THE BROWN BULLETIN to Further the Cause of Co-Operation, Progress and Friendliness
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THE BROWN BULLETIN To Further the Cause of Co-operation, Progress and Friendliness >lflllllllMMIIIimiMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII||||||||||||||||||||IIIMI»MMIIllllllllllllllllMIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIi Berlin, N. H., February, 1928 THE WOODS SMITH FRESH AIR FOR CLEAR HEADS THE BROWN BULLETIN More than 150 years ago Benjamin PRINTED UPON NIBROC SUPERCALENDERED BOND Franklin tried to persuade timid folks that fresh air was perfectly safe—even health- ful. Fresh air was one of his hobbies. Vol. X. FEBRUARY, 1928 No. 8 Franklin also defied tradition by ven- turing the opinion that people caught BROWN BULLETIN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION colds from each other when shut in close "The object of this organization is to publish a paper for the benefit of the employees of the Brown rooms and coaches, rather than from Company and of the Brown Corporation, in which may appear items of local and general interest; and drafts and exposure to weather. which will tend to further the cause of co-operation, progress and friendliness among and between all It took a long time, however, for these sections of these companies."—By-Laws, Article 2. ideas to become accepted. Even today there are people who are afraid of drafts EDITORIAL STAFF but never worry about badly ventilated Editor—G. L. Cave Photographic Editor—Victor Beaudoin rooms and careless sneezers and spitters. Associate Editors—Louville Paine, John Cartoonists—J. Daw, George Prowell Most of us can remember "way back Heck, Joseph Hennessey when" night air was considered positively Assistant Editors—John A. Hayward, Business Manager—Gerald Kimball James McGivney dangerous. If the evening was a trifle damp or chilly the bedroom window staid down all night. BOARD OF DIRECTORS President—O. P. Cole Secretary—A. L. Laferriere UPPER PLANTS SULPHITE MILL CASCADE MILL BROWN CORP. G. L. Cave A. L. Laferriere Jos. Hennessey W. L. Bennett P. W. Churchill Paul Grenier A. K. Hull John Heck Walter Elliott Jas. McGivney John A. Hayward E. A. White PORTLAND OFFICE W. E. Perkins Items, original articles, and photographs are invited from all employees of the companies. These may be handed to any member of the Editorial Staff or Board of Directors, or sent directly to the Editor, The Brown Bulletin, Berlin, N. H. All contributions must be signed. SERVICE DIRECTORY BROWN COMPANY DISTRICT NURSING DEPARTMENT (Established 1903) Miss E. A. Uhlschoeffer, Supervisor; Miss M. A. Fagan, Assistant Supervisor; Miss D. Trucheon, Miss V. Brothers, District Nurses; Miss G. Kennedy, Miss Hazel Locke, Miss V. Paquette, Industrial Nurses. Office, 226 High Street; telephone 85; office hours, 8-8:30 a. m., and 12:30-1:30 p. m. Calls may he sent to the above office, to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, telephone 283-W, or to any Brown Company time jjfice. Working hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. A nurse answers all 6rst calls, but may not continue upon a case except a doctor is in charge. BROWN COMPANY SURGICAL SERVICE Night air, the doctors assure us, is per- L. B. MARCOU, M. D., Chief Surgeon, Office 275 School Street fectly safe. At any rate, it is the only H. E. WILKINSON, M. D., Assistant, Office 33 Main Street kind we can breathe at night. It is dan- On call duty: January, April, July, October gerous only when it is confined indoors NORMAN DRESSER, M. D., Assistant, Office 143 Main Street On call duty: March, June, September, December and becomes overheated and vitiated E. R. B. McGEE, M. D., Assistant, Office 45 High Street through fires and breathing. Plenty of On call duty: February, May, August, November bed clothes, an open window, and eight hours sleep are the best aids to a clear head when the alarm clock breaks the BROWN COMPANY RELIEF ASSOCIATION bad news in the morning. Open to all employees except those eligible to Burgess Relief Association * * * President, W. E. Haines, Box Shop Secretary, P. L. Murphy, Cascade Vice-President, Peter Landers, Cascade Treasurer, E. F. Bailey, Main Office Leadership is needed in safety work but EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE fellowship helps a lot too. A. K. Hull, Riverside L. A. Morse, Cascade * * * Olaf M. Nelson, Saw Mill P. K. Ross, Cascade John Briggs, Labor Geo. Doucette, Cascade What will the outcome be when the out- Raymond Oleson, Tube Mill No. 2 John A. Lynch, Cascade go exceeds the income continually? Executive Committee meets on the first Monday of each month at 7:30 p. m., in the Police Court Room LIST OF DEATHS Upper Plants BURGESS RELIEF ASSOCIATION Almanza Rivest was born Oct. 3, 1867, President, Joseph McKinnon