Ellsworth American., 1925-09-02
SEDGWICK'S HONOR ROLL.
Forty Residents Qualified for Three
Quarter Century Club.

quarter Century CluD.
The town of Sedgwick has forty
residents qualified for membership in
the Maine Three-Quarter Cen
tury Club, according to the
committee appointed to secure
the names of those over
seventy-five years of age in that
town. This committee was composed
of Miss Harriette H. Cole, chairman,
Mrs. Inez P. Allen, Mrs. Walter l..
Clement, Mrs. Phoebe Hinckley
Heath and Miss Imogene Grant. The
committee makes an interesting re-
port in connection with it's list, as
follows:
Sedgwick has nearly forty in the
list, including a summer resident,
who is native of the town and has
spent several months here for nearly
every summer for half a century.
Mrs. Mary c. Wiley was ninety years
old on February %, 1925, is young
in heart and interested in all mat
ters
Our oldest resident is Mrs. Eliza
beth Sinclair Carter, who was born
October 1, 1929. She is the mother
of a large family, having now twenty
nine living descendants. She retains
her faculties excepting eyesight, and
is glad to have callers and chat with
them regarding things Of the past.
Our oldest male resident is S.
Parker Snowman, who was ninety
years old August "a. He holds the
gold-headed cane for the town of
Sedgwick, is very well, and walks to
his sons shop every day.
Mrs. Clara N. Friend, born April
1, 1888, busies herself with sewing
and household tasks.
Mrs. Nancy Carter, born January
5, 1899, holds the record of the
largest number of descendants, hay
ing now living seven children,
thirty-one grandchildren and thirty
two decentralization.
Mrs. Martha Spooner, eighty-six
on April 22, spends much time on her
porch and is very much interested
in every day things.
Mrs. Julia E. Wilson, born July 4,
1910, is able to be about her home
nearly every day, and recently knit
a rug.
Mrs. Adeline Peaslee, born April l,
1913, does the houseWOrk for her
self and her son, calls on her neigh
bors often, and recently motored to
Bar Harbor to see a newly-arrived
ereat-grandchild She has forty-slH
living descendants.
Mrs. Clara L. Bowden, eighty
three, travels annually to bingham,
Mass, and back, and attends Chau-
tauqua every year.
Hon. Henry Wyer Sargent is also
one of those who is very active,
though past the eighty line. He
maintains his office for business, and
is keenly interested in everything
pertaining to civic and church al
fairs.
Others near the eighty mark are
Daniel H. Eaton, who does the work
about his own place; John Groves
Eaton, well known as the surveyor OF
this and the surrounding towns;
Frank Gray, who chopped forty-fve
cords of four-foot cord wood, 10000
feet of lumber, 100 cedar boat logs,
and sawed and split nineteen cofds
of wood the past winter.
Lyndruff II. Guptill will be eighty
on January /, next. He works cob
bling shoes and housepainting. One
wear ago he assisted in painting the
steeple of the Baptist church.
Edgar Robbins, eighty-one, Sep
tember Is, works with his son Arthur
every day.
Roland Durgain assists in the
work of his home. He was eighty
years of age June Ia of this year.
Mrs. Abbie Byard, Miss Emma II.
Allen and Mrs. Abbbie H. Page are
nearly four score years. Others who
qualify for the club are:
Mrs. Edgar Robbins, Feb. 20,
1S47.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Friend, Oct. IL,
1S47.
Miss Sarah A. Currier, Nov. 27,
1S47.
Frank C. Allen, April A, 1S4S.
Mrs. Adell Parker, May, 1S4S.
Mrs. Lois Gray Page, April -,
1S4S.
Mrs. Lucia S. Means, July 2, 1S4S.
Charles Simmons, Sept. 9, 1S4S.
Mrs. Sarah Grindal, July 1, 1S49.
Shadrach Orcutt, Oct. "a, 1S49.
John W. Young, April 2, 1S49.
Mrs Flora r. Gray, Oct. 20,
1S49.
Miss Mary H. Milliken, Feb. H.,
1850.
Herbert Simmons, March 6, 1850.
Mrs. Clara Simmons, July IL, 1850.
Mrs. Frances d. Parker, May H.
1850.
Mrs. Lucy F. Dority, May 25, 1887.
NJrc Char1otte r Grindle, July 26,
1850.
Julian Moore just misses, as MS
birthday was August 10, 1925, when
he passed his seventy-tfth mile
stone.
North RcAOklin.