”The Committee of One Hundred—…John Ware, …Edward Ware…

October 18, 1901, the committee of one hundred met at the Ware parlors, called in accordance with the vote of the mass meeting. The meeting was called to order by F. W. Clair, secretary of the meeting. F. C. Thayer, M. D., was elected chairman of the committee of one hundred. F. W. Clair was elected secretary, and F. A. Knauff was elected treasurer. A committee of eleven was selected by the chair to report a date thought most advisable for the celebration and to give, as early as possible, an outline for the program for the celebration. This committee was to report at a meeting to be called by the chairman of the committee of one hundred, the chairman and clerk of the committee of one hundred to be ex-officio members of said committee. The chair appointed S. S. Brown, W. M. Dunn, W. T. Haines, E. R. Drummond, E. L. Jones, J. F. Hill, H. E. Judkins, Gedeon Picher, and E. T. Wyman. This meeting adjourned to the following Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. On October 23d, the date to which the last meeting adjourned, the committee met at the Ware parlors.”

Reference Data:

The Centennial History of Waterville, Kennebee County, Maine, by Edwin Carey Whittmore, 1902, page 2