Livermore Falls High School - Banner Yearbook (Livermore Falls, ME)

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THE BANNER corered when the monument was erected b cause General Wolfe wa burr 'i at the rerr spot where he dred besrde the well As th bodr guard burred htm d d the curfew t ll the knell of partrng dar or the soldrers hear the loud crr of then actrng general Stand' The grounds rou own mx brat s' Wrll re grre rt up to slares9 Wrll re look to greener graresq etc I lore to thrnk of that beautrful poem whrch Wo'fe r peated as he crossed th St Lawrence The curfew toll the knell of partrng day The lowrng herds wrnd slowly oer the lta The ploughman homeward plods h's weary wav And leaves the world to darkne s and to me Beneath those rugged elms that yew trees hade Where heares 'he turf rn manr a moulderrng heap Each rn hrs narrow cel for er er lard The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep rmagrnatron a fittrng descrrptron of the Plarns of Abraham or the Herghts of Quebec May there be more of the shadowr grandeurs of the past for me' Rockwood Berry 36 EARLY HISTORY OF LIVERMORE FALI S F absorblng rnt rest rs the storr surrounu rng the orrgrn of our localrty yet how few know the real truth of changes that these old hrlls and rallers hare seen' It was the French and Indran War that was the basrc cause of our own begrnnrng Thrs ma5 seem a far eachrng statement but at the close of the war three men Samuel Lrr and George Bad cock petrtroned the Court of Sessrons 'now the House of Representatnesr on behalf of srxtw men tor a land g ant for remuneratron lor therr seruces durrng the war At first ther were gn en a tract of land rn Conrre I1 cut but because of quarrels the grant was wrthdrawn Tlls was rn 1770 A rtar later the e same men madf the same request of the Court of Sessrous Thrs trm ther recelred a grant rn the Drstrrct of Marne but ther had ermore Leonard Wrllrams to complr wrth certarn rerr strrct rules The were as follow That the Grante s wrthln seren rears settle srxty Famrlres rn saru townshrp burld a House for the publrc W r shrp of God and settle a learned Protestant Munster and lav out one srxtr fourth part for the nrst ettled Mrnrster one srxtr fourth part for the Mrnrstrr one snttr fourth part for the Use of Schools and one srxtr fourth part for the use of Hart ard Colleg forerer The petrtroners were rnstructed to locate tlns grant of land rn some of the unapproprrat d lands rn th Provrnce of Marne to the ast ward of Saco Rrver adjorr lllg to ome other former grant Actlng for the srrttr partrtroners and wrth full authorrty Samuel Lrvel more and Leonard Wrllrams appornted as executrve ofli ers Lreutenant Elrgah Lrver mor and Elrsha Har rlngton who proc eded wrth the establrsh ment of the clarms of the grant Thrs p ace they finally reached and lard out by mean, of ra lng and carrylng a long chaln Cons Jer me the equrpm nt thrs surre was rely good though not exact Thrs wa called the Frrst durrng September and O tober 1772 Thrs was presented to the Proprretors at a me tlnv held rn Waltham on November 11 1772 The expense of thrs surver was 2113 7s 8d and was pard at the above mentroned me tlnff On Aprrl 30 1773 a party of four led by Thomas Frsh left Boston on the sloop Sally for Falmouth lnow Portlandb They were bound for Oxford Royal as they called th new townshrp Leavrng Falmouth thev started overland through New Glouce ter Lrttle Andro Coggin and Sylvester tnow Tur nerr where they reached Oxford Royal rLrv ermorel on the erghteenth day of May Here a camp was burlt whrch later was abandon d trll after the Revolutron In 1779 Lreut Elrjah Lrrermore wrth hrs famrly came to Grand Camp They w re the first actual settlers of the town of Lrrer m re Other settlers arrrved tll about srvitr h me teads had b en taken rn thrs rrcrnrtr Thtrt 15 no rehable rtcord of the ordtr 111 wlrrch the first ettltrs crme aft r th first rhr t or four famrl lv Durrng the e rears of hardshrps or the settlers the Indlans were rerx lrrendlr though the terrltorr lxrnt. on 26 ' . , - if - I S- - -' ' . V M Q . D.. I.: '- '- s let ' -' ' ' . ' -in, 'A ' . ' ' . O , . . L ' . V ' ' ' . V- . . i N , A v . . , A . ' ' X' ' - V ' ' F . - ', v 3 . . .'-- ' . A . ' ' . v . ' . ' . - ' -1 Q . f.. A . ' . . . L . . 