The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

concludes his address to severa hundred members of the Manufac. turers' Association of Connecticut assembled for the twenty-fifth an. nual meeting of the organization at the State Armory in Hartford to. morrow at noon, he will have for. maIly opened one of Connecticut'i greatest expositlons.
 Governor Cross address will bring to a close the manufacturers annual gathering following which the Industrial Exposition will be given over for a preview by. the governor and the manufacturers during the afternoon. At 6:O0 D. m. the exposition will be opened to the public to continue every day up to and including Saturday, October 12 during which time, 1t is estimaetd close to 500.000 people will pass through the Armory turnstiles.
 Samuel H. Fisher, chairman of the Connecticut tercentenary com ] mission, Dr. Virgil Jordan, chair man of the national industrial conference board and E.. Kent Hubbard, president of the Manu- facturers' association, will also par ticipate in the formal opening cere- monies. All of the addresses will be broadcast by station WTIC from . the Crystal Radio Studio erected in the Armory especially for the indus trial exposition.
 Everything is in readiness for the grand opening of the exposition to- morrow. Doors will open daily at 10:0O a. m. and close at 10:3O D. m, with the exception of the open ing day.
 In the decorative plan at the Arr 1nory the effort has been to get away from the conventional stand ardfzed type of bunting and flags and to introduce features as dis tinctive as the exposition itself. As visitor enters the hall and sur yeyS the enormous area with it's many interesting and beautiful dis plays, attention will be caught by something which will give him an immediate sense of life and power. This will be the rising and moving cars of many large cogwheels, re- volving with measured precision above the skyline" of the exhibi- ton areas. As his eyes pass beyond these to the far end fo the hall, they will fall upon q scene of pie turesque beauty and historical significance. Approaching this, the visitor will find fuIl-sized repro- duction of one of Connectciut's old grist mills, in the natural setting of a Connecticut river valley with the water pouring down and turning the mill wheel and the grinding stones within perpetually sending forth the scattered stream of meal wi.ich was the first of all Connecti- cuts products.
 There are special exhibits to show how the farmer and the housewife managed their daily tacks. Here will be demonstrated the primitive methods of weaving cksth, even to the making of the thread. In another section will be early candle and lamp making, food preparation and husbandry. Genuine tools and implements from valuable collections of Colo nial arts and crafts will be used in these demonstrations.
 Clocks On Display
 Some of the early hand indus tries grew by imperceptible stages into the important industries of the state. The exhibits of the clock in dustry, the firearms industry, the silverware, cutlery and tool indus tries will show each in its own way thss part of the evolution. Certain other industries. once of command ing importance to Connecticut's history. will be represented by spe- cial exhibits in this historcal sec ton.
 An interesting exhibit will deal with the iron industry. Tinware will be revived and demonstrat- ed in it's fine original form.
 The directing committee has been fortunate in arranging spe- ciai features which are intended to demonstrate the industrial achieve, nents of the present day, as a logical balance for those interest ing historical reproductions of other times. Chief among these is the glass encIosde broadcasting studio where radio artists of na- tional fame will appear and broad cast for immediate transmission over a national network. These special radio programs will be fea- tured each afternoon and evening In another instance, most strik- ing contrast between the old and the new will be demonstrated in a telephone exhibit showing a work ing model of the first commercial telephone switchboard ever used in the world, and the latest devel- opmcnt in human communication whereby the visitor may step up to the telephone transmitter and speak q message which will return through the receiver of the same telephone and come to the speak CTS hear.
 It is safe to say that there is nothing in the entire exposition that more perfectly blends the sense of the old and the new and thus expresses the primary educa- tional purpose of the exposition than the series of fifty mural pan els which encompass the spacious Armory drill-shed and display in significant pictures the outstanding