The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-20
Judge Keogh Will Speak To
 Credit Men

NredIt men Of this city are eagerly looking forward to an address on the Bankruptcy law, its uses and abuses, by Judge John Keogh, Referee in \ Bankruptcy, here. when he speaks be. Credit Men at their annual meeting to. be held at the Seaside Club, this evening, at S:1o o'clock. His address will be of unusual interest Invitations have been issued in the form Of subpoena. as follows: FEDERAL DISTRICT OF CON- NECTICUT, ss:
 The President of the Bridgeport Association of Credit Men to You, a Member of the Association, a Credit man, and your friends
 Greetings:
 We Command You, that laying aside all manner of business and excuses whatsoever you be and appear before Bankruptcy of the District Court ofthe United States for the Federal District of Connecticut. in the city of Bridge port, at The Seaside Club, on the 20th day of April, 1922, at s:15 D. m-, then and there to give ear to what the Honorable Judge may see cause to say to the members and friends there assembled.
 Herein fail not under penalty of missing the most enjoyable and profit able program which has been arrang- Attest:
 Witness, the urgent inv;-
 tation of the Meetings
 Committee this 12th day
 of April, 1922.
 L. M. ALLEN.
 Chairman.
 Send your acceptance
 on the enclosed postal
 card.
 A C. Macy,
 Secretary.
 nominations, consisting of L. M. Al len, Samuel Cutting and Charles H. Shapiro, will make their report and election of officers will be held for the ensuing year.
 A musical program, and refresh ments, has also been arranged. and members have been invited to bring their friends.
 At the last meeting of the executive committee it was voted that the as sociation be incorporated for the fol- lowing objects:
 ''This association is organized for protective, educational and co-opera- tive purposes; to promote and com bine the ideas, intelligence and inf1u- against imposition, injustice and com merciaI fraud, to take necessary steps toward the reform of existing laws unfavorable to credits; to promote , and influence the enactment and pre- vent the repeal of such laws that are promotive of honest business and pro- tectton of credit; to establish bureaus for the assembling and dissemination of credit information and the friendly adjustment of involved estates; to bring about mutual improvement and reform in business methods; to aff1li- ate with other organizations when such utilization will serve the best in terests of the association and estab- fish closer ties of business association that the welfare of all may be best conserved
 Plans are to be considered within the course of the next several months in cooperation with the Hartford and New Haven association for amendments to the bulk sales law, as- stunned or fictitious name law, and bad check law before the next session of the legislature.
 The present officers are as follows: President, c. R. Smoke, Bullard Ma chine Tool Co; vice president. w. B. Coleman, R. G. Dun 6 Go; treasurer, Geo. l.. Moore. West Side Bank. and secretary, A C. Macy, The Raybestos Go.
 c. L. Woctton, The A W. Burritt Co.,; public meetings, L.. NJ Allen, Bridge port Brass Co.,; membership, D. A. Mccarthy, Miner, Read & Tullock; publicity, s. A. Cutting, Cutting & Worthen; legislative, J. G. Shapiro Shapiro & Shapiro; interchange, H. Houns1ea, Crane Co.,; auditor, L. R. Edwards, Harvey HubbeI1, Inc. It is expected that the local associa- tion as a result of the membership drive. which it Is conducting in CO., operation with the National lE~socia- ton of Credit Men, will reach membership of two hundred and fifty drYrines the year.