3 ' - ' e ' ' e : - lr ,. ' . v ' - f ' ' 1' ff r J . - -. l 1 V' 1' - l- ' - r ' D -H Y . ,. A 1 9 4 - , 9 Y. 1 I sz ' . '. K ' V - ' rx., r V . -1 . . . V , Q V . 1 2' ' . -- ' ' ' ' -A ' 1 v v- 1 , . v W 1 .. an - 1 - .1 . ' ' . ' 3 .. ' This fragment Of Chai Serene Glegy is to my Division because it was all that was surveyed . . . . M . . . , . C . ' L D v . . .' A 9 ' S . c Q. U . ' ' 9 . ' I A. , . . . 1- D v . . . . Y-I , . V . 9 - v A I . ' V - , ' Q ' , - r 1' 4 I . . 1 4 . v A . 4 . .. , I ve . ,5' 3 . ' ' r . ' ' ' - ' M ' I ' ' . . .- , h . ' ,- ', 'X s ' ' Q 1 ' ' ' ' . L , ,, c . . ,. , A. .. ,.L Q Af ,.A ' .? . . ,. ' is A, C X -. I. K .LA ' ip.. ..' ,Q . , . M Y. .' .4 ' ' Q V. . ' V L . l ' I. 1' . it .5 l ' I. .1 ,. ' .' ' ' A' . .. .. , .' ., ,' ,

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THE BANNER 25 eff' SHADOW! GR XNDELRS T yyas a yyeary dull yyrnter s afternoon O ca rcnally large flakes of snovy floated lazrly out of a leadened sky dovyn to a sleepy cold yyorld Th en' ct of the atmosphere and of reading a feyy eoncludrng chapters on the Lrfe of Washrnvton had put me rn no mood to study my Fren h les on for the follovyrnf cay Surely thrs yyasnt a dav meant for study but one rn yyhrch to escap from the commonplace realrtres of the present and los ont lf 'rm ng the slradoyyy grandeurs of the or Retr rtrnff tr' my room yyhere the atmo phfre yy 'rs eyen more somber I 'attempted to rrrc my lesson B ore t yyas 'rlf frnr htd hoyyever rnd that not yery con screntrou ly I felt drowsy so puttrng the bcok asrde I lay doyyn Ah' Hoyy soft the bel felt and hoyy good rt seemed to relax for a feyy m ments Why be co rcerned oyer pre ent cl ffrcultres and dutre 'P Why not be som b .ry else for IHQIBIICE' Washrngton Irynrv' In thrs frame of mrnd I fell to thrnkrnff of my fam ly ped gree Mv great Great great great grandfather on my mother s olde fought rn the French and Eng'rsh yyars Durrnv the campargn rn Quebec rn yyhrch General Wolfe yyas yrctorrous thrs ancestor yy as one of th general s body guard and yy hen General Wolfe yyfr mortally yy ountl d Syly ester Norton xf gaye hrm some yyater to dunk Hoyy I enyy lnm' But I should be glad to be one of hrs descendants Hovy brave those men must have been to dare capture by Indrans to face other oyer vyhelmrng odds and Journey through the vyrlds to capture a fort held by the French at Quebec I really yyrsh I mrght perform such a feat All that I can do rs rmagrne but that 1 often vyorth vynrle The sun rs ttrng behrnd a blue rrdge of rollrng hrlls In the valleys rt rs alreadv tvyr lrght and the loyyrng of the cattle at the oats can be heard drstrnct'y A chapel bell rs rrng rng t llrng of the close of another day and tht unmrstalsable vorce of the yyhrp poor yyrll rrvtr Hovy solemn the St Lawrence sem ms '1 rt ell tens rn the fadrne lrght of day It yyrll soon be dark up here on the plyrns of Ab alram and yye must brave another of tht ancrent batt'e fields On thrs large plarn ab ut three hundred feet aboye the St Layy renee rryer yyas fought a drcrsrye battle be yyeen the Englrsh and F' ench The bones of many of those braye men ot 1709 rest be rreath thr sorl eyen the cannone hfrye not b en moy ed from ther assrftned statrons Under the monument yyhrcn stands apart from the others are the remarns of that cour aeeous general Wolfe Besrrle hrrn IS 1 yycll 0 u I J I TT 1 1 F - ' , , :T L: f 14 - if- 'E 4 . J. . .Avi r .'.. v . by ' I . -A ' L4 y 1 , v . ' . e e A . ' - i. v V, . C 5: .' 3 I , wr. ' . 1 N.. . V. ' . . A. ' M I C ' ' V -S L: vv ' . ' n .. S . I v v' ' U asv I . o s . ' x ' ' Q ' '- t '- pt tv-4 L w I r .TE ' D JA Q. . . V . I Vg- 4 V 1 ' AIA . .' .- ,. .L . .-A , -, .. C f ' ' 9 ' A. .v K pn-y 2 'T . et' ' i h. X ' , ' 2 ' ' - '- ' 'rg - v I ' '-2 r - - comes fr'om the alder' bushes down by the r' I ' ' . . ' ' - -1 ' f'51 ' ' ' ' ' '. l L , - i. . . -' i- . . K' A. ' Q ' r ' ' fs- r' . , ' 4 ' ' i ' 5 L Qs. ' .' 3- r ' r - . ' . SES I ww - ' M . A. ' - -' O 3 ' I r l '- Af I I I .1 U ' v V ' A 1 1 7 ' . : . 5 . - . , . - Y Q ' f X. . . A . - 4 - . rr M ' ' ' ' . -' . , .' D Y 'S A. : I . .. C . I ' ' ' ' Q , e ' ' 1' . ' . A. V' .' .h 5. . -L V. E - - ' ' Ai is C -I ,ry J- . 3: A , . . . . - . C .- vc . h. . 9 Nw v L. . , . N R F- r 1 l . A- ' ' r C '-, '

