Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 46 of the 1917 volume:

THE HARBOR BEACON FIRE MARINE LIEE and ACCIDENT DEASY 84, LYNAM CQUNSELQRS AT LAW Lowest Rates Prompt Settlement Bar Harbor Mame R North Sullivan Mame Name Cards A B EL L K' Gsm T 36 for 250 P0StP31d The Clark Coal Co pt old E gl h Printed Stationery Programs etc aspeclalty Coal Wood Charcoal and Kmdlmgs R wvEitSE55irB15ElE?I-I Tel 202 Bar Harbor Mame ANDREW P HAVE, Crabtree 81 Havey Attorney and Counselor at Law Genefal StOI'6 West Sullivan Mame BUY A Graham Nursery C0 Pcrfcctlon Blue Flame 011 Stove Rochester N Y for use during the summer months Complete lme of VS e have them Trees, Shrubs,Roses,Bulbs etc B F LEIGHTON Agent Sullivan Mame NORTH SULLIVAN MAINE -' 1 U 9 , . I 1- . , . . . L AND, Gen. Mgr. A. . N , teas. , 0 Correct sizes for all ages. Scri , n is or plain . Gothictype Dealers 1n . . v 1 u 0 Samples and prices on request , . , . 0 0 , . . . , 9 I I I O , n a 1 1 g 0 . . , . . , , . , I , I I - 2 THE HARBOR BACON DR. F. P. LAFFIN DENTIST FIRST NATIONAL BANK , ELLSWORTH Telephone 57-2 N20 an xygen-Ana esi use or 'm'naion of ain in sensi 've ee an o er operation Home of Commercial Men and Summer Tourists GRANITE HOTEL FRED WHEELER, Prop. Good Livery Connected West Sullivan, Maine F E Sherman Department Store Bar Harbor s Central Shopplng Place H C JORDAN J EWELER ELLSWORTH MAINE COME TO Coleman s Barber Shop FOR GOOD SERVICE dayadTh sdyclosedatfipm T esday Wed esday andF d yat9p m St dyat Op Homng Razors a Specialty Your patronage solicited G S HAGERTHY DENTI ST ELLSWORTH MAINE J S DONOVAN Dalry Lunch Room ROOM TO LET 134 Main Street Ellsworth Mame Best Insurance Lowest Rates Largest Fire Cornpanles Represente Insure your Automobile with us Ag ncy est bl sh d fifty yea s Chas C Burr1ll8z Sons Ellsworth Mame R A BLACK M D Sulllvan Mame lepho e 2 ' I d O lg a d f eh 1 t p tl I th d th 5 ' o o . . QQQQI C0000 9 9 Mon n ur a . . , u , n rl a . . , a ur a 1 . m. - - , , . ' ' d . . , . . e a i e r ' , ' . , . . :::'N'3'w , , ' 're n 7 Vg it Vx Dedlcated to ANDREW P HAVEY Punclpal of Sulhvan Hugh School THE l-IARBCR BEACGN SULLIVAN MAINE vol, vu JUNE l9l7 NO I OOGOOUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOQO gooooooooooooooooeooooooo Uhr Earhur Brarnn Edxtor ln Chlef PAULINE KINGSLEY 17 Asslstant Edltor MAYNARD WATSON 18 Llterary Edxtor SELENA HAVEY 17 Local Edltors RUTH LEIGHTON 17 KENNARD HASKELL 17 Athletlc Editor B MORTON HAVEY 19 Alumni Edltors RENA URANN 18 HOLLIS REED 17 Personals WESLEY BRINTON 17 Business Managers HOPE PERKINS 18 GUY DAVIS 18 5595535559954 Glflnturual OUR DUTY In these days we hear much about moblllzlng and Webster tells us that to II1Obll1Z9 IS to put ln a state of readmess for aCt1Ve servlce 1n War as an army corps We have already seen thorough and exhaustlve plans put mto opera tlon for the purpose of placlng the United States on a war basls and lt IS Wlthout doubt a revelatlon to the majority of Amerlcans to observe the readlness wlth Whlch our beloved country adapts ltself to these new and un pleasant condxtlons It IS a matter of hlstory that the Unlted States has never unfurled the Stars and Strlpes ln an unjust cause and lt IS common knowledge that when once really aroused the Amerlcan does not do th1I1gS by halves but We have been at peace so long and the horrors of modern Warfare have been so v1v1dly portrayed to us we hesltate Just a httle as a people to appreclate the serlousness of the sltuatlon now confrontlng us Von Papen an ex representative of the Imperlal German Government at Washlngton out doubt Germany lS hoplng that we