Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03
Dedication Attended by Crowds

seat was reserved for Df. ]. F. Tourtel-
 lotte, who, 1t was later learned, was
 confined to his bed by illness. Back of
 nished excellent musical numbers.
 After the first number by the orches-
 tra, MT. Andem began his introducto.
 " address, which was in part as fol-
 lows:
 "Mrs. Tourtellotte, Selectmen, Ladies
 and Gentlemen, Citizens and friends of the Town of Thompson
 "The long looked for hour has at length arrived. The Joy that we have
 anticipated for so many months Is ours.
 This building erected three years ago.
 in our imagination--is now reality.
 Tonight we assemble, for the first time,
 in the TourtellotIe Memorial High
 School. There have been many chan
 ges in the town of Thompson. Fifty
 years ago nature held full sway, and
 buildings were few and far-between. But in those days boys and girls were
 reared and had education that made them the greatest men and women Of | today.
 Among them was particular young
 Miss, with particular love for nature. She became acquainted with every tree,
 brook and rock in the neighborhood
 here, where she spent her childhood. Finally she went to Dudley Academy.
 The first day she went the pupils all
 particular Miss, as her eyes roamed 1 about the room saw, to her, the hand somest boy she had ever seen. On Ffi- day afternoon il was the custom for the young men to promenade with the
 young ladies about the grounds. And as this particular young Miss walked l about on the first Friday afternoon, she
 could not help watching this handsome
 young man, and she said to herself
 something like this: oh, that he would
 be the one to ask me to walk down life's pathway with him. And some
 such feeling must have been somehow stirring within the breast of this young
 man, for the young man did ask her if
 she would walk with him--and Doctor
 and Mrs. Tourtellotte have walked to- l gether ever since.
 But they did not always walk alone. | There was intrusted to their care Two | beautiful daughters, upon whom they lavished great love, and in whom
 they had great pride, but God in his l infinite wisdom thought best to take them to himself and then their walk was again alone. But 1t WAS not the
 same as before, for love had been kin. dled for those dear ones that did not de- crease, but increased more and more. To express their love for those dear
 ones in public way, they decided to
 erect a monument. Not monument to be merely looked upon, but . monu-
 ment for good to go down the line of time-educating children and doing good to posterity.
 Then came the question of location fo, this monument. The ties thnt bound them in early childhood were strong CT than all the other ties combined, and because. from this spot, they can look about and see where they used to play, and can see the hills and valleys where they used to roam--this buiId- ing stands here today.
 To erect this building was given into my charge, and have kept the ch arge to the best of my ability. This build ing Is all that 1t appears to be. There is nothing of sham nature that is GOV cred up, but there is an immense deal Of labor and material buried out Of sight forever. The foundation is sub stantial enough to sustain . New York sky-scraper. The heating system is of the best. The sewefing is perfect, be- ing carried clear to the riyef. and the electric system Is the best lad down by engineers, and in many instances bet ter. There are two large boilers which will furnish power 90 that mechanical training may be carried on. Every room Is connected by telephone. The clocks arc automatically regulated from one room, and announce the periods of recitation for each class. Teachers and pupils al have separate lockers for their clothing The water has been pronounced by eminent chemists of Brooklyn, \. Y., as the best seen in