Ellsworth American., 1903-08-19
sURRY's CENTENNIAL!
IN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS =
WEATHER PERFECT.
oDrAT GATHERING OF FORMER RESI-
DENTS - BRILLIANT SPEECHES =
EVENING ooNCERT-FIREwoRKs.

The centennial celebration OF the town
:, surry came off last Thursday. The
.uootber was all that could be desired and
,he town looked its prettiest, decked in
hunting and flags. 1t was gala day for
surry, and probably the largest crowd
wss there that ever gathered in the good
old town.
There was a general reunion OF old
,r,ends. neighbors and acquaintsnces,
many of whom, far and near, had been
LOGGING forward to the day, and who had
ohspped the date of their sold home
week., to celebrate it at Sarry's centen-
NAL
Resides many eloquent speakers, the
Iotus male quartette, OF Lewiston, took
mart in the afternoon programme and
furnished concert OF high order at the
Methodist church in the evening.
Ivncb's brass band, of Ellsworth Falls,
was also In attendance, and dispensed
sweet music from morn till night.
EARLY MORNING sALUTEs.
The celebration Was begun by the
vouuger generation about a. m, with
the ringing OF bells and sslutes OF cannon
crackers and shot-guns. at O'Clock
Lynch's band arrived, and gave concert
in front OF NJ. Il. Linneken's store.
During the forenoon Surry and Bluehiil
baseball teams played rafting game on
the ground near Henry Phillips resi-
dence: the latter won, 27 to 6.
At noon all surry had hard work to feed
the multitudes assembled, but feed them
they did, and royalty, too.
In the afternoon Lvnch's band fur
nished concert on Capt. W. s. Trew-
orgy's lawn, and following this all were
invited to the grove near the Mtthodist
church where platform had been raised,
aud here
THE CENTENNIAL EXERCISES
were held. They began with prayer by
Rev. F. l.. Hayward, OF Bucksport, and
the response zone Sweetly Solemn
Thought, by the Lotus quartette.
Rev. J. d. McGraw made the address OF
welcome. He spoke briefly of the past,
present and future of the town and its
people. He spoke OF Surry as model
town, In which there was not rum sa-
loon, nor a drunkard, aud where, during
his three years. residence, he had never
seen a drunken man, but rather good
and praying people; and he extended the
greeting OF its citizens.
sURRY's PAST.
DIR. r. l.. Grindie, of Mt. Desert, spoke
at length on "The Past OF Surry". DR..
Grindle is q native OF Surry, and lived
there from a boy, and he knows all about
the town. His remarks were most inter-
esting, particularly to the townspeople.
He spoke Of the early industries OF
Surry, OF its lumbering, farming and
ship building, and characterized 1t as a
very busy place as he first remem bered it.
In fact, to him, it had seemed larger than
any city that he had since visited, when
he first came into the town from the
Toddy Pond district where he was boru.
He related many amusing incidents of
his boyhood days, in which many OF the
older residents figured. Referring to the
Civil war, he said quite truly: "Surry's
patriotism was equal to that of any town
in the State"
sURRY's PRESENT.
Rev. Adelbert L. Hudson, of Newton,
Mass, resident of Surry, as he said, for
two months In summer at least, made an
eloquent address. He complimented
surry on this appropriate observance of
Its centennial; he thought that this re-
union, the good fellowship, the meeting
OF old friends and recollections OF by
gone days, should be an impulse to the
town to start out on the next century
with new life.
He spoke OF the many New England
men who had made their mark, particu-
Iarly in the West; OF these, Names sons
had been most prominent, and he thought
that Maine and Surry had cause to be
proud OF cons sent away to other states,
out he appealed to Surry's sons to remain
al nome, to preserve the reputation OF the
town, and look well to its future.
sURRY's FUTURE.
hev. +. l.. Hayward, Of Bucksport, in
speaking on "rbe Future of Surry",
touched Oh the past record OF the world
and the country, aud later on the past of
the town, OF which he thought 1t had rea-
son TO be proud, but he thought that
ourry had more to look forward to; that
.ne town was waking up rather than 60
ing TO sleep, and that the future looks
better than the past
he referred to the summer visitors who
were beginning to appreciate the beauties
ana the attractiveness of the town, and
prophesied that there would tie many