Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-09-24

G. OF c. MEETING
FOR FAIR BENEFIT
At the annual meeting Of the Wa.
terville- -Winslow Chamber Of Cont
merce perhaps the most interestins
project that came before the mem
bers was in regard to the benefit fol
the Central Maine fair, which wa:
first referred to by 8. L. Berry, who
is one Of the stockholders, and one
Of the many citizens who are in.
tensely interested in the welfare II
the association. After explaining
fully the exact situation and the
standing Of the fair. financially, Mr.
Berry stated that he thought there
was not a citizen present who wanted
to see the fair go out completely, and
that with the assistance of the ci.i-
zens at large, there was no reason
why beneflt Of some kind could not
be given for the association, to help
put them back on their feet, for an
other fair. It is understood by every
citizen in Waterville and hundreds
Of surrounding towns. that it was no
fault of the committee that the fair
was not successful this year, but on
account Of the rain which fell for
seven days and seven nights. How
ever. the directors Of the fair, and
every one who Yves in any way con-
nected with it had worked for
months, in fact fo- the entire year
to make it the biggest and best i'll
the State, and it was all Of this, but
on account Of the rain, people were
unable to get to the grounds.
The matter was discussed by \
number of citizens, and each man of
fered a new suggestion. Cecil Dag
gett stated that in one way the
rainy season for seven days ami
seven nights was a great benefit to
the community at large for never be-
fore had a body Of men, such as were
present at the meeting. been together,
and tried to boost the fair associa-
tion. as did the 200 men who were
seated at the tables. all of whom
were for a big benefit and willing 10
stand behind anything that the COM
mittee might suggest and go ahead
with.
A representative from the Ameri-
can Clothing company, from out Of
the city. was present at the meeting,
and said that if anything was start
ed in any way toward a benefit for
the fair, the committee could bank
on the American Clothing company
for 800. (Applause.)
At this statement many Of the
local business men followed with
smaller sums, and the sum Of $50
was named by a local man, while a
of others stated that they
would gladly give $25. $3.50 and still
others SO, and in all the pledges
which were extremely good ones. out
Of the 200 men present, amounted to
one thousand dollars, and each man
also pledged his assistance. in any
way, to back up the committee.
1t was suggested by DIR. L. G..
that committee from the
Chamber Of Commerce be named to
work with the committee already
on the project, and that the
order 10000 tickets print
ed, which will sell at so cents each
to the public and pledge themselves
to sell every one of the tickets, all
tickets to be sold before the date of
the benefit. which will doubtless be
in few days, as the COM
mittee will act at once on the SUBJ
ject.
Frank Joseph and Fred D. McAlary
of the City Job Print stated that
they would print the tickets free Of
charge, and there seems no reason
why the affair will. not be one grand
success. and one that will be heard
about all over the State, and per-
haps in other.
Names Of Proposed Directors
The names Of the "a men who we're
voted upon during the day Monday
and Tuesday were read, and out of
these "a. IL will be named to serve
on the board Of directors for the COM
ing year. The IL names will prob
ably be given out to the public some
time Thursday night or Friday, as
they will have to be voted upon on
and Thursday. The fol-
lowing are men who received votes
to serve as directors. from whom IL
Will be appointed to serve for the
year: George vose. E. X. Atwood.
H. S. Brown. Arthur Daviau. w. L.
Brown, H. D. Eaton. Robert Nivison.
~ Jolly. H. l.. Emery. f. NJ. Gilmore.
Robert Stobie. Samuef Freeman. G.
9. Averill. A. F. Cyr. J. H. Welch.
c. e. B. Walker. J. B. Friel. c. A.
knickerbocker, o. A. Meader. +. C.
N. H. Barrows. q. d. Heg-
arty, c. N. Perkins and v. NJ. Mayo.
Another subject that was brought
up before the Chamber members was
the Lyceum Course entertainment.
which will appear in the city Begin
ming in October for seven months.
The course was presented In the city
last winter, ana is not new to the
citizens and 1t IL hoped that ali will
take hold Of the subject and make |
It go for the coming winter.
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