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N. J. Mosquito Extermination Association 



Committee on Resolutions — Frank Brouwer, of Ocean; Joseph 

 Nixon, of Passaic ; R. G. Savoye, of Union. 



Committee on Audit — A. H. Cornish, of Essex; Charles J. Lar- 

 key, of Hudson. 



Those are the committees, gentlemen. 



Now, gentlemen, the program as arranged for this meeting starts^ 

 out with an address by the President. I will ask the Vice-President 

 to take the chair while the President delivers his eulogy. 



President's Address 



Ladies and Gentlemen : Since our last meeting, all the elements 

 of full citizenship have been passed to the ladies, and if we pull 

 together, our combined powers should be at least doubled. 



If I was to suggest any particular keynote for this, our eighth 

 annual meeting, it would be "Keep Hammering." 



Approaching Philadelphia by ferry from Camden, a few days 

 since, we saw workmen engaged in binding together with heavy iron 

 cablechain, a group of buffer piling. The end of the chain was 

 dropped down to the desired position for anchorage, so low that each 

 one of the workmen, one to hold the spike and one to wield the 

 sledge, supported himself by one hand, leaving the other free to 

 perform the operation. For safety, each had another to hold a leg. 



The colored man drove the spike home without missing a blow. 



Now that our working force is doubled, and then some, it is up 

 to the ladies to say what part they will take in the operation : 



Hold the spike, wield the sledge, or (I hesitate, but Pll say) pull 

 the leg ? 



MY impressions OF ANTI-MOSQUITO WORK 



I am wondering if the doctor, in assigning me this topic knew that 

 I was born fighting mosquitoes? 



It is said that first impressions are most lasting. That men of 

 accumulated years delight to tell what good boys they were, and 

 recite early experiences. Also that with memory less retentive, they 

 become repeaters. 



''When a child in my cradle, in the wilds of Western Michigan, I 

 was kidnapped and carried away by Indians. After looking me over, 

 they concluded that I was not worth keeping, and returned me to 

 niy mother." 



I have always respected their judgment. 



