Azusa Chamber of Commerce Banquet; announcement that McLaughlin Glass to relocate there

AZUSA CHAMBER

STARTS OFF IN

ANNUAL BANQUET

Bartlett Executive Tells His­tory

of New Industrial

Enterprise Coming to Azusa.

With a most entertaining mixture of fun, facts, and figures, the Azusa Chamber of Commerce started off the new year last night with their annual banquet, at the Masonic Temple. Over 3OO men and women were present.

H. A. Green, retiring president, briefly reviewed the work of the last year before introducing E. H. Philleo, well known, young Azusa banker, who was recently elected to lead the Chamber. He gave a short outline of hopes for coming months.

An unusually lively entertain­ment program was presented. A special jazz orchestra from Citrus Union high school played through the evening, including accompanyment for a series of clever limericks concerning Azusa, which were sung to the tune of "It Aint Goin To Rain No More." Arthur Clayton, Orpheum headliner with the Euterpian Male Quartette, dir­ected the singing. He is a brother of E. A. Clayton, Azusa garage owner and newly elected vice-president of the Chamber. Paul E. Adams, of KHJ and KNX fame, pre­sided at the piano, and furnished several numbers with Mr. Clayton.

Bartlett Speaks

Owing to a mixup in dates, Wal­ter Dexter, president of Whittier College, was not present, and the time allotted to him was taken up by various other speakers, two representing the new Bartlett food products concern, which is soon to erect a new plant in Azusa.

E. T. Crosby, sales manager, of the Bartlett company, outlined a brief history of the Bartlett interests.

G. M. Bartlett, president of the concern, he stated, is an engineer bv profession and was connected with numerous large private con­cerns as will [sic] well as the federal govern­ment.

Regained Health

Condemned to an early death. Bartlett came to California, regain­ed his health, the speaker stated, made a fortune in real estate, and sarted [sic] started an experimental laboratory, in which he worked for fifteen years, much to the disgust of his family and friends, who thought he should return to his profession. Finally, he abandoned these labora­tories and worked five years on a formula for concentrated food, which resulted in the present Bartlett product, WHY. which recent­ly was credited with saving the lives of two world fliers when lost in the wastes of Alaska.

Mr. Bartlett, himself, followed Crosby and expressed his high hopes for success of his new plant in Azusa. He stated that he had been offered $2,500,000 and an an­nual salary of $50,000 during his life time, for the products which will be made in the Azusa plant.

Fund Grows

Judge J. O. Durrell, chairman of the funds committee for the Bart­lett site, reported that they now had $10,490, and $2,500 more in sight. Azusa has agreed to raise $17,000 to purchase a site for the Bartlett factory.

Edgar A. Bryan, representative of the industrial department of the Santa Fe railroad, discussed topics of general interest in one of the wittiest addresses of the evening.

The banquet, which was an ela­borate affair, was served by “Sunshine" Graham, Azusa restaurant Manager, formerly proprietor of' the Sunshine Cafe, in Monrovia.

It was announced at the banquet that the McLaughlin Glass Company, of Los Angeles, who manufacture bottles used by the Bartlett company also will move to Azusa as soon as the new concern gets in operation.