Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-29
Four of Six Civil War Vets In
This City The Special Guests,
Friday Evening = Forestry
Expert Gives Illustrated Ad-
dress On Conservation of
Natural Resource

Natural Resource
We are q vanishing army" said
Nathaniei w White, past comman-
ger 0! the Sem Williams post, No. 10,
Grand Army of the Republic, as he
rose to introduce his comrades of
the G. A. r., who with Rotarian White
were the honored guests at the reg
ular supper session Of the Rotary
club. held Friday evening at the Au-
gusta House.
We had no predecessors and we
can nave no successors. I am going
oack OIL years as l present these
comrades to you tonight. There are
only six Grand Army men i'm Augusta
today. and four of us are here.
Az each Of the other three honored
veterans Of the great Civil War were
introduced. the entire group of Ro-
tarians stood and accorded them a
Tousing ovation. Besides Comrade
White. the special guests We're Char
les F. Davis of the 21st Maine Regi-
ment; Charles F. Tibbets, also of
the 21st Maine, and Daniel F. Pet
tingill, OF the 1st Maine Heavy Ar
tillery. In presenting the latter of
his comrades, Mr.. White said:
There are few men who would be
alive todas- who had been through
the terrible experiences and suffered
the wounds that~has by good old
comrade Dan Peftingill.
The meeting Of thee Rotary club
last evening was observed as the an
nual Memorial meeting, and besides
the honored veterans of the G. A. R..
there were several other guests and
visiting Rotarians. Herbert N.
Wheeler, a member Of the Rotary
club of Fort Collins, Colorado, and
chief lecturer of the United States
Forestry Service was the speaker of
the evening and delivered a most in
teresting and entertaining as well as
Informative address On the Ameri-
can forests.
Mr.. Wheeler prefaced his address,
which was illustrated with a profu-
sion of beautiful steropticon views,
with remarks appropriate to the pat
r1otic sentiment of the meeting. The
speaker sounded warning against
the depletion Of the nations forests,
as the most valuable of our natural
resources. and gave the barren lands
ana deterioration of populous China
as an illustration of the havoc fol-
lowing humiliation of the forests.
He told his audience that the wat
er powers were dependent upon the
storage properties Of the wooded
mountains and showed how vital the
proper safeguards Of Names fifteen
million acres Of timberland are to
progress and prosperity.
illustrating the extensive use of
timber and wood, Mr.. Wheeler siad,
You were rocked in a wooden era
die when you came into this world
and you will be locked in a wooden
coffin when you go out of it,"
1T takes the timber from 1900
acres to make the wood pulp con-
sumed in the manufacture Of Sun
day newspapers every week., was
another of the speakers startling il
Illustrations of the consumption of
forest products in this country.
Endorse Legion Park Project
At the business session of the
club which was conducted during
the supper hour, George r. Weber
was called upon to explain the Leg
ion Community Park project at
Three-Mile Pond, which was made
possible by the generous gift of an
other Rotarian, Edgar A. Hussey
Mr.. Weber told the club members
that the James Fitzgerald post,
the development of the beautiful
site with the hope of making it
available to other service clubs, civic
organizations and worthy groups of
Kennebec county for field day OBJ
servances, or to provide for recrea-
ton.
The tentative program for the
dedicatory exercises to be held at
the park on Monday, July 9Th, were
described by Mr.. Weber and he
called upon his fellow Rotarians to
support the venture by their attend
ance and that Of their families. Fol-
lowing his remarks the club unani-
mously demonstrated that they
would boost the project and Nedged
themselves to attend and participate
les.
Charles p. Kinsman, Albert
Greenlaw and Jack Mahan were
named as committee to arrange
some manner of reception to the
members Of the Damariscotta Ro-
tary Club and some 80 boys who
will come to this city on Boys
Day" junket on Tuesday, June 8.
Impressive Opening
One of the most impressive fea-
lures of the meeting of last evening
was the entrance of the four veter-
ans of the Civil War and members
Of the Seth Williams post, G. A. r.
at the opening Of the meeting. The
Rotarians had taken their places at
the tables, and a special group of
singers under the leadership of
Charles F. Bilodeau sang Marching
Through Georgia, as Comrade
White and his little group entered
the banquet room, each carrying
nag.
During the supper program sever
al other special selections were rem
dered by this hand-picked group OF
singers, which included Foster Hig-
gins, Irving Bailey, Wilfred P. Per-
nv. J. Frank Bilodeau, Sam Tobey,
Horace Ingraham, William Sher-
man, Jack Mahan. and several 9TH
ers, One Of the best numbers was
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground"
with Charles F. Bilodeau as the So
loist.
The Rotarians not only endorsed