The Republican journal., 1915-06-17
appointed to have charge of the movement:

oiues, w. j. Clifford, G. W. Wes-
eo.'' W. L. iowle and E. s. Pitcher The COM
mi''ee was empowered to fill all vacancies, to
nave iuu charge of the days program, to call
any others to the committee and to select the
uay ana carry the undertaking to success.
LUIS movement certainly should have the sup-
| port of all residents of the CITY 1t has been
'f'eo win great success throughout the West,
ahu In our own State many places have found
it much to their interest
wilson Ellis reported for the advertising
committee that Mr.. Clifford was to set adver-
Using boards on the water front during the
week and that the big sign to be set in Burn
nam will be placed In position this month.
The committee on the proposed Boys Con-
vention met in the rooms of the Waldo Trust
Company on Tuesday evening with Prof. Ralph
r. Mitchell of the University Of Maine and
arranged for the entertainment of the boys in
this city, Contrary to the general impression
the conference or convention of the Boys. .Agrl-
cultural Clubs of Waldo County will not be held
in June, but has been arranged for the first
week in the month of November, when the
judging of the potato crop raised by the boys
will be made and an exhibitIgiven of what the
boys have been doing in the farming line, to-
gether with the awarding of the prizes.
Agricultural Clubs have been formed in
Waldo County under the direction OF the AgEl-
cultural Department of the University OF
Maine in the towns of Belmont, Swanville,
Linconyille, Brooks, jackson and Freedom
At the meeting OF the committee the following
program was arranged for
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th.
1000 a, m. Escort delegations from Maine
Central depot to the Opera House by Belfast
Boys band.
1890. Address of welcome by Mayor Chas.
R. Coombs.
11OO. Address, 1.-The Relation OF the School
to the Home," by Payson Smith, State Super
intendenl of Schools.
-l3O. Social hour at Masonic club.
- 200 p. m. Address. Opportunities in Farm
ing for the Young Man" by Dean Leon S.Mer-
rill of the University of Maine.
24O D. m. Address, ''Successful Potato
Growing in Waldo County," by Clarence A.
Day,i charge Of Farm Demonstration work in
the University of Maine.
300. D. m. Address, successful Poultry Gull
ture," by W. C. Monaham, Instructor in Poul
try Husbandry at the University of Maine.
$50 D. m. Address, "Parcel Post Market
ing,"by ]. C. Orcutt of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce.
400 p. m. Address. Belfast and Waldo
County" by Hon. Orlando E. Frost of Belfast.
Ais p. m. Illustrated lecture at the Belfast
Opera House. by Prof. Ralph P. Mitchell of
the University of Maine. At the close of the
lecture there will be moving pictures and
music and then the young people will adjourn
to the Coliseum where they will have an hour
OF roller skating.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th.
Delegations will meet at the Belfast Opera
House at a. M, where the prizes for the sue
cessful potato growers of Waldo County will
be awarded by 5. Augustus Parker of the Bel
fast Board of Trade.
Follow ing the presentation OF the prizes the
members of the convention will be taken on
tour of inspection through the various plants
of the city's industries, visiting the shoe fac
tory, sardne factory, sash and blind factory,
Mortimer Co., where Superintendent Morris
l.. Siugg will give short address on Conner
cial Fertilizers with working demonstrations.
At the close of this tour, which will occupy all
the forenoon, the convention will be closed.
It is particularly planned by the members of
the committee to make this one of the strong
est boys meetings which has ever been held
in the State,and the program shows that the
committee have succeeded in securing the best
speakers in their various lines. 1t will be
meeting that no boy in Waldo County who is a
member of these clubs can afford to miss, and
the program will be as interesting to the
growh-ups and the city boys. 1t is planned
tnat the city schools should be dismissed, SO
far as the boys are concerned, during the
meeting of the conference.
Residents of the city will DE invited to en-
tertain one or two boys over night and already
a surprising numbers of volunteers have come
forward and there will be no trouble in hous-
ing the entire delegation. The sum of $500
will be awarded TO the boys taking part in this
contest, and each boy VINO competes will be
entitled to a diploma from the University of
Maine, whether he wins money prize or not
Only boys who actually compete for records in
potato-growng will be awarded prizes Re-
duced rates will be made on the boats and
trains.
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