Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-07
Shakeup in Agricultural Society
ecretary William w. Beckwh Made Plain Statement Re-
gard to the County Fair and Then Declined Election
James B. Palmer is Elected President for the Coming
Year-Aalf Hundred Life Members Attended Lively
Session at Court House Wednesday.

tween $500 and $500 above the receipts
ut the gates.
George A. Kahn stated that at,
meeting Of the executive committee
he moved to- have the night fair cut
out but the fairs were held just the
same.
sity of having tents which were not
voted in the executive meeting. There
was a nice chance for exhibitions of
cattle and implements ana even Storrs
college brought an exhibition which
had no shelter. The secretary turned
over a tent he had secured for the
horses but 1t was not required for
them as they were unable to get here.
The cattle and hogs came in and, I
was criticized for allowing hogs on
1t possibly would interfere with the
exhibitions of some of the complain
ers. He spoke of the Plant exhibition
and said that MIR. O'Brien had made
the show would climb sycamore tree
to see. There was reference TO the
alleged contracts for the shows hav-
ing been signed by the secretary be-
fore they were given to the executive
committee for approval. The signing
of the contract or that with reference
to sign board advertising which In
volved something like $3.50 was de-
MED. The contracts he said were ap-
proved by the committee before be-
Not Candidate for Reelection.
eff anyone can show me an erasure
or a knife scratch on these records"
said the secretary, IT will allow him
| to take me anywhere he wants to.
There is q reason for all this. Before
| the election of officers Is taken up l
wish to state that I am not a candi-
date for reelection and would not
| take it if you handed it to me on a
silver tray and pay five times the
| amount of the salary. 1t is a thous-
and dollar Job and occupies the time
| of a man all year round" The amount
| of work done within the past year was
spoken of. The secretary spoke of
| the cattle exhibit and stated that the
| last exhibit was the best in his opin-
| lon that the society ever had.
| He said some member of the execu-
him that Mr.. Plant should. be ex-
| cluded from exhibiting. This brought
| George A. Kahn to his feet. He in
! quired if Mr.. Beckwith had a, witness
| to the statement he had made and
| refuted II. The matter of the judge,
| statement of the judge that he had
| tried to divide the premiums as nearly
| equal as he could was criticized. The
matter of having dairy, poultry and
| exhibitors was approved, he said,
| while it apparently was desired by
| some of the executive board that the
| cattle exhibits be held to close range.
| The hog exhibit was touched upon
| and the secretary said that if secre-
| tary was to be elected to succeed him
| and he refused to accept a reelection
he desired him to finish taking the
minutes of this meeting as he dis
| approved of the manner his work mad
/ been criticized.
+ Mr.: Kahn made. a statement in
| which he referred to the fact that he
| was a Sunday school superintendent
| in his town and that his veracity had
never been questioned before The
| matter of gambling was gone into and
| a clear statement of fact made to the
| secretary. A clean fair was decided
| upon by the board and a clean fair
| was what they have had. said Mr..
| BeckWith.
Life Members on Grandstand.
The matter of allowing life mem
bers on the grandstand was also dis
cussed and Griswold H. Morgan told
| Brewster said that while his views
| in some instances were not like Chose
of Mr. Beckwith he felt that he had
been the hardest working secretary
the society had ever had.
James 3. Palmer, President.
The election of officers was then
taken up and resulted as follows:
observation-disclosures B. Palmer, Lisbon
Vice Presidents-Arthur D. Lathrop
Norwich, Elmer r. Pierson, Norwich
Simon Brewster. Griswold. Edwin E
Lathrop, Bozrah, Samuel E. Hol-
dredge, Ledyard.
+ ecretary-Gilbert S. Raymond
Observation-Disclosures D. Greenman
Norwich.
Directors-Morton F. Plant, Groton
| E. Hudson Miner, Bozrah, William w
! Beckwith, Norwich, John T. Beckwith
East Lyme, George A. Kahn. Franklin
) Griswold II. Morgan, Salem. JOSEPH
} A. Clark, Ledyard, Allison B. Ladd
Jr., Sprague, Edwin n. O'Brien. Nor
witch, John d. Avery, North Stoning-
ton. Dan D. Home Montville, ClarI
} Woodmansee, Preston, George G. Az
cry, New London, Michael B. Ring
: Norwich, E. A. Hexie, Lebanon. A. F
Reade, Lisbon, Ray Harding. Lyme
Charles I. Beebe. Salem.
, Auditors - Woodbury. o. Rogers
) George W. Dolbeare, Elmer R. Pier
son, Norwich.
, In communication to the societ.
| Nathaniel Foot of Colchester. IS year
J of age, and a long time member o
the society, asked to be relieved o
/ the duties. Retiring President Lath
! rop nominated Mr.. Palmer as his sue
7 | cessor and when he assumed the chat
! Mr. Palmer stated that if he had an.
| sharp competition he would not accep
4 the ONCE. lie spoke IOT COOpSTs4IiOl
I | in the work of conducting the affair
I of the society and urged an active in
3 terest by all members.
g Remarks were made by G. W. Dol
I beare and w. o. Rogers. The latte
= made a suggestion that the date O
I the fair be carried into October as h
Q felt that better and bigger fair coul
{ be held at that time.
q A retiring vote of thanks was ten
e dered the retiring president for hi
s valuable services, and a similar vot
was rendered the retiring secretar
e for his efficient services.
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