The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-18
LINCOLN DAY IN BELFAST.
Appropriate Decorations Were General.
Mem0rial Exorcisos in tho Rs,El;n Cehoolc

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biography portrait of Lincoln done with stee
pen. The biography was written in very
legible hand and the shadings were such as to
give an excellent likeness of the martyred
President The banks and factories were
closed during the day and in place of the regu-
lar sessions of the public schools memorial ex-
ercises were held. Many of the schoolrooms
were elaborately decorated, and the children
were given flags small pictures of Lincoln
as souvenirs. In the Brick school in East Bel
fast the room was decorated with two large
flags, which were carried through the Spanish
American war by the grandfather of the teach
er, Miss Annette Robinson of Castine Pictures
of Betsey Ross, the Birth of the Flag, Wash
ington, streamers of red, white and blue bunt-
ing and hundreds of small flags were used in
the rooms and many attended the exercises.
In the Belfast High school the program was as
follows:
Chrous, Battle Hymn of the Republic, School
Unveiling of Picture of Lincoln, presented
ssy By Mr. oco A. Psnqyy a Lexerns Inss Rhte6 pas1
Recitation, The Patriot President. MARK
Lemon), Clara Furbush
Essay, Lincolns Presidential Career,
Isabel Smalley
Recitation, o Captain, My Captain Whit
mani, Lytle Morrill,
Chorus, Watch on the Rhine, School
Recitation, Our Heritage from Lincoln,
(Roosevelt), Victor Merriam
Recitation, Lincoln, the Man of the People,
(Markham) Barbara Crockett
Reading from ''The Perfect Tribute
Inez Chaples
Recitation, The Gettysburg Grafton, Otis Ellis
Chorus, Maryland, My Maryland, School
Sentence quotations and appreciations,
Lionel Sylvester, Mabel Craig, Hester Brown
Everett Flanders, Arvilla Daggett Jessie Tis-
dale, Harold Jones, Robert Innes, George
Small, Howard Tibbetts Virgie Beckwith
Ruth Kmbal Flossie Heal, Estin Braley.
Harry Walton, Valera Nickerson, Alonzo
Shute, Arno Achorn, Geneva Hutchins, Wal
lace johnson, Edna Crawford, Cecil knowl-
ton, Lucie Leavitt, Maurice Roberts, Hazel
Keyes.
Essay, Lincoln as an Orator,
Sylvanus Edgecomb
Recitation, The Springfield Speech,
Paul Smith
Recitation, The Second Inaugural,
Sarah Preston
Bishop Newmans Tribute to Lincoln
Houston Small, Harold Richards, Emery
Sprague, Thomas Bowker.
Ingersolls Tribute to Lincoln, Raw Lindgren
Essay, The Character of Lincoln,
Velma Mitchell
Lowels Prose Tribute to Lincoln,
Marjorie Shaw
Roosevelt's Tribute to Lincoln, Marian Heald
Short Tributes quoted by Cecil Littlefield Hugh
phema Robbins.
Chorus, Sail on, Oh Ship of State School
with tenor solo, Mr., Emery White
Solo, All Through the Night Mr.. White
Solo, Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,
Mr.. Elbridge Pitcher
Chorus, America, School
The school extends its thanks to Mr.. White
and Mr.. Pitcher for their contributions to..the
program and to Mr.. Pilsbury for the picture of
Lincoln.
Following is the program in Grade V, Miss
Lillian Spinney teacher:
Song, Beautiful Flag, School
Gen. The Stars and Stripes, School
Speech, The Flag Colors Marian Parsons
Red, White and Blue School
Remarks on Africa Eugene Parsons
lhe Slave Ship Eugene Cannon
My Old Kentucky Home School
Introduction of Lincoln Gladys Bradford
Birthday of the Flag Edna Curtis
Song, Salute the Flag girls
Flag Drill, Ina Ray as Columbia
Lillian Dexter, GLADYS Bradford
Frances Macomber Avis Willie
Madeline Coombs Elsie Bingham
William Pendleton as Drummer Boy.
Essay, Lncoln's Home Ralph Wiggin
Lincoln's School Madeline Coombs
Lncoln's Boyhood Frances Macomber
Essay, Lincolns kindress Clarence Chapman
Lncoln's Strength and Work, Mabel Young
Beginning of the War, Doris Coombs
End of the War Natalie Pottle
Song, Holy-Holy- Holy.
Stories about Lincoln were told by Melvin
Wood and Irving Whitney. Lincoln's Maxim,
Members of School. Closing Song, America
alag Saute.)
At the South School the four grades, under
the instruction of Miss Juliet A.Wiggin, Miss
Alberta Wadsworth, Mrs. Samuel Adams and
Mrs. Maude Follett, united in carrying out the
following program before large number of
interested spectators:
Song, There are Many Flags in Many Lands.
What Persons Have Said About Lincoln
Recitations by Edna Trundy, Jennie NJ Rich
ards Annabel Fish, Lawrence A. Robbins,
Elva G. Wade, Edward A. Cobb and Lucy O.
Glidden.
A Lincoln Exercise
Recitations, by Raymond Young Ernest Rum
ney, Robert Titherington, Carroll Murch,
Parker Blodgett, Guy Pattershall, Charles
Robbins.
Abraham Lincoln
Recitations by Rudolph Cassens, Cuthbert
Wilson, Agnes Hill, Helen Getchell, Norman
Lear, Gladys Bennett, Margaret Getchell,
Jennie Roberts, Myrtle Simpson, Eva Hall,
Ada Chubbuck, Tom Lothrop, Harold Brad
ford and Ruth Hilton.
Song, Raise the Flag and Ring the Bell,
Grade
Recitation, What's in Name, Ralph Clifford
Song columbia the Gem of the Ocean,"
Grades and A
Recitation, Lincoln, Frank A. Downs
Lincoln Exercise
Recitations by Basil Pendleton, Bruce Smith,
Forest Wood, Cuthbert Wilson, Tolford Dur
ham, Drexel Day, Frederick Wade.
Recitation, King, Martha Southworth
Song, Three Coors, Grades l and 2
Reading, Who Was He? Cathleen M. Colcord
Quotation by Elva Lear
Growing Lincoln
Song and recitation by Alice Sanborn, Dor
othy Smith, Doris Gunner Hazel Perkins.
Recitation, The Hard Work Plan,
Lawrence A. Robbins
Patriotic song by Grade 4.
Recitation by five little girls, Dorothy Drink
water Barbara Mckinney, Dorothy Cham
berain, Mildred Thomas, Beulah Young.
Recitation, John Durham
Salute to the Flag, The four schools
Dates in the Life of Lincoln
By Helen E. Ellis, Edna C. Trundy, Lucy o.
Glidden, Anabelle Fish, Vernard c. Hall,
Louise M. Webber, Thelma B. Small, Kath-
crime d. Kittredge, Bernice L. Ladd.
Song, Flag of Our Nation, Grade 4
Recitation, Kenneth Cocord
Recitation Grace Hazelfino