Wlll not profit by the mlstakes of the Entente Allles but wlll contmue to Waste tlme and begln the War W1th a serles of blunders of whlch she wxll readlly take advantage The first thlng for us to do IS to glve more attentlon to the l'l'lOb1llZ1I1g of the natxonal mlnd We have l1ved so long and so contentedly ln our lmmedlate sphere that a false sense of securlty and an easy op tlmlsm have been very naturally unplanted ln the mlnds of our people We are now brought to the stern reallzatxon that We can no longer thlnk ln terms of the Unlted States alone but must glVE some clear headed th1nk1ng to the problems of the world The President has very aptly sald the world must be made safe for democracy That sentlment expresses our end and arm and lf we are to succeed 1n mak1ng the World a safe place for democracy we must be prepared to make S2.CI'1flC8S War always makes necessary certam re 9 Q . . . 0 . . . . 0 , 7 . . s 7 . - . I 0 Q u 1 7 ? . . , , : Y 7 . 7 , . . . . 7 . . . . f 7 . a . . , - 7 . , ' characterlzed us as 1d1ot1c Yankees, and Wlth- , r , . . . . l , . . . . 1 , . . . . . . I Q Q . , . , - , . . . . I I I I I , ' ll . ?l ' . , , . , . . . . . , . . , . 4 THE HARBOR BEACONI stralnts and unpleasant I'0Sp0I1Slbll1tl9S The national mmd must be made ready to meet these duties and restralnts by domg now some sound thmking We must develop the habit of looking stubborn trylng condltlons squarely In the face The sooner the national mlnd IS adjusted to thls condltlon the better lt will be for the country Let no man underestlmate the seuousness of our duty' M W 18 DQQDDQHDDQDDC QGDDDDC Qlihnturual Bates SQQCIQQC QQQDDOHDDDQCXQDDQQEC SULLIVAN SCHOOLS By FREDERICKA GERRISH 19 The schools of this vlllage were early estab lished and have always malntalned a very hlgh standard The high school of the village for a Hall Sullivan Harbor but owlng to the In crease In attendance and the long dlstance which many of the students had to cover In order to attend the school lt was In 1909 10 declded to construct a modern bu1ld1ng In a more central location Our present buildmg was constructed on the Workman lot Sulhvan and opened In 1910 Ex Supermtendent Adelbert W Gordon who designed this bulldmg deserves unllmlted pralse for his unt1r1ng efforts Mr Gordon a bright enterprising boy from the start taught the Grammar school of thls vlllage at an early age and shortly afterward became prlnclpal of the high school When the high school came under his charge he endeavor ed to place lt on a par wlth other preparatory schools of the state It ranked as a C school when he first became prlnclpal but did not remaln so long as one day whlle vlsltmg the school Hon Payson Smlth told Principal Gordon that wlth an asslstant teacher lt could easlly become an A school Almost Imme dlately Mr Gordon secured the efiiclent ser VICGS of Mlss Florence Hamblen of Forham as assistant and from that time the school has been ranked as an A school From prmclpal of the hlgh school Mr Gordon became Supermtendent of schools of Sulhvan and later IH 1907 was elected Distrlct Superlnterdent of schools for the towns of Sulhvan Gouldsboro Wlnter Harbor and Sor rento He served In th1s capaclty from 1907 untll 1915 elght years of excellent service About the mlddle of the year of 1915 he resigned to take up his present duties as State Agent for bnorganlzed Schools w1th headquarters at Augusta Maine Upon the resignatlon of Supt AdelbeI't W Gordon IH 1915 R L Slnclalr was elected Su perlntendent of this dIstrIct He has shown much ablllty and great Interest In our schools That he may serve us for several years to come IS