The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-10
The Brooks Centennial.
1t will be Fittingly Observed August 18th
to 18th. the program including an Old
Home Week.

Home Week.
An elaborate celebration ror he l00-h
anniversary Of the town of Brooks, has
been planned for the dates OF August
18th to 18th. and the paTs for this pro-
gram also include an O.a Home WeeA.
II will be a week in Waldo county. and IN
the town OF Brooks. which will To- long
remembered. and If tn compttees fail
not in their plans II will be date IN the
history u Maine which viii also be re-
msmbered.
The program will include religious ser
wees and anniversary sermon on the 18th;
anniversary exercises on the following
Monday Illustrated history on tuesday
night, giving views and hts of history
connected in the town, reunion Of the
descendants Of the pioneer settlers, par
ticulsrly the Roberts family.
Early Settlers.
There were three Roberts families
among the earlier settlers. One of these,
Joseph Roberts, was married twice and
was the father of "a children. He had
i57 grandchildren and Is supposed to
have settled Brooks in 1898. The town
was named for Governor Brooks of
Massachusetts and was originally part
of the Washington plantation. Students
of German history claim that there was
a settlement of Germans in Brooks as
early as l740 Arrow heads which have
been found in the village and in the VI
cinity of the stream there would indicate
the presence of the Penobscot Indian in
those early days and there are other lndl-
cations that they were once rather plen-
tiful in that section.
The Roberts grandchildren of the orlgl-
nal settler are now located from Maine
to California. George B. Roberts is one
of the chief promoters of the celebra-
ton. Stanley B. Roberts is road com
missioner; Elmer G. Roberts has been
superintendent of schools; and the firm
of W. H. H. Roberts & Sons operates
large wood working mill, which has been
one of the plants of Brooks in the past
100 years, passing from generation to
generation. Numerous other Roberts
are farmers
All Day Program
The celebration will close with an all
day program. With the interesting
events planned for each day, for which
the town of Brooks has appropriated
liberal sum of money, this celebration
should bring to the village one of the
largest gatherings ever seen there, made
2lp of former residents from abroad and
people from Belfast and the adjacent
towns.
The general committee is composed OF
Daniel G. Plummer, Seth W. Norwood,
E. c. Holbrook, George B. Roberts and
E. A. Carpenter. The executive or gen.
eral committee act as the reception COM
mittee Other committees will be as
follows:
Indoor Entertainment-Seth W. Nor
wood, Elmer G. Roberts, C. W. Ryder,
Leslie Murch and Everett Brown.
Publicity Committee-E C. Holbrook,
S. W. Norwood and George B. Roberts.
Sports-A. B. Payson, W. C. Austin
Seth W. Norwood A. E. Jenkins, Les
lie Murch and Clarence Hamlin.
Parade and Decorations Daniel B.
Plummer, E. A. Carpenter, w. H.
Young, F. W. Qumby. Herbert Smith,
Hale Hail, Hamilton jenkins, Roy God
ding, Wilbur Barker, c. W. Ryder, A.
E. Jenkins, W. S. Jones and Harry Sta
piles.
Refreshments-Ge George B. Roberts, F.
H. Quimby and Clarence Hamlin.
Collection of Antiques-The entire COM
mittee,
Home of Prominent Men.
Brooks was at one time the home of
Marshall Davis, once collector of GUS
toms at Belfast, of Allen Davis, register
s2f deeds of Waldo county, and Hon.
woodbury. Davis, once judge of the Su-
spresne court. Among those who will be
present for the weeks program will be
four brothers, sons of the late Harrison
Roberts. and descendants OF the late