Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-06
Waldo County Veterans
Entertained at Morrill,,
Large Attendance, Fine Program
and Royal Reception.
Death Of Mrs. Olive TowIe, North.
port...BeIfast Notes.

Belfast, Me-, June 5.-(SpeclaD.-Ih
Waldo County Veterans Association
had most enjoyable and profitable
session yesterday with the citizens of
Morrill, and are loud in praise of the
splendid treatment they received. The
sible was done to make the guests
happy.
The morning session was called to
order about IL o'clock by President
Stinson, in Honesty Grange hall. The
regular business meeting was held, the
report of the secretary was read and
accepted, remarks We're made by Com.
D. o. Brown and Capt. Andrew Clark,
the latter commencing the recent SER
mon preached in Belfast by the Rev.
Adolph Rosebach, before the veterans
on Memorial Sunday.
The assembly then adjourned to the
dining room, where a Picnic dinner was
served. So large was the crowd that the
tables had to be laid three times.
The afternoon session was held in
the village church, which was larger
than the hall and would accommodate
the crowd better.
Called to order by Pres. Stinson, the
following program was carried out:
Organ Voluntary.
Prayer. Chaplain J. w. Vaughan
Flag Drill, IS school children
Address Of Welcome.
Com. James Harding
Response, Pres. StinSon
Vocal Solo, Miss Bertha Hatch
Reading, Mrs. Addie VI. Hall
Vocal Duet,
Masters Homer and Floyd Daggett
'''' - Rev. William Vaughan
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Maude Daggett
Original Poem, Com. j. O. johnson
Vocal Duet Masters Daggett
Remarks by Members of the Ass citation.
The address of welcome by Comrade
James Harding was of great interest
and worthy of printing in full but lack
of space prohibits. We give n few of
the many eloquent things which the
speaker touched upon. He welcomed
the veterans to his town in most cor
dial terms and said Morrill, was loyal
and patriotic in times of trouble and is
loyal and patriotic today We welcome
you for what you have been in the
past, brave soldiers. We welcome you
for what you are today, true and loyal
citizens. Loyal young men and boys in
81, still loyal and boyish, but no longer
young in 1905. The younger generation
cannot realize all you sacrificed and
suffered for the preservation of the
Union, but they can realize that our
country is free from the blot of slavery
and is today a government for and
by the people," He spoke of the flags
which float over our schoolhouscs and
wished that the children could see that
collection of blood and powder-staintd
flags in the State House in Augusta
which were brought back from the
strife by our regiments. Not one was
dishonored and although many of the
color bearers were shot down by the
foe, their last words We're, Save the
flag" He said in closing: your pres
ence with us here today should teach
us to love our country and it's flag, to
maintain it's principles of freedom and
equality. ever remembering that eter-
nal vigilance is the price of liberty
Again I bid you welcome"
The response by Pres. Alfred Stinson
was very cordial He thanked the citi-
Zens of Morrill, for their kind hospital
ity and spoke in particular of the wo-
1IleI W I'D were lGIl DeIllIlQ III lie avn vi
time of war and how much they Suf-
fered so bravely and in silence, and
how much they did to help the cause.
The address to the children by Rev.
William Vaughan of East Belfast was
hastily prepared, but this fact would
never have been discovered had not the
speaker announced it. Always pleas
ing speaker, Mr.. Vaughan is at his best
when talking to the young people and
he not only held the close attention of
the little ones hut the entire assembly.
He told them that he was only six years
old when the war broke out, but that
he well remembered the awful time.
His mother made him a little soldiers
uniform and he had a wooden gun and
together with several other little boys
formed a regiment and felt that they
were the whole Union army. This, he
said, showed how even the little chill
dren were imbued with a remarkable
patriotism. He remembered when the
news came that Lee had surrendered
and of that glorious general who, when
victory was his, seat the defeated army
back to their homes and loved ones in
the Southland to take up their lives as
best they could. He remembered the
awful news that Lincoln was shot and
Low the dreadful tidings swept over
the land and darkened for a time the
very sun. How one man had said, Lin
coin is dead but the country still lives
and the flag still floats over Washing
ton" Many sacrifices were made during
the war but the greatest of all was
Lincoln. In conclusion he said that we
were now one land, North and South
together, and that all could shout for
our beloved President, Theodore Roose-
welt. .,.s
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