the slncere wish of all has also been high from an early age Wlth the erectlon of the present grammar school bulldlng the common schools of Sulhvan In 1889 took a new start Having been favored Wlth efficlent Instructors they have made rapld progress In then' respective branches of edu cation MAINE HISTORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS By P s K 17 One of the leadlng topics discussed by the school boards and educational leaders of thls state IS that of teaching Malne history In the common schools In the publlc schools of our state at the present time we find American hlstory taught to puplls of both the Intermedlate and grammar ages They leam much of the history of our nation at large and of other natlons but llttle do they know of the state In which they lIve or even the town or clty M 1 l . . . . . I , . . . - , . ' , 7 T. I 0 I A , . . - . . , , , . , . . 7 , . y . , . . . . - . , . . . . 7 Humber of Years held its SGSSIQHS in Distflct The common school standard in this village 1 1 ' l , ' , . i . . . . , . 1 I ' 9 , , ' , 1 . r I ' -'ll - , , I I I I , , i , . , . . , , , , . . I . . , . . . P I n I ' f. THE HARBOR BE ACON 5 Th1s IS not as lt should be Malne has played a part in the stlrrlng hlstory of om' country Her sons have been among the honor men of our natlon and her children should know more of their deeds Some course should be arranged whlch would give pupils from the first grade to the senior year of Hlgh School leadlng facts about Malne not only her past but present and future as well They should know what rlght she has to her motto Dlrlgo Principal Havey IS greatly lnterested ln thls movement and has arranged a course ln CIVICS Wh1Ch not only gives detalled lnformatlon con cernmg the government of our nation but pays speclal attention to our state The students feel very grateful to Mr Havey for thls course for nothing of this sort has before been lntro duced MILITARY TRAINING Mllltafy tralnlng in the secondary schools IS a subject that has been much dlscussed and at the present tlme IS recelvlng lncreased atten t1on due no doubt to the wave of patrlotlsm that IS sweeping over our country As upon all questlons of lmportance there has been a d1v1s1on of op1n1on but we belleve there IS a general demand that a certain kind of m1l1tary trammg should be made a part of the regular work of boys ln thls class of schools although there IS much opposltlon to the idea of maklng such tralnlng compulsory New York has enacted laws provldlng for physical instruction for all boys and girls above eight years of age 1n the elementary and second ary grades and providing mllltary instruction for boys between sixteen and nineteen The Wyommg System so called lntro duced mto the schools of Wyommg by Lleu tenant Steever has proved to be a popular one, and has been adopted by many other states Under this system training is not compulsory but voluntary on the part of the student yet ln Wyommg It was found that nlnety per cent of the puplls of the state were enrolled This tralnlng among other things offers the much needed GXQFCISQ to those who are not athletlcally lncllned It stlmulates patrlotlsm It has the tendency to correct physical defects it teaches the student to be orderly and neat ln person alert in h1S mental and physlcal attltude steady ln his appllcatlon to a glven task and prompt in his obedlence to orders This phase of military tralmng could be lntroduced lnto all our secondary schools wlth great mental moral and physical benefits to the students It is also one step ln the prepara tion of thls country against future cr1s1s For when all