The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-01

SCHOOL CHILDREN IN
ganized by DR.. Moulton and Com
pany. but was sold to the Central
Maine Power Company of Wateryille.
There is fire department, but it is
not large company, only hand hose.
The fire chief is Thomas Dearborn.
There is band in Hartand, too, led
by Bert Cook, and every Friday night
in summer they give concerts on War
rem Square. The postofIice has been
! located in several places, but was re-
Gently moved to the Latty building,
L. A. Webber is postmaster. There
are two barber shops. one run by Will
lard Burton, and one by Fred Mar
tin. At present we have only one
hotel, the Hartland HDuse, run by
Scott Knowles. The Park House has
been rebuilt by Harry Randlett who
intends to have his hardware store
downstairs and rent the upper rooms
for light housekeeping Lee Fuller
runs a livery stable and Sherman Gray
and II. N. Varnum each have garages.
The first thing the settlers did was
to clear the ground for the churches.
| There were societies organized be-
fore the churches we're built. There
arc two churches, the Baptist and the
| Methodist The present Baptist
church was built in 1S41 on Warren
Square. The pastors name is Rev.
E. M. Trafton. The Methodist
church was built in 1886 a little fur
ther up the street, al cost of about
$500. The pastors name is Rev.
Earl MacMahon. Another first thing
/ of the early settlers, was to have a
school and the first schoolhOuse was
built about where A. X. Libby's house
now is.
The Academy was started about 1893
and was built in st. Adams in that
year In 1916 it was taken into
Hartland In 1854 and 1855 the old
building was moved and now forms a
part of Mr. Ord Fuller's house, and
new Academy was built costing
$500. This was done by stock
company who still own the building.
! The high school is upstairs and the
| Grammar school taught by Annie
Fuller, and the Intermediate taught
by Mrs. John Connolly are on the
first floor There are about 80 pu-
! pills at present in the high school and
three teachers. The teachers are
Harold Crandlemirc, principal; Laura
Pratt and Lee Gorham. Some of the
prominent men who have been educat-
ed at the Academy are Gov. Level
Ign Powers. Gov. Seldom Common. and
former principal Corthell of Gorham
Normal and others. The Primary
school on Athens street taught by
Mrs. Ada McCrillis, three. four. and
Mrs. Doris Goliath, one, two, is the
pleasantest and best equipped school
! building in town. There are two ru-
raj school in town, one at Fuller's
Corner, taught by Mrs. Linda Carver
with twenty-five pupils registered, and
one at North Hartland taught by
Frank Withce, Jr., with twelve. There
arc about 1888 pupils registered in the
common schools. All the schools
have jacketed stoves or furnaces, part
have victrolas. some organs. All
have good boards maps and pictures.
! The children have started libraries,
and are very much pleased when new
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first aid outfit in every school last
year, and helped in the hot lunch.
Seven of the nine teachers have taught
for three or more successive years in
the town.
There are a number of different or
ders in town. the most prominent OF
which are the |. o. o. F., the X. OF
p. the Masons, and =. of H., the
ladies also having their Rebekah
Lodge Each Of these have regular
meetings and have a large member
ship The p. of H., Carroll Ford,
Master has a nice hall and here sew
eral of the orders hold their meet
ings. Others hold them in the Ope-
ia House. The Opera House is on
! Academy street, and contains beside
the auditorium, the selectmens Office,
the library. dining room, and lodge
rooms. The town meetings and cleo
lions are held here, and the dances
and moving pictures. too.
The little town of Hartland has
brave men in it and sent many out to
| the wars Fuller's Corner had sew
eral of her former pupils In the Great
| War, Charles and George Nutter, Ivo-
ry and Cecil McNeilly Other who
went from town were Jack Huff, Bob
and Harry Morrow, Guy Soule, Willis
and Ohio Linn, Clyde and Christopher