New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 18

MILITARY RECORD IS ENVIABLE ON New Britain Plays Promineni Part in Defense of Country The patriotism of New Britain in time of a national crisis is one of the few things for wheh ths clty has be come famous. At the vutbreak of t1 Kevolutionary war, farmers left their plows standing in the ficlds and seized their muskets in the time of need, In fact New Britain mard figured in the battles of Lexington and Concord When the Civil war broke out re opened on Mai eruiting station street and high s and boys alike flocked to t colors. Again when the Maine was blows up in the harbor of Havana, New Britaln men left their benches, ther desks and their stores to answer the *“egll to arms.” In the World War, vhat Ne ain did ives vividly in the of its inhabitants. The monument at Central Purk and Court of Honor at Walnut Hil y are sitent witnesses to the city's he age to its honored dead . ew Britain supplied one gener ®wo colonels, & major and fi gains as well as many privates in the Revolutionary war. During the Civil war New Britain #ent 500 boys to the front New Britain's part in the World war was of the utmost importance. Approximately 0 young men left this city for the front, 2,000 of these being volunteer: One hundred the field of batt! Sixteen nurses volunteered from the New Britain general hospital or who had heen trained there, Scoven local ministers entered the service as did 15 Y. M. C. A, secre- taries, The HBtanley Works made over 6,000,000 guards for gas masks, 1, 000,000 booster cases, and 4,000,000 twenty-three inch shell Ten million magazines for Browning machine guns were made, The factory made 1,600,000 curgy combs, 2,000,000 fill eorg for machine guns, 300,00 rifle sockets ,ete, The New Britain Machine company made 170 aircraft guns, the only ones built in the United States which saw service in Franc This factory also made 7,000 tripods and millions of shell heads, The Russell and Erwin company made 100,000 gas masks, and milliona of detonating fuses. Hand grenades, machihe gun magazines, beit buckies and gun sling loops entered into the millions, The North & Judd plant became heAdquarters for the U, 8. ordnance and quartermaster department and millions of buckles for harness, cart- ridge belts, knapsacks, gas masks parts, etc, were made, Locks and hardware for torpedo boat destroyers were made by the P, and F, Corbin plant as were millions of shells for the Russian government, Millions of other war équipment were turned out here, Nearings for tanks, trudks and alr planes were made in New Britain and by the Fafnir Bearing Co. Their bearings ‘wernt into the Liberty and other well known motors, The Navy Curtiss seaplanes were equipped with Fafnir bearings, The Vulean Iron works made mil. Nons of hand grenades, and the entire supply of feet for owning machine suns, Traut and Hine made millions of trimmings for beits, cartridge clips, ete, Many other important items were produeed here during the war. The famous Corbin screw speedometer for army motorcyeles was made here; trunk and cabinet locks, ete, were made by the Corbin Cabinet Lock (o, 200,000 pleces of underwear for rol dicrs were made by the American Hosiery company; chucks tor lathes in overseas machine shops were m by the Skinner Chuck Co. Spe tools for guns and le glass for air planes weer produced by the Stanley Rule and Level Co. The Hart and Hutchingon company furnished abont 110,000 steel lockers to the navy; Hart and Cooley made Browning gun psris the Barnes and Kobert company mads 1,500,000 magazines for Colt revol vers; Beaton and Cadwell, el Beason company and the Malleahle Tron Werks devoted a lurge part of their output to war pur " Aud thus does the greatest hard ware manufacturing city in the world achieve greatness in the hour W) ity servicos are most needed New Rritain ¥ one dollar a yr man, Herbert A. Johnson, whe rose te the rank of leutenant-colonel Thres men beeame majors A of 4 wor yeowomen inteered Two Y. W, C. A the serviee The eity's reco ) good Peing the first « n size to g0 over the tr Likwerty Bond sale In the ems was ve eap nd cighteen died on commissions. women wore tinmuiet 1trit meke cquiy knives and trade wo) 8,000,000 tr knives wers made iy Lander r rh At @ime §80,000 knives were made in day. jof Everyman's Bivle class, City’s Mayor selo M ; will hecoms a uiliar figure to v s