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

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0l 2lfUOI -' MJ' OLUI1 Any chronicle of our town might refer to its colonial origin, to an original grant of land to settlers in 1735, to a permanent settlement in 1779. to its incorporation as the Town of Livermore by the Great and General Court of Massaclitisetts in 1795. The ehronicler might speak of the Anasagunticook rAndroscogginJ Indians, most powerful and warlike tribe of the Abnaki Indians whose headquarters were at Rocka- meca lCanton7. a few miles up river: might tell fascinating legends of the aborigines who, for generations, roamed the entire length of the beautiful 210-mile Androscoggin Valley, devastating English coastal settlements as early as 1688 and making frequent forays inland against the hapless whites: the story teller might relate episodes con- cerning the Shuy Indians. or the lVIoose that Deacon Livermore shot at Moose Hill in 1787. Records point to the 130 families settled in the environs of our town in 1787: many of these menfolk had given important service in French and Indian Wlars. at the storming of Quebec. at Lexington and Bunker Hill. These great Ameri- can military traditions were carried on in later wars. for our townsmen bled at Gettysburg, at Chateau-Thierry, at Guadalcanal. and at the Bulge. An analyst of the modern scene would certainly speak of the industries of our town, how it is largely supported by the International Paper Company. whose local mill is the greatest producer of wall paper in the world: the Record Foundry, world famous for its precision manufacture of valves: the Burnham and Morrill Canning Company whose products sell in the great U. S. chain stores. and of large apple orchards and poultry farms in surrounding areas. Chiefly, however, our modern epic would deal with the human material in the town today. This is the way today's high school students. sometimes exuberant but always astute. describe their townspeople: I-Iere there is no racial discrimination, because everyone works with everyone else. Uusually in our town one has. as next door neighbors. people he has known all his life. and their troubles concern him. This I have seen with my own eyes - when the father of a family had broken his leg. neighbors would not only bring in the wood. and pile it neatly. but they would see that the family did not run out of wood. Having lived in two Maine cities I find Livermore Falls a wonderful place. The boys in this town are more serious and less destructive. Most parents try to give their children a good bringing up and manners are as good as can be expected from any child. 'Our town does not fear to face the futuref, Only a few people think back to the days gone by, and wish those times were here again. Some followers do not do much to help the leaders make our town a better place. but our chosen leaders accept responsibility and when they do not forget their duties. they become leaders not in mann' only. Our town has a balanced budget. a good public library: it is increasingly health- conscious: it has a childrenls clinic: Blood Mobile and health drive quotas are met. one lodge alone purchasing a hospital respirator after the '52 polio epidemic: it has quiet gardens which may be seen from the sleepy streets on a hot summerls day: it provides a school system with school buses. cafeteria. career study. school patrol and driver training course: it renders tribute to the liner things of live while fostering a strict, practical common sense: hardworking people progress in the cheerful compe- tition of our towng perhaps for a time back stairs gossip may seem to flourish like the bay tree, but it is soon countered by the indispensable fact lindersf' and healthful public discussion which bring about more ethical procedures. It can be seen that our young people are exposed to all kinds: to the good and the bad, to success and tragic weakness, all of which goes to prove that not all the lessons are in the school books. Cf course our school is a younger smaller part of our town. In such a community compounded of many diverse personalities the school children may be seen riding their bicycles. marching in scout parades. playing in the park. and enjoying to the full summer band concerts. liy their light hearted- ness we may know that they enjoy living in this typical American couununity. Our Town. Page lfom

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