Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-27
MAINE PRESS.
42d Annual Meeting Of
the Association.
Business Meetings Held Thurs
day Afternoon and Evening.
Officers Re- eIected-Good Papers-Re-
ceptior, Tonight.

are 'i>to To things of stress and storm
ih'S IS true of their daily life. ana i,
particularly true. according TO !:
NelI-eSthhlSled custom. of that periot
OF th2 YEN selected for the annua
meeting OF the Maine Press Association
i'u' III spite of the big blizzard which
otE'Ned trans and kept many members
~ th"Ir distant homes The. iod animal
| meeting OF the association onenad IN
Time in the Senate chamber ~ N. can
| Hol. Thursday afternoon. ana ,bar.. ic
70 question that the meeting is proving
storm there WAS Il smaller attendance
IMAM usual II the opening session. OF
The 30 members. only Il responded Ia
their names when Secretary Wood
| c;.llt the roll at the beginning of The
Afternoon session. There We're NOR.
! present i'll the evening, however and
| sun larger number will be in attend
ance II today sessions. Afternoon ana
evening sessions wer held Yesterday.
| ami foreE"ull and afternoon sessions
are Oh the program for today, the lii =
t'r;ir> rNcr' Uses being held in the SEN
ate chamber. this afternoon. This
/ tEtli l@, Hon. ANA Mrs. w. II. GaEnett
| Will tender a reception to the members
of IN" association ANA their la,lies at
thei.' reSidrnce on Western avenue.
The rltniiig session WAS called to or
| h,2 With President Jesse ii. Dgier of
camden. III the chair ut 3 +. NJ. ana
| Il members responded TO roll call
| Those present at the afternoon session
We're Joseph Wood, George :. HowtIl
| I bonus II. Sale. OS, ar X. Wish. Will
| liam ii. Dow and George ID. Lorine o:
| Portland. Arthur :. Forbes South
| l':rlS: JameS w. Bracnett. Phillips;
| Jesse r. bgier. Camden; and Howard
| owen, {. Il. Rurleigh. Charles F.. Flynt
th"rlts III. HoW den. William II. Gam
! nett. Horace T.. Bowditch and j. c.
! Minot Of Augusta.
There We're d good number Of specta-
tors present. AS the report OF the score
t"ry lad been printed in pamphlet form
ami WAS in the hands OF the members.
its reading WAS omitted.
president OSier then delivered his an
nu;l address, (, brief and wel-expressed
| utter.ulce ui.on the work and aims of
thu Issnci:ltion. He urged that more
time at the meetings be devoted to the
business eal ot newspaper publication
III 'l't'I I'LL lltIc pfdttlCstI benefits
might ne obtained by the publishers.
lie also called attention to the needs
Of a permanent legislative committee
10 secure the enactment of just laws
for The protection and benefit of the
press. in closing he recommended that
4 hanIurt be made one OF the features
Of the annual meetings OF the or%a,IiZ-
alton.
III" report Of the treasurer. Charles
+. tlynt of Augusta. showed the re-
cei;.tS tor the year. 1904. to be $Ij5. and
the expenditures. $50. leaving Il bal
;Ince Of SIS on hand which is deposited
IN the Augusta Savings Bank.
NJ this point eight new members
We're elected 10 the association. their
applications having previously been
made to the secretary and their names
p'sse upon b. the nvcstigatng com
n,it"p. These rev members are as fnl-
lows: W. Q. Fuller, Jr.. ANA Arnold
II. Jones Of I;ucklHnd: Frank :. Nor
ten, Portland: Frank +. Nichols and
harry {. Wcbher of Bath; Samuel G.
Marley. Il. +. w. Thrope and George
II. French of Augusta. These additions
max" the present membership Of the
association ~. one mcber died during
,h, ,,.,., ,..., I,,.,,,l, 4, pin 40 y,..i
I.,,,d
Messrs. Wish. Rowell and Forbes
" e,.. ;,n,ointcd to name officers for The
ensuing year ana this committee re
,.nr,aa III rnIIo,yc.
p,..i1..r, I.s.a II oo;ar IF Camden
We nrcsiden;s-LiSlon =. Evans.
Do,.o,. William II Dov. of Portland.
Fred "a S.nbo,n of Norway
Ineenh Wood of Portland
r,.,e,,r,.r- Charles r FIynt Of An
..,,st.
,,orrasnonainp S.cretorv-Edw1rd :
Ste,rns of Thomaston.
Executive Cornm:ttee-.Jesse H. Ogier
(ex-otii.io) Of Camden: Arthur +.
Forbes Of south Paris; {. Il. furielgh
oi augusta. ana NJ =. lsirh Oh f"f'-
land.
II" report WIS d''el''eu anu INV ON
GERS 'l'c'e''.
These olhcers are the same rs ior
the past year with the exception OF one
~ IVA changes III the executive COM
n,;ttan. II wax voted TO send the greet
irtre of tho :ysor citation to Joseph A. Ho-
man of Augusta. Hiram *. Morrill, of
Crr.;ir,r. and Willilm \. Pidgin Of