Secretary, A. Stanley Cabana in Canada. He commenced work with Vice-President, Willis Plummer Treasurer, Edmund Chaloux DIRECTORS the Brown Company at the saw mill in Theo. Belanger Frank Moreau May, 1923, and has been employed con- Benjamin Dale William Morrison Victor Lacombe W. C. Plummer tinuously until his death, which occurred Charles Pinette Dec. 26, 1927. FRANCONIA NOTCH PURCHASE By ESTHER ANNE UHLSCHOEFFER Who of us can ever forget the thrill and The Notch consists of 6,000 acres of organized to launch its campaign. An ex- the awe which came with our first trip good old timberland, containing the head ecutive committee composed of Mayor through Franconia Notch? waters of several streams, Lake Lone- King, Mrs. John Heck, John Gibb, Miss In this moment of wide-spreading pub- some, Echo Lake, and Profile Lake. Mts. Mary Morgan, Henry Stahl, and Laura licity concerning Franconia Notch—its ro- Cannon, Kinsman, Pemigewassett, and La- Murray have the matter in hand, and Mr. mance—its legends—its features of beauty fayette, Liberty, and Garfield guard the W. H. Colbath is the local treasurer. —its economic value—and above all, its narrow, picturesque highway. The basins, Berlin's quota is $2,500. near approach to the despoiler's axe or the pool, the flume, all add to the attrac- We of the North Country have an es- exploitation by amusement hounds, all tions and the economic value of this great pecial ownership in this State Preserve— New Hampshire stands aghast and upon parkway. and a special desire to see the Notch tiptoe, eager to save its birthright in the The present owners, heirs of the Fran- cleared of the devastation of the past few "Old Man of the Mountain." conia Notch Hotels Association, offer for years of neglect, and returned as nearly To the Indian our Profile typified the sale the whole area. Be it said to their as possible to its earlier beauty, all of Great Spirit. He never killed in or near credit that the owners have refused sev- which is assured when State ownership the Great Presence. eral good offers, and have waited until the is once established. It is said that a European sculptor of state could move to acquire ownership. note desired to represent the Justice of The 1927 session of the State Legislature THE FIRST AUTOMO- Almighty God. He wandered far seeking appropriated $200,000 of the purchase price BILE ACCIDENT a suitable subject. Coming to America he of $400,000. The Legislature also deter- Do you know that it was an accident heard of the Great Stone Face in the lone mined that the tract when acquired, should that took the automobile off the highway be dedicated as a memorial to New Hamp- wilderness of New Hampshire and ended more than 100 years ago and put it on his quest by using our Profile to represent shire's sons who gave their lives in the rails? God's Eternal Justice. World War. A self perpetuating me- In 1802 Richard Trevithick, an English- It was discovered in 1805 by Francis morial, these 100,000 upright trees, typify- man who has been called the father of Whitcomb and Luke Brooks when the ing the spirit of our war dead. By the the locomotive, was speeding along a will of the late James J. Storrow $100,000 first rough road was being built through highway at ten miles an hour in a steam more money is made available, and this the Notch. carriage of his own design. His power leaves $100,000 to be raised by popular sub- buggy got out of control and ripped sev- James Russell Lowell, Longfellow, Haw- scription. thorne, and many others have written of And now the plan by which this last eral pickets off a fence. The accident set the development of the Great Stone Face. Hawthorne was on hundred thousand dollars is to be raised. the automobile back a hundred years. his way to revisit the Profile when he There are by actual survey over 100,000 Trevithick's invention was considered too died in Plymouth in 1864. fine old trees standing upon the tract. dangerous to run at large on the highways Kenneth Andler has visualized the Pro- You and I may be privileged to buy one file as the central figure in a huge natural tree or a hundred at one dollar per tree. so it took to rails and a private right of tableau of pioneer life. He represents the You may select the exact tree you wish way. As late as 1896 England still had a law white man invading the East, while the to buy, you may tag it as yours, you may Vvl.xh prohibited any powered vehicle stone cannon on Profile Mountain above care for it, but you may not mutilate or him, his weapon, points at the famous cut it down. Such is the plan by which from traveling faster than four miles an hour on public highways. As an addi- Indian Head, lower in Franconia Notch, we who love Franconia Notch may help tional safeguard the vehicle was preceded whose features are set in pain, as if de- to save it from the axe.