IS said and done the fact stlll remains that no treaties no love of peace nor BXCQSSIVQ armaments can guard agamst the llghtnlng bolt of war One of the great prob lems faclng the country today IS to decide upon a ratlonal plan of preparedness that will either Slnce the final protection of a natlon hes ln the cltlzenry tralned ln arms th1s tI'3.lI1lI'lg must begln with youth Why not glVe the hlgh school student an opportunlty to mould the great ldea of national defense lnto hls mmd along W1th academic studles? COMMENCEMENT WEEK Commencement week beglns Sunday June 3rd wlth the Baccalaureate Sermon at the Church of Our Father Sulllvan Harbor with Rev George P Sparks pastor speaker Thursday evening June 7th Graduation EXQTCISQS at the K of P Hall West Sulllvan Frlday evemng Receptlon and Ball MUSIC furmshed by Frlends Orchestra We deslre to call the attention of our many friends to the advertlsements 1n thls ISSUE of The Harbor Beacon Y Y 4. A ' 7 , , , . . . , . , ' 1 . . . , I I ' 7 I Y KC ' ' If ' ' ' 7 ' '. . . . . . - , v . r ' ' ' . : 7 . . Y , ' 7 9 ' Y BY C- E- B- '19 deter invasion or resist it successfully. , I u o I , u u c s 1 , .ii . . 5 . , ! ! ' Y ! . . , , . 7 ! - 1 n , 0 , . ll ' 77 . ' . r ' 1 Y , . 6 THE HARBOR BE ACOW SQBDQQCDDDGGDCSQCHQQQBCEDBDQIIDDEDBHDDDECDDQDBDC HISTORY OF SULLIVAN mQDDN 5595551 5QDQQQC5GDBDDCDQQQB5C7DBQQQC By FREDEPICK A GERRISH 19 The vlllage 1l1ClUd6d ln thls hlstory IS sltuated IH one of the most plcturesque sectlons of our country rl a reglon rlch IH scenery of wonderful beauty and grandeur ThlS x lllage may properly be Sald to be one of those wh ch are included ln the Frenchmans Bay reglon a name commemoratlng the early voyagers from France among whom was Champlam The wealth of natural beauty whlch lt con trlbutes spreads out before the eye a scene sur passed ln lovellness and grandeur by few places IH the country All around the bay TISS chaln on chaln of hllls and mountalns the grandest of these belng the lofty peaks of Mount Desert on whlch IS lo cated one of Amerlca s leadlng summer resorts Bar Harbor Everywhere stretch the blue waters of the bay sparkllng ln the sunshlne dotted wlth lslands and here and there shlps are seen salllng along the stream lendlng anl matlon to the scene Over all rlses the clear sky blue llke the Sk19S of Italy or Vlrglnla a blue blue sky flecked wlth fleecy clouds that blend and change at evenlng hoverlng round the rugged barren mountaln peaks whlch the shadows soften lnto blue or salllng hlgh over head exqulslte IH tlllt and wonderful harmony of color a glory of of crlmson purple and gold agalnst the amethyst sky Sulllvan IS sltuated at the upper end of Frenchnlans Bay thlrteen mlles southeast of Ellsworth and IS bounded by Franklln Planta tlon No 7 Gouldsboro and Sorrento Sorrento WhlCh takes ll,S name from Sorrento ln Italy and whlch formed a part of Sulllvan untll 1895 when lt was made a separate town IS sltuated on a broad neck of land formerly called VK aukeag Polnt stretchlng lnto the bay The orlglnal town of Sulllvan was first called Waukeag and afterwards New Brlstol It was lncorporated a town under the name of Sulllvan Feb 16 1789 Sulllvan IS noted for lf,S granlte quarrles lo cated at lNorth and West Sulllvan Most of the lnhabltants are engaged ln thls lndustry or IH farmlng All the vlllages of Sulllvan are connected by stage wlth the vlllages of Wlnter Harbor and Gouldsboro There IS ferry connectlon be tween West Sulllvan and Waukeag statlon on the Malne Central Rallroad ln Hancock Sulllvan Harbor IS connected by boat wlth Sorrento Mt Desert Ferry and the other polnts touched