Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-01

"Ihe Literary Adelph.' Mary +. Kelley
"Composition''- "Reminiscences from All
the Students.
''Our Fallen SchoolmateS.
Capt. Henry N. ealrbanks
com Peunions" Juliet NJ Stanley
Reunion Song, last two stanzas
Brief Aut obosraphical Sketches from Al:
God he with You Till We Meet ASain :
DoxoIouv-"Be Thou. @ God. ENaited
High Sung at close of first Reunion
All of the numbers were appro ciatc6
to the fullest extent and while it was
expressed that they were old physical
". vet in spirit they were scholars
as in former years.
A brief history of the origin of ToWle
Academy is here appended:
TOWLE ACADEMY.
This building, TeWe Academy and
Town hall combined had its origin liz
a legacy by Jenness Towle to the town
Of Winthrop. Mr. ToWlc was of New
Hampshire birth, and came here in
1876 from rpping, n. H. He was a far
mer, Industrious, prudent. economical,
lived simply to Il good old age, aud at
the time Of his death had acquired for
one in his position considerable wealth.
His early education was limited, but
he was possessed of good natural abil-
tiles. He had no children and his near
est OF kin were ncphcWS and nicccS.
His 100-acrc farm with large tWo-Story
house and commodiouS farm buildings
wac situated on the Readfcld Corner
road, about half q mile from the vii
lage He died Nov. 20, 1851, aged. IS
years.
EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF
JENNESS TOWLdI.
'T also give and devise unto my ex-
eCutors hereinafter named, my wood
lot situated in said Winthrop, and be
ing all the real estate now owned by
me, to be disposed of by them within
four years after my decoaSc in such
manner us may he deemed most brnr-
fetal, ana also to sell off the wood
thereon growing in such lots and up
on such terms as they shall think prop
er within the said four years, the
avails thereof, together with the rest
and residue of my estate not herein
otherwise disposed of, to be held in
trust by my executors, to the erection
of Il suitable building for a public
Academy, to be located within the linn
its of school District No 4 in the town
Of winthrop on condition that such a
building shall be erected within four
years from my deccase and designated
by the name Of Towlc Academy.
"And in case no such building shall
be erected within the term aforesaid
then my will is, that the avails of
said real estate, together with said
residue of my estate not otherwise dis
posed of, shall be paid to the treasurer
of the Theological Seminary at Ban
ecr, Me, to the use and benefit of said
institution
Seth May and Ephraim Wood were
appointed executors.
The matter first came before Che
.own at its annual meeting in March,
1853, but was passed over without ac-
ton Doubtless it was the subject of
discussion, and it is not unlikely that
a germ was then and there planted,
causing reelection and street discus
sion. that later ripened into practical
results. 1t is not remembered that the
question Of a union building had then
been preached a
At the next annual meeting tMarch,
1S54 the question of acceptance again
coming before the town, it was voted,
that provided suitable arrangements
could be made" it is "expedient to
unite with the executors~r 4 .'for
the purpose of erecting a Town hall
in connection with the academy" and
a committee CDR Holmes ehairnan)
was chosen to confer With the execu-
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