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

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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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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 mx feet bullcd 111 leaxes gurl cocked and leadx for use lll mx hand and mx ears and ex es alert for 3115 moxement For some tlme I lemallled there and noth lllg came got 011 mx llerx es al1d thlnklng II xxas useless to lemaln longer I gaxe up trxlng to l1ul1t Though I xxas dlsappolnted I hon sllx felt elad th t no game had appealed for could I haxe shot at a helpless oxxellel' of the wood So h8Vl'lg lo t all IIIIEICSD 111 the manlv sport I emptled the gun by ShOOIll1g at a tree and sauntered off home alreadx thlnklng of some thlrlg else to do Hoxxexer vthen I arrlxed at the house I xxas soon remlnded of my e capade for ex erx body xxas alarmed It had been drscoxered that both the gun and myself xxere mlsslna I11 turn I recelxed scoldlngs from exerv mem bel of my famlly b8S1d6S belllg laughed at and dellded vxhen my adxentur xxas told Noxx I haxe decxded to leaxe lluntlnff to omeone more capable tllall I Nexelthele s I am not sorry for there IS just one more of my eccentrlc xxhlms vxhlch has been for gotten and Vxlll n V91 be resurrected Ellen Randall 3 I 139681116 19319 S alld U16 511911 A HAPPY LANDING HILE thloxxlng mx oe'onglr1gs IDIS a traxellng bag preparatolx to a fllght home by nlght from a summer resort xxhere I had spent a too brlef vacatlon I manaff d to forget that th glorlous holldax xx as ox er by glxlng another lneffectual dab to mx alreadx ox er poxxdered nose I gath red up the bulg lllg bag and alloxx ed a taxl to xx hlrl me to the a IDOIE xxlthout ex en one vxlstful glance back At the allport a strang and entlrelx thllll lllg scene met mx eyes Poxxelful beam of llght cea elesslx search d and sxxept the k xhlle planes lallded and taxled to a stop alll IIIQCIIZIIICS xx alm 11g the enavnes of other p'alles shouted orders aboxe the d ll When the pas IIIQPIS xxele nllallx I tab llslled Ill thclr ILKDLCIIXC eats the propeller xxas started and I could feel the DONX9lflll motors gather spetd as the plant tflxned across the port and lllt us from the ground to soar hlgll aboxe the ll?lllgH1S hat seemed so tlllx and I11II1'llLllf bcloxx It xxas a b autlful lllght and mxllads of brlaht stars txxlnkled fl om thelr xelx etx back ground The compla ent lull moon beamed doxxn upoll Us turnlllg the xx olld lnto a falrx land and our shlp 11 to a glollouslx sllx Sl llx lng blld Flnallx the steadx IllIObblllg of the Qllglll s mad me unutterablx xxealx and I succumbed xxlthout a struggle YVhl18 I lept the plane must haxe sxxaxed for I dreamed that I xxas aboard all OCCRII 111161 and I felt the 1OCklIlg lolllng rhythm of the sea But suddenlx I xx oke xxlth a sta t to find that someone xxas frantlcallx shaklng me and glbberlng unlntelllglb x ln my ear I soon d sc vered vxhy for the shlp xxas dlpplng and Caleelllllg xxlldlv llke a feeble craft on a rag lng sea It was explalned to me that we xx ere caught ln one of those l1lf6ll'l31 all pockets ln the mountalns and that therefore xxe xxould haxe elther to make a forced landlng Ol to crash Almo t lmmedlatelx xxhat that or tlmlst had pred cted came true Our UIICOH trolled shlp ceased to flounder and zoomed stra ght for the Jagged boulders III the bottom of a deep abyss Icy all rushed OV91 me and I remember c'utchlng Q0II l6thlI1g tlghtly as the crash came Openlng fear glaz d ex es I xx as startled but rellex d to dlscoxer 'nx self lxlllg 011 the cold flo r vxhlther I had preclpltated mxself from mv bed xxhlle cllnglng to the qullts xxlth all mx mxght Qhlverlng I C11mbBd back ILLIO b d and at length after d9C1d11Ig that the ground or even the Hoor xxas more comfortable vxh ll asleep agaln WIHOIIE Harmon 36 A XISIT T0 A BOOKSHOP HERE are many places 111 thls 'ROI ld xxhele a per on can flno lnttle 'lllg exuellellces 111 SIOIC for lllm but one of the mo t IIIIGIQSI lllg of tl1tse1l.l es 15 a book hop A bookstolr ma. no 1 e flx 1111 l9Sllllg to some p ople bu' ll IS to III X 1 Il I Ill elltrled I xx as QLIIIG CIIVID ll ellor xxfls so dal 1111 g o mx but I xx .ls detclm l ed to look llOl1lll lnd llltl I xxas glad that I h ld clonr o T111 bo ks xx tle IIUIII IOIIN dl cl no nllt tltl tlex xxele old or rltxx Ill xe x go c nd troll T extellllt cont txon t, tlt 28 .' 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