Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-04-21
MAINElrEs IN CALIFORNIA
Brief history of State of Maine As
ISOLATION at Pasadena.

sociatioh at Fasadeha'
Paper read at recent meeting of association
by p. G. Wooster, OF Pasadena
As one of the sixty-five original mem
bers OF this association am asked to say
a few words at this time. / take IL for
granted that YOU wish to know where
was, or is, the birthplace of this State OF
Maine ASSOCIATION. or cour.e IL ia To be
found Il Pasadena. but you. no doubt,
would like to know where In Pasadena.
This association was horn and graded
and grew to be quite a youngster in
@. A. r. hall. II was born ON Thursday.
April 20, 1900. You see il viii soon be ten
wears of Are.
Asa new broom sweeps clean, so does
each new baby. coming on to the stage OF
action. create more or less stir in the inn
mediate neizhborhood. So il was with
this Mciety. You know this must have
been the case, else 1t would not have had
sixty. i've members at the start.
But as the newness of the broom wears
OF, and the interest in the new born baby
becomes inactive, SO did the interest, so
manifest at first. soon begin to lag and
pull back like the Oh OK on the farm-we
saw the like down in Maine many a time.
Ii was pretty hard work getting our Maine
people to pull together, and it looked one
while, not long ago, that we would have
to quit. But some one suggested that we
serve fifty cent suppers for twenty-five
cents. That was a happy thought and
timely move. There will no danger OF
falling by the wayside so long as We can
keep that up. A bale OF hay just near
enough to the mules nose to allow him
BY stretching, to I'LL his mouth and some
what contribute to ill his stomach, will
keep him moving forward. It's q grand
good scheme.
While we did not have a supper at every
monthly meeting then as we do now, we
had some sort OF entertainment program,
and usually very interesting meetings.
We held picnic at the close OF our first
years work, and we've held our annual
picnic every year OF our existence since.
We did not, believe, have committees on
program (inciuding all the phases OF the
order, rs We do now, thus the entertain
ment WIS often . hit and miss AFFAIR,
much of il impromptu, yet never a failure.
As we have moved forward we have i'm
proved upon our methods of action for
the life and progress of the association,
and it seems to me that we are well un-
der way with our organization, SO that our
influence must needs be felt, and the his
torian will likely take note of US and give
US a pretty and striking niche in the re-
cords OF this city's doings. II SO. we will
no doubt feel that we have not lived in
vain.
We should add our mite to the ac
tivities and magnetism OF our city. so that
we, as a people, may get full benefit of the
pull and drag toward us. from the ont
side. even from the rocky farms and the
fiinty shores OF Maine.
IfImay be allowed to sneak of myself
[ will saw. at the first. felt rather sbv and
Lonesome in INV connection with this a.
sociation. Most of its members came
from skowhegan and other towns inland.
while / stood ON the floor. quite alone.
representing and defending the CLAIMS and
the paddock of the bays and the shores
found il hard making Others understand
how delicious is haddock smother and
v hat pieasurab Bile sensation there always
is in oneis gullet. when a fresh-stea meo
clam, that has been dipped in nroperiv-
seasoned clam Juice gravy. Is allowed n
gently slide adown it, tail first. losing its
head on il passage between the teeth
Casting ali Joking aside. is there ona ~
aus Maineities. although he loves his land
81 sunshine and flowers and is satisfied
with his lot in this southland ~ orange
groves. fine streets and automobiles with
all the pleasures attendant thereto wbo
can forget the land Of his birth and who
does not daily visit il in thought and live
over again and again his boyhood there
and who fails to see in it all the snarkle
OF Jewel?
We remember those DAYS when we vent
barefoot and waded the brooks and