The Republican journal., 1907-09-12
meeting of Waldo County Veterans.

Inc regular meeting of the Waldo County
veteran Association was held with Dana
carter Post, Freedom, Thursday, Sept 9Th
oh account of the storm the attendance was
small not over 75 being present. The meet
ing was called to order by the secretary,
Lorenzo Jones of Brooks, the president
oeing absent. After brief opening remarks
Mr.. Jones called Comrade Virgil N. Hig-
gins OF Thorndike to the chair. Music was
rendered by Miss Winnifred Dodge of Free
uom' ana prayer was offered by. Comrade
Jones. The following hearty address of
welcome was given by Mrs. Susan J. FIVE
of Freedom:
=, comrades, Sisters, Honored members and
oltlAehs: Inc committee having chosen
me to give the address of welcome today. /
VIII Try ana say few words to let you know
that we are more than pleased to welcome
you mere. We, as Post and Circle, feel it
an nonor TO have the Veteran Association
meet nieet Win us once more, and we sincerely
,,oi, nope we snail nave the privilege of meeting
so9 many many times in the years to come,
anu assure you that you will always find
warm welcome with US. 1t seems. com
RACES, almost useless to have an address of
welcome, for think in any civilized com
lunity y the old veterans always fnd warm
we be assembled here today, a free and
happy band, if it had not been for what the
soldiers suffered and died for from '61 to
'65? Surely not. We would not have been
much better off, if any, than the slaves they
nelped to llberate. l heard the Rev. Viii
liam smith OF Portland say once that when
he got so high up in this world that he
cou!d not shake hands with an old soldier
OF the Civil War he hoped his hand would
iali palsied by his side. So you see, com
rades, there are noble men who esteem it an
honor to shake the hand of an old soldier.
we meet mere today as an oldtime custom
ana 10 spend our time in listening to the
singing and short program. But 1 think
hotning suits quite as well as the little
camp fire we listen to, held by the comrades.
But as we meet here to exchange these
heartfelt greetings, those who used to be
with US, and whose voices made the old hall
ressund with "reminiscences of the war, are
not forgotten. OH no, their voices are
fresh IN our memories. They have passed
on to the great beyond, but their spirits
seem to still linger with US on these occa-
slons. In our imaginations we can hear
them say: Comrades, you are surely well
come" and now once more in behalf of our
Post and Circle, bid you thrice welcome
And
Sometimes. when all lifes cares are o'er,
we shall meet the dear ones gone before,
Shall clasp their hands in the same old way,
And their voices will be the first to say:
L welcome you, Comrades, to my home of
light,
Where there is no pain and no more night
Angels have opened wide the doJr
And the broken campfire is complete once
more.
Comrade Lorenzo Jones responded, after
which he read the report of the previous
meeting, which was accepted. Comrades
Cilley, Gay and Rowell were appointed a
committee on time and place of the next
meeting. They subsequently reported, rec
ommending the time, Thursday, October 8,
and the place, with George G. Davis Post
of Brooks. The report was adopted. B. F.
Foster and wife and Frank Clements and
wife were made honorary members of the
association.
The program was then given, consisting
of recitation by Mrs. Busher; remarks by
Comrade Sleeper of Roekland; reading by
Mrs. Bryant; music by Miss Dodge; recita-
tion by Mrs. Holmes (Which was encored)
and remarks by Comrades Foster, Mutt,
Prescott, Rowell and Jones. The meeting
closed with singing America