Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-07
Many Changes in
New State Republican
Committee Chosen

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| Portland, April 6-More changes
appear in the make UP Of the Repub-
lican state committee chosen by to-
i days convention than have been not
ed before in a number Of years. Seven
new men members and four new
women have been chosen, a change OF
one third in the total membership
These do not include new members
7 chosen to fill vacancies during the
year.
In Aroostook county Judson V
Briggs retires and his place has been
elected Albert K. Stetson of Houlton.
, Mr.. Stetson is published of the
| Aroostook Pioneer and was one OF the
delegates to the Cleveland conyen-
ton. Lincoln county chooses a new
woman member. She is Mrs. Maude
Clark Gay of Waldoboro. Mrs. Gay
was member of the woman's advis-
| DRY committee which served In the
; first campaign after ratification Of the
, nineteenth amendment.
Beside being a member Of the state
committee she is also a candidate for
the Republican nomination for repre-
sentative to the Legislature from the
Naldoboro class and her friends say
that she will be nominated. Her only
opponent is Charles Peaslie OF Alma.
New Oxford Slate
There is whole new slate In Ok
FORD county. The new man member
of Walter S. Morse of Rumford. Mrs.
Morse has been a member of the Leg :
lsi2ture and was an alternate to the
Cleveland convention. He has long
been recognized as a politica: power
in his county. The new woman mem
Der is Marion B. JeIlison of Norway.
In Penobscot County J. Fred
OConnell is succeeded by Lewis O.
Barrows of Newport. This was one of
the big fights of the convention. It
was practically settled when Mr..
BarroWs carried Bangor and Brewer.
MI. Barrows is druggist by occupa-
tlon. He is a comparatively new
ngrue in Penobscot county politics,
but he has developed qualities of
leadership that promise to carry him
Tar In public life. Mr.. Barrows will
be candidate for member of the
Executive Council after Council
Tor Belmont Smith has completed his
second term. While this is over two
years ahead it is unlikely that he
will have opposition.
Folsom New Member
Councillor Leroy r. Folsom Is the
new member of the committee from
Somerset County. He succeeded Will
lard H. Cummings Of Skowhegan
Who expressed a desire to retire.
providing suitable substitute could
be found. Mr.. Folsom admirably
nils the bill. He has served both
branches of the Legislature ana is
lawyer by profession.
clyde s. Chapman. the efficient
hn
tiyes is the new member from Waldo
County. Mr.. Chapman is a lawyer
and candidate for the Republican
nomination for county attorney I'M
opposed. The new woman member
If Mrs. Josephine Pendleton of Isle
boro long one of the active women
members of the party in her county.
The New Committee
The new committee is:
Androscoggin: Fred r. Walton,
Auburn; Mrs. Florence F. Pendle-
ton, Lewiston.
Aroostook: Albert X. Stetson,
Houlton; Mrs Dora B. Pinkllam,
Fort Kent.
Cumberland: William s Linnel,.
Portland; Mrs. Sarah p. Anthoine,
Portland
Franklin: Daniel F. Field, Phillips:
Mrs. Frank Butler. Pennington.
Hancock: T. F. Mahoney, Bar
Harbor; Mrs. Ethel Keucher, Bar
Harbor.
Kennebec: DIR. L. G. Bunker, Wa
terville: Mrs. Maud West, Winthrop.
Knox: Col. e. A. Robbins, Cam
den; Mrs. Mary Perry Rich. Rock
port.
Lincoln: Forrest IT. Bond. Jeffer-
son; Mrs Maude Clark Gay, Waldo
boro.
Oxford: Walter s. Morse, Rum
ford; Marion B. Jellison, Norway.
Penobscot: Lewis o. Burrows,
Newport; Mrs. Arthur C. Nickerson,
Bangor.
Piscataquis: e. NJ. Hamlin. Milo;
Mrs. Eva c. Mason, Dover Foxcroft.
Sagadahoc: Arthur K. burlington,
Bath; Miss Harriet c. Ledyard,
Bath.
Somerset: Leroy r. Folsom. Nor
rldgewock; Mrs. Jennie F. Kreger,
Fairfield.
Waldo Clyde r. Chapman, Belfast;
Mrs. Joseph Pendleton, Isleboro.
Washington: Robert J. Peacock.
Lubec; Mrs. E. d. Talbot, Machias.
York: Hiram Willard, Sanford: