Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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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 . ,

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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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