Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-23
AT GOOD WILL.
Dedication of Bancroft.
Foote House.
Beautiful Building Given by
Generous New Yorker.
Full Details Of the Interesting Dedi.
cation Exercises.

Hinckley. Me-, Dec. 22-(SpeciaD.-
For the 34th time in the last Is years
the thirty-seventh Psalm, or that part
which includes Ps. 375, has been read
at Good Will Farm. 1t has been read
at the breaking of ground for buildings
at the laying of corner-stones and at
dedicatory services. This time Rev.
Charles Woodman, pastor of the
Friends church, read It and the occa-
sion was the dedication Of the Ban
cIoft-Foote HOuse-the new home for
boys at Good Will The services were
held, Wednesday morning, Dec. 81, at
10 30 o'clock. 1t would be difficult t.
imagine a sweeter, stronger dedicatory
service.
After friends and visitors had in
spected the new building they gathered
in the spacious rooms on the first floor
for the service. A mixed choir of Good
VIII boys and girls, under the direction
Of Miss Alice Louise Hinckley, rendered
Hank, bark. my soul" very effectively
Mr.. c. 1. Bailey of Winthrop, vice-presi-
dent of the Good Will Home Assoc
citation, presided. Mr.. Walter NJ. Smith
gave the report Of the building COM
mittee. G. w. Hinckley, the supervisor,
presented the keys to the association.
In doing so. he referred to the building
as n monument to the far-sightedness,
gener osity and philanthropic spirit of
the donor. Mr.. Edwin bancroft Foote
OF New York City. This. however, was
not Nj. Foote'S thought at all; not q
monument to himself but a memorial
to his parents-a Cody father, a
Christian mother-was the intention Of
| the donor. His parents We're such
| characters as we honor and love in life:
their influence and works follow htem.
The building is more than monument,
more than memorial, for it is home
| for such as need it. Mr.. Hinckley then
| read part of a letter written to himself
by a former Good VIII boy and which
| led Mr.. Foote to make the gift of thu
| home to the Good Will Home Associa-
| ton. AS evidence that ether young men
| appreciate what Good VIII has done for
them he read the last letter ne had re
ceived from any former Good Will boz
1t was dated Dec. 10, 1904.
| In the absence of President Giddings
| Judge Nathaniel Hobbs of North Ber-
| wick. Maine. accepted the gift for the
| association and made a stirring and
| impressive address. A choir of Good
| Will girls sang. God Has Place for
| Every Life" Then followed the Scrip
ture reading by Mr.. WoOdman and tel
dedicatory prayer by Charles Lincoln
| White, president of Colby college. At
ter a choir of Good Will boys had sung
| iii answer with the best there's in
me-" Mr.. Bailey introduced Rev. Ray
mond Caulkns. pastor of the State St
| Congregational church. Portland, who
| gave an address which delighted his
| hearers. While it was addressed espe-
cialy to the young, who We're present
in large numbers, no one could lister
to it without pleasure and profit. He
described this new house as a power
house where moral and spiritual power
was to be developed that would help tt
light the world. 1t was place fOl
honesty. courage and faith. At the
close of the address the audience arose
and sang the doxology and Mr.. Caul-
kins pronounced the benediction. IT