at the Ro sty convention, He has been mayor of New Britain for nvarly two years. He is & demeerat and is proud of his political history, ing risen from the ranks to his present position through seavral offi *cs in the city, LATGH STRING 15 ROTARY STARTED HERE BY LEON A. SPRAGUE. (Con. from i Page, Second Sec.) | of men to a realization of their civie dutics, as is evidenced by the fac that the hotel driv Chamber of Commerce, drives, United Community drives, Salvation Army drives, trans- porting crippled chiidren to Yale col- lege to see the annual football games | and many other such affairs are head- ed in large by prominent Rotarians. The club has financed for two years the expenses of Dr. Charles E. Bar- ker, who gives beneficial talks on so- ! hygiene to the members of the New Britain High school, to fathers and mothers of the city and fo mem- bers of the high school club of the Y. M C The club now is planning for a big “Boys’ Week" celebration, has estab- lished a Boy Scout troop and takes a big interest in boys. It provides Christmas baskets for nmeedy families very year and had at times gone to he George Junior Reépublie and the Klingberg Children’s Home to supply | | World. Dr. Witliam yron Forbush, ,,,.\. lentgof the national honesty gue; Byron R Newton, represent- |yv;: the anthracite e mmission William B. Burrus: City, Mo.; inspirational sales councillor. Achievements of New Britain Tir ary include the brin here Paulist choir from New York to funds for erippled children. This fair netted $550 which was use buying spectacles for children schobl, paying 1 expense boys who were crippied and who needed doperations and furnished | transportation to the New Britain fresh air camp for fhe past three vears besides contributing generously to the fund. FEvery year a “Back to School” campaign is waged. The elul has had a team in the United Com- munity corporation drive ever since Rotary was organized GOPPER MINES ONCE amusement and entertainment for the | children, Civic Activities, The club also is festering a move- ment at this time in the interests of | the first warden, O. a further development of community spirit of gatting the.Chamber of Com- merce members, Kiwanis and Lion | cinubmen together with the Rotary club at least once a month for the purpose of discussing ! problems, hearing a good address and | becoming bettre acquainted. (Continued I'rom 1st Page, 2nd Sec.) Two piano salos were played by Mr, Hart. Two viclin selection were | played by Madam Jaffe, A short address of welcome wWwas made by President Rackliffe, who in- troduced the internatiomal officers. U"pon the introduction of Interna. tional President Guy Gundaker and | International Vice-President Everett The club is starting a movement to- wards the forming of a permanent or- ganization to be known as the “Safely Pirst” ecouncil, with the object of keeping safety first agitation before the public throughout the entire year WERE OPERATED HERE (Con. from First, Page, Second general assembly. ’ In 1560 New Britain had a popu- lation of 5,385 people, and in 1589 it | had 18,500, Frederick T. Stanley was elects Nortli, Georg: M. Landers, Walter Gladden, Mareel- (s Clark, Timothy W. Stanley ped . Finch were ‘elec burgesses and Joshua R. King was bailff. At the first meeting of the board held community | August 20, 1850, police, fire Wardens, a street commissioner, an inspector of weights and wood were appointed, provisions were made for the abate- | ment of nuisances, for the are of the sireets and for a watch hous: fand lockup. Fined for “Cussing.” In 1857 the borough obtained a instead of a single week in the year charter to construct water works at jents throughout the state. The club took an intercst in the ‘lnml to keep New Britain among the | Shuttle Meadow, and over five miles |1lowest cities in the number of acci of water mains were laid that year. At the present time upwards of 50 miles of pipe are in use. . In 1870 W. Hill the Rotarians stood and 8ang Gyp) Scout drum corps and helped to | the borough becime a cily, a eity provide the uniforms, It took charge charter having been granted. The of the colfectlon of clothing for the ' population of the city was 9,480, Near East relief drive for the past The population today is approxi- For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. Stamford Rotavian Speaks., The first address of the conference was