New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
ID HEAR ADDRESS BY SOUTH AFRICAN C. Of C. Will Bring Government
 Representative to Banquet oE1lLE WIDELY KNOWN
We'll Child Conference Iriday-Miss Jean Trumbull to Christen Plane Usher Receives Office im Post masters AssociatiOn-ltcms

Continuing it's attempts to bring well-known dignitaries here to speak at the annual banquet of the Cham- Der of Commerce to be held in ;he Plainville High school on April IS. | the committee in charge of arrange ments announced today that it had secured George $. Oettle of Los An gelcs to be one of the speakers Of the evening.
 \ MT. Oettie represents the South | African government bureau and IS the director of the travel and trans portation division in the United States. Mr. Oettie will illustrate his | talk with lantern slides.
 He will take his listeners out of the environment of their own coun- try into the newest of the world and will explain the growth and develop ment of the Union of South Africa. Progressive communities in the United States have much to learn from business and industrial deNe.- opments in newer countries of the l. earth. he says.
 The announcement by the cham ber committee that it had secured Mir. Oettle for the banquet was greeted with satisfaction by other members of the Chamber of Com merce. This is the third important announcement made by the commit tee within week.
 The first was that Clarence Hub bard assistant secretary of the Au- tomobile Insurance Co. of Hartford, would act as toastmastcr at the banquet. MT. Hubbard is one of the best known orators in the state. His performance is combination Of sleight- of hand, gihes and jokes, and deep thinking. He has served as toastmaster at the banquet of the state Chamber of Commerce.
 Shortly after the announcement concerning Mr. Hubbard, the com mittee reported that Professor Will bert Snow, one of the most popular professors at Wesleyan, would be on the speakers program. Professor Snow is noted for his poetry. which has attracted attention throughout the English speaking world. His part at the banquet will consist al- most entirely of reading selections of recent poems some of which have never yet been published.
 The Chamber of Commerce an nounced about a month ago that it intended to make this years ban | f,cf tho nct gftt1 i,, i4r history by arranging a program that would appeal to the residents of the town from both interesting and cd ucational standpoints. The commit- tee has lived up to it's advance prom ises so far by securing the three speakers mentioned above and promises to make more important announcements within the next few days.
 The advance sale of tickets has been very good so far and the cham ber expects a much larger sale next week. Monday the chamber issued an appeal to the residents of the town. requesting their utmost sup port at the banquet. It invited tho membership of every male citizen who is interested i'll the future growth and development of the community. In it's appeal. the cham Der recalled some of the programs which it had fostered and which eventually were approved by the cit izens of the town
 Measles on Increase
 After apparently being on the de- crease for the past two weeks. the measles epidemic in town has start cd to flourish again. and in the last two days s new cases have been ra- ported 10 Dr. George F. Cook, health officer.
 Monday six cases were reported 10 the health officer and yesterday 12 more were brought to his attention.
 Meeting Thursday
 The evening group of the Wom- ems Federation of the Congrega ation- al church will meet Thursday eve