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THE BAN? EP all srdes seemed to contarn hostrle Indrans and the surroundmg grants wer scene f trouble betw een the w hrtes and the Indrans The portron east of the r1y er was about on fourth the orrv nal grant and was rncorpo rated under rts present name rn 1843 The nrst settl r wa thought to haye be n a Mr Cool dge who cleared a lot burlt a house on the s de of Vloose H111 and later sold to Pn1l 11p Smrth a grandfather of the pre ent ow ner The next clearrng was made 1n 1780 by a M Jrayy and a thrrd about the same t1me on the east srd at w hat 19 now Str11ck'and Mr Samuel Rlchard on was probably the frrst settler at Lry ermore Falls In 1791 Elrjah Lryermore erected the grrst and saw mrlls wlrrch were the first to be burlt rn town The rarlroad reached Lryermor Falls rn 18:12 Shuy Capt later got pay from the company for lt Th turn table for the englne was located near wh re th frewht depot now stands The comrng of the rarlroad brought a larger popu lat1o1r and b tter prosperlty to the town I the rntentron berng to burld as far as and termrnate the rarlroad th re but Ez krel Treat burlt the la t mrle and 1857 the rarlroad was ext nded to North Jay In 1862 a mrlk condensurg and che se ffrc tory was erected by the Rocccm ka Company whrch was sold 111 1877 to Aly ln Re ord and turned lnto a leatherboard m ll In 1882 the Umbagog Pulp Company I ctefl d ms and mrlls on both des of the rlver In 1888 the Otrs F1111 and Pulp Comrany burlt a plant on both s de of the rrver rn thre towns At that t1me the company em ployed seyenty hye m n The F S R chmond wo d turnrng bu me s employed about erghty men and women There were four church s the Baptrst Chur h yyhrch was organrzed November 20 1811 the Moo e H111 Free W1ll Baptrst Church rn 1828 the Methodrst Ears opal Church May lo 1865 and the Unrye sal t Church 1861 By thrs t1me there yy r s yeral schools though no hlgh school T1 se were dryld d rnto what w re ca'led the Brg Part and Lrttle Part schools Seyeral d ctors lo ated here and the town has smce made a steady rncr ase rn growth and prosperrty Beth Losey 38 A BRAKE -XTTENIPT AT HLNTING T had always b en my de ne to go huntrne The ma1n reason probably was because so many oth r people went who brought back game and thr1ll1n0 SIOYICS of the chase Therefore berng at lelsure on a nr fall af terno n I decrded to go Howeyer I drd not rmpart thrs brrllrant rdea to my I was sure of a h arty protest HBXlI1g donned a brrght colo ed sweater and heayy k1rt and takrng w1th me an unloaded 22 ca'1b r gun whrch I slung proudly oy er my rlght shoulder I tarted 011 101 a nerghborrna, thtcket feehng qurte sure of my uccess as a huntress As I neared the groye I was nlled w1th a nse of excrt ment and rnterest for what awarted me w1th1 1 Would I mercllessly shoot down a partrrdge and carrv It proudly hom to be rnspected and prarsed by the fam1ly'J So my sprrrts soared and by the trme I had reached the edge of the wood I felt as rf Dlana herself were w alkrng at my S1d6 However my hop s tool a sudden plunge and rcy chrlls played up and down my back when on approachrrg a thrck shrubbery I paren s for fro1n them he rd a horrroe norse lrke the rollrng o a thou and drums Then 111 a flash of feather a bird rose upward and drsapp ared rn tl1 tree tops At thrs unexpected ey ent 1 nearly dropp J the weapon whrch should have been used and I yva startrng to make my way out of that dreadful place when to my utter drsgust I realrzed I had seen a partrrdge and had l t rt slrp out of gunshot What I ll1Ollgl'll of my ell then could haye been compressed rnto a pea nut h ll wrth plenty of an space left' However coolrng off a bt I de rded to ETX aga n and so I fllled tl1e gun carefullv though n t wlthout som drlfrculty and looked around for a place to srt and wart for another paltrtdge I spred an old log and walk d that way cautrou ly and carefully tryrrg my best to make no nolse though every step brought a choru of rustlrng leayes Then seatrng my self I wart d rn slence Only the drstant chatter of a squlrre or the wlnd moylng the bare branches of the trees broke the strlln ss Sur ly I must have personrned DEIETTYIIHRVIOII ard Expectatron combrned for there I s . . 27 .1 1 e .1 3 o 1 e .1 3 1 ,. . - h -. . 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