Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-01-28
UNION OF EFFORT.
.,,e Of Annual Meeting of Els
n0s..b MERCHANTS Association.

Union OF effort ior inc Si'i'' 80
,:,a,strial advancement OF Ellsworth
ans tbe keynote sounded at the annual
was - the Ellsworth Merchants as
aocistion last Friday.
so w., together for Ellsworth Buy in
,,,".sortbl Brag about Ellsworth
BOOST Ellsworth!
RI 49, r,eeting was a "smoker", and de-
..,,l,v informal. The business OF the
.ssating was promptly disposed OF, but
-. r,embers fingered for discussion of
w s..a,s nfor the good OF the city,. Vari-
nns topics we're touched upon, opinions
s.oslv aired, but the most vital point un-
.s-,,,ng all was the necessity OF getting
.sratber. II the revival Of public spirit
~, hv everyone at the meeting could be
.s.nsmitted to every business man in
r,,.vortb. getting together would be un-
naoessary. They would be together.
The first business OF the meeting was
.,oo,;on of new members, ten new
names being presented and accepted. Re-
nor,s of the secretary and treasurer were
then received.
lows: President, Roy c. Haines; vice.
nresident, Col. c. c. Burrili; secretary,
Harold L. Hooper; treasurer, Walter M :.
Allen. trustees, w. A. Alexander, w. III.
Titus. Leon e. Rowe.
II was at President Estey's request that
a change in the presidency was made
Mr.. Estey has served continuously since
the organization OF the association, five
wars ago, and thought it best for the
;ntarest of the association that there
sbould be a change in the officers. Later
in the evening rising vote Of thanks was
given to MIR. Estey for his faithful service.
Col. Burriil was the first speaker on his
feet after business was disposed Of, and he
b,ought up the matter of public dock or
landing for small boats on the river,
which has several times been broached,
but on " hich little progress has been made.
Col. Burrill and President-elect Haines
were appointed committee to again bring
the matter before the city government.
Later in the evening Col. Burrill drew
some striking comparisons between Ellis
worth US ~ was "hSh tAS SAsy "so AhsOA
porated in 1869 and Ellsworth as it is to-
day, pointing out some OF the reasons
therefor as he saw them, and why the
business men of Ellsworth should "wake
up and do something.
Rev. Sydney 8. Booth, who had just
been elected member Of the association,
spoke from the viewpoint OF an ''out-
sider", as he styled himself. He spoke OF
the fine advantages of the city-advantages
which the citizens, many OF them, failed
to realize themselves, or, realizing them,
failed to push to the front at every OPP
portunty.
He found here two organizations OF
business men, but instead OF working
together, they were pulling apart. This
was worse than useless, it was not only
dissipation Of force, but it gave bad i'm
preston to visitors to the city. The first
thing necessary for the advancement OF
Ellsworth, he thought, was for these two
organizations to get together.
Several others spoke on the same lines,
and the sentiment OF the meeting was de-
cidedly in favor Of 'get together" move
ment 1t was recommended that the new
officers take early steps to bring this
about il possible.
Mr.. Haines, the newly-elected presi-
dent spoke at some length on a cultiya-
ton OF spirit OF unity and local pride,
loyalty to home merchants and home in
dustries. He said he would announce the
several standing committees for the next
meeting, promised that they would have
work to do and that he would see that
they did it, and that he hoped at the next
annual meeting they could look back upon
ayear OF accomplishment.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Since the meeting, President Haines has
announced the standing committees for
the year. A departure from the old order
has been made, which it is believed will
make committee work far more effectual.
A new executive committee has been
created, called the presidential committee,
which will confer with and advise the
outline the work to be done by the differ
ent standing committees. In this way
Inc proper work of committees will be
turned over to them for completion, and
there will be no longer the cry from the
committeeman that they know not of what
committees they form part, or what is
expected of them. In so far as is possible,
all matters coming before any meeting
Will be turned over to the proper COM
Inittees.
with this idea in mind, President
haines has asked the following named
gentlemen to serve upon the different
committees, to which they are hereby APP
pointed:
rresldential- Charles c. Burrill, Harold
a. Hooper, Walter NJ. Allen, Edward F..
nooinson, jr., Linwood FL. Cushman,
frank X. Moore, Pearl s. Hutchings, Frank
.. Dunleavy, Charles E. Monaghan, Ed
ward g. Moore.
membership - William A. Alexander,
leon Il. Rowe, Charles w. Joy.
Flnance-Charles e. Monaghan, Rev. T.