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Special meetings are held whenever a sufficient number of applications are on file to justify it.

No attention paid to anonymous correspondence.

PREFATORY NOTES

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JOHN B. EBBS, Secretary,

Waterbury, Conn.

REPORT

OF THE

THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

Connecticut Pharmaceutical

Association

HELD AT THE

HOTEL ELTON, WATERBURY, CONN.

June 9 and 10, 1908

PRESIDENT HARTIGAN: Gentlemen, the hour has arrived for the opening of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association. Mr. Lake, who is president of the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association, having recently had a death in his family, has delegated Mr. Robert Walker to welcome this Association to Waterbury. I will introduce Mr. Walker, the First Vice-President of our Association.

MR. WALKER: Mr. Chairman and Members: In behalf of the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association I extend to you the most hearty welcome here today. As the invitations sent out modestly state, we expect this to be the best meeting ever held. We have arranged for the entertainment of the ladies this afternoon, the matinee at Jacques' Theatre by Poli's Stock Company, tickets for which can be procured from the local Secretary. It is essential that all those having ladies with them, procure those tickets before one o'clock, as the rest of the tickets not used at that time will have to be returned. This evening we have arranged for a banquet, and believe it will excel anything before given by the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association; at least,

we have manager Judd's word for this, and as he has quite a reputation for giving excellent banquets there is no question but he will fulfil his promise. On Wednesday morning, we have a carrier pigeon contest, the birds to be liberated from the top of Apothecaries Hall building, and numbers will be given out to the ladies corresponding to each pigeon. The winners will receive. handsome prizes, to be announced later. Following this will be an automobile ride to various points. To those who have never been over this territory I can assure them it is a most delightful trip and will be appreciated. Wednesday afternoon we propose to take the members of the C. P. A. and friends to enjoy a State League baseball game. Special cars will await the members at 3 p. m. I want to call your attention to the fact that you should see Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Casey and procure your return railroad tickets. In order to get the concession we should use at least 100 tickets. If we do not use them this year the railroad people say it is the last time they will grant us the concession. The telephone company has granted free use of telephone to any member of the C. P. A. We will maintain a C. P. A. Bulletin in the lobby. All these events will be bulletined there, and if you wish to find out anything relating to these events consult it and it will give you all the information necessary. We are fortunate in having with us Mayor Thoms, who, although a young man, is a graduate of Yale, has built up a successful practice at law in this city, and is equally successful in his political career. It is with great satisfaction I now introduce Mayor Thoms to you, and I know what he has to say will interest you.

MAYOR THOMS: Mr. President and members of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association: I am not at all certain that what I shall have to say to you will be interesting, but one thing I can assure you, and that is, that it will be exceedingly brief. If I was a member of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association, and were about to hold a convention in a town like this in the middle of June, I should make my sessions short and my adjournments pretty long. It is one of the pleasant duties that fall to the mayors of many of the cities of Connecticut to welcome these gatherings as they come to the city from time to time, and

I think I have had more than my share since the opening of my term. We are very glad to welcome these gatherings here, because we think we can give the people a good time, and we want them to see something of Waterbury. I have found out what to most of the citizens of Waterbury is a surprise. I know when I go to Hartford and those cities east of the Connecticut River and talk about my home town they say, "Well now, how large is Waterbury, about 20,000?" That is the notion most of them have. Waterbury is the fourth city in the State. There are 75,000 people here—as many as there were in Hartford or Bridgeport ten years ago. So, if you have time to go around the town, you will find a larger and more prosperous town than you had a notion of. I was in Meriden a few months ago and called on Mayor Martin, and he went to welcome some sort of a gathering there, and asked me to go with him. He had a system by which he struck off a number of brass keys about so long. I have not a brass key here today, but practically I want you to take the same thing and feel that as long as you are here you are the guests not only of the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association, but also of the city of Waterbury.

THE PRESIDENT: I am sure we all appreciate the nice words of welcome extended to us by Mr. Walker in behalf of the Waterbury Pharmaceutical Association, and the kind words of Mayor Thoms of this hustling city. I am satisfied that when he turns. the keys over to us, and has confidence in the members of this Association, that those keys will not be abused. I feel, as all of us should feel, that we want to have all the fun we can, leave Waterbury with a nice record behind us and have a fond recollection of the brass city. I realize very well the mayor is a very busy man, and his words of welcome we appreciate. We are all going to see him to-night and hear more from him.

THE PRESIDENT: The first order of business is the calling of the roll. That is usually dispensed with, and if you have no objection we will do the same now. The second order of business is the reading of the minutes. You have already received copies of the minutes, and unless there are objections we will dispense with the reading of them. I might say at this time that the con