Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-21
lWAhIhN NELLIE Durham TO BE-
||NQNC THOUSAND PRESENT AT
UNIQUE OUT'-OF:- door OBSERVANCE

1Reuorts from every Kiwanis Club
II Maine indicates an attendance of
T,Eeen 500 and 1000 at the big ALL
f,ne. Kiwanis Field Day to be held
H Monks Hill now designated as
F,n Lakes View'-on the afternoon
4 Wednesday, June 80.
A The day will be one of highlights
lj, nerriment. Kiwanian Nellie
1rnham and Gram, his good wife,
An be here with 100 others from
H. Norway Paris club. The officers
n the New England Kiwanis dis
I'D headed by Major Z. L. Phil
1pok. the District Governor, Will be
sIss for special meeting and to at
fsd the field day. Kiwanian Ern-
III Mclean, Mayor of Augusta is a
ersnber Of one of the local commit
f,s on arrangements, Men ranking
tgh in the commercial life and the
hotessional life of Maine and lead
rs IN every city in the state will
h included in the great throng-all
Awning to play and romp at one of
lie most beautiful sites in Maine.
Westbrook, the youngest club in
NE state, has written the local COM
Irittee that it is sending a delega =
im o. Is. Practically the entire
Membership Of the Waterville, Au-
lun-Lewiston, the Bangor and the
Norway clubs will be here accom-
lpIied by their ladies'. Large dele
Nations will come from Sanford,
IS0B iddeford and Portland.
. VOd has been received by the To-
la committee that moving picture
Operators and special correspondents
{ton the metropolitan papers Will be
iFsent to record the big event
1BhA has assumed national inter-
IL in Kiwanis. Since plans for the
augusta Field Day were announced,
ne New England District officers
saVe announced that similar state
lad days are to be arranged in the
ehfr New England States.
Long before noon on the day of
4 he big party, automobile caravans
i-e2eh headed by motor traffic Of
itcer-- will start toward Augusta
prom nearly a dozen points in yari-
Gus sections of the state. They will
i9sgn TO arrive at the site of the
1lsld day-about half way between
Manchester and Readfield-well be-
9Is two o'clock when the program
IN the afternoon and evening will
| Every member of the Augusta
sauO Is serving on one or more COM
ialtees in connection with the big
jHent Silver cups to ge awarded the
dllners Of the various contests have
zen provided by the several clubs
I'M Will be presented at thestime of
fSs evening campfire by Major
sllOrook, the District Governor.
'vommittees of the Augusta club
saen are making the arrangements,
lcllde the following:
Vommlttee on Sports-Fred Owen,
saalrnlan. Included in this commit
" are a number of smaller COM
e@uees as follows: Stunts, Donald
burleigh, chairman-Kite Flying,
jSapn Weber. chairman, George
SHlill and Frank Farrington-
SSsss1all. Noman Down. chairman,
ISS"nhie Marston, Arthur Merrill and
Salgign Martin-Horse shoe pitch
.S walter Thurber, chairman, Her
Sn Merrill. Osma Sumner and
Inward Beale-Baloon target shoot.
Spn Caldwell, chairman, DR.. w. G.
S..las' Blaine Owen, Norman Dow,
s,aett Maxcy. Henry Briggs. Adel-
-. Rose and Osma Sumner-Ob-
nay Golf, Mrs. Fred Owen, chair
w. MRS, Frank McArdle and Mrs.
ss .... Priest-Bait casting contest,
,Suy brlgg", chairman, Blaine
,-eu Harry Patten, and Halsey