Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-10-03
Of Waldo County Hold An
nua| Meeting at Brooks.
About 200 Comrades and Wives
Enjoy Delightful Time.
Meeting Next Year VIII Be Held
With Comrades In Jackson,

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annual meeting of the Waldo County
Veterans Association was held in
Brooks yesterday with a larger attend
ance than they have had for somc
time. 1t was beautiful day and early
In the morning the comrades and their
wives began to arrive until there were
upwards of 200 present when the bus
lness meeting was called to order at
II a. NJ. After the preliminary bus
mess was over the following officers
were duly elected: President, l.. c..
Putnam of Belfast; Sec and Treas,
Alfred Stintson of North Searsport:
Chaplain. Rev. William Vaughan Of
East Belfast. The committee on time
and place of next meeting was ap-
pointed, consisting of Comrades Fos-
ter, Nash and Nickerson. The meeting
adjourned for dinner which was serv-
ed in the dining hall of the Grand
Army hall, where the meeting was
held. 1t was one of the finest dinners
Imaginable and all did justice to it. A
socicil half hour followed and the af-
ternoon meeting was called to order
at 80 p. NJ. The session was opened
by the singing of america" by the as
sembly, all lifting their voices Justify
in that grand old hymn of our nation.
Prayer was offered by Past Chaplain
Jcv. John w. Vaughan of City Point,
after which Hon. A. f. Nickerson Of
Swanville introduced the newly elect
ed president, Com. l. C. Putnam Of
Belfast. Mr.. Putnam made few
brief remarks thanking the association
for the honor Sprung upon him and
assuring them that he would do his
best to serve them faithfully.
The committee on time ana place OF
next meeting then reported that they
had decided to accept an invitation to
Jackson and that the date would be
Nov. s.
Retiring Secretary Lorenzo Jones
gave a very interesting account of the
past years work of the association.
which shows much progress and q
large increase in the roll-call. a good
many honorary members having been
taken during the past months. Three
members of the association had been
called to answer the last roll call above,
since the last monthly meeting, Com
rade Daniel ]. Kimball of Co. d. 10Th
Maine: Capt. Ansel Wadsworth of Co.
G., 26th Maine. and Com. Joseph NJ.
Foster of Co. l, 14th Maine.
Songs We're rendered by Miss Do
cas- Davis, little miss of Brooks,
which were much enjoyed, followed by
the address of welcome. very gracious
ly given by Miss Nesta Is. Narncy Of
Brooks. 1t was most agreeably duty.
she said to welcome the association to
her home town and one which she was
proud to perform. The response was
made by Alfred Stintson of North
SearSpOrt. the newly elected secretary.
ard said that he should strive earnestly
and that he should strive earnestly
to give them conscientious service and
a true record Of all their meetings
that i'll days and years to come the
future generations might have them
to read and enjoy He hoped that after
the last old veteran had been
called to rest there would be
enough honorary members of the
association to keep it up and that
their sons and daughters would always
be interested in the order.
The following gentlemen were then
elected to honorary membership; G. A.
Tilton of Portland and M. b. Tilton
of Jackson.
A rising vote of thanks was ex-
fenced to the citizens of Brooks who
had 50 generously entertained them. A
program consisting of songs and read
ing@ was one of the features of the af-
ternoon session, in which Miss Gladys
Gordon. Miss Edith Hobbs. Comrade
Packard, COmrade Smith and others
took part, adding much to the pleas
ure of the day. Speeches, brief and to
the point, were made by Rev J. w.
Vaughan, Rev. William Vaughan, d.
O. Bowen, Mrs d. O. Bowen. G. A.
Tilton Hon. A. e. Nickerson and M.
r. TIlton. One of the guests, Mrs. Cut
Ter Of Washington d. c., who Is visit
ing in the vicinity. delighted the asso-
citation with several dialect readings
Mrs. Cutler is the president of the
Potomac Relief Corps Of Washington.
The following resolutions of respect
were read and accepted:
Whereas the unerring hand of Him
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