Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-25
OUR UNOERTAKERS
Hold Their First Annual Meet
ing at Watervi|Ie.
Large Attendance and Not a GLOOMY
thought for the Day.
""o' eSsss ana discussions Officers Elected.
New Members. .Bsn1ust.

iHc uiiutrtakerS of the State Ver,. i'm
the city in force, Thursday. and how
ever gloomy their business may n. th,
men themselves are certainly as jolly a
lot OF good fellows as anyone would
care TO see. Over 30 members of the
ASSOCIATION registered during the day
ana there were probably more than
this number present. 1t was the first
ai''iuai meeting of the recently organ
iZed Maine Cndertakers Association
and the members We're proud of the
showing made.
Inc 1irst meeting was called To or
der in the Knights of Pythias hall ON
Main street. shortly after the arrival
oi the forenoon trains. This session
was chiefly devoted 10 handshakinr
and 10 getting settled down to work
Ihe local undertakers did all in their
t'o"er TO make the arrangements fo,
the meeting satisfactory and il GER
fanny locked as if they made a success
OF IL. The meeting was opened by an
invocation by Rev. f. l.. Marsh of the
tongregationalist church. This was
followed by the address of welcome in
behalf Of the city by City Clerk +. w.
ialr He did this Very neatly In the
course of his remarks he sail thai the
city belonged to the associa ton. .but
lie OF course meant socially and not
for no town is so far
from needing an undertaken as Wa
terNilic- The welcome extended by
MI. Clair was a warm one and made
the visitors feel AZ home
The next thing on the program was
tine address by President j. +. Jefferds
OF Livermore Falls. This was an ex-
cellent review of the founding and
growth of the association. practical and
enjoyable. Some good suggestions as
70 what can be done for the good of
the associations during the coming
year were also made.
Then came the reading Of the records
OF the past meeting and the reports of
the secretary and treasurer. Treasurer
r. B. Wood was prevented from at
tending the meeting on account Of i'll
ness and his report was read by f. p.
Sampson of the executive committee
The report of the executive commit
tee. appointments Of nominating and
committees, applications
for membership and other matters of
a routine nature were then taken up.
The forenoon session closed with an
address by AuguSte RenOuard of New
\ ork. Mr.. Renouard is one OF the pio-
ncers in the American method of en-
balming and a man who has spent
years in the business. He is thoroughly
familiar with all branches of the pro-
fession, so his address was very in
teresting ana helpful to the members
present.
At the close of this address the meet
ing adjourned for dinner.
The afternoon session was devoted to
more routine business like the reports
OF the committees. roll call. payment
of dues. etc.
Tn" old board of officers was reelected
throughout and is as follows: President.
J. f. Jeffcrds; secretary, Il. J. buddy:
treasurer. +. T. Wood: executive COM
mittec II. ". Rich. T.. Z. Samson. y. II.
Remission and \. S PllnI:rcr
Another address was delivered by Mr..
kcnoudrd which proved as vtluabl" aud
interest sting as that of the forenoon. IL
WAS an unfailinr source of Information
for the members and they piled him with
question after question in the discussion
which followed his address. These adj
dresses We're one of the most interesting
parts of the meeting. f. A. Dane of Con
cord. ~ H., also delivered 4 very inter-
csting address during this session.
The following new members We're ac-
cepted by the committee and voted in by
the association: Ross d Williams. MIL
burn: c. A. Nichols, So. Windham: T.. W.
Hilton. So. Norridgewcck; &. T. Morse,
No. Dixmont; l.. W. Jordan, Ellsworth
c. ~ RedinGton. Watcrvlle: Chas. +,
Aver. Watervillc; p. X. Ware. Washing
Prince Bosse. Natcrvillc: j. J.. $ Kinks.
Old Town; L. T. Lincoln. No. Anson; +.
NJ. Adams. Winthrop; Edmond Nallie,
Watervilie: Frank y. Davis. Pennington
The afternoon session finished the solid
work Of the meeting and the evening was
devoted to Il social period and banquet
at the E.lmwood. Frank Rcdington Of
this city. acted as toastmaster at me
banquet and performed his duties verr
There were no set toastS but
each speaker was allowed to discuss tn
subject that he chose. Among the speak
crs We're Rev. y 6. Pettingill of the
| Unitarian church, y. $. Bangs of Bangor.
q. W. Downing, of Dover. {. Il. Foster OF
Ellsworth. +. W. Clair of this city. Al
guste Renouard of New York. Hon. w. G..
Phlbrooh of this city. and President JcI-
ferdS of the association.
The Utopia Male Quartet sang several
selections and instrumental music WAS
furnished by Han. There was large AZ
tendance. IA good number of the frie ndS oi
the members being present. The banquet
was a very pleasing ending 70 a very sp' =
cessful meeting The first annual held IN
\Naterville will be a memorable occasion
at faNa La I =