The Executive Committee met frequently to authorize appropriations and receive reports, and, in May, opened an office in the Knapp Building on Bank Street, the second floor of that building having been very generously placed at their disposal by Mr. Frederic Knapp of Hartford.
Meetings of all the Chairmen of Committees were occasionally held, and were found very useful in promoting the work.
The Committee on Exercises had the greatest task to perform in arranging a suitable and comprehensive programme of exercises for the entire Celebration, co-operating as to Sunday’s exercises with the Committee on Religious Observances. In order to secure full participation in the Parade, District Committees were appointed throughout the town, to look after Parade features in their respective localities.
These Committees were:
Lower Merryall: F. C. Merwin, H. W. Murray, S. B. Hendrix, W. D. Stone, John Pepper.
Waller: John T. Underhill, Smith Waller, Thomas Austin, Alexander H. Barlow.
Hunt: Nelson W. Kinney, M. W. Beers, Earle Morehouse, Chester Lyon.
Long Mountain: Henry M. Baldwin, H. H. Pomeroy, Wm. Pomeroy.
Gaylordsville: Chas. H. Evans, Wm. Gaylord, Chas, H. Soule, George Newton, Wm. J. Roberts.
Northville: Francis E. Baldwin, A. C. Bowers, E. B. Buckingham, Walter C. Hine.