of which the president, secretary and
treasurer should be members, should be,
appointed The following names were
added S. Leavitt, Fred Hanson F
H Roberts, John S Hayes and Her
man J Pike This committee is to
appoint sub-committee where neces-
sary The members got together at
once and the following appointments
were made: On advertising, Messrs
Leavitt and Hanson, sports, Messrs.
Haynes and Pike, on speaker for horri-
bles, A J Nute. trade teams and horri-
bles, Haynes, music F H Roberts.
The committee is busy at work upon
a program which shall include a parade,
athletic sports, such as bicycle, foot,
potato and other races, a greased
pig, etc. Prizes will be offered for best
team and single foot passenger in parade
of horribles There will doubtless be
an expert tight-rope walker who will
give exhibitions at intervals during the
day The Cadet .Band has beea en-
gaged for a series of concerts, and there
will be two games of ball between the
Rochesters and Farmingtons.
A sum of money has been set aside
as a gratuitous gift for the athletic club
of the high school to give an exhibition
during the day. Of course this pro-
gram will be altered and amended and
doubtless interesting features added to
it, and that there will be a display of
fireworks in the evening is a matter of
course There will half fare on the
Boston and Maine R R if matters can
be so arranged. Take it all in all the
outlook is rosy for a splendid celebra-
tion and general good time.
This issue of The Puddledock Press is dedicated to the memory of Roger Belanger or Rog-B as most knew him. Roger recently passed away after a period of declining health at age 71.
It has been said that the typical date of birth, dash, date of death is misleading. The dash is such a small symbol for a life. Rog- B's life was that of a very dedicated person. He was dedicated to his family, church, community and this publication.
He started at the Press in advisory capacity and of course, that was not enough so he began to work with the staff at every meeting, finding old stories, setting up the pages, laying out the stories, delivering the paper and more. In the months that Rog was not well and unable to help, this staff realized how much he contributed and how he was missed!
When not working on the Puddledock, Rog was active with St. Peter's Church where he was recently honored with a plaque from his church "family". He assisted with the Interfaith-food Pantry. He was recognized with a Community Achievement Award and was the Puddledock Press Person of the Year in 1987. The Farmington Historical Society had him present programs on Farmington history several times and of course his famous political collection was featured at the Goodwin Library on occasion.
Perhaps more than -the awards, we would like to think he enjoyed the waves, hellos, and thank-you's from many, many people who knew him as he walked around town sprucing up our comrmunity He will be missed.