Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-28
Somerset Academy Reunion

Somerset Academy Reunion
, The 18th annual reunion of the
| Somerset Academy of Athens was
| held Wednesday with a business ses-
| sion at the Academy building in the
morning and dinner at the Grange
| hall banquet room. In the afternoon
a meeting was held in the hall audi
| forum, which was we'll attended.
The president, Mrs. Minnie Clark
| Hight, presided. The hall was pref
tily decorated with potted plants and
bouquets of flowers. The opening
number was orchestral music played
by Miss Eunice Scriven. Boston, vio-
linist; Ray Pooler, Skowhegan. bass
vial: and Mrs. Marion T. Oddly,
Skowhegan. pianist. Prayer was Of
| fered by Vernon Wormlight. Mrs.
| Hight extended cordial greetings. In
! the absence of the secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Winnifred Jones,
who was i'll. Mr. Wormlight acted as
| secretary at both sessions and read
| the reports of both secretary and
| treasurer, which were accepted. The
| following program was presented:
Singing, Onward Christian Sold
| iers," audience; music, orchestra ;
! letters of interest, expressing good
| wishes, were read from H. +. Chap
| man, Mrs. Mary Green Thompson,
! TaftVille, Conn, and Mrs. Eleanor
| H. Holman of Waltham; singing
Battle Hymn of the Republic" au-
| dience; report of committees. the
resolution and nominating and the
! following officers were elected: Pres
| ident, Albert w. Boston; vice presi-
dent, Ernest A. Decker, Skowhegan;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Joseph
inc Jones; assistant secretary and
| treasurer. Mrs. Minnie Clark Hight !;
entertainment committee, Eleanor
Troy Williams, Alice Leighton Elan
ders, Pearle Corson Longfellow: ex-
| ecutive committee, Bernice, Poland,
Vena l.. Foss, Evelyn Fogg Paul;
! resolution committee, Lura Potter
| Rowell, Abbie Fox, Arthur J. Rob-
erts.
The president appointed the fol-
| lowing committee: Mrs Laura Row
| ell, Mrs. Frank Fellows, Mrs. Ella
! Hight Russell, to compile list of
| those who have died during the past
few years; singing, Loves Old Sweet
Song" audience; music, orchestra.
The roll of the classes of 1906 and
1916 were called by the president.
There has been no death in either
| class. Many of them are married
and have children and all are doing
we'll in various lines of worth lille
work. Those present to answer were
Alice Leighton Flanders and Herbert
Thompson of 1916 of Cornville and
George w. Fogg, Cornville. and Mrs.
EVELYN Fogg Paul of Scion of 1906,
all of whom spoke in an interesting
manner. Music, GLOW Gently, Sweet
Alton" by Mrs. Cora Goodwin, Jo-
sephine Barker, Mrs. Mont Dore and
Leslie Hoyt, accompanied by Mrs.
Vera Deering Asbury of Harmony,
who was the accompanies for the
meeting. Waldo Saunders, n mem
Der of the board of trustees, spoke
of the financial need of the academy
and presented check he had Just
received from Miss Ara Pike of Wa
terville, in which she gave so TO
the fund. which was accepted CRATE
fully Mr.. Saunders urged all to
vote against the Maher bill. which if
passed, would mean financial loss
TO the academy. Attorney Harvey
d. Eaton of Waterville spoke In a
most interesting manner of the or
ganlzatiOn of the academy in Janu-
airy. 1886. and produced the original
record book, from which he read a
list of the first donations ranging
from 50 to $500 and the quarter of
an acre of land on which the acad-
envy has always stood. Mr.. Eaton
spoke of the greater expense in con-
Quoting a school now and the great
need of esta blishing a fund of $40
600 to perpetuate the work, and keep
1t up to an A standard. Other
speakers were Ernest A. Decker and
Willard c. Eaton. both of Skowhe-
gan, and Herbert Cook of Amherst.