Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-11-21

Because kennebec county. last year
raised their quota in the i. II. c. 4.
drive, county building has been
erected at the Y. n {. 4. camp at.
Lake Cobbosseecontee. a new coun
- secretary has been placed in this
field and new workers have been
added to the State staff. kennebec
vas included in the six counties Ia
raise their quota, about one-third ri
tie money in all being raised. The
other five counties which raised their
quotas are Cumberland. Androscog
gin. York. Knox and Somerset.
The Y. N. c. A. drive on the re-
construction program which was con-
Quoted in the State last April was
for three purposes, namely. % to in
crease the staff Of State secretaries,
~ to place a county secretary 40
each county for organization WORK
throughout the year and 90 to erect
a series Of county buildings a, Lake
Cobbosseecontee to be used as a
training center during the summer
months for Y. II. c. A. church,
school. grange or other organiza tons
in a constructive way for the benefit
OF Maine at large. The amount of il
was secured.
At the summer camp three build
ings, those for Cumberland, Kenne
bee and Androseoggin counties. have
already been constructed. The work
Of building the camps was done by
various groups Of boys from all over
the State. County buildings yet to be
erected for the other three counties
which raised their quotas will be for
York, Knox and Somerset.
Through the raising Of the fund
there have been added to the State
stan. James G. Barnes. special boys
work secretary, who was secretary Of
the Boston Y. N. c. A. for some time
and Charles Morrison, State indus
trial secretary. 1t was planned to
have more secretaries, for physical
work and for educational work as
we'll.
Arthur s. Merrill is the newly
elected kennebec county secretary
and is now engaged most actively in
that work. Already plans have been
made for two conferences to be hell
at the summer camp. including a
meeting OF the leaders and of the
high school boys.
Q. A. Morton, who has been sue
cessfully engaged as a state direc-
tor. has recently given up the work
and left this week for New York.
where he will be engaged by the
Strout Farm agency
A preliminary survey Of Kennebec
county has been made by Arthur 5.
Merrill. county Y. NJ. c. A. secretary.
Parts Of his report are as follows:
Kennebec county has an area of $50
square miles and except for the towns
Of Benton and Clinton and Unity
Plantation on the north and a portion
of Litchfield on the south, it resem-
bles in its general shape a square
about g miles each way. DiagonaIly
across the county however from the
northeast corner of Clinton to the
southern boundary Of Litchfield, we
find it is about 50 miles. These statis-
tics are Of great importance to the
county secretary as he plans his dis
tribution Of time and territory, but
they serve equally well to show the
public that there is big area Of land
to cover in this work, all Of which
requires time and money.
When We find that there are I
cities. e5 towns and one organized
plantation in the county. we realize
that it would require an entire month
with no holidays) to spend but one
day In town. That would permit
OF but a dozen visits a year if fig