Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-28
winter Sports for
Augusta" Subject OF
Tonight's Meeting

w. E. Findisy Of Montreal Will BE
the Speaker At Big Gst-tosethsr
and Chamber Of Commerce Dinner
This Friday Evening at Augusta
House
: Tickets to the Chamber Of Com
merce dinner are going like hot cakes
and from all indications w. e. Find
ley of Montreal will address one OF
the largest gatherings Of interested
men and women that has ever been
assembled on matter OF this sort.
Do Maine people want Winter
Sports? Is Augusta going to be-
come the key city of Maine in cap
talking our celebrating winter
climate through the medium of such
sports as skiing, hockey, snowshoe-
ing. skating tobogganing and curl
ing? Are we going to take the lead
in developing Maine as a winter re-
sort? Fifteen or twenty of the Invest
men In town, acting as a boost COM
mittee for this first public function,
have said SO and have divided the
town as Caesar divided Gaul. (though
rot in the same mathematical ar
langement) and have begun a ticket
sale that means successful start
for the enterprise. The dinner will
be served at $50 tonight at the Au-
gusta House.
I In speaking of the matter before
this Booster committee yesterday,
one of our local enthusiasts, who has
followed winter sports for a long
period and knows the value of the
various sports from every standpoint
said that Augusta offers an unrival-
led opportunity along these lines as
compared to many other New Eng
land cities and towns. We have the
hotel. for the Augusta House is un-
excelled for matters of this kind.
Within five minutes walk guest of
this hotel may have open country,
skating surface or whatever natural
detail may be required for his sport.
The slopes of the Muster field and its
broad expanse offer opportunities for
skiing. snowshoeing and tobogganing
that one will go long way to equal
Ideas are slowly but surely taking
shape and there is already much talk
of holding a five-day winter carnival
at Augusta on non-legislative years
OF building a covered rink for hockey
and curling, of forming snowshoe
clubs and bringing expert skiiers to
this city for exhibits, of scheduling
ice racing on the river and of max
ing Augusta national center of this
type of activity.
This, it would seem, is Augustus
big opportunity and includes pros
Iect of growth, along the very most
desirable lines. From it will come
many permanent residents, of q. the
very best class, who will come to en-
JOY the winter activity and remain to
enjoy the beauties of our summer
season. One simply needs little i'm
imagination and an appreciation of
the possibilities of Augusta to see
the opportunities that this project Of
fers.
The booster committee made q
special point of urging on every man
the Importance of urging the women
of Augusta to attend this dinner and
hear Mr.. Findley, who is an author
ity on winter, sports, as practiced in
Montreal. Tickets are therefore al
most invariably sold in pairs and
there will be women at every table
The high school orchestra will fur
njsh select program during the
dinner proper and will play the ac-
compartments for the community
songs.
The special committee in charge of
the ticket sale is made UP of the fol-
lowing hustlers: Herman H. Stuart,
Charles Downing, W. B. Williamson,
Keith Ryan, Burleigh Martin, Lieu
tenant Colonel F'arnham, Fred Lord.
Henry Barker. George H. Macomber,
Dan Nash, Perley Lawrence, Wilbert
Wilson. F. 3. Condor, C. T. Penney,
Percy Whiting, c. p. Kinsman, C. f.
Bilodeau, F. E. Hewihs, Ami Casa
want and r. w. Swift. AS is custom
airy the general public is invited as
this is primarily public question
affecting the welfare of Augusta.