Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27
THE POLICE FORCE.
Arthur L. Holmes City Marshal and G.
e. Simpson Deputy Marshal.

At special meeting of the mayor
and board Of aldermen which was held
as per notice at 1.30 p. M, Monday,
| Arthur l.. Holmes was appointed and
confirmed for the position of city mar
! sEal and George F. Simpson likewise
| confirmed as deputy marshal. Follow
ing this action special policemen
Were appointed and the MEM
| bers Of the ewlyorganized po-
lice department were thereafter quail
| fled for their responsibilities before
Hon. S. s. Brown, justice of the peace
| The policemen were appointed as i"i-
lows:
Night police, william Albert, upper
Maine street beat; Tlcenic street beat
NAPOLEON Burgess: lower Main street,
Marshall G. Gullifer; the Plains. Ar
thur Taylor.
Provision was made. whereby Phillip
| Proulx was to take the place or MI
Marshall on Main street during the
first night of the Democratic service
Mr.. Gullifer will not, therefore. appear
in uniform until tonight. The other
srecial police are as follows: Samuel
King, Rock Nadeau. Phillip Proulx.
Everett Bickford, Carl Weymouth, L.
W. Jewett, GedeOn Tardif, F. NJ. Ham
son.
Mr.. Weymouth, it should be said was
appointed as special policeman through
request of a representative of the
Maine Central Railroad to be on duty
at the latter's request about the sta
tion Mr.. Jewett was likewise appointed
through a special request of the man
agement of the Coliseum, since he has
been employed at that building upon
resigning his position at the close of
the Republican administration and Mr..
Hanson was appointed upon request Of
his fellow hack drivers. These latter
appointments We're made in recognition
Of the efficient service performed by
these gentlemen during their term of
office which has just closed.
The meeting opened with Mayor F..
L Jones in the chair, who briefly, and
upon motion seconded to omit the
reading of the records of the previous
meeting, stated the particular object
for which this meeting had been call
ed. The names of Arthur l.. Holmes
and George z. Simpson We're each
thereupon appointed and confirmed for
their respective positions.
Inasmuch as the new city marshal
is a comparative stranger to the mass
of the citizens of Waterville, it is fit
ting that he should be at once recog-
niZed as a capital man for the position
to which he has been elected. Mr..
Holmes entered Colby College and this
city in the fall of 1884 as a student
in the A. B. course but left college af-
ter spending two years in study to en-
ter upon buei1ess; life. He then en-
tered the employ Of the Penn Metal,
Ceiling & RoL.E 'c' Co of Boston as
factory foreman, at: W: n in short
time ne was given q position as travel
Ing sal asman, which position he has
successfully held until within a short
time before entering Waterville poll
tics.
While in Colby College Mr.. Holmes
was very popular young man both in
his college connections and in the city.
He was member of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity and played full back
during the two falls of his college life
and Won the reputation at the time
of being the best full-back in the State
and holds the reputation of having
been one Of the most efficient fullbacks
WHICH NoiDy ever Uiu. AS IL CDlleSe
boy he went by the name of Pat"
HClmes. This surname will serve to
recall many amusing incidents of a
most active life which are we'll known
to many citizens and college mates
Mr.. Holmes is of most genial dis
position, enjoys the reputation among
WaterVille citizens of being clear
headed, energetic business man of
splendid character and will, no doubt
readily enter into the confidence of the
people whom he has been elected to
serve in this important office. He was
at first chosen by Mayor Jones to serve
in the capacity of private secretary
ard clerk. but the aldermen, objecting
to his salary being obtained from the
city treasury, he was accepted for the
position which he now holds. Mr..
Simpson, his deputy is we'll known by
all as being one of the best policemen
which Waterville ever had.