Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-28

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and TO which We have given publicity
and our moral support. may be noted
the Sieur de Monts National Monument
or Park at Mount Desert Island: Sc
curing the Sanctuary for birds an ].
harmless wild animals. the purchase u
a part OF the Jesuit Field. commemorate
ing the religious zeal and patriotism %
that early French settlement; the or
ganization of a State wide system Of
productive agricultural extension work
instituted under the Smith Lever Act OF
1915 and the establishing of a Woman
Exchange known as Homestead Indus
tries made by Maine Women" The las;
mentioned we hope will help TO bring
about better system of distribution
for Maine which is much needed Our
present system is gross waste Of time,
money and energy
1 shall not record the failures but
must mention three projects still pend
lug which l hope will receive the en-
thusiastic support Of our successors
The Mt. katahdin National Park or
Game Sanctuary; the School for
Fish Culture; and the Highway Road
side Planting and Eeautifying.
l wish to thank the officers and mem
bers of this Fedora tion for the assist
ance rendered this department.
Civic
Ada. =. Garcelon, chairman of the
GIVES Department, reported as fol-
lows:
Madam President and members OF
the Federation:
II has beer the aim of the Ciyics
department to create among the
clubs of the Federation greater in
terest i'm our own State. its history
and its OVernment. and to improve
the healthfulness. appearance and
social conditions Of the communities
in which We live. To this end, an
outline Of study of the history OF
Maine from the earliest discoveries
to the present time. and of the mode
of government of the State. county
city and town. was prepared by the
chairman of the department in the
spring Of 1915. and sent to all the
clubs of the State. This was followed
in 1917 by topics for the study OF
Names resources, industries anc
products.
Information about plans for Com
munity Civic Service prepared by the
Civics department of the Genera
Federation was sent ont at the same
time, together with circular letter!
from the department urging. for def
mite practical work. that the club.
CO. operate with the Civics depart.
ment Of the General Federation il
working for the use Of school build
ings as Social Centers: for civic ant
moral instruction in the public
schools raising the standard of mo
ton pictures, especially for tht
young. with special programs foI
children; in the observance of Bah,
Week. AMI m iTsfftutng a state Wild
Cleaning ard Paint-up campaign. /
was alsoSsuggested that the clubs US,
their influence for simpler gradua
tons, form Parent Teachers AsSoci
ations n localities having none, anc
, help the boys and girls of their com.
munities by assisting in the Boy Scou
and Camp Fire Girls movement an(
by organizing Agricultural Clubs.
The response has been most graf
flying. In the past two years {
large percentage of the. clubs hav,
included Maine topics in their pro.
grams a number devoting the en-.
m h1
porting says about Maine as a sub
ject: . The more we study it. III.
more we discover other aspects WORT
exploring. The clubs have also beer
more actively engaged in civic i'm
prOvemrnt than ever before From
all sections of the State come report:
of community betterment showing
that much permanent good has beel
accomplished through their inf1u
ence. Among the many activitie.
which include a wide range of effort
new Fairgrounds have been estab-
lished, much community canning anC
child welfare work done, a Domesti,
high schools. and several successful
cleanup campaigns conducted,-ont
of which, in Lewiston and Auburn
under the Woman's Literary Unior
of AndroScoggin County. won a silver
shield FOR doing the second hes
work in 1917 in New England Thi.
campaign was in charge of the chair.
man of 'his department. who also il
1916 CO. operated with the chairman
of the Home Economics department
of the Federation in n most success
full observance Of Baby Week. includ
ing a mammoth Baby Show, in the
same cities.
In view of the oVerW helming i'm
portance at the present time of the
production and conservation of fooC
and supplies. and of largely increased
activities in all industries, no study
is of greater Importance to the people
of Maine, or more timely. than that
Of our resources, industries. ana
products. To learn of them is TO open
up most interesting fields Of knowl-
edge. and to realize that our State
has possibilities undreamed of. Our
industries have recently increased
many fold,-tnany of them becoming
of much more importance than ever
before, owing to the war. One of our
chief resources, our water power, is
at the present time a matter Of the
deepest interest to the State, while
others, 100. have SO great potential
value that a survey of the State is to
be made to learn what may profit
ably he developed for the National
Government for war purposes.
Much OF local civic endeavor has