The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30
COrnyille High Reunion

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Cornville High school friends, Tues
day morning. August 81, 1917, but by
10 o'clock the sun began to peep thru
the clouds and the day was just the
kind to bring out large attendance.
The severe thunder shower of the
previous evening had made an i'm
families interested in this particular
event made preparations to spend the
day in play. As on similar occasions
greetings were in order during the
forenoon and at about one o'clock din
her was served IN 1ne upper hall. .ae
tables were laden with appetizing
dainties. served by several young
ladies', beautiful flowers giving the
honey look to it all. Returning to
the main hall where the decorations
were charmingly arranged, clusters Of
goldenrod along the front Of the
stage causing much pleasing comment,
the business session was called by
President l.. L. Smith. After re-
peatlng the Lords Prayer and sing
:. ing america" election of officers re
suited in the following: President,
l.. L. Smith; first vice president, d. b.
Hobart; second vice president, San
ford Strickland; secretary, Ivanella
Palmer; treasurer, Melvin Palmer;
entertainment committee, Minnie Jud-
kins. Ellie Davis and Sadie Haryell;
dinner committee, Mr.. and Mrs. L. l..
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Hobart,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Wentworth. AT
ter the roll call which was answered
in a characteristic manner the follow
ing interesting program was render
ed: Song, The Sunshine of Your
Smile, by Doris Wentworth of Show
hogan, Hlda Varney at the piano fol-
lowed by a French song Dites-moi,
composed by Ethelbert Nevin, by Miss
Wentworth; violin solo, Home Sweet
Home with Variations, Donald Wood
man of Athens with Marion Drake
Flanders accompanist; recitation,
Clifford Taylor; piano solo, Concerto,
by Beethoven, Hilda Varney of Ban
gor; vocal solo, My Dreams, by Tosti,
Ethel Woodman of Brewer with Mrs.
Flanders at the piano; song, Memories
Van Aylstine, Nettie Nay Moody with
Gertrude Noble aecompanist; one OF
Aaron Meg Beede's poems by Carrie
French; reading, Minnie Green
Sprague: recitation, C. II. Black
we'll; humorous story by 1yanella
Palmer as related to her in childhood
by Joseph Hilton; several letters OF
greeting were received 1t may be
of interest to some of the readers to
know the addresses of these old
friends whose thoughts go back to the
DAYS spent in Cornville and who try
10 keep in touch with the reunions:
I.ottie Flanders Sprague, Wateryille;
l.. Leslie Jones, Mansfield, Mass; E. c.
and Mary Robinson Frost, $50 Nassau
St, New York, y. Y; H. d. Eaton, "a
Main St, Wateryile; DR.. w S. Hoyt,
104 Crescent St, Watham, Mass;
Wilbur D. Palmer, II Windsor Street,
Worcester, Mass; A. j. Smith, old
Orchard; Thomas S. Emery, Boulder,
Colo; A. MEG Beede, Cannon Ball, N.
D.: Nellie Amazeen Willis, Salem,
Maine; f. f. and Hattie Wiley Whit
tier, Hyde Park, Calf. This Is the
first letter received from the Whit
tiers and they wish to be remember
ed to old friends 1t has been eigh-
teen years since they left Cornville.
During this time they have lived in
Los Angeles and vicinity. Hyde
Park is just outside the city limits
Mr.. Whittier has worked much of the
time at landscape gardening. II any
of the boys and girls happen out that
way he invites them to take the Haw-
thorne car at Los Angeles, going south
on Spring St, ride about thirty min
utes, get off at Hyde Park and ask
the first person they meet where Whit
tier lives He says his experience
thus far has been that it pays to live
a Christian life and hopes that we will
all have happy reunion in the
Sweet Bye and Bye. Charles F.
Warner. the high school teacher of
! 1881 at the Wells schoolhouse, writes
4 from Vassalboro, Maine, where he is
visiting at the home of the former
State Superintendent of School, n. A.
Lucas, who is his father-i law. Prof
Warner expresses himself as being de-
lighted to know that any one is in
terested to recall the days of his
teaching in Cornyille and speaks of it
as being that most agreeable episode
in his career. He goes on to say "My
experiences at Cornville are craven
deeply in my memory and | often take
pleasure in describing them 1t was
no easy task. In certain sense |
carried SO classes, or periods of work
sometimes conducting three classes at
one time, one at the blackboard, one
at desk and one orally. Sometimes
the older pupils were good enough to
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