Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-13
HOLD LIVELY NEE TING TO
BOOST MEMBERSHIP OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

| where people interested can compare
notes and argue things out and win
because it is worth winning and put
it across because of its value and ad-
mitted to be of value.
people say that no new industry
has been brought 20 watervilIe
| through the Chamber of Commerce.
Is that the fault of the Chamber?
Not bit of it, Waterville is not fit
| for new industry. When it is fit,
/ r. will have it,
| IF new industry should come to
/ Waterville where are you to house
your men when many families of the
city live in two rooms and where nine
tenths of the landlords will have no
children in their houses thereby work
ing directly for race suicide. When
YOU have. no school facilities for chill
dren already in Waterville what will
you do with more brought in with a
new industry? AS long as, there is.
no place for our own, Waterville has
no right to ask more to come in.
When we have these things Industries
will come in larger numbers than we
can take care Of
Il am forced to admit that the
= Chamber of Commerce is not ideal It
is not so strong and efficient as it
/ might be. The board of directors is a
bum board. / belong to it. But whose
fault is it? on elected them. The
board is not representative of the
whole city, it is not we'll balanced.
!
elect a lot of decent fellows for the
Job? 1t is up to you. on can make
this Chamber of Commerce whatever
YOU want it. No city that tries to be
up to date can get along without a
Chamber of Commerce"
Mr.. Knickerbocker said that the
Chamber of Commerce is a great
power plant to generate interest in
humanity and that it has the machin-
cry to do it. He expressed his pleas
ure that there were so many ladies
present and said that the Chamber
, of Commerce should establish more
cordial relations with women in or
der to make it the large efficient in
Stitution that it should he, for no
people in a community are SO led and
inspired by interest for the good of
the people round about them than
women. He spoke of the great in
| terest, affection and enthusiasm gen
Grated in the churches and the homes
and dissapating i'm the air and said
at is up to us to conserve this pow
err to serve the common need.
! There were several two minute
l-nr
who said that the Chamber of Com
merce should be the fountain head
! leading to the betterment of the COM
munity, as the community grows with
! the individual and the individual
grows as the. community advances.
Hon. Frank Redington said that he
! Rad always been an advocate of a
hoard of trade or a Chamber of
Commerce and Waterville had been
greatly helped by the Chamber It
was the center around which all ac-
tivities of the peoples of the city
should formulate and start its
progress.
Horace True Muzzy told why he was
member of the Chamber Of Com
merce. His answer was terse and en-
.
a progressive city" He then pictured
the progressive city. 1T should be
well located, of a good arrangement
sanitary3 convenient parks and play
grounds, it's scheme Of education from
! kindergarten to college, homes of
comfort and beauty. architecture plays
its part men Of worth rather than
men Of wealth, city where industries
thrive, where brotherly love survives,
where man may be born. grow up
and die among his friends. Waterville
has these elements of progressivenoSs
and the finest people in Gods wide
world. l believe the Chamber OF Com
merce stands foremost in it's oppor.
tunity to develop this city ideal.
Herbert l.. Emery. who has just re-
! turned from tour to many other
cities. told what a factor the Chamber
of Commerce is in other cities and
said that he wanted to introduce some
of the ideas he absorbed while away
He said they must all think what they
could do to make the Chamber of COM
merce better and bigger. Mr.. Emery
paid fine tribute to the efficiency
of the secretary, Walter L Eaton. for
the work he has done during the past
fyear.
Chairman WEIGH then offered any
one who wished a chance to register a
kick or, in other words, if they had
a good argument as to why they
should not belong to the Chamber of
Commerce to bring it on. AS no one
did, he called upon Sam Freeman as
the last speaker Mr.. Freeman said
that he believed the Chamber of Com
live city of Waterville and in order
to keep it live city he asked al, pres
Ont to belong to the chamber ard
bring along their friends.
Mr. Freeman then introduced a res
olutton for an amendment to the by
laws of the chamber to read as fol-
/ lows:
No person shall serve as director
of the Waterville- Winslow Chamber
of Commerce for more than two cor
secutive years and at least one-ha; {
Of the board shall be persons who
have not served the previous year
The names of persons ineligible to
serve shall be marked on the primary
ballot The amendment passed by a
unanimous vote. Membership cards
were then passed around to the mem
bers to be signed.
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