Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-15
CHAMBER COMMERCE
CONSIDERS MOVIE
TO ADVERTISE CITY
Novel Plan to Show Beauties OF
Augusta Laid Before Direct
ors-Report Shows Financial
Condition Good - Routine
Business Transacted

Advertise Augusta through moving
pictures! Such was the proposal Of
]. F. Reed. President and General
Manager Of the Connecticut Film
Mfg. Corporation to the Board of Di-
rectors of the Augusta Chamber
Commerce at is regular September
meeting yesterday afternoon.
With its winter carnivals, baseball
carnivals, big celebration the Fourth
OF July. its famous Millionaires'
baseball team, its community pag-
cant. its Dollar Days. Style Shows,
and many other activities of a civic
nature Augusta offers material for a
film of action enjoyed by few COM
munities of it's size
All OF these things worked into a
film with plot to add interest, show
| ing the vacation land round about the
city. the motor trips along macadam
| highways. the golf course at Cobbos-
I seecontee, the lake itself with its
lighthouse. it's canoeing and yachting,
apd it's Y. NJ. G. A. Camp, the ride
Gown the kennebec on the steamer
Islander. the falls of the kennebec,
interiors of the cotton mill, the shoe
factories, the publishing houses,
/ showing the folder machine at work
with its thousands of magazines au-
/ Dramatically mailed to all parts OF the
country, the big paper machine max
| ing it's product. the State House with
Its busy departments and the legisla-
ture in session. the schools and school
life. the Y. NJ. c. A. with it's gym
classes, all make possible a most in
! teresting film production.
The Board considered the matter
! yesterday and went into details and
steps will be taken to raise the nee
essary funds if after careful investi-
cation the cost and possibilities of
using the idea is found feasible.
San Jose. California. issued sc
prints Of their film. "In the Valley
of Hearts Desire" which were shown
, ir practically every city in the land,
Augusta being one of them, to esti-
mated total OF 100000 people. or
one third Of the people in the United
! States.
The Augusta film would first be
used in Augusta, then taken by the
merchants bureau to the Oranges and
other organizations in the towns in
this vicinity, later taken out accom-
! panied by a lecture Community Eff
! ficiency" to all parts of Maine. and
then released to the Ford Educational
Film Library and to school and col
! leges for general exhibition.
Other matters Of routine nature
were taken up among them the re-
port Of the Secretary covering finan-
ces. The organization showed a cash
balance on hand of $1564.O0 with OBJ
legations of only s305.00, having
collected over half it's 1922 dues in
the first five months of the present
fiscal year. Myron NJ. Davis was ap-
pointed to represent the organization
on the Augusta Health Committee.
The matter of issuing folder on
the duties of State officials for dis
tribution to school children in con-
nection with invitations to visit Au
gusta in groups and for purposes of
class instruction in government, was
laid on the table. Investigation Of
the possibilities of community CAL
endar was left to the Secretary to be
reported on at the next meeting of
the Board.