The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-01
SCHOOL REUNION At
NO. NEW PORTLAND
IL. {. Walker Becomes President OF
Alumni Association. Program
and Events

/ North New Portland, Aug. 29-The
second annual school reunion took
place on the fixed date, the 4th We'd
nesday. of August, which happened to
be the oath this year. The following
program was arranged: Picnic din
ner 1890 p. m; address of welcome
1870. business meeting 2:00 baseball
game 230, Skowhegan VS. North New
| Portland; supper for visitors $780,
entertainment at hall 500; dance 8.
| Dinner was enjoyed in the shade
of the trees on the church lawn which
proved the great social event of the
day, where one was liable to forget
the daintiest lunch in the arrival of
familiar faces, perhaps unseen for
many years, or in day dreams sug-
guested by the remin SCIENCES of some
eloquent oldtimer. After dinner
John Hill Bartlett of Brockton, Mass.
held forth from the platform with
words of welcome for all present and
also refreshed the memories of his
contemporaries on general and deli
cate points of school history. He was
followed by the first high school prin-
! cipal J. S. Williams, now a lawyer
at Guilford. whose cordial words of
! gladness were instant contagion in
the ears of breathless listeners.
At the brief business session the
! following were elected to succeed the
old ones: H. c. Walker, president;
! A. l.. Henderson, vice president; Susie
Adams, secretary and treasurer.
The ball game afforded a continue
ton of social intercourse. although
the local team met its waterloo in the
first inning, when all the ills to VIII CHI
baseball players are heir swooped
down upon it. However the team
pulled itself together and continued
the game to everybody's satisfaction.
Score to l, Skowhegan's favor.
About fifty out-of-t0wn visitors re-
NAMED for supper and the evenings
entertainment The musical program
was arranged by A. b. Plummer OF
Skowhegan who was assisted by W. p.
Plummer, DIR. II. A. Derbyshire, DIR
M. e. Lord. j. II. jenkins, Mr. and
Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. NJ. w. Clark ac-
companists The well known must
cal troup was much apprec ated by the
crowded house and will see a card OF
thanks for their generosity in the In
dependent Reporter.
Murray's orchestra from Iivermore
Falls furnished music for the dance
which was fully attended.
The epidemic of whooping cough
] kept many local parties from rartic-
pating in the days festivities in con
deration for public health. Altho
! the attendance was highly satisfac-
tory, we hope that it will become
larger eacr year and will include
many who can bark back to old red
schoolhouse days.
These lines of gush are intended not
for historical records but for the eyes
of those who were not in North New
Portland on the oath inst May you
remember that on 364 days of the year
you have our permission to adhereoto
the virtues of industry and duty but
we beseech you not to forget the old
home town or those former acquain-
tances who are fast approaching SEN
lie decay in tn s neck of the woods.
A partial list of out of town visitors
w. p. Plummer, Stamford. Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Williams, Gulford
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Caswell, Nor
4 ridgewock; Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner
| Norton. Skowhegan; Mr.. and Mrs. A
! A. Jacobs. Phillips Mr., and Mrs. Her
bert Luce. Kingfeld; Mr.. and Mrs. y.
B. Plummer. Skowhegan; DR. and Mrs
r. A. Derbyshire. Skowhegan; c. b
Kmball, Wollaston, Mass; Mr.. and
Mrs. J. II. Bartlett, Brockton. Mass;
Mr. and Mrs Clifford Luce, Dover. y
H.; Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Wyman
Kingfeld: Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Skill
lngs Auburn; Mrs. LEROY Walton.
Cornville; DR.. c. r. V les, Skowhegan;
Miss Edna Cornforth. Auburn; Mrs
Robert Wentworth Skowhegan; Mrs
Ivan Prince, Orr's Island; J. X. Niles
Skowhegan; II. A. Plummer, Show
hogan; Mrs. Hortense Murphy, North
Arson Mrs, y. l.. Green, Lexington;
Mrs. Joe Dudley, kingfield; Mrs. Lloyd
Williamson, kingfeld; Miss Eva
Springer, East Franklin; Arthur Mar
shall, Lancaster, n H. and John l.
Fish of the independents Reporter