Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-03
FAIRFIELD

Fairfield Board of Trade Wednesday
evening at the Gerald Hotel A fine
banquet was served at $50 by Land
lord Woodwork. The meeting was
called to order by President Hiram
F. Burgess. Secretary Archer read a
letter sent by the Board of Trade to
various important industrial heads in
the town of Fairfield to the effect that
their cooperation was wanted in
town Improvement Their cooperation
was promised readily.
Harry Brown told of future enter
tainments for the board in that one
of the members Of the Highway Com
mission had promised toycome 10 Fair
field in the near future and speak on
Coed Roads" Farmers will be espe-
cial1y invited and large attendance
will be planned. Plans are being made
with the Waterville Chamber of Com
merce to have it come to Waterville
and Fairfield at some future date a
member of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce, whose special work is to
speak on advertising in New England
Rev. ]. /. Clark moved that a COM
mittee be appointed to take steps to-
wards regulating the use of air guns
among the young boys of the town
The motion was seconded by Ralph
Jewell. The committee appointed was:
P. A. Smith, chairman, and Rev. j. l..
Clarke, DR.. F. j. Robinson. The mo-
ton is the outcome of several acct
dents which have recently occurred
by use of air guns among the small
boys.
Will o. Jersey, superintendent of
the Fairfield schools, was introduced
as the first speaker of the evening. His
talk was wholly upon the Fairfield
schools. He spoke very highly of Good
Will and especially their custom of
taking into their enrolment school
children who live near there and
charging no tuition. He suggested
the North Grammar school be moved.
Mr.. Hersey extended an urgent invi-
tation to all to visit the schools, as a
way of understanding what is being
done and as an encouragement to the
pupils and the teachers.
Ralph A. Jewell. manager of the
Chase Memorial Sanatorium, stated
facts as they existed at that institu-
ton. Cases with money and cases
without money, makes the financial
part of the work ever prominent. He
invited everyone to visit the sanato-
rum on the visiting days, which are
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Harry Brown related several Incl
dents that had been brought to his
notice. in which non-believers censored
the Board of Trade.
DrtEthel H. Walters was introduced
as the first woman to speak before
the Fairfield Board of Trade. She took
for her subject THE Welfare of Chill
dren."
Rev. John L. Clark brought to the
notice of the board the volume that
was compiled by p. A. Smith, the
price of which was 81 and entitled
What the Fairfield Board Of Trade
Has Done for Fairfield"
AS a result of the vote taken at this
November meeting of the Fairfield
Board Of Trade to the effect that two
young men from each of Fairfield's
churches should be invited to attend
the meeting as guests of the board,
there were present at the meeting
representatives that were invited rs
follows: From the Sacred Heart
church, Cornelius Gregoire and Roland
Pooler; from the Baptist church, Will
liam Burgess and Ralph Blakney;
from the MetnOulSt cnurC1, uciNii
MaCurdy and ~Linwood Clark; from
the Universalist church, Emerson
Lawry and Otto Totman. The commit
tee In charge of the above consisted
of Charles Pooler, Harry Brown, Rev.
c. o. Perry, Rev. Lester l.. Lewis.
Miss Marjorie Smith, daughter Of
p. A. smith. rendered vocal solo,
"Toyland." by Victor Herbert.
The Merrymeeting Chapter, o. e
e., will meet Friday evening at the
Masonic hall and work will be exem-
plifled, followed by refreshments.
The following marriage intentions
are on file at Town Clerk Bradbury's
Office Rex e. Bridges Of Skowhegan
and Miss Genevieva Lutz of Fairfield.
Mr. Bridges is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. w. Bridges and Miss Lutz Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Lutz.
The members Of the Universalist
Sewing Circle met Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. George
Wilson and passed the time in making
aprons, and other useful articles OF
clothing that will be for the Rainbow
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