Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-02
LADIES WILL HELP.
The Woman's Auxiliary
Board Of Trade Formed
To Work With Mems Board
for the New Factory.
A Plea Whereby Everyone Can Contribute
Little and Help Much.

Following UP the aggressive deter
mineG and successful effort now being
put Forth by the citizens of Gardiner.
under the leadership OF the Beard of
TRACE to secure Il second shoe factory
in the city, the women also feel a
deep sense of responsibility. Believing
that an important part OF the ulti-
mate .uccesS of the enterprise rests
with them they have accordingly I'M
dertaken an organized work as an aux
Hilary to the Eoard of Trade.
To perfect the organization the fol-
lowing ladies met at the home OF Rev.
J. Lansdon Quimby at 4 o'clock ?. NJ.
Thursday:
Mrs. J. Walter Robinson, Miss Della
Collins, Miss pr. Gertrude Heath, Mrs.
Frank Maxcy. Mrs. Calvin Smith, Miss
Mrs George w. Brown, Jr, Mrs.
Frederick Danforth, Mrs. Julia Ames-
bury. Mrs. Oluf Tandburg. Mrs. Geo.
r. Morse, Mrs. Joseph A. Glazier Mrs.
Geo. Harrington. Mrs. VIM. McDuiiie
and Mrs. Lizzie Cole.
Many others had planned to attend
the meeting, but We're detained for va
rious reasons. Those who did attend
We're simply an expression of scores OF
all classes of the women OF the city
who feel that they desire 4 part in the
notable effort now before the conmu-
nifty.
The first work of the ladies was to
organize. Mrs. George w. Brown, Jr.,
was unanimously chosen president.
with The following named ladies as
general officers: Vice president, Mrs.
Frank MaXcy; secretary, Miss Della
| Collins; treasurer, Miss DR.. Gertrude
| Heath.
After the selection Of the above
named officers name under whic!, to
| work was adopted. 1t seemed most fit
| ting to style the new organization
| The Women's Auxiliary Board Of
| Trade"
The scope of work Of this board in
| cludes- a most thorough canvass Of the
| city Of Gardiner by wards, also Ran
dolph and Farmingdale.
| The organization will be further
| perfected by the appointment of a
| board of directors. each of whim, ad-
| vising with the other officials, will have
| personal care of one of these several
| sections named. These directors in
| turn will also choose well-qualified
persons to go from house to house in
(, the various sections under their care,
thus making the canvass. 'r
The proposition will therefore be laid
| before. every man, woman and child of
| mature years. The proposition will be
| this: What sum Of money will you give
| to help raise the money needed by the
/ Board Of Trade to build the new shoe
| factory?
| This will not conflict with the work
| already done by tn" various soliciting
/ committees for it is altogether upon
| another basis. The work already done
| includes pledges from $500 down to a
days wage. This work takes up the
| matter at that point and goes into the
pennies. II is a pledge Of specific pen
MES saved from week to week finally
| in the course OF months To accrue into
dollars. F,vcrybody will be asked to
try TO scheme an! if adopted freely
| will prove one of the finest lessons to
the community in saving ever known.
II will also so effectlualy solve the
problem of popular giving that hence
forth inc community will have no 9TH
er method. 1t also will place a plan be-
| fore most men who. although already
having given more or less, will find in
this way they can still do more and
really make something out of it for
themselves il the knowledge gained
as to how much they can do if q lit
tie at a time with systematic regular
ity.
a copy OF the pledge card to be used
is here inserted:
| mir. John Dee
No. "A Brooks street.
Pledge Card.
| Gardiner, Me, March 219c6.
Beginning with the above date,
promise to pay to the Board of Trade
for the new shoe factory
Is..w within a period Of months from date
S25 per week for period of one year
S..rrr mohth for period of........ycars
s. per year for a period years
(SigneD JOHN DOE.
The card used will be filled out by
the person securing the pledge. After
signing the pledge card it will be re-
turned to the canvasser. who will turn
the pledge over to the treasurer of the
society. The savings from week to
week will be gathered by a collector
once each month through the year. 1t
is expected that the sums pledged will
range as low as five cents per week in
many cases.
| Such subscription would aggregate
in year $3.50. One hundred of these
would Be in one year $3.50 and 1000
would be $4,000. If the ladies' can secure
1909 averaging only 10 cents per week
for one year the sum would be 5000.
There is an easy way of lifting great
burden, lift a little at a time. all lift
and keep on lifting. By this method
even the children can point to the new
shoe factory and say: THAT is mine.
helped to build it," Here is the
"touch-s:one" of citizenship. the foun-
tain head Of social purity. of civic
| righteousness.
In the near future there is being
p,anrcd a great mass meeting al the
Opera house at which meeting ali in
terested will cooperate.