by steamers ln Frenchmans Bay EARLY SETTLEMENT The first settlers ln Sulllvan were the Sulll van Slmpson Preble Bean Hammond John son Blalsdell Gordon and Bragdon famllles Danlel Sulllvan for whom the town was named was born ln B6I'W1Ck Malne about 1738 Hls parents John and Marjory CBrownJ Sulllvan were the founders of the celebrated famlly of that name ln thls country John Sulllvan was born ln Llmerlck Ireland ln 1690 He came to Amerlca ln 1723 and landed at York Malne He settled ln B6I'W1Ck after wards remalnlng there untll hls death June 20 1795 Marjery Brown hls wlfe was born ln Ireland ln 1714 She marrled John Sulllvan about 1735 and dled ln BOI'WlCk ln 1801 SIX chlldren were bom to them Benlamln an officer ln the Brltlsh Navy who was lost before the Revolutlonary war Danlel John who was a Major General ln the Contlnental Army and afterwards Goverllor of New Hampshne James Gox ernor of Massachusetts Eben an . - 1 t . , , . ,A . . , . .7. v - 4 . . Y , . I o 1 , . 1 ' ' . Q . . . . . 7 7 ' . . - . . . 1 ., . , . . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' - 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 ' 1 . . . 1 1 , . . .. . . . . . . 1 ' 1 1 - 1 1 . . . . 1 1 1 ' ' . .. . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . ' 1 1 . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 1 1 ' ' . . . . -1 ' 1 1 . . . .. , 1 1 . . . . I .. 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1 , . . . 7 . 1 ' 1 1 1 THE HARBOR BEACON officer ln the Revolutlon and a lawyer and Mary who marrled Theophllus Hardy Damel second son of John and Margery CBrownJ Sulhvan was marrled to Anne Paul at York Malne March 24 1758 by whom he had one daughter Anne Paul Sulhvan born Dec 10 1760 Mother and chlld dled soon after but no record IS left of the death of elther Between this and 1762 Damel removed to New Brlstol now Sulhvan Mame He was marrled at Fort Pownall Cnow the town of Prospectj ln Waldo County to Ablgall daughter of John and Hannah Bean June 14 1765 by James Craw ford Esq At that tlme there were no roads or conveyances by land and he and Mlss Bean went from Sulhvan to Fort Pownall ln a long canoe the nearest place where a maglstrate could be obtalned to perform the ceremony Ablgaxl Bean was born ln 1747 and dled ln Apr1l 1828 aged 81 years On the southerly end of Waukeag Polnt about four mxles from the harbor Damel Sulhvan erected a dwelllng bullt several saw mllls and engaged ln navlgatlon Here was born to hun five chlldren one son and four daughters For the ten years followlng hlS marrlage he was emmently prosperous but when hostllxtles commenced wlth the mother country findlng hls resxdence exposed to preda tory attacks from the Br1t1sh crulsers he re moved hls saws and dlscontmued hls works Throughout the war he Was energetxc and de- voted ralsmg and commandmg a force of mlnute men and by hls act1v1ty and fearlessness dld good S9I'VlCe ln the cause Chlldren of Damel and Abxgall fBeanJ Sulhvan 1 Rachel born Dec 10 1788 dled Aug 10 1806 marrled Capt John Slmpson SIX ch1l dren 2 Jam s born 1768 dled Aug 28 1830 mamed Hannah Preble No lssue 3 Hannah bom March 4 1770 dled July 24 1849 rnamed Paul Slmpson Two chlldren 4 Mary born 1773 dled Apr1l28 1857 marrled J oslah Slmpson Thlrteen chlldren 5 Lydla born March 1775 dled Dec 2 1851 unmamed 6 John an lnfant date of blrth and death unknown Rachel daughter of Damel and Ablgall CBeanjSull1van born Dec 10 1766 dled Aug 10 1806 marrled Capt John Slmpson who was born Dec 7 1763 and dled Nov 20 1798 He was lost on Cape Cod whlle master of the schooner Rachel wlth hls entlre crew He reslded at