Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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THE CRI' SCENT JAMES D MURPH1 James D Mulphy xx as bO1ll 111 1860 on Prmce Edxx a1d Island He xx as the son of Ma1x tDoyleJ and Pat11ck lxrlkll Dhy He came to the states f1on1 Punte teens and le uned the boot makcls trade 111 Boston He used h1s sk1ll to help def1ax h1s college expenses He always xx 016 hand made boots of the best quahtx At one tlflli, xx h1le he xx is xx 01lill1L h1s xxax tlllllllgh VV1ll11m Colhge he deudtd th it lu couldnt 1 1111 nough to enable h1n1 to st IX so he packed h1s bags 1nd xx as 16ElCl5 to le 1xe xx he11 the P19SlCl91'lt of the college came to h1s 1oom and asked h1m to stag He stax ed and xx as 1lOt 1 ked to pay anx mole b1lls not ex en to Slgll a pape1 to acknoxxlcdge h1s lndcbted ness M1 Mu1 phy xx as unusuallx grateful for ex ery benent 1ece1xed O1 fax O1 C011f81I'f-Ed so that all h1s llfe he mentloned th1s ex ent xxh1ch he 111ter preted xx 1th deep gratltude as a pe1 sonal beneflt to hlmself He xx IS so humble that lt nevel 0CCLl11ld to h1m that bx th1s g'Ll16!'0S1lZX of sp1r1t the Pres1de11t of VV1ll1l1TlS d1d somethmg for both h1mself and h1s college M1 Mu1phy came to Lee No1mal v.,, Ac 1demx dncetlx after h1s gradua t1o11 hom VX1ll1ams College VVh1le he xx IS p11nc1pal oi Lee Normal Academx and he tlught zlmost ex erv subject at some t1me The school x ea1 at Lee xx as Aftel school had closed 111 Lee h otten tau ht it dIl0lfl'1Gl toxxn H txught 111 Nledxx ax and Jonesport He xx ls Supeuntcndent of Schools lll let f10111 1999 to 1903 and he xxas 1 rl-llllSlfli ot the sthool from 1918 to the cl IX ot h1s 111 1th ln 1 Z 1Nh1n the old at ldcmy bulned h xx 1s ilttillllllltll to bulld a nexx blllld lllg' xx O1 thx ot p11de The bulldlng that houses lc 1 -Xt xdemx at present IS the lfhlllt of h1s effolts By h1s enthuslasm 1nd tl11OLlf.,l l h1s falth 1n Lee Academy 1nd 1ts flltllll? he persuaded others to contllbute so generously that ex en he xx as sat1sf1ed Although hc had 110 spec1alterr1tory to cox P1 N11 Mulphy was a great No1thxx este1n lnsurance assoclate He xx as leadlng, agent fol the Bangor L1fe 1118111 incl to ind one of the leaders ot the Pflltlillld Agency He xx as one of thc best k11oxx 11 msurance agents 1n the State of Ma1ne M1 MU1IJhX s txxo favor1te hvmns xx e1e, Ab1de Xkflth Me and Lead 22 ' , 1 , l V 411 f 1' 1 , . ' f.. NW ,xr t l ' . I . R5 if , 1 tx ' f v yr s 4 ' -2 -v ' v 1 s 'v 'K - ' ,. . K. ' , K, ' '. 7' '. 3 ' ,- . ' . z z 2 s ' H .f 1 L- 4 4' 4 ts A1 ' I 1 1 7 . 4 1 Edward Island when he was 111 h1s only txx'entx'-txvo weeks at that tlme. : z ' - ' s ' . , e . . , s s .1 ' g 2 ' ' 1 . e 1' ' '1' .' 1' 2 'A ' 1 ' ' . 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 A1 yi L1 4' , L I ' 1 5 v N 1' ' J, 1 A 1 1 1 , ' 1 ' 1 , 1 'zu ' j 2 ' ss' 3 j ' f 2 s U' . 1 zu' ,- az 932 1' ' z 1 ' ' ez ' e- ' 1 ' 'z A ' , e 1- 1 1 ' .1 2 l 1 9 K. 12 L. , 5 1 ' , ' 1 v ' - 1 'Lx 1 L1 2 11 K4 - 7 2 ' ' v - .1 ' -' l ' ' ' ' 1 f :as 1 U 1 'z j 1 ' ' -, 4 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 4 1 ' 4 ' w K, ,I L, Lv . ,. L. 2 S 2 . T K. y 1 uv 1 . ki, J v L . I 2 ' Aw O , A 1 , , 1 'S ' 1 - 4' K, Y. 1 4 4 v1 1 v V 1. ' s ' 1 v ' 4 ' 1 4 T A1 1 ' ' 4 4 4 . ' 1 ' 1 - - 1 4 ' ' 1 1 , , 1 . K ' 1' 7 , Y ' 1 7 1' ' 1 1 . 1' 7 1 ' 1 K-1 1 4- 11 A1 1 ' 3- 1 1 1 ' 3 ' ' ' 1 . 'z 1' 1 S 'z 1 5 , 1 ' 4 4 4 3 ' ' 4 v Y 1 7 S . . , E . E I, I . Y . . 2 s s f 1 ' , ' ' 1 A 1 e 1, 1 1 1 '

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THE CRESCENT 21 vx1th a good country phys1c1a11 who gaxc h1m much help and advlce Afte1 completlng hls secondary ed ucatlon he took a med1cal course at Tufts College g1aduat1ng 1n 1896 He f1rst practlced 111 Montaque noxv West Enhcld The xx hole fam1ly moxed thuc dlld M1s Ax er1ll W lb often C011 f1o11ted xx 1th some d1rty l1ttle LlI'Cl'1111 xx hom the Doctor had p1Ck9d up a11d thought dLS6I'Y1l1g 1 healthv d1n11er I11om the1e the fam1ly moxed to Cxmbrldge Mtssachusetts where the Doctor p1 xctlced for a t1me Thele he met md marrled Mabel Keyes whose father vxas the 1nxe11tor of p tpyrus pl ttes After M1 Keyes d1ed Dr and 'Vlrs Axer1ll moxed to Waterx1lle 111 111g the flrst year of World War I Ma bel Ax er1ll d1ed of mfluenza Later the Doctor marr1ed Frances Mosher and they made the1r home 111 VVaterx1lle Gr tdually he became IH terested 1n real estate and every w1n te1 he traxeled to Cahforma to carry on hls bLlS1Il6SS there There IS a place 1n San Pedro called Ax er1ll Helghts xx here the real estate bus1ness IQ car r1ed on He also carr1es on some farm 111g there too Dur1ng the YV1Ht6I' he 1a1ses carrots lettuce and other gar de11 produce xvhlch he sh1ps to the markets ln the east Dr Ax er1ll IS xerv much lnterested 111 cducat1on a11d has made th1S ma11 1fcst by h1s servlces to Lee Ac tdemx Colby College 1nd Tufts College He hts g1X8Il generously to Colbx both for the 1mp1oxement of the old campus and recently for the new May flower Hlll Campus The Axerlll lec tures are of great benefit and mterest to the present students He IS Presldent of the Board of Trustees of Colby Col lege and IS also '1 Trustee of thls school Tufts College has xlso benefitted by h1s generos1ty Both he and MIS A Xellll h1xe glxen money to the De p zrtment of Anatomy 1n the new Med 1C 11 School Th1s college conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Hu mane Letters upon h1m 1n 1941 ln re cog111t1on of h1s human1tar1an1sm The Academv has been most fortu I1 tt to haxe Dr Averlll as an act1xc Prustee for 21 I1llI'I'lb9I' of years He has f1nanc1al affa1rs through the years Be sldes thlS he has taken a personal IH terest IH the students We haxe only to look about to see ex1de11ce of Dr AX6F1llS generos1tx Perhaps the outstand1ng rem1nder 18 ou1 modern gymnas1um The superb bulldmg was made posslble by contrl bLl1110HQ1 of Dr Aver1l1 and Charles Cobb and vxas carrled on as a goxern ment prolect The name of our gym IQ Ax er1ll Gym The students reallze that merely to wr1te deeds on paper does not amply repay Dr Axer1ll and all the many others for the1r unt1r1ng efforts for the xx elfare of Lee Academy On thlq the one hundredth 1nn1x ersarv xxe are 1n deed apprec1at1xe for our school and gl tteful to ltS many benefactors Roland Scrlbner 48 7. T N. . - 9 , 2 . . . ' 1 . 1 ' ' s - , . p . ' 1 7 l . v hw '5' 1 ' 2' - . .2.' .n V' Ll . . l .kv T x l 1 C .L'- - v . ' 1 v 1' 2 v ' y - f 1' 2 ' U ' . 2 ' ' - Eu 1 in l v l I .1 C . x 2 , ,, 2 L. S, . - 2 ', -1 ' , . ' 2 e 1 . ' ' . ' 'J 1 Y . Y I 7. l V v I 11 1 .. . . . order to look after the busmess. Dur- g1x'en mvaluable adx'1ce1n buslness and . T .. S u , - . ' . K .A M - A' Al L. W I . D v ' J v. I . h V. 7 . , . v . c . t . . , . . 1 1 Y ' ' 1 ' . . . , . , . . . t t H Y . .r ,,, . k . . L v ' ' - v ' v - 2 . . 1 . . - . . . . . ,, v . ,, T 1 A 0 M ' w v - 3 - ' . . , , . L no a V . . . ., ' .1 ' Q 2 - 2 . U, 1 ' ' - W 2 K I T ' - '. ' v ks 2 .1 ' 1 1 N1, f '2 ' s ' 1 v , ' 7

