Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-16

100, the banquet hall at the augusta
Girls Community club house. Thurs
day noon, was most lively place,
when the Kiwanis club acted as hosts
to the members of the Augusta Bust
ness and Professional Women's club,
The occasion was most interesting
and enjoyable with several features
and a splendid program OF music
which included instrumental num-
bers by members of the entertain
ing organization and chorus singing
by the entire roup.
President Blaine Owen Of the XII
wants club greeted the special guests
as they entered the banquet room,
were denoted by carnation at each
plate. The luncheon menu included
salad, cold meats, rolls, ice cream,
fancy cookies and coffee. The regu-
lar Kiwanian program Of singing
from the little blue book" was car
ried out during the luncheon, with
the ladies joining in the rendition of
several of the numbers. One special
selection which the entire group sang
with considerable vim and vigor was
calculated to increase the feeling of
good fellowship and the words of the
ditty were as follows:
II want to be happy but / won't
be happy till make you happy, too.
Life's really worth living when We
are mirth- giving,
Why can't / give some to you?
When skies are gray and you say
you are blue.
I'll send the sun smiling through.
i want to be happy, but l won't be
happy till make you happy too"
"A Kiwanian quartet found the
audience most appreciative of their
efforts, and were prevailed upon to
render an encore. The personnel OF
the quartet was Keith Ryan, Herbert
Goodwin, Leo K. Andrews and Sam
uel Titcomb. DIR. Warren B. San
born favored the luncheon crowd
with violin selections, and Ernest r.
Hill presided most acceptably at the
piano.
The regular order of the meeting
was carried out by the Kiwanis club,
and two new members were welcom-
ed into membership in the club. with
Frank G. harrington giving the in
struction in Kiwanis code and creed
in an especially fine manner.
Through the talk to the new mem
bers, the guests were able to learn
much Of the high ideals and princi-
pies upon which the kiwanis organ
ization Is founded.
Welcome New Members
Lieutenant Commander Allison j.
Hayes, U. S. N, retired, became a
member of the club by transfer from
California. Lieut.. Com. Hayes has
recently come to Maine to the Ma
tional Home at Togus as chaplain.
He was formerly district governor of
Kiwanis in the department Of Cali
fornia and Nevada and the members
of the Augusta club gave him most
sincere and hearty welcome.
The other new Kiwanian to receive
his introduction into the club at the
session yesterday noon was Judge
Robert A. Cony of the Augusta NUM-
cipal court.
President Blaine Owen very fell
citously greeted the BPW members,
and Miss Mary f. Hegarty, president
of the Augusta Business and Profess
sional Women's Club responded in
splendid manner and gave a brief
but interesting and Informative ex-
position of the aims and purposes of
the BPW.
Speaks on Retail Distribution
]. w. Greist of Chicago, ILL.,, man
ager of the National Retail Mer-
chants Association, was introduced
as the speaker for the program fol-
lowing the luncheon. Mr.. Greist
gave a real business talk, which was
in part as follows:
Although production Is one of the
bases of prosperity, and
the products of the factory, the
farm, the sea and the mine are basic, |
they are of no value without distri- |
button. The town is founded on dis |
tribution. Go into the history of any
town and 1t will be found that it de-
because 1t was a natural |
trading point. Because the people |
came there to trade, and this /
brought to the town the lawyers, the |
banker, the teacher and the doctor
and the employees of the stores, so
hat in time the town grew as it's
rade increased
To-day the growth Of the smaller
cities and the towns is being SER
ously threatened by the competition
If the chain store and the mail or
Ter house, and the big city depart
nent store. All excellent in their
way, all conducted on the highest
plane of business principles, but of
necessity because of the manner of
heir business, not of the value of
he town, that the merchant who
WINS his own store can be.
In the beginning about 50 to 100
Der cent of the business from the
'icinity Of these trading posts which
became cities was done in those
places. but with the increased me-
hods of transportation and the
advertising of the larger
'enters, the per centage has de-
reased until now it is only about
" per cent. This 40 per cent loss
epresents a dead loss to the com
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