Sulhvan Mame Hls chlldren were as follows 1 Prudence born Feb 4 1790 dled Jan 18 1812 Unmarrled 2 Abxgall born July 18 1791 dled March 17 1809 unmarrled 3 Rachel bom Apr1l22 1793 dled Sept 2 1844 4 MaryA born Nov 22 1794 dled March 16 1797 5 Joanna born July 7 1796 dled May 4 1851 6 Mary A born March 6 1798 dled Apnl 18 1858 James son of Damel and Abxgall CBeanJ Sulhvan born ln 1768 and dled Aug 28 1830 marrled Hannah Preble of York Malne who dled Aprll 17 1856 aged 81 years They had no chlldren and reslded at Sulhvan Malne Hannah daughter of Damel and Ablgall CBeanJ Sulhvan born March 4 1770 and dled July 24 1849 marrled Paul Slmpson and re sided at Sulhvan Mame Hls chlldren were as follows 1 Susan bom Dec 24 1806 dled Aug 28 1870 2 Paul bom Aug 16 1809 dled Aug 8 1849 Mary daughter of Damel and Ablgall fBeanJ Sulhvan bom 1773 dled Apr1l28 1857 mar ned Joslah Slmpson Jr ln 1792 who was born about 1773 and dled Apnl 1833 reslded at Sulhvan and Belfast Mame dled at Petlt Menan where he was llght keeper Hls chlldren were as follows V 1' 7 . . . - . . 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 , . 5 . . - . 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 11 ' , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 , . . , . , . . . . . H ,, . . . 1 1 ' ' , . , . 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' , . , . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - . . . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . . . . . . - '1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . . , . . . . . . 1 1 -1 1 1 . , . 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 . . . . . . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' , . 1 1 ' . . , . , , . . , . ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 Q . . ' . . . . - 1 D u . Q . 0 . . a - ' 1- 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 -1 1 . - . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . - 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . . . . . . . . . THE HARBOR BEACON! 1 Esther born Feb 20 1793 died March 1862 unmarried 2 Hannah born Feb 21 1795 died May 21 1868 3 John born Sept 13 1196 died April 2 1860 4 Josiah born May 1 1798 died Sept 23 1863 5 Daniel S born May 7 1800 dled Nov 21 1826 6 Mary S born Aug 3 1802 died May 21 1883 7 James born Feb 29 1804 died 1n Nov 1858 8 Joanna born May 14 1806 dled ln WIS consln date unknown 9 Franklin B born April 22 1808 died at sea w th his brother James 10 Hiram E born Aug 22 1810 died May 3 1816 11 Elisha M born Nov 15 1811 died May 17 1813 1 1841 13 Greenleaf P born Oct 16 1815 dled Feb 4 1823 Lydia d ughter of Danlel and Abigail CBeanj Sullivan born March 1715 and died Dec 2 1851 unmarried reslded at Sullivan Maine The Simpsons of Hancock County and a great part of whom are stlll citizens of Sulhs an are descendants of Henry Simpson who came from Engl nd sometime during the decade 1630 1640 and settled in Old York Maine Josiah Simpson son of Samuel and Joanna QVS ebsterj Simpson and a descendant in the fifth generation of Henry Simpson was born at York Feb 9 1728 or 1729 He married Pru dence daughter of Joseph Bragdon Nov 12 1754 She died previous to 1790 and he married his second wife Miss Esther Sayward at York Oct 2 1191 the ceremony being performed by Rev I aac Lyman VK hen a 3 oung man Josiah Simpson became a seaman and was a sailor in some of the wessels at the siege and capture of Loulsburg Cape Breton under Sir William Pepperill and was present at the fall of the fortress June 19 1140 In 1159 he was master of a transport and car rled troops to Quebec in the Erglish and Colonial expