The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03
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The Alumni of Cornyille High School
Hold Annual Reunion. Officers and
Program.


The sixth annual reunion of the
| Cornyillc High School was held at
, Grange hall in Cornyille, Aug. goth,
1914. The day was beautiful and the
usual happy crowd was in attendance.
About eighty friends sat down to the
daintly prepared dinner which did
credit TO the committee in charge. At
o'clock order was called by Pres.
l.. l.. Smith and session opened by all
repeating the Lords Prayer and sing
ing America" The roll was called by
each-respondcd, some by simply ac-
! knoWledging their presence and 9TH
ers with bit of pleasantly. Election
of officers resulted as follows: Pres.
| l.. l.. Smith; LIST Vice Pres, S. II.
Beal; End Vice Pres, Sanford Strick-
land; Secretary. Iyanella Palmer;
Treas, Melvin Palmer; entertainment
committee, Carrie Smith French, Della
McDaniels Herrin and Hattie Squire
Clement; banquet committee Mr. and
Mrs. S H. Beal, Mr.. and Mrs w. b.
Whittier, Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Hobart.
An interesting program had been
prepared. and was presented as fol-
lows: Song, with encore, Miss Eve
Ign Flanders. Letters of greeting
were read from Miss Anna e. Judkins
Providence r. l., and Fred S. Robin
son, OelWcin, Iowa. Mr.. Robinson had
been requested to write something of
his life as a boy and he did so, recall
ing many of the companions of his
high school days and several of the
teachers. The programme continued
with Instrumental music by Gertrude
Noble, who responded to an encore;
recitation, Charlie Williams; recta-
ton, Hildrcth Judkins, song, Mrs. C.
5. Moody, accompanied by Vivian
Warren which was encored; recita
ton, Edna Smith; song, Janet Leigh
ton; recitation, Margery Williams in
strumental music, Doris Wentworth;
recitation, Margery Smith; instrument
tai music. Emma Carr Morrill, Mrs.
Morrill, was called back and gave
medley of old selections which
brought to mind the days of yore. V
Letters were read at this time from
Maria Davis Pollard of Wateryille
Adde Warren Holmes, South BFain-
tree. Mass. and S. j. Bigelow, Lowell,
Mass Vocal solo with mandolin ac-
compartment by Marguerite Godfrey,
with Vivian Mathews at the piano fol-
lowed, after which Miss Godfrey gave
a mandolin solo. a clipping from the
Somerset Reporter of about twenty
five years ago entitled EARLY History
of Cornyille' had been preserved by
G n. Smith and was read by secretary.
Instrumental music by Vivian Warren
came next and Frank Folsom was
persuaded to tell the story of How
Far Is 1t to Seven Mile BROOKE The
hymn, God Be with You Till We Meet
Again, sung by all, closed the pro-
gramme for the. afternoon. Twenty
nine alumni were present; l.. l..
Smith, S. H. Bcal, Sanford STRICKLAND
Carrie Smith French, Della McDaniels
Herrin, c. II. Blackwell c. S. Moody,
Geo. r. French, G. n. Smith, Minnie
Bowman Judkins, Blanche Goodridgc
Williams and Ernest Tufts of Corn
Vile; Iyanclla Smith Palmer, Hinck-
Icy. Gussic Bigelow Burrill, Hartland
Emma Carr Morrill,, Brunswick; Belle
Squire Nottage Hattie Squire Clement.
Sadie Parsons Haryell, d. b. Hobart
and W. c. Hobart. East Madison;
Emma Smith Rowe and Eula Bean
/ Morrow, Oakland; Lillian Judkins
Godfrey, Middleton. Mass; Minnie
Beal Lord, w. b. Whittier, W u.
Bradbury. Emma Smith futile, II. G.
Wentworth and Hannah E. Went
worth. SkoWhegan. Members of their
families thirty-two, and thirty visitors
making in all ninoty-onc. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. futile brought their cam
era and snap shots were taken of diff
ferent groups. The day was one Of
enjoyment, and good bycs were said
with the hope that the summer Of 1915
will find the circle unbroken.