ANNUAL MEETING 



OF 



MAINE STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Bangor, Nov. 17, 18 and 19, 1914. 



TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1 7. 



Music. Prayer. Music. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



Hon. J. G. Utterback, Mayor of Bangor. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



It is indeed a pleasure to greet you and to extend to you on 

 behalf of the citizens of Bangor and the Bangor Chamber of 

 Commerce a hearty welcome to our city. It has been, and shall 

 be, our earnest endeavor so to play the part of host that you 

 will all carry with you a pleasant recollection of your visit in 

 Bangor. 



We of Bangor believe that Bangor is the logical convention 

 city of the State of Maine, situated as we are in the center of 

 the state, and being near the center of population, possessed 

 of the very best hotels in the state and also of the very best of 

 shopping facilities. We are glad to have you with us. A 

 convention of this sort, bringing to us the representative people 

 of the various sections of the state, is certainly an inspiration to 

 all of us, and we in Bangor benefit, and we believe that you 

 derive on your part a benefit, particularly from the cooperation 

 and intermingling of ideas. Certainly every one who in any 

 way takes part in a gathering of this sort derives a benefit. 

 And I am sure that every one present tonight, particularly 

 those who come without any real idea as to the nature, or rather 

 as to the extent, of this exhibit, is certainly delighted beyond 

 measure to know that the state of Maine can produce an 

 exhibit of this sort. A very short time ago I was talking with 

 a gentleman who has been a member of the Western New York 



