Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-17
Elaborate Program
Who Will Be There
Join the MOtOrcade

JOIN Tic VlOCOA SS
Portland. Me-, Sept. 16-Ihat Tue
stata of Names participation IN the !,
Eastern States Exposition to be heio
IN Snringfield, Mass, from SepteIn-
her 20 70 26 inclusive will be OF tne
Utmost significance toward the uni
u,,ation of all New England, WIN
Maine showing the way, is lndicateo
by the elaborate program outiineu
for the Official dedication OIL e
New State Of Maine Building at me
Exposition on Tuesday, sept. 1Ino'
which has been designated as S'a'e
Of Maine Day. ~ ..,o,
Following closely on the formation
of the New England Councli tnrousn
the combined efforts of all the New
England Governors, as an ou.slo"e -
of the Governors Conference at
Poland Spring, the motorcade pill
rrimage of Names officials. both
state and National, and her Leading
business men and women to the
dedication of the States new $oo'-
600 building, will sound the Keynote
of the plan on foot to .solidify the
New England States for closer CO.
operation in having all New Eng :,
land see that the respective states
products and industries take their
proper place in tie business inter-
ests of the country that they shoulu.
Governor Ralph o. Brewster VIII
preside at the dedicatory exercises
and United States Senator. Bert IL.
Fernald will make the dedicatory
address, which will be along the lines
of unified New England. Governor
Fuller of Massachusetts will re-
spond for the New England states
and Gov. John G. Winant OF New
Hampshire will respond as a nelgn-
Dor state. ~,
That the motorcade which Will
leave Portland City Hall on Monday
at 5 o'clock daylight time. Will De
made up of Names representative
citizens, is assured by acceptances d.
hand. Among those who VIII attenu
the dedicatory exercises are: Gov
ernor and Mrs. Brewster, members
of the Governors Council and wives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert j. Stearns OF
Norway: Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Linnell
of Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph +.
Burnham of Auburn; Mr.. and Mrs.
LEROY r. Folsom of Norridgewock;
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy +. Torrey of Bar
Harbor; Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont A
Smith of Bangor; and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert j. Peacock of Lubec.
United States Senator Frederick
Hale; Names Congressional dele
cation; State Senator Fred Hlnck-
ley; State Senator Carter; the
Honorable Tudor Gardiner. Speaker
of the House; Commissioner OF
Agriculture, Frank P. Washburn;
State Representative, Arthur Spear
of Portland; Hodgdon c. BuZZell OF
Belfast, President of the State Sem
ate; State Senator Harmon G. Allen
of Sanford; State Senator Geo. c.
Lord of Wells; Hiram Kicker, Presi-
dent of the State of Maine Publicity
Bureau; and members of the State
| Building Commission, John w. Le-
land, Frank Marshall. Sherman
Douglas, L. NJ. Carroll and Commits
sioner Washburn.
Edgar b Lord of w. Lebanon
President of the Maine Federated
Farm bureaus; Geo. +. West. Presi-
dent of the State Chamber of Com
merce; A. w. Sterling Of Kittery
President of the Maine Poultry
Producers Association and NJ. f.
Kicker of Waterbobo. Treasurer. and
many others.
| mings. Manager of the State Cham
automobiles will meet the party en-
route. Some of these will come from
kennebunk, West Lebanon and
Biddeford. Many other parties will
join the Maine party at Merrimac
Mass, where lunch will be held al
the Congregational Church about
seven miles east of Haverhill.
Present reports also show that
practically every county Is planning
to have an appropriate float ac-
company the party.
AS Tuesday has been designated as
State of Maine Day for the EX-
position, a carload of the greenest
and best pine twigs will be carried
along to be buttonholed on every one
in attendance on that day. To make
doubly sure that no one will fail to
wear the twigs from the pines of
the Pine Tree State. twelve of the
States most charming young ladies
will accompany the motorcade to dis
tribute them. This will be done
| under the direction of the Misses
Dorothy and Eleanor Spear. daugh-
ters of State Representative Arthur
Spear of Portland.
That proper housing facilities may
be made for all. 1t is necessary for
anyone intending to join the motor
cade to communicate with Mr.. Cum
mings at the State Chamber of Com
merce headquarters at Portland City
Hall.
An elaborate program Of enter
tainment for the Maine contingent
has been arranged by the Springfield
officials and everything points to its
being a gala affair for the State OF
Maine and those who attend.