The Portland daily press., 1889-06-24
WNALHAvERS FIRST HUNDRED YEARS,
How the Completion Of the Century
will be Commemorate.
The Committees In Charge and Pro-
gramme They Have Made.
vInaIhaven of Today and vinaIhaven
of 100 Years Ago.

RocKLAND, June 22.-The town of Vinal-
haven will celebrate the one hundredth ami
versary of its incorporation on Tuesday,
June 25th.
AT citizens meeting, held at K. of L.
Hall, week before last, to make arrange
ments for the centennial celebration, l.. w.
Smith was elected chairman and w. s.
Carver secretary. The following committees
were appointed:
On Granite Industries--L. M. Crockett L. w.
French, 9. I; Noyes, Charles K. Littlefeld and
George Griffth.
Paving Industry. s. Black, j. P. Ambrust, F.
w: Ktterage and VIM. Grant
Fishing Indnstry-Joseph Rogers, VIM. Clayton
Merchants or Trading Industry-E w. Arey, E.
s. Bodwell and John W. Hopkins.
:, Ancient Relies-George s. Carver, Sumner Ju
han and Capt. w. r.. Creed.
To Represent some Historical Event-F. L.
Carver Frank Winslow and H. M; Noyes.
Farnlng lndustry@James c. Calderwood, Benz.
Base Ra-J. A. Davis, Harry Julian, Eddie
Libby.
:, To raise company of little boys and uniform
On Aged Citizens over Eighty Years old-C. B.
Carpenters-R. A. Dyer.
Hoyt.
Boat Bulding-Abner Dyer. Geo. G. Webster.
On Nets and Twine- Frank Roberts. Edwin R.
Roberts, James Smith.
Sail Making-C. L. Bowman.
Barbers-D. r.. Mason.
To Solicit Sgbsc5iptIons.w. S. Carver, George
VIM. Frazier.
To Draw up a Programme and Award Prizes
o. 2. Lyons, III. M. Noyes, f. s. Carver.
The committee has found a silver dollar
in the hands of Edwin Arey. dated 1882,
wooden pillow and cannon ball owned by
BENZ. Coombs, found on his farm IS inches
under ground, supposed to have been fred
there in the revolution.
The programme arranged is as follows:
The morning exercises will consist of firing
salutes. parade of fantasies, grafton by Rev.
Warren Applebee, poem by Miss Annie
Coughlin of this city, native of Vinal-
haven, athletic games, etc., to be followed in
the afternoon by grand civic, trades and
historical procession, a match game of base
ball between the Vinalhaven and the Rock
land clubs, and in,the evening a grand dis
play Of fireworks.
The town of vinalhayen is situated in
Penobscot Bay, and Is the largest of the
group formerly called Fox Islands. Accord
ing to the survey made by Rufus Putnam in
1855, the island contains about 10000 acres.
Granlte, OF which there are several varieties,
is found here in inexhaustible quantities, and
is the principal geological feature of the
town.
The population of the town in 1890 was
1855, and in 1880, 1856. The former included
North Haven (set off in 1886, Hurricane (set
off in 1873, and all islands within three miles,
The combined population in 1880 of these ISL
ands, originally within the jurisdiction of
Vinalhaven, was $780, According to the as
SCISSORS returns, there were on tie first of
April. this year, 2,712 inhabitants in Vinal-
haven, loss since 1880 of 143.
Vinalhaven was discovered by Martin
Pring in the year 1908 Martin Pring sailed
from England with two vessels for the New
World. and on the 7th of June of the same
year entered Penobscot Bay. He was well
pleased with the scenery Of the bay and ex-
cellent anchorage and abundance of fish in
its waters. He probably landed upon the
islands in the locality of Vinalbaven to OBJ
tain water and game, and seeing number of
silver gray foxes, he named the islands Fox
Islands. This appears to be the first history
OF these Islands up to the year 1903