Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-06-03
Chamber of Commerce Notes.

ne service letter Oh tne water
Vile -Winslow Chamber of Com
merce, which is printed by the
Manager. Is. 4. Ahrens. and which
contains many items of interest to
the general public as well as the
members of the Chamber, is just out
and has been sent to the members.
There are several projects which the
different committees nave been
working on since the last publication
of the letter. and some of the most
interesting to the general public will
be given in these weekly notes of
the Chamber. in order to let the pub
lie know that there is live bunch
Of men there who are busily en-
gagged in various way. although they
are not making much publicity Of
their meetings. which are held daily.
In fact some days there is hardly an
hour but what some of the rooms
are occupied with men who are
working on differcN committees, in
city.
The next Membership meeting of
the Chamber. whic.s will be held
next Tuesday evenin Z at $50 o'clock,
will be the regular meeting, and
doubtless the last of the season.
The meeting is advertised as being a
big one. and it is hoped that there
will be very large attendance. The
speaker of the evening will be Paul
Sargent. chief engineer Of the State
Highway Commission at Augusta.
Besides Mr.. Sargent. the road COM
missioners and selectmen of many of
the surrounding towns will be the
guests of the evening. The evening
will be devoted entirely to the good
roads discussion" and as this is a
subject that interests every one in
the community. there will doubtless
be a very large attendance. a. f..
Cyr is in charge of the sale of tickets
for the banquet.
The platform for the municipal
market is now ready for use. and
MIR. Cyr and his workmen finished
the platform last week. 1t is large
enough to accommodate at least
twelve teams. Such a market as
this has served the consumers in
many cities in several useful ways.
Produce fresh from the farms are a
certainty. Eliminating the cost of
carrying goods by auto or horse
teams, ETC., will reduce the price to
some extent. Again it does away
with the evils of telephone, because
the consumer finds it necessary to
go to the market in person and can
then pick out exactly what is want
ed. If the people of Waterville and
Winslow wish to make this market a
success it will be entirely up to them
because without their help it will not
succeed. The Chamber of Com
merce has made this one of its
projects and it is now up to the
members to make it success, by
not only inducing their own families
to patronize it, but also the families
on either side of them. The platform
is located to the north of the armory
and the market will be open on
Tuesdays and Saturdays until the
season closes. The opening date will
be announced in the newspapers.
Sunday, June Sth, and continuing
to June IA a drive will be made for
1000. 900 associate members to the
Boy Scouts. The Boy Scout organi-
zation now embraces 375.00O splendid
Americans boys between the ages of
IL to q years. Each year the Boy
Scout movement is turning out thou
sands of better boys and creating
the finest types of future American
patriots. No cause should appeal
more strongly to the mothers and
fathers of Waterville and Winslow
than the Boy Scout cause. The
Boy Scouts raised several hundred
million dollars in the Liberty Loans
and War Savings Campaigns, and
did splendid work for the Req Cross
in it's several National campaigns.
Associate membership in the Boy
Scout organization will be offered to
mothers and fathers Of the American
boys and other adult American citi-
Zens. The idea Of the associate
membership is to have a supporting
body Of adults for the organization.
This will assure the enlarged use
fulness and effectiveness Of the Boy
Scout movement. The quota for
Waterville and Winslow will be an
nounced later. and there is no doubt
but what the towns will once more
go over the top in this worthy drive.
Rev. Charles Frederick Robinson of
the Congregational church, 1t is un-
derstood has been appointed chair
man for this county, and also the
local chairman.