made by Rev, Alfred Grant Wal- ton, of the Stamford Rotary club. “Rotary,” sald Rev, Mr, Walton, “is not a sporadic thing that is here to- day and gone tomorrow. In every part of the globe Rotary has been es- tablished as a permanent . fixture,” “The suceess of Rotary does not rest on its béing simply a luncheon club, it is due to the fact that Rotary fills & definite noed, in the hearts of the men who are identified with it, “Rotary is a great organization fostering the ideal of friendship. We are living in a mechanieal age, Lvery man 18 ont to make a living, but every Intelligent man knows there is something more in life than just making a living “A man's life is ar barren as the Sahara desert if e docs not number among his acquaintances at lesst one lasting friendship,” The speuker recited the poem by fam Foss, “Let me live in the house by the side of the road and be a friend of man.” “The sccond ideal of Rotary” hea resumed, "8 that of co-operation. You caunet ercet a bhuilding or ace complish anything without cg-opera- tion. 1 do not think the eternal God Himself ean accomplish anything un- less He has the co-operation of man, “If co-operation ¥s the thing that 18 needed In life this orgenization is' rendering A conspleuous sorvice, Capital will never be s friend to labor nor Jabor A friend to capital until they learn to co-operate with cach other, “We may,or may not belleve in a Jeague of nations bu' we must bes lieve in the success of univertal co on." told Now ary clubs are fos tering co-operative efioits in boys' clubs and other movements through out the country ‘Rerviee,” he said, ™is () standing fdeal of Rotary. sorey for the man who does putters around in a self-made hill of s own e “The Seripture tells ua that on the t great day some shall be gathered | on the v hand » #Rome on thr ieft. They will not be asked to what They « 1N e and ked and seage he told Wi ltotary and jis oppor- tunitics Mt service, seriously Fall Merting in New London At the afternoon session it wgs oted to hold the fall concluve i e tember in New Lond and the spring o at Pittsficrd, Mass, Rotary Treasurer | three years, Bince the formation of the Rotary jclub in New ®Britain, that organiza- tion has brought to.the city a large number of speakers of national and international prominence *and many important questions before the pub- lie have been discussed at first hand. mately 70,000, Social Itfe and customs in the early duys would appear very pe- culiar to New Britain people now. Caste was distinetly marked, an- cestry being one of the distinguish- ing features, Blue laws were en- forced as is seen by the records of Prominent Speakers, |the arregt and fines of those who Among the more prominent speak- ersers were such men as Dr. George J. Fisher, national executive of the Boy Scouts of America; and the following: %, L. Bardo, gencral manager New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- 10ad; Thomas F. L, Henderson, lLa Salle university; Dr, Stanley H, Os- horne, state health commissioner; President Benjamin T. Marshall, Con- necticut college; H, C. Knight, gen- oral manager Southern New England Telep' me Co.; Christ J. Atkinson, na- | tional sccrotary of the Federation of Bloys' clubs of America; nnett, state highway commissioner; S, Wales Dixon, president of the Play- ground association of America; Moyd Haviland, superintendent of the Mid- dletown state hospital; Walter O, Fil- ¥, state forester; Lucius P, 8, Storrs, 'president Connectieut Co.; R, B, Stoeckle, state motor vehicle commis- sioner; C. L. Campbell, general man- ager Connecticut Light and Power Co.i Hugh O'Donnell, Times; Alfred C. Fones, of Bridge. port, 'r;unrlwr of dental elinie of Con- vectient; Rey. Dr, Orville A, Petty, New Ih\rn. lecturer of Yale dhlnlt\ qran Charles 3. 40" ollowing franchise: “That said | neglected to attend religious serviee on Sunday, or for the serious “erime” of swearing in public, About 1680 highway construction began and in 1680 th» W from Hartford to New Haven was laid out, by the simple #xpedient of removing obstructions and letting the highway follow the general contour of the ground. Most of the carly highw followed the old Indian paths. Almost as Speedy as Parcel Post, In 1717 y general assembly ted to the first common carrier John*Munson x x x shall annoually, during the term uaforesaid, at least on the first“Monday of eve exeepting December, Janua Feb- ruary and March, set forth \\HI\ sald wagon from New Haven and with all convenient dispatch drive up to Hartfolyl and thence in the san | week return to New Haven, 1 New York . Weather and extraordinary casualties ‘nc»plnd on penalty of ten shillings | tor each neglect.” During the first quarter after New Britain had its post office, while school and chaplain 102nd U, 8 In- John Quiney Adamg was president, the proceeds amounted to $10 fantry: Congressman Wiliam E. Humphrey; Frederick M. Whitey, of | The last quarter of 1028 by way the National Surety Co.; Allan Hazen, [of comparison showed a total busi- York engineer who had charge | Ness of between $99,008 and $100. of the construction of the New Brit- 000, at the handsome post office ain water works and consulting en- building on West Main strect, tgineer for the Jloesd water works; Samnel Ferguson, president of the Hartford Electrie Light Co.; P, Alfred High grade diamonds have been Flemming, head of conservation snd ‘Scarce in Europe the past year fire protection department of the na- | t I board of fire underwriters; J.' hittiesey, state commissioner of lomestic animals, March 16, 1922, the Now Britain Notary club met in & combined meet- ing with the Hartford Rotarians when Sir Harry Lauder was the speaker. Other speakers here Inelyded Rev, Dy, W. Quay Noselle, of Malden, Mass.; Miss Aliee Sandiford, reglonal director of the national counell Girl Bcouts; | Col. William Melntyre, divisional | headquarters of the Salvation Army; | d Sheldon, Sheldon sehool of | 4 W. H. Blodgott, state tax | commissioner; C. 1. Eyason, secretary | he state manufacturers’ associa- n; Roy ¥. Souls, editer of Hard- vare Dealers’ magazine: Howard Sirong, of the American City Bureay; Oscar Y. Banson, Juninr Achievement lirector from Springfsid; Oscar ¥, Hawen, siage fire commissioner; John Titeomb, state fish and game commis mer: Charles K, Dow, state com nissioner of citare; 1. B, Er- kine, wuperintendent of the state re arm schoo ire, lltl'n'l! nu Chidiren Lalter Camp, auther of Camp's s1vily Dozen and head of the Al Americ football team. Dr. Walter | icher ofl'clals . Wood, president of the Americar rarm Fedepating Congressman Kelley, from Pennsylvania; Tude Willhlam »1 oardman of ridgeport. James T. Chalmers, prin of the state normal school at " Mass., Professor Harold Whitehead, Toston University; Frank- Johnston, sditor of the American porter: Nina Wilcox Putnam; Rev, », pastor of the South Con t Springfie!d; Dr & Tarker, grand Rapids, Mich.; I Adams, past distriet governor Mary, IMh district: George A r. governor of the 30th distriet er W. Husbay U, & immigra- " commissioner: Flavel Shurtieff, crotary of the National Zoning com sion; Porter Adams, chiirman of Teton Municipal alr board ferick, W. Wallis, commissionsr sreection, New York city; Alex ampbell, exeeutive secretarsy nal churek Amtrican Fedaration of the itay O. Wyland, na nal director of the Boy 3 of America; Attorney mes we, New York Retary club: Grorge Tucker, president of the fartford Totary; Fred Bldred, magi- the Springfield Rotary H K. Cafrick, secretary of the Tomon Federal reearve bank; Wil 1ard Beott, humorist, Brookiine, Mass ; Kenneth Barnard, director of the na- tinna ance committes of the As- Kansas carries no insurance o state bufldings month, | IN A THRIVING, BUSTLING CITY THE HERALD LEADS In circulation —in news —in advertising, display and clas- sified — in prestige — and in SERVICE. The motto of Rotary was long ago the Herald’s although expressed in different words. The Herald is reaping the reward for its faithful service to the people of the city over a long period of years. Circulation Over 10,000 Daily Represented in The New Britain Rotary Club MEN AT Officers Hoquian, Washington; president, of New Orleans, La.; director, John J. Gibson of Toronto, Hatfield of Evansville, Ind.; director, Charles H. Rhodes of Auckland, New Zea aland, and dircector, | sociated Advertising _clubs of m.Pmbburzh Pa. and board of directors of Rotary International, 1¢ Bain Taylor of London, England; first vice president, Everett W. Hill of Oklahoma City; Guy Gundaker, of Philadelphia, Pa. 923-1924. tanding, left to right: Anthony "W, ———r————— Seated, left to right: Second viee president, John third vice president, Frank H. Lamb of Director, Benjamin C. anada; secr , Chesley R. Perry of Chicago; director Smith, Jr.