New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
ANNUAL DINNER 0F
 BANKING CHAPTER
New Britain Bank EnplOyeS
 Have Enjoyable Social Function

Over 100 members and guests ot the New Britain chaplcE, American Institute of Banking, were present at the sixth annual banquet Of the chapter at tho Burriu hotel last evening An arpoti2lng menu, n program of speeches and entertain ment followed by dancing made up an evening of mlrth and enjoyment
 The invocation was pronounced by Rev, w. II, AllcrSon who later gave an interesting address on tho topic i Getting Ahead" Mir. Aldcrson ad' vised tho bank clerks that if they wished 10 get ahead they must have thrcc things uppermool In their thoughts.
 Be drcamcrs," the minister do- claro1. Every great thing was somebody's dream It had to or iginato with somebody before 1t be- came reality" He told his hst"n- CTS to dream themselves into better
 positions and if they do not so" themselves as bigger and greater men they are liabilities 10 their con- cern.
 Work and work hard" his sec
 ond suggestion. "The greatest mon
 in modern times are those who |, started working hard at some hnm- l hle task. Be sure of the kind ot
 success you arc striving for" lit
 declared that "succoss is not tho
 ownership of bonds or the posses
 sion of money but something that 7 will make you he remembered ir I years to come" The failures il f their own age hay" proven To n' e some Of the worlds greatest sue { ccsses in later times ho said. 0 Frank Totton. assistant cashic
 of the Chase National bank, Nv Q York. spoke briefly and landed th - association and the spirit ot goo = fellowship which prevailed in it. e Bruce Haird. Vico-pr"Sidrnt Of th Q Hibcrnla Bank and Trust Co. Q l. New York and national president c l. the association told the member If about the organization and sN"tch'
 it's history. According 10 MT. I}airi IS tho institution Is tho largest rduca q tional organization Tn tho worl ,e wth an enrolment of 51,doN men l. rcrs divided into 1S5 chapters. OVt ,e s100, ,00o is spcn' annually by t) l. association for educational purpose ar he said. The institution. which rs NOW 25 years old, offers oNtonsi'
 courses in almost every line Of con os mcrclal enterprise. H. conclud, h. his talk with an imitation to all Il e. members 10 "t"rd the annual co
 vpntlon at Dallas, Texas in July. IT. Henry W. Groth acted in the ( nd lacity of toastmastur Al the ope IT. ing of the program of talks he tc Ter of the work of the orgaul&ati LOS during the past year.
 of The feature of the tntcrtainmt
 was an act put on hy the Ser'
 alcrs, q. quartet consisting of Uu'
 phrey J. MulIowu,y Clement
 lLewis, Walter E Carlson q
 Dwight Barclay Latham. ScF"
 soprano solos wore rendered by M he Philip Shajlcr, accompanied on [ .nr piano hy Mrs. Emile AndzpIatiS. h. Songs Wcrc sung by the ent ed gathering throughout the dtnn in Kenneth Crossholl was the so Tt. leader. Some of tho "od timer cn and latest songs divided equally | ed attention of the diners.
 Tho guests of honor were }
 Totton, Mir. Baird. L"W1s Mcrrimj ew president of the Hartford chapt ls- William McArthur, assistant Ca' iE- fer of the First National bank cd. New Hayon and former preside lns of tho New Haven orsunization; ,en Harold Wclch, president of tho x ,b- Haven chapter; Robert R. Em"rs by president of the Springfield chs
 fer, and Ted Keller, first yiceprc
 dent of the Boston chapter. lew William r. P"1se was chairn cd Of tho committee in charge. Ot II. members Of the committee w ncs lillian Rosoon, Margarot c. Alis nti- q. H. Anderson. Robert J. Bert the Leroy Greene, and GNStaNe the Wingcr.
 The officers Of the New Brit
 chantcr are Henry W, Groth, pr of dent; Gunnar II. Anderson, V nm. president; RoCar ]. Larson, scC