Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-17
M. A. A. OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED AND PLANS
MADE FOR FIELD DAY.

Portland, Me-, Jan. 16.-(SpeciaD-
The following officers of. the Maine
Automobile Association were elected
at the annual melting of the new board
of directors held at Portland this
week: President, Walter 3. Parker,
Portland; LIST vice Pres, Philip J.
Deering, Portland I'd vice Pres,
Charles H. Fogg, Houlton;s Sd vice
Pres, E. ]. Peacock, Lubec; 4th vice
Pres, w. A. Hennessy, Bangor; 5th
vice Pres, Forrest H. Colby, Bingham.
9Th vice Pres, John w. Hyde, Bath;
Sec.- Treas John Clark Scates, West
brook; chairman good roads commit
tee, George Il. Files, Brunswick; chair
man touring information, publicity
and contest committees, Daniel w.
Hoegg, Jr, Portland; chairman legis-
lative committee, Charles E. Hill, Bel
grade Lakes; chairman membership
committe, j. J. Pooler, Portland. The
new directors are: Hiram w. Kicker,
Poland Spring; E. A. Doten, Portland;
Charles e. Hill, Belgrade Lakes; w. n.
Taylor. Portland; Silas b. Adams,
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Falls DR.. Charles M. Sleeper, South
Berwick; Charles S. Hichborn, Au
gusta Leith s. Black, Houlton; Prof
George T. Files, Brunswick; David
Talbot, Rockland a. @. Miller, Au
burn.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate the plan of working prison.
ers upon the highways. This com
mittee will take the matter up With
the various county commissioners of
the State and will ascertain the num-
Der of prisoners available for road
work. They will report at an early
meeting of the directors. The COM
mittee was appointed as follows: A. @.
Miller, Auburn, chairman; Charles E.
Hill, Belgrade Lakes; William n. Tay-
lor, Portland.
One of the most interesting PROPOSE
tons presented at the meeting was
that of inviting the American Auto
mobile Association to hold field day
in conjunction with the Maine Auto
ombile Association at some point
within the. State during the coming
summer, The American Automobile
ASSOCIATE ton has announced that It in
tended to hold an outing in the White
Mountains and an effort will be made
by the Maine Automobile Association
to induce the organization to come
over into Maine and hold joint re-
union with the members of the State
organization, Poland Spring was
suggested as a suitable place for the
meeting. The idea is to hold a big
field day where the members of the
Maine Automobile Association may
get together, get acquainted and talk
over the association and the work it
can do. The idea of the American
Automobile Association was the same
and for this reason it was thought
that joint meeting would result in
good for both organizations and
would bring a large number of motor
lists TO this State. A committee was
appointed to take the matter up with
the A. A. A. and see if that organiza-
ton would accept the invitation.
The Maine. Automobile Association
also voted to assist the Maine state
Highway Commission in any manner
in which the commission might sug-
gest in furthering the success of the
proposed big roads meeting to be held
at some point in Maine. probably in
April.
1t was announced that work on the
1914 road book was progressing rapid
ly and that the publication would
probably be ready for delivery some
time in February.