Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-25
ELABORATE STATE
Dinner PLANNED
FOR THE GOVERNORS

Announcement was made Wednes-
day from the executive Offices by
Col. Francis H. Farnum of Governor
Brewster's personal staff of the plans
for the State dinner to be given the
visiting Governors of the Nation.
The plans assure that it will be one
of the outstanding features of the
entertainment program arranged for
them during their conference, which
will be held at Poland Spring House,
Poland, Maine from June 20 to July
4. The State dinner will be tender
ed them by the citizens of Maine. on
the evening of June 80. Over 700
covers will be spread and those at
tending will be one of the most rep
.resentative groups of Government
and State Officials and men promi-
nent in the State ever assembled in
Maine.
An elaborate musical programme
has been arranged with we'll known
operate stars by the Boston Orches-
trail Club. 1t will be under the di-
rection of Prof. VIM. r. Chapman of
New York and Bethel, Me-, the we'll
known director Of the Maine Music
Festival.
The guests will include the visit
ing Governors and their wives and
friends, Governor and Mrs. Ralph o.
Brewster of Maine, members of Con-
gress and members of the State Leg
islature. Ladies' will be included
among the guests.
Arrangements have been made to
allot the tickets. which are five dol
lars apiece, to the various service
clubs throughout the State who are
charged with the proper distribution
OF them to persons other than their
own members. A great number of
the tickets will be distributed to
towns in central and western Maine
since other towns will have an OPP
portunity to entertain the Governors
in their own localities. They are
being allotted under the direction of
Freeman M. Grant of Portland. The
dinner will be held at o'clock
standard time.
That this years conference will be
one of the largest and most con-
structive ever held is assured by .the
acceptance already received from
the Governors. and the subjects to
be discussed of National Importance,
To Inspect Naval Airplanes
Another interesting feature during
the conference will be the official in
spection by the visiting Governors
OF the new sc" type of Naval air.
plane which has but recently been
added to the Nays flying arm.
Ihree Of these planes will be sent to
thompson Lake at Poland Spring
and will be given their official test
ing out. The Governors will inspect
them from the ground and also in
them from the air.
Inc planes have been designed for
q tr,A
a bomber or for landing torpedoes.
They are convertible either as a land
plane or as a sea plane.
Numerous planes of this type are
now being incorporated in the Air
crait Squadrons with the Fleets on
Doth coasts, and 1t Is expected that
the three purpose" feature of the
Sc will give greater f1exibility to
the operations of the Squadrons. be-
sizes increasing the efficiency of the
Squadrons for their particular du-
ties. as the sc" Is superior in each
or its three categories to the various
types 1t is designd to replace.
The demonstrations during the con-
ference will be carefully checked by
Naval experts from WASHINGTON.
Inc planes will be under command
OF 1t. l.. c. Ramsey and 1t. T. r.
grimm who are attached to the u. s
NaVaI Station at Hampton Roads.
va, and 1t. G. T. Owens from the
Y. S. Naval Station at Anacostia'
d. C.
Flight Of DirisibIs Shenandoah
Many Of the visiting Governors
VIII also have their first opportunity
TO see and fly in the Navy Dirigible
the U. 5. S. Shenandoah. That the
Governors may be given a full dem
onstration Of this type of Dirigible.
the authorities at Washington have
ordered her to be at Bar Harbor on
July 3rd.
The Shenandoah was constructed
ana designed by the u. S. Navy as
an experiment in a type of aircraft
primarily for long distance recon
Nuisance at sea. She will be in
command of 1t. Commander y.
Lansdown, attached to the U. S.
Lakehurst. N. J. station. Her par
emit ship Patoka. to which she will
be moored. will be in command of
Capt. G. j. Myers.