The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-08-23
FAMILY REUNIONS.

GILcHREsT. The Gilchrest family will
hold their annual reunion August q at the
home of Capt. Albion GiichreSt, ST. George,
Maine.
BoYNToN. The annual reunion of the
Boynton family will be held Thursday,
Sept. 8, on the Marshall shore i'll the town
of Liberty.
Hills. The annual reunion of the Hills
family will be held Tuesday, September 4,
at the home of +. p. Bennett, Liberty. All
members and connections are invited to at
tend. If stormy, the reunion will be held
| the first fair day.
VINAL The annual reunion of theVinal
family was held at the home OF Ira I. Vinal,
Wadswolth street, Thomaston, Aug. 18th.
About 10 members were present. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: William E.
Vinal Of Thomaston, president: W. O.
Vinal OF Warren, secretary; Ira I. Ninal
Of ThomastOn, treasurer.
STARRETT-SPEAR. The annual reunion
of the otarrett and Spear families was held
Aug. 10th at Reunion grove, Warren. About
200 members of the various branches of the
| Two families We're present. Among those
from outside of Knox county were DR..
i Joseph F. Starrett of Bangor, George NJ .
Seiders of Portland, former State attorney,
and Mrs. Mary Bateman of Lowell, Mass.
Speeches We're made by Dr.. Starrett, &. NJ.
SeiderS and L. F. Starrett. A letter was
| read from Benjamin Starrett, a member of
/ tle Nova SCutld UIducU, WHO generally spell
| their names Starratt. These officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: President,
! DR.. J. F. Starrett, Bangor; Vice President,
, J ohm L. Stearns, Warren; Secretary, l. p.
| Starrett, Warren. Those from Rockland
present at the reunion were Mr.. and Mrs.
| L. F. Starrett and Mrs Oliver Starrett.
| WHrrMoRE. The 18th annual reunion of
the Whtmore family was held in Bucks
port Aug. 18th, and was well attended. The
| entire list Of old officers was reelected, as
follows: President, A. II. Whitmore; Vice
Presidents, John Whtmore,, Mark Whit
more; secretary, r. A. Whitmore. The fol-
| lowing deaths were reported as having oc-
| Cured since the last meeting; Emily L.
| Sampson of North haven; Seth Fifeld of
| Stonlngton; Mary Whitmore, Ames F. APP
| pleton, Samuel Whitmofe of Morrill,. The
| next meeting will be held in Camden the
| first Wednesday in October, 1907
| YOUNG. The annual reunion of the
| Young family was held at Oakland Aug.
l4th, with about 100 members present. Din
ner was served in the pine grove, and the
business meeting was also held out-of-
presided at the business session and prayer
| was offered by L. II. Young of Iincolnvlle.
No regular program had been prepared for
| the reunion, but an hour or so was spent in
singing hymns. Officers were elected as
follows: A. L. Young, Lincolnville, presi-
dent Lewis Young, Warren, Isaac Young,
| Liucolnville, and Myron Wentworth, Hope,
vice presidents and Mrs. VIM. K. Clinton,
South Hope, secretary and treasurer. Seven
deaths were reported by the committee on
neurology. 1t was voted to hold the next
| annual reunion at the home of F. O. Young
in Lincolnville, Sept. /. 1907, and the follow
ing committees were appointed: Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Young, Isaac Young and Ernest
Young, Lincolnville, arrangements; A. L..
Young, b. F. Young, Parker Young and
in. ptyilI hrc
bra Bowiey, Rockland and Mrs. Martha
! Young, Warren, entertainment.
| SHIBLEs. TIE 18th annual reunion of
the shibles family was held at Gem cove
Aug 18th, with an attendance OF about %.
| Pres. Waters ShbleS of Morrill, was unable
to be present on account OF sickness, and
Mrs. Carrie Shibles of Camden presided at
the business meeting. Officers were elected
as follows: Waters Shibles, Morrill,, pres.
Mrs Carrie shbles, Camden. vice pres.
Miss Edith ohibles, Rockport, sec.-treas
Mrs. Gertie Hahn Of Thomaston, Mrs; Ada
Chadwick of Port Clyde Mrs. Ada Clough
of Rockport, Mrs. PEilena Price of Thorn
aston and Herbert Clough of Rockport,
committee of arrangements. Resolutions
were passed in memory Of the late Samuel
Shbles Of Camden and the late Mrs. Har-
riet Studley of IhomastOn The entertain
ment program included recitationS by Clar-
ence Shibles and Margaret Hahn, piano
duets by Nellie Barry and Marriott Shibles
and readings by Mrs. Jane Webb. The
committee in charge of the reunion COM
prised Mrs. Robert Winchenbach, Rock.
land; Mrs. Joseph Wheeler, Thomaston
Miss Edith Shibles, R6ckport;,, Mrs. Kate
;, Thomas, Thomaston; and Mrs. George
Shibles, Thomaston.
HALL. The first annual reunion of the
Hall family was held at Glen Cove, Aug. 10th,
with an attendance Of about 100 This fam
lily traces its ancestry back to Hate Evil
Hall, who was born in Dover, n. H., in
1907, married Sarah Furbush of Kittery and
settled in Falmouth There are ATS descend
ants. An interesting feature of the fam
lily history as read by Mrs. Lottie erie
Rhodes of Criehaven deals with the murder
of Ebenezer Hall by the Indians at Matini
Gus in l749. His stepson, Ebenezer Green
hid in the woods and finally escaped in a
passing vessel. His wife was carried tG
Canada by the Indians and was ransOmed
by Capt. Andrew Watkins. She family re
turned to Maine and found her daughter
Hannah Green, in Portland. The program
Of the reunion included big picnic dinner
} in the new grange hall, readings by Guy
Shibles of Camden, Mrs. Sarah Hall of Rock