Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-15
MARCH NEWS Letter OF
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE

| view. They were right out IN the
| open in those days and they stood
ready to give licking or take one.
| The result is that men were produced
| who knew what they were talking
about and they got results. The MEM
bership meetings of the Chamber of
| Commerce are modern prototypes of
this sort of meeting and they are
worth attending.
The American Legion has desig-
| mated March goth as Employment
Day to be observed all over the
:! United States and it is hoped that
every ex-service man will either be
placed in a position or otherwise
taken care of. The Chamber of Com
merce is ready to cooperate to the
fullest with the local post and wants
to hear from anyone who can use an
extra man or two. In our recent I'M
employment conference the work of
the Chamber was heartily endorsed
by the various relief organizations
of Augusta. Will you assist us by
adopting as your policy when in
Need of Help Will Immediately Call
| the Chamber of Commerce"
The directors have heard the report
OF the Garbage committee and have
| pronounced it good. 1t is sufficiently
| practical to warrant a more detailed
| report on one of it's recommendations
and, with committee like ours thor
| oughly informed on the subject and
anxious to see something come of
| their efforts, we expect to get busy
right away SO that some provision
for garbage disposal can be included
in the 1922 budget of our city.
Augusta has functioning A ner-
| lcanlzatlon association with well
| thought out program. This organiza-
| ton meets monthly in our rooms. It
| mas already voted to assist in the
proper observance of the Tooth an
| niversary of the birth of General II
). Grant, which comes on April 9th.
1922 '''
| A letter addressed to our directors
by the G. A. r. asking for financial
ana organized assistance in securing
good speaker, preparing a good
muslcal program, and working out
pans Tor this patriotic occasion met
with hearty response and a commit
tee VIII be set to work at once with
full power to act. Every member of
the Augusta Chamber of Commerce
should plan to attend these exercises,
Congratulations, men and women
Oh augusta, on the highly capable
manner In which you handled your
llrst season of winter sports. You
nave bullded we'll for the future for
you nave enlisted the interest of the
entire State through its four colleges
ana It's school children of all ages
letting the boys and girls to partici.
PATE was stroke of genius but max.
ing everything free to them was 2
masterpiece ct good sense. Too much
credit cannot be given to Blaine
owen, Chairman-of the general com
mlttee, for his enthusiasm, hare
work and sacrifice of time, and his
succession of good ideas that were
responsible for much of the success
of the season.
His Excellency, Governor Percival
+. Baxter. showed his loyalty to the
city and his love of the out-of-doors
ana his belief in the sports them.
selves by presenting splendid tro.
phy Tor the college events. He also
did a generous thing when he cut
snort the annual State House party
In order that the company nigh,
attend the opening events of the car.
nINai. lie also gave the first State OF
Maine Carnival a'good send off by
making the opening speech Just pre-
vious to the exhibition skating. All
OF this with the weather several de.
grees below zero. We call that be-
ing a good sport.
1t would be impossible to list here
the names of all who should receive
credit for the affair. At the top OF
the list should be written in large
numbers the name Of w. Fl. Gannet1
whose new wonderful park eduip.
ment In the form of an artistic SIX
jump ,tobaggan shute, and steam.
heated Howard hall were all used ir
the carnival. Add to these his whole.
hearted backing Of the whole plar
and inspiration and you. can under.
stand a little of what he did te
boost. His interest was the one
greatest contributing factor to GU,
success. Alden Hichborn with aler,
mind. keen business sense, wonderful
grasp of details, and ability to hustle
and to get others to hustle impressed
everyone and kept everyone husciins
and forgetting self in the ATTEMPT tc
mt IN somewhere in the plans. law.
renee Purinton certainly did get over
an entertainment and dance that is
still the talk of the town and the
best evenings enjoyment of the en-
tire social season. Jeff Barnekov did
good stunt in pushing the ticket
sale to provide the sinews of war,
a very unspectacular job but a
mighty effective one when the COM
mittee got down to brass tacks and
I'started to pay the bills.
The Girls Community Club again
won laurels for itself as a group Of
willing workers and classy Perform
ers In their two specialties in the
staging of which they were ally as
sisted by Keith Ryan and Charlie
Kinsman. The Y. NJ. C. A. were with
US all the way through and handled
the events with a dispatch that was
gratifying indeed and which, by the
way. received much favorable COM
| ment from our visitors we also he n