; R. 7. Gilpatric. $2oO; F. O. Rackliffe, s1,1oo; L. A. sprague, $2.4oo-total, s4,2oo
 Divison B - Rev. John l.. Davis 'hairman-W. R. Fletcher, s1,3oo; J. :. Lash, s1,6oo; Adna Johnson, s1oo; s. B. Skinner, $6oo-total, $3,6OO.
 Division C-P. F. King, chairman Joseph Chernoff, $500; pr. F. P. Lee. ;2,4o0; J. V. Onorato, $2,soo; stephen 2obb. $1, 50o-total $7,20O.
 Division D-Eugene Porter, chair nan-G. H. Dyson. $2,40O; H. C.. 7ernau, s2.soo; A. A. Mills, s2,5o0; ". B. Rossberg. seoo-total, $8,3oo. The executive committee reported ales of s5,60o, which made the total or today s2S,9oo and the grand total 2S9,70O.
 The team explained by J. V. On rato was presented with the goat" his noon for having made the larg- st amount of sales. Mir. Perkins. manager of the Heublein hotel in Hartford will address the workers at he luncheon tomorrow.