Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-08
\ OUR HOTEL MEN
Gather in Annual Session al
the HaIIoweII House.
Hear Reports, Admit New Members
and Elect Officers for 1902.
One of Landlord kneeland's Finest
Ranquets Enjoyed in Evening.

Hallowell Me-, Feb. 7.-(SpeciaD.-
The annual meeting of the Maine Hotel
Proprietors' Association was held at
the Hallowell house in this city, today,
and evening. The business meeting
took place in the afternoon and n the
evening an elegant banquet was served
by Landlord o. A. Kneeland.
At the business meeting President
Will H. Mcdonald of the Stoddard
house, Pennington, presided. The re-
port of the secretary and treasurer, f.
M. Blanding of Bangor, was approved
and placed on file.
New members were admitted: G. A.
Ames, COny house, Augusta; E. r.
Grabow, Hotel Sorrento, Sorenton; S.
c. Durrell, Leeds house, Flagstaff; +.
A. Whittier, Dover house, Dover; o.
Is. BuZZell, Exchange hotel, Houlton;
Thomas ]. Cronin, The Adm, Houl-
tom S. w. Tibbetts, Hartford house,
Augusta G. +. Wiley, Hotel Thatcher,
Biddeford: ]. A. Merrill, The Forks;
John A. Woodward, Tontine hotel,
Brunswick.
President, Will H. Mcdonald, Stod-
dard house, Pennington; directors,
Will II. Mcdonald, ex-officio; George 3.
Thomas, Preble house. Portland; o. H.
Kneeland, Hallowell house, Hallowell;
! w. r. Knowlton, Windsor hotel, Bel
fast; Frank w. Durgin, Windsor hotel,
Bangor; secretary and treasurer, e. NJ.
Banding, Bangor; first vice president.
II. C. Chapman, Bangor house, Bangor.
Vice presidents by counties were
elected as follows:
Androscoggin, f. p. Kicker, Poland
Spring house. South Poland; Aroos-
took, c. J. Perry, New Pressure Isle
house, Pressure Isle: Cumberland, J. j.
Pooler, The Columbia, Portland; Han
cock, F. w. Coburn, Hotel Everard Bar
Harbor; kennebec, Henry E. Capen,
Augusta house, Augusta; Knox, H.. p. c.
Wright, Bay View hotel. Camden; Lin
coin, w. G. Hubbard, Wiscasset house,
Wiscasset; Pscataquis, G. e. Herrick,
Herrick hotel, Brownville; Sagadahoc,
IC. w. WEIGH, Hotel Phoenix, Bath;
Somerset, w. J. Bradbury, The Gerald,
Fairfield; Waldo, w. E. Grinnell, Sears
port house, Searsport; Washington, d.
M. Gardner, Border City hotel, Calais;
York, Edward S. Marshall, Marshall
house, York.
The legislative committee was Sc
lected as follows: II. E. Capen, Augusta
house, Augusta; F. II. Nunns, The New
Falmouth hotel, Portland; John p. Mer-
rill, Hotel North, Augusta.
The association voted to make an ex-
cursion through the Aroostook region
early in June
Shortly before o'clock the banquet
began. There We're seated at the tables
the following gentlemen:
A. N. H. w. Smith, Gardiner: John A.
Woodward. Brunswick; George p.
Thomas. Portland; J. P. Merrill, Au
gusta; H. E. Judkins, Waterville; H.
f. Capen, Augusta; ]. F. Bodwell, Hal
lowell; Will H. Mcdonald, Farming
ton; Ben Tenney, Hallowell; Parker
Spofford. Bucksport; E. M. Banding.
Bangor; II. M. Heath, Augusta: Geo.
A. Stafford, Hallowell: E. c. Stevens,
Chelsea: A. L. McFadden, Augusta; O..
| T.. Blackden, Dexter: H. L. Williams,
Hartland Ed A. Capen, Deer Island,
MOosehead Lake; j. ]. Pooler, Port
land; Charles w. Welch, Bath; F. nj.
Bowman. Augusta: c. S. Bowman, Au-
gusta: w. J. Bradbury, Fairfield; NJ.
r. Knowlton, Belfast: w. L. Grinnell,
SearspOrt.
! The menu was an excellent one. Blue
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