Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-26
STATE BOARD OF :
TRADES 18TH ANNUAL
SEPT. 1918, HoULToN

The following Is from a notification
being sent to the members Of the
Maine State Board Of Trade and the
Maine commercial bodies by President
Charles p. F7agg and Sec. e. NJ.
Blanding of Bangor. relative to the
2Sth annual meeting of the board.
which will be held on Wednesday and
Thursday. Sept. II and Is at Houlton,
with the Houlton Chamber Of Com
merce as the host:
The Maine State Board Of Trade will
hold its 29th annual meeting at Houl-
ton on Wednesday and Thursday.
Sept. IL and Is. 1917, and your board is
cordially invited to send delegates to
represent your interests in the discus
sion of such matters as will aid in
promoting the best interests Of the
State. This will be the first business
session of the State Board to be held
In Aroostook county and a most hos
pitable reception is assured at the
hands of the Houlton~. Chamber Of
Commerce.
The business session will be held in
the High School auditorium and will
open at $50 A. NJ. on Wednesday.
Sept. ~. The forenoon program will
include an address of welcome by
President Black of the Houlton Cham
Der. annual address by President
Flagg of the State Board, annual re-
ports by Secretary Banding and
Treasurer Callahan. reports Of stand
ing committees. election of officers,
etc. At II o'clock there will be an in
PERMISSION for dinner and at 100 P
NJ, the delegates will be given auto
mobile rides about Houlton and its en-
virons. At p. NJ. the afternoon
meeting will be held in the High
School auditorium. the program in
Guiding addresses on state wide topics
by prominent speakers. In the even
ing there will be a banquet rendered
the visiting delegates by the Houlton
chamber Of Commerce. On the morn
ing of the second day (Thursday) I'M
der the direction of the Houlton
Chamber of Commerce there Will he
an automobile ride of approximately
125 miles. the itinerary including
many Of the flOuriahing towns OF the
county, and this days trip among the
potato and wheat fields Of Aroostook
season will be a revelation to State
Board delegates.
At the State Boards business meet
ing on the forenoon of the opening
day will be considered the following
amendment to the constitution pre-
snntcd at the semi annual meeting in
Portland last March and laid on the
table till the annual meeting at Houl-
ton:
The Executive Council may at its
discretion create a bureau to be en-
titled the Maine Publicity Bureau Of
tie State Board of Trade. ana invite
subscriptions for its supper, on such
terms ard conditions as may be de-
termned by the Executive Council.
Subscribers to the Publicity Bureau
shall be deemed associate members OF
the State Board of Trade, and shah
he entitled to attend its meetings al
though not to vote unless a delegate
from an affiliated body.
The management of the Publicity
Bureau shall be under the direction Of
the Executive Council and it shall
prescribe rules for it's conduct, subject
however to revision by the state Board
U. lrhde Ut any regular OF SpsCiat
meeting.
The basis Of representation IT del-
cGates having the right to vote at a
State Board session is that every
commercial body having 80 members
or less shall he, entitled to two dele
gates: for every % members addition
al. enc delegate. Associations having
over two hundred members shall be
ertitled to but one delegate for every
90 rnannhars that ri1x,rhex