Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-25

AHc llliu membership meeting and
banquet of the Waterville- Winslow
Chamber of Commerce last evening
at Elk's hall was attended by IT'S
members of the Chamber and their
wives. Rev. c. A. Knickerbocker
was the principal speaker of the eve
ming and his appropriate subject was
Some. of Waterville's Needs" In his
address Rev. Mr.. knickerbocker did
not criticize the city in any way, but
he delivered an address that was in
spring and helpful to every person
having the best interest of Watervillc
at heart
The banquet started at 615. Grace
was said by Rev. +. a. Pollard Jones.
pastor of the Methodist church. At
each place was an attractive menu
card giving the program. menu, and
a toast to my City" which read as
follows:
my home is where my home is
founded. where my business is Situa-
ted, where my vote is cast. where my
children are educated, where my
ncishbors dwell and where my life
is chiefly lived.
1T is the home spot for me.
"My city has a right to my civic
loyalty. 1t supports me, and 1 must
support it.
My city wants my citizenship
not partisanship; friendship-not
dissension: sympathy-not criticism;
Intelligent support-not Indifference.
My city supplies me with law and
order. trade. friends, education, re-
creation and the rights of n free
born American. I should believe in
my city and work for it,
The menu was as follows: Cold
boiled ham. mashed potato. fruit
salad, hot rolls. ice cream, assorted
cake, and coffee.
After the banquet was ended and
the dishes cleared away, Mayor Leon
o. Tebbetts, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, as POSTMASTER Of
the evening gave brief address of
welcome. He said that he' was very
gratified that the members Of the
chamber had made such an enthus-
iastic response to the invitations sent
them to attend the meetingfl He
said that every meeting this year had
been attended by some unforeseen diff
ficulty. The first one was held in the
midst of snow storm. the second
during an epidemic of sickness. and
the third, said the Mayor, seems to be
attended by flood.
Nevertheless" declared Mr.. Teb-
belts, 1--WE have had n fine attend
ance at every meeting"
The first number on the program
was a vocal solo by John +. Choate,
accompanied by Mrs. Choate. Mr..
Choate has a baritone voice of pleas
ing quality and he is one of the most
popular soloists in the city. He also
sang an encore.
Mayor Tebebtts next announced
NJ,.c,
rotary of the Chamber, would give a
report on the work of the Chamber Of
Commerce.
Mrs. Wallace's report is in part as
follows:
Not all things done in behalf OF
Waterville by the Chamber of COM
merce find their way into public
print. 1t is obvious that this could
not bedone. 1t would be in the first
place unethical and would lessen the
usefulness of the organization. But
/ cannot refrain from saying that it
i' a very popular place for those
with problems of any sort and they
are always listened to with interest
and given due attention.
With all this it is hard to convince
some people that the Chamber is
really worth while. I find that this is
a. NOIllIiiOIl OliliNultH IIO lldlltI NHdL
the size Of the Chamber or the city
where it operates. If one would but
put aside his ideal of individual in
tercst and consider himself one of n
unit working for the common good
OF the city. he would be Il much more
soulful member both of the Chamber
and of the community. The presence
OF a Chamber Of Commerce in COM
munity is an insurance for the bust
ness Of every man in that commun-
ity.
Before closing I wish to speak Of
the entertainment course which the
Chamber is preparing to offer to the
citizens of Waterville next winter.
There is a growing sentiment in Wa
tcrville for better entertainment
something different from the movies
and the Chamber of Commerce is to
try to satisfy that craving as well as
lies in it's power. We have arranged
for a series of four entertainments
and plan to make the price as low as
is consistent with the expense. We
shall want your support in the pro-
ject and when you hear what we are
oqering we feel sure you will enter
into the plan whole heartedly. These
four numbers are all musical The
first is Miss Grace Kerns, soprano,
the highest salaried church singer in
the country. She was for Il time
soloist with the New York SYM
phOny orchestra which is rccommen-
dation enough for her ability. With
Miss kerns comes Miss Alma La
Palme, who has the reputation of
being one of the leading woman
'Cellists in the country and Edward
c. Harris. who is also a composer of
talent at the piano.
mo doubt all of you have heard of
the great Ukranian chorus that is
touring the country with wonderful
results. That company. which sells
for $4,000 a night. being far too eXpen-
sivc for Watcrville. the entertainment
committee decided to engage the Rus
sian Cathedral SeXtct, which is a min
iature Ukranian chorus. There are
four men and two women in the COM
pany. They wear the picturesque. col
orful Russian costumes, and all of
them made a name for themselves in
their own country before coming over
here. They were among the cathedral
singers who were sent to the country
by the late cZar to promote greater
knowledge and appreciation of Russian
music.
Miss Mary Potter. young Amcri-
can singer with a glorious contralto
voice. who has with her three other
artists. will entertain another evening.
Miss Potter has sung with great sue
cess in opera and fills a position in
two churches in New York. With her
are AIRY Dulfer, violinist. native of
Holland. who is head of the violin de-
partment of the Boston Conservatory
of Music; Angelo Boschetti. baritone,
who, was a student of Campanari, the
former world famous baritone, and
with Richard Hageman for