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THE CRESCENT Kxndlv Llght H1s favorlte dlshes xxere stew ed ch1cken w1th dumpllngs and strawberry shortcake cooked by Mrs Pottle Mr Murphy lox ed to play Jokes h1s oxxn speclal tx pe of harmless but a musxng l1ttle tucks The last years of h1s l1fe he spent much t1me 1n the home of the Pottles xx hele he was a belox ed and xx elcome x1s1tor Th1s 18 one anec dote xx hlch tmused me M1 Pottle IS 1IlCl1llC-Bd to xvhlstle hum and slng VII' Murphy used to hlre h1m not to w h1stle xx 1th a penny or occasxonally prefaced by qulte a lengthy dlcker After one x 1s1t dur1ng xx h1ch Mr Pottle had made qu1te a b1t from refra1n1ng to xxhlstle llrll Murphx gleefully 1n formed hlm that he had purlolned the pr1ce of h1s prolonged S1l9HC6 from Mr Pottle s oxxn bureau H1s unexpected drv humor xx 1s known by all of h1s fllends Often when Lee had no preacher M1 Murphv would f1ll the pulp1t He llked to pre rch about the vessel of lxfe startmg from port and then return mg He was a forceful and thought compelhng publ1c speaker H1s readxng hobby was hlstory es pec1ally French hlstory and the C1V1l W ar He wrote a lecture on the l1fe of Napoleon and he often gave It ln d1f ferent towns He was very much mterested IH horses Whlle ln Lee he buxlt a barn and he kept a good dI'1V1I'lg horse He nexer felt an affectlon for cars and declared he nexer d1d learn to back an d.Llt0IY1Ob1l6 If anythmg went wrong w1th a car all durmg the years he droxe he stepped from behmd the wheel and left the car where It stood although he would appeal for help from the ne xrest telephone He loved to pl rv 1, lmes especlally card games Mr Murphy d1ed1n Llncoln Ma1ne December 7 1932 H1s body was cre mated and the ashes were strewn 1n Boston Harbor by Mr Pottle and Mr lVIcDonald Through h1s wxll he furmshed sex eral funds for Lee Academy and Wll hams Lollege Durmg hls llfetlme Mr Vlurphy lent monex to many boys who showed promlse but had 1nsuff1c1ent funds for further schoohng He was a person who kept h1s own counsel so the full extent of h1s char1t1es can only be guessed but we know they xvere many Mr Murphy stlll llves x1x1dly ln the mmds of h1s manx frlends Kathryn Stevens 46 . . ,, . . . . . . K , K K. . S . K , v 4 v y 7: . ' . . .. . . .. , . , . . A - v- l v. w 1 v . All n' I l y K . , K K. K. . , . K K. , 2 K. K .K , . 1 . K. .1 D ' .w 4 1- I . . , , . . , , sz ' va ' , 1 . 7 . 1 c C . 7 .Ky Y. 1 , IK1. ki fa nw, kv .4 6 Lv a l11Ck9l. Thls trade was sometlmes such as 63, pxtch and plnochle. . H . ,, Y . . . . V I u , 7 . . , . . . . . V K . , . . ' 1 . , ' - . y K . K . K K . .K K K . . K K- 7 . v 4 ' 1 s v ' ,- . . . , . V 'gg . ' .1 f . . , . 1 ,, l 3 . v 1 W .1 ' . . 4 l T I 1 . 1 1 I l I 1 .N C nn n A n , A Ll 7' ' L ' N , , 1 11 v . , .. , .K K . K K . K K . . K. 7. . vc va 1 . ,