Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-13
REUNIONS FEATURE OF DAY
AT WINTHROP OLD HOME WEEK

has for many years lived elsewhere.
her native home town Is still dear to
her.
The party was held at the home OF
Mrs. Margaret Foster and Charles
Longfellow. A delicious luncheon was
served on the lawn at | o'clock with
A. n. Babb caterer. At the business
meeting which followed officers were
elected as follows: Mrs. M. l.. STAN
ley, president; Miss Eva Moody, Mrs.
Helen Whitney, w. j. Bonney and
Charles Benjamin, vice presidents:
Mrs. Margaret Foster. secretary;
Frank Bishop, treasurer. Readings
given by Mrs. Sibyl Edwards and
humorous essay on "A Fly" read by
Will Morton were much enjoyed.
The following guests were present:
Mrs. viii Morton, Mrs. Charles Nor
ton and Miss Henrietta Morton Of
Portland, Mrs. Annie Hegarty, Mrs.
Charles Longfellow. Mrs. Charles
Hammond, Portland, Mrs. Edna
Roberts. Wollaston, Mass. Fred
Whitney. Belgrade, Miss Florence
Moody, Gardiner, Mrs. Charles Ben
iamin, Auburn, Miss Margaret Nc
Troy. Lewiston, Mrs. Annie Beal,
Portland, A. II. Webb. Miss Mary
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Rena Allen, Freeport, Mrs. Lucy
Thomas, Mrs. Carrie Strout and
Mrs. f. II. Penniman.
The alumni Of Winthrop High met
at Island Park in splendid numbers,
enjoyed an exchange of greetings
with old friends and schoolmates, "a
picnic lunch at noon under the trees
by beautiful Lake Cobbosseecontee
and an enthusiastic meeting in the
pleasant open air pavilion.
The meeting was called to order
by the temporary chairman, Miss
Dorothy Webb, and a vote was taken
to form a permanent association of
which those attending the prelimin-
airy meeting and the first reunion
should be the charter members.
The following slate of officers rec
mittee (Miss Putnam, Mrs. Bishop
and Mr.. Hinds) was unanimously
elected: President, Miss Dorothy
Webb, class of H. vice president,
Fl. Miller, '05; corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Elnor Bishop, '23; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Mary Beatty, '99;
treasurer Kenneth Webb, IA: : execu-
tive committee. president. Mrs. Isa-
belle Holmes, '93: Arthur Walton,
Elk. '06; committee on constitution
and bylaws includes II. Z. Foster,
Mrs. Nellie Millspaugh, Joseph
Moore.
The secretary pro tenn, Miss Grace
Gatchell, read letters from +. Il. Rus
sell, Loring Herrick, c. K. burlington,
and Rev. T. G. Chapman, former
principals, also a letter from Mrs.
Aida Wolf of last years teaching
force.
II. c. Miller made a brief address
OF welcome, and the response was
by George Coffin of Portland, of the
class of SO. Eugene Gilman, from
Detroit. Mich, who had come the
longest distance of anyone to attend
the reunion, spoke briefly. Mrs.
Isabelle Holmes, a graduate and now
member of the school board, urged
the new association to work for the
betterment of the schools.
Mrs. Alice Bonney Record, who
taught in Winthrop High, was the
next speaker and gave a beautiful
ilttle reading, illustrative of her
TAX, Guy f. Healey, former prin-
clpal, gave a fine address, rectiing
as an inspiration the career of Or,
, Daniel Russell Hodgdon, Ph.D.. who
was in the school when Mr.. HeaIev
was principal. Slow to learn. bur
with uncomfortable ambition, this
unassuming country boy kept stead
ny TO the goal which he had set for
hlmself, and carved for himself an
enVlable name in the educational
world, rising to the presidency of a
western university and now con-
nected with Columbia University.
Wizard X. Bachelor, who holds
me only diploma issued when Win
throp High changed from the three
20 tne TOUR year course, was the next
speaker. Mr. Bachelded has travelled
| extensively, teaching a number of
years IN the Philippines, and is now
teacher in a private school for
10y IN tlttSburg, Pa, and he talked
ehtertalningly of his work.
After the speaking a march was
formed by the classes. and music y,oS
FURNISHED in this and the dancing
which followed by the Winthrop
Band, which has always so generous
~ given their services for comn11-
nifty events in the town. Miss Webb
spoke OF the fine service given by
this band and rising vote of thanks
was offered to them.
inc following registered as charter
members of the organization: Teach
ers: Mrs. Bess Lugrin McFaddin.
Guy f. Healey. Mrs. Alice Bonney
RECORD. BY classes: 1885. Mabel Rob-
bins Whiting, Alice Longfellow
Waugh: 1888. Olive Robbins Havi-
land: 1889, Clarence Perley, Grace
Gatchell, George Coffin, Ellen Alden:
1899, Addie Parker Rogers. Minnie
Gilman Millett. Herbert f. Foster;
1891. Lulah Norcross Neal: 1892.
Everett Alden, Margaret Coffin Gar
rett Anna Smell. Eugene Gilman,
Bertha Small Whiting. Nellie Rock
wood Millspaugh, Mabel Alden
Black; 1898, George Kimball, Abbie
Wood Kimball. Mabel Bonney Will
liams, Isabel Williams Holmes, Will
liam E. Kinds, Lena Foster Cum
mings. Nellie Knight Briggs Willard
K. Bachelor, 1894 Eugene Robbins
Titus, Edith Kinds Sturtevant,
Grace Bonney Daley; 1896, Flora La
Croix Bishop, Georgia Hewins Tilly.
Willard lockwood. LaVerne Keene
Foster; 1898, Fannie Maxim Cooling:
1899, Lena Parker Stevens, Ella NJ.
Hewins; 1901, Alice Lougee Higgins,
Lulu Bailey Hammond. Lottie Ed
wards York, Grace A. Gilkey, Bertha
Gray, Grace Cushman Ainslee: 1902.
S. Lee Woodman. Amos Higgins,
Guy Longfellow; 1908, Gertrude Par
lin Choate. Fl. Scott Webb; 1904,
Belle Kinds Alice tSockford Knee
land; 1905. Hazel Shaw Baker. H.
Clair Miller, Maude Simonds Hop
kins. Rose Hallett; 1906. Arthur
Walton. Sarah Bailey. Sadie Hewitt,
Beverage, Jessie Carr. Edith Benson
Perry; 1907, Marion Maxim, Gertrude