The Republican journal., 1905-10-12
WALDO COUNTY VETERANS
Held Successful Meeting in Brook.

Held Successful Meeting in Brooks.
The annual meeting of the Waldo County
Veterans association was held in the
| Grand Army hall in Brooks on Thursday
M!th George W. Davis post as host. The
day was fine and over 200 veterans and
their families and friends were present.
The Waldo County towns represented were
Belfast, Morrill,, Liberty, Freedom, Brooks,
Unity, Burnham, Thorndike, Knox, Waldo,
jackson, Frankfort, Monroe, Swanville and
Winterport, Dixmont, and Newburg in
PenobScot County were also represented.
The annual election resulted in the unani-
nous election of the old board: Daniel O.
Bowen, Morrill,, president; A. Stinson,
North Searsport, secretary and treasurer
Lorenzo d. Jones, Brooks, chaplain. 1t is
unusual to re-elect the president but Com
rade Bowen has shown so much interest in
the association that it was felt this recogni.
tion was due him.
Deaths of the following comrades were
reported since the last meeting; b. o.
Sargent, Searsport, Co. E, 10th Maine
Thomas Leonard, Waldo, Goth Maine
George Card, Brooks, First Maine Heavy
artillery; Samuel F. Stevens, Belfast
James R. Park, Searsport, Co. X, 26th
Maine; Harvey Edwards, jackson.
The next meeting will be held in Sears
port, Thursday, Nov. 2nd The matter was
left with committee consisting of Com
rades Eli Merriam of Belfast, V. G. Hig-
gins, Thorndike, and Daniel Rowe of
Brooks, who reported in favor of accepting
an invitation from Comrades A. f. Nicker-
son and II. Scribner.
At noon an excellent dinner was served
by the ladies of Brooks, to which the veter-
ans did ample justice, and at D. m the
meeting was again called to order and the
Grand Army hall was crowded. President
Bowen thanked the members for his re-
election and spoke of the amount of good
accomplished during the year and hat it
was hoped to do another year. Good
weather and large attendance have been
characteristic of all the meetings and the
ten meetings of the year had been patri otic
and filled with increasing interest. He
spoke of the many deaths among the COM
radeS and of the patriotism impressed on
the minds of the young by the exercises at
| the meetings of the association.
After singing, Marching through Geor-
gia, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are
Marching" and John Browns Body"
prayer was offered by Rev. j. w. Vaughan
Of Citypont, Rev. E. E. Colburn of Brooks
then delivered an earnest and eloquent ad-
dress of welcome, to which Comrade H. r.
Dawson of Monroe fittingly responded
The remainder of the afternoon was taken
up with patriotic songs, speeches and stories
ny the veterans. w. B. Cammett of Belfast
| rendered a solo. A. E. Nickerson of Swan
vile spoke of the pleasure which was
afforded him at each of these gatherings
and how patriotic the good people of Brooks
had been in the past and were today. He
considered these events of continual pleas =
ure. Charles Austin of Brooks made few
remarks and Veteran Smith rendered solo
Samuel Phinney of Morrill, told a story and
was made an honorary member of the assO-
citation. Eli Merriam of Belfast spoke at
some length and told some interesting sto-
rieS.
Rev. J. W. Vaughan of Belfast spoke of
the excellent type of manhood which went
from Waldo county to the front and of the
good work which was acc mplished by the
'Boys in Blue j. G. Harding of Morrill,
spoke of instilIing the love of country into
the rising generation and thought that tn e
association should take a deep interest and
should have the children attend the meet
ings. The meeting closed with rising
vote of thanks to the good people of Brooks
for their hospitality