Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-20

Will Be Held June is at Hotel at
Belgrade and a Big Meeting Is
MISUNDERSTANDING on Nomi-
nations to Report at That Time
An Innovation at the regular meet
ing of the Augusta Rotary club Fri
day evening at the Augusta House
was the fact that there was no set
speaker on the program. This gave
Musical Director J. Francis MacNich-
oil, a chance to exercise his songsters
and this he did with the most graft
flying results.
! 1t is not generally known that Au-
gusta Rotary has one Of the finest
groups of dispensers of harmony
that can be found in this vicinity,
but this is a fact, and after they had
limbered up their vocal chords, the
volume of tone was certainly there.
Song followed song and some of the
embryo Carusos and Scottis became
so enthusiastic that they could hard
~ stop to do justice to the fine lob
ster dinner which the management
of the Augusta House had provided.
This surely proves that they are
strong for the musical end Of the
evening as the dinner was ever better
than usual and much favorable COM
ment was made about it.
President Elmer +. SNewbert an
nounced that through a series of dis
appointments, the club would be
without the services of a speaker for
the evening. 1t had been expected
that Naterville Rotary would be the
guests of Augusta Rotary Friday eve
ming, but they were unable to come
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements then tried to get Presi-
dent Little of University of Maine.
President Little desired to come to
this meeting, but at the last minute
ne found that he must go to New
DIX. The committee then tried to
get one Of the members of the Bates
debating team to speak to the club,
but in this too they were unsuccessful.
After speaking of the approaching
end of the club year, President New
bert announced the names of the COM
mittee to nominate the new officers.
The committee is made up as follows:
Harris >. Noodman, chairman; Ma
than Weston. Harry p. Lowell, Will
liam G. Boothby and Robert W. Pope.
rms committee will report at the
meeting on June 10th.
1t had been planned to. have a
midsummer ladies night" and with
this end in view committee had
been given. charge of the affair. This
committee reported Friday night
through the chairman, Albert W.
Brooks. Mr.. Brooks was asked by
, the president to make his remarks as
long as possible because of the lack
! of speaker. but he did not follow
instructions. After few jokes that
set the gathering in an uproar he
reported the work that the commit
tee had done in selecting a place for
the meeting. They had been in com
municatiOn with the Falmouth hotel
of Portland. the Augusta house. the
Samoset house Of Rockland tie Po-
land Spring house and the Belgrade
hotel. After due consideration the
members of the committee had de-
place should rest between the last
two named hotels. They did not feel
that they would relish the RESPONSE
bility of choosing between the two
places and so the president was
asked to ask for rising vote.
The vote showed that the mem
bers of Augusta Rotary were unani-
nous in favor of the Belgrade hotel.
One reason that was given was the
fact that it is such a long drive to
Poland Springs. AS the Belgrade
hotel does not open until the 18th of
June, and this ladies night is to be
! held on one of the next two regular
meeting nights which arc the ond
and 10th of June. the meeting will
be held June is at the Belgrade ho-
tel. Dinner will be served at $50 or
Z, at the will Of the club, and this
will be one large time, or as Presi-
dent Newbcrt said, "a midsummer
nights dream"
Just before the close of the meet
ing letter and telegram which have
been recently received were read to
the members. The telegram was
from Hilbert c. Wilson. governor of
che second Rotary district. saying
that the district attendance average
for the month of April was the best
.ct and asking that the Augusta
members continue to back him up in
his campaign for an increased per-
centage Of attendance. The letter was
from Crawford c. Mccullough. presi-
dent of International Rotary. and in
it he expressed his qualification at
tho manner in which the Augusta
club was responding to TIE call for
better attendance and hoping that
they would continue to have large
and enthusiastic attendance.
The meeting was closed with the