Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-28
MAINE EDITORS.
34th Annual Meeting Of the
Maine Press Association.
Last Evenings Opening Session a!
the CapitoI--0fficsrs Elected.
President Burleigh's Address INTEREST," q Pro.
gramme for Today.

The Maine Press Association. the
oldest State press organization in the
| country, is now assembled in Augusta
in its Saith annual meeting. The OPEN
| ing session was held, last evening. in
the judiciary committee room at the
State House.
The two. score of members present
| represented all sections of the State,
the large city daiies and the little
country weeklies. all well-known work
ers in the Maine sanctum, and the at
tendance. today, will be considerably
larger. This morning, at $50 o'clock, a
business session will be held in the
Judiciary room. and in the afternoon.
a public meeting will be held in the
Senate chamber, when the annual
essay will be read by Chas. b. Haskell
OF Pittsfield. and the poem will be read
by Geo. S. Rowell of Portland This
evening, President and Mrs c. B.
Burleigh will entertain the members of
the association and their ladies at their
home on State street.
The social feature of these annual
meetings is always one of the pleas
ATTEST, and last evening the judiciary
room presented an animated spectacle.
Several ladies were present and more
VIII attend the meetings today AT
a.z5 p. NJ, President c. b. Burleigh
called the meeting to order with the
following words of welcome:
Brothers of the Maine Press Association:
1t is my pleasant privilege to welcome
you to the Capital OF Marie on the oc-
casion of this our thirty-fOurth annual
| meeting. ! sincerely hope that your stay
mere may be both an enjoyable and prof
liable one.
Our general business discussions. and
the historic and literary contributions to
are all helpful. and the facts they EN-
balm will become more ard more val
liable as the years so by. | should he
very glad if the records of our Associa-
ton. from its organization, could he pre-
faced with general historical sketch
and published in one substantial volume.
Doubtless every one of our members
would be pleased to have at least
one copy of such work. and it seems
| to me that we could as an organization.
afford to aid in its preparation and pub
copies to be distributed among the lead
| ing public libraries of the State.
We have at the present tirae nearly one
have been difficult for us to have done
| a few years ago is entirely feasible now.
| am confident that the benefits Of such
a volume would be two-foli. 1t woul
make the admirable annual reports OF
| our secretary richer in historical data
pertaining to the press of Maine: and il
them. and have them put into strong
bindings. every few years for permanent
preservation. We should thus be able
have constantly at hand for purposes of
reference. IA complete record OF our Assoc
citation from the time of its formation.
| am aware that in the past some of
our members have been disposed to feel
that purely business matters have had
too little attention at our annual gather
ings. and it is possible that this opinion
of our work and purposes has kept some
of the most active newspaper men in
Maine from joining our organization
This has seemed to me to he narrow
view of the proper objects of the Maine
tendency. both in and out of our or
ganiZation. to underestimate the value o
its social features. and the benefits de-
rived from them.
We represent kindred interests and the
opportunities afforded by our Association
for us to become acquainted with one
have grown out of our individual ex
periences. and to become familiar with
the various methods employed by our
members in the pursuit of common ends
cannot fail to exert a broadening and
stimulating influence the value of which
it would be difficult to estimate.
| can bear cheerful testimony to the
very great value of these pleasant asso-
Citations. Indeed | am inclined to think
that the quiet personal talks on the oc-
casions of our annual meetings. and upon
our summer excursions are fully as help
full to are our regular bushes;
sessions
| have felt that the printed repori
might well include an account of the
Associations annual summer excursion
and that any historical introduction
a general publication of our records
would be incomplete without q careful
review of these pleasant events in the
life of our organization.
| desire to improve this opportunity to
extend to you all my cordial good wishes
for happy and prosperous year !
await your pleasure in the business o.
the session.
When Secretary Wood called the rcil
tie following members answered to
their names: Joseph A. Holman, Au-
gusta: Marshall n. Rich. Portland: Fl.
e. Morrill,. Gardiner: Joseph Wood
Portland; Howard Owen, Augusta:
Albro f. Chase. Portland: P. o. Wick
cry. Augusta: F.. W. Morrill, Gardiner:
Geo. s. Rowell. Portland; X. NJ. Dun
bar Damariscotta: c. A. Pillsbury