New Britain herald., 1924-08-18
Changers Praise New Britain
 For Warmth ofHs Reception


 ain Of the development Of manufae
 tnuring in spite Of severe obstacles
 Part swamp ana part watershed, n
 It's early days there was little 10 al
 tract the hardy settlers who nFs
 came here, II was not until 1851
 that what is now known as New Rrlt
 ain, vas incorporated, and it became
 ans of the smallest towns. territorial
 ly. in the state, There was no eits
 government until 1870 and sleigf
 bells was the first article msnufae' tuTel,
 "But with time, New Britain pre'
 gresssd and when the war of lhl.
 arrived. the industrious folk Of the
 town were able to help out in the
 manufacture of various articles oi
 household hardware, such as knives and forks and locks, formerly im-
 ported. Articles made were peddled on foet and horseback and the ship ping ports were Hartford and Middle town, Goods were carried to New York and Boston on horseback, But time again saw . change and with the coming Of the railroad in 1889. the foundations of the present great in- dustriss of New Britain had already been laid in the building of shops and small factories; and although the railroad had been built two miles to the east. pride in the village was sufficient to maintain its location. Since then. the progress has been with leaps and bounds until today. New Britain enjoys the distinction of being one of the most thriving industrial municipalities In tho world.
 "I have recited for you, q brief his- tory of our city. This short story does not in any sense of the word, outline its tremendous influence in the manufacture of hardware pro- ducts of the world, nor does 1t de- scribe its amazing record of achieve ments during the great World war. It does not tell of the heroic sac rificcs that were made by our New Britain boys on the field of battle while their mothers. their sisters and their sweethearts left their homes and entered the factories to produce various utensils of war--thousands of which were manufactured in this city
 Below here, fanking the sides of the main entrance to this park, you who are visitors here, will gaze on a silent but beautiful tribute which New Britain has temporarily erected in honor of its war dead. It does not need my humble testimony to say that they have not died in vain, and that their memory will live forever. This Court of Honor, as we know it, contains 12o individual posts and upon each one is inscribed the names of our honored dead. We want you to sec this temporary memorial be- aause 1t is an evidence of our faith in these fallen heroes and in the cause they defended, because it is our purpose to erect high on the summit of this park-yonder--a more beauti- full memoial-one that will stand out eternaliy.
 "We in New Britain are proud of our city. We respect it's fair name and we sory in it's progressive activity The fact that the New Britain Chamber of Commerce has been instrumental in bringing your sntourage here is an indication of our ,ity's effort to distinguish 1t from others
 "I believe have spoken too long. But it has been a pleasure to vel come you and our only regret is that | 'our stay must of necessity be a | hort one. New Britain will always ,e glad to see all of you. We sin 'erely hope your stay here will be pleasant and when you leave sod speed you on your journey"
 Harry Clayton, state master of the )hio Grange, spoke of the benefits brought to the farmers by the srange, which had provided a social lie for men and women who would therwise have been cut off from in- ercourse with each other. He said hat the Grange tours were a means f bringing people in distant parts of he country into closer touch with ach other and complimented New option in the history of Grange ours.
 George B. Chandler paid return to the tourists and to fichigan in particular, winning his 'ay into the good will of the visitors y mentioning many places in that tate and paying tribute to the fine pads in that section. He said that he tours were fne means of elimi- ating sectional jealousy,
 Rev. J. Edward Hoyt of New anaan, state chaplain of the Grange, lking as his text: "Where there is o vision the people perish" (Prov. g, 1S), said that If vision were taken way only selnshness and money rabbing would be left, claiming that ie key to happiness and true success ty in three words, faith. hope, and ,ve."
 The rain, which had begun to fall uring Mir. Chandler's address, had y now increased to such an extent lat the remaining speakers were iminated from the program and the Ieeting closed with the singing of Onward, Christian Soldiers" by the 'owd, led by R. F. Armstrong, with trs. Herbert Blake at the plano.
 A microphone and amplifiers al- wed the assembled Changers and cal people to hear plainly all the dresses, this being the first use Of ,ese instruments in this city. A Ind concert was given by the Ameri- ln Legion band at : o'clock.
 A comprehensive tour of New ritain this morning was conducted 7 Joseph R. Andrews, with Motor 'cle Officers strolls and Hayes and ate policemen from Connecticut and ichigan as an escort.
 The route was so mapped out that
 would cover all the points of in- nn4 .I..I. -f x.. l