Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-09-03
Old Folks Day

A very successful Old Folks Day
program was carried out Friday. the
last day of the fair, which was enjoyed
by good gatherineIof old folks from
various towns in the State. Accard :
ing to schedule as soon as the old
folks registered they were taken for
an automobile ride around the grounds
and then came back to the Coliseum
for the indoor program after which
tho prize cups were awarded and
I luncheon served.
Cimbol!el.s orchestra PLAYED A Sc
lection To open the program followed
by a fcrvent prayer offered BY Rev
g. q. Reeves, pastor of the Getchell
street Free Baptist church. After an
other selection by the orchestra. Capt
! SiIas Adams superintendent of Old
folks Day. spoke briefly. reminding
dhc old folks present that this is the
10th year he has welcomed them that
some faces were missing,F having
passed away. and new ones were seen
He then introduced the speaker of the
day, Prof. Henry w Brown Of Colby
college. who expressed his apprecia-
tion of the (as he expressed IT'D un-
usual honor done him.
| Prof. Brown took for his theme
"Life's Rainbow of Pleasure" making
the colors of the rainbow denote the
following: Red physical pleasure;
orange. possessional pleasure: yellow.
social pleasure; green, intellectual |
pleasure; blue. moral pleasure indigo.
aesthetic pleasure: and violet. the
spiritual pleasure Prof Browns ad-
dress was listened to with pleasure
and close attention by his audience.
/ The silver cups were then awarded.
the prize winners being as follows:
The oldest CivH War veteran, William
r. stevens. So. of this city: oldest
man, Charles Curtis. % of this city:
Oldest woman, Mrs. Cynthia Smith. "a.
/ of bingham: longest married couple
Louis Rancourt S4, and Mrs Louis
! Rdhcourt, ~, both of this city, who
were married 81 years ago last JuIv
William H. Stevens. winner of the
/ Oldest veterans cup was born in
I West Naterville. now Oakland. when
there were but four streets in that
town. Main. Summer, Anime and
! oak. He served three years in the
First Maine Cavalry. being in a
number of the great battles. among
! them being Weldon Railroad. Will
dcrness. Gettysburg. Fairfax Court
/ House, Rappahannock Station. Bev-
/ "rly's Ford and lastly at the Surren-
! der Of Lee. Mr.. Stevens was follow
/ ed the occupation of a house and
carriage painter. He is member
of Oakland Grange and of Sergt.
Wyman Post in Oakland He makes
his home part of the time with his
sister. Mrs. Hettie F.. Bachelder of
/ Mainstream, Harmony and his son,
Clyde w. Stevens of this city. an en-
ginecr at the Hollingsworth and
! Whitney company
! Charles Curtis. the winner of the
cup for the oldest civilian man was
born in Dexter and is now living in
/ Waterville at The Melcher with his
son, c. L. Jones Only this, summer
! Mr.. Jones bought a Ford car and
with his daughter and granddaugh-
ter went on a vacation fishing trip
! Mrs. Cynthia Smith. the oldest
woman present, came from Bingham
! to attend the fair and is % years old
She is a member of the Bingham
church and an honorary member of
, the Grange, the Eastern lStar. the
! Rebekahs and Sunshine Society. She
was present at the fair three years
go and took the cup at that time
During the war she was active in
| Red Cross work and now employs
| her time making quilts and doing
other domestic duties.
| rising vote of thanks was tend
! cred the Central Maine Fair Associa-
/ ti-rr by the old folks present for their
/ kindness in inviting them to attend
| the fair and also for their pleasant
| entertainment, which they fully en-
| joyed.
/ The guests of the day were, Vet
terans of the Civil War: Franklin
Walker. 81. Waterville; Hollis Simp-
| son. &C. Winslow; VIM. H. Stevens,
| Sc. Waterville; Jesse Stone. II. st.
! Adams: Oliver Bessey so. Fairfield;
| Fl. A. Savage ST., Waterville: G. A.
Savage. II. Fairfield; Joseph Ackley.
LIS. Fairfield; s. A Plummer, rs.
Fairfield; William H. Hersom. rs,
Oakland; Milton Branch. IS. Water
Vile: C. H. Bartlett, 70, Oakland;
iJ. F. Copeland. 81. Albion; G.
II. Bryant, 50, Oakland; Perry
Brown. -. Benton; r. ". DAN
forth. as Fairfield; H. NJ Reed,
] Is. Benton; L. VI. Shorey, NJ AL