The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-09-21
ANNUAL REUNION
OF 18TH MAINE
1t Was Held in Gardiner
Last Week
Gen. Isaac Dyer of Skowhegan Was
Reelected President.


A. 4. hall, was certainly success.
The members gathered during the
forenoon, and the first meeting was
at the dinner in the hall, served by
ladies of Heath Relief Corps. After
the dinner the business meeting was
held in the hall and the following Off
GERS were elected: President, Gen.
Isaac Dyer; vice president, Jasper |.
Fisher, Bangor; secretary and treas
urer, II. A. Shorey, Brighton; as
sistant secretary, Eva |. Shorey;
executive committee, John A. Wheel
err, Roxbury, Mass, Albert Dyer and
George D. Arnold At the above
meeting Gen. Isaac Dyer of Skowhe-
gan, presided, assisted by First Vice
President John A. Wheeler of Rox-
bury, Mass.
General Dyer, who is over 80 years
of age, made a short speech which
was received with applause.
Howard Wheeler, son of John A.
Wheeler, presented gavel to the as
ISOLATION, which was made of oak
taken from the battleship Constitu
ton.
The association voted to accept the
gift and gave a rising vote of thanks.
The next reunion will be held in
Skowhegan at about the same time
as this one was held.
One of the pleasures of the meeting
was to have General Dyer of Show
hogan present. He was formerly the
colonel of the regiment, and one as
member expressed it, who was loved
and respected by every member of the
regiment. He is old, but as the love
of comrades for each other grows as
their number decrease, it was a pleas
ure for him to be present as it was
for them to have him.
Major Shorey of Bridgton was also
present He is the secretary of the as
ISOLATION and has been ever since it
was organized. and it is safe to say
he will be at every meeting as long
as he is able to attend.
The ladies of Heath Relief Corps
gave supper between and 7 o'clock
in the evening, and the committee In
charge was composed of Mrs. George
e. Hathaway, Mrs. George Bowie,
Mrs. D. NJ. Dale, Mrs. Daniel Green
leaf, Mrs. Georgia Littlefield, Mrs. N.
Keene and Mrs. d. Noyes. The wait
ers were Miss Ethel Swift, Mrs. Liz
zie Peasley, Mrs. Carrie Dunn and
Mrs. Della Fogg. The reception com
mittee was Mrs. c.. Ellis and Mrs.
Alice Nickerson.
Among those who answered at the
roll call we're: Kendall S. Jackins,
Houlton, Me-. Daniel Morang Co. A,
Rawley, Mass; NJ. Kearney, Augusta;
j. C. S. Dawes, John A. Wheeler, Co.
A; R. R. Mcfarland, Rev. C. E,
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin B.
Triskey, Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. Gilmore,
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Haynes, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph l.. Teed, National
Home; William A. Caswell ID Swan
place, Melrose, Mass Johnson G.
Trask, .Hsmpden Heights, Me-; Mr..
e1d Mrs. Grin A. True, Litchfield,
Me-; Nathan Beecher, Lisbon, N. Y;
Mrs. J. V. Martin, Buxton, Me-; A.
P. Martin, Buxton, Me-; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Alexander, Brunswick, |
Me-; Elsie d. Tibbetts and Melvin
Tibbetts, Bangor; Mr.. and Mrs. Jas
per Fisher, Bangor; Benjamin T.
Chalesta R. L.; Mrs. w. H. Meg
guir, Glenburn; Mr.. and Mrs. Simeon
Small, Raymond, Me; A P. Ben
nett, Linneus, Maine; w. H. Meg
guir, Mrs. Bessie Megguir, S. C.
Fort Fairfield Mr., and Mrs.
H. Wentworth, Bradford,
Me. Walter C. Ross, Brunswick; Ira
o. Allen, Vinnalhayen; Mrs. p. A
Cannon, Bowdoinham, Me. ; Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton Lancaster, Bowdoin-
ham; Mr.. and Mrs. o. j. Winslow,
Portland, Me-; F. L. Wells, Vinal-
haven; T. NJ. Skillen, Auburn, Me. ;
B. H. Pushard. Wscasset, Me-; A.
F. Dyer, Skowhegan, Me-; Mrs. ].
w. Skillins, Bangor and others.
j w. P. Johnson, presided at the
campfire in the evening and called the |
meeting to order Prayer was said by
Rev. Malry Kearney of Augusta; Hon. !
}. B. Clason addressed the veterans !
Is the representative of Mayor B. e. |
lamb and extended a cordial welcome |
o the regiment in Gardiner. Mr.. Cla-
ion made a most excellent and con-
'incing speech, touching on the
strenuous days of the Civil war and
he bravery skill and daring of the
members of the 18th Maine in that |
ong struggle, which ended in victory
or the North.
The response was given by John A.
Wheeler.
Singing, by quartet; also song by !
Iice President Wheeler; piano solo |
~ Miss Tibbetts of Bangor; and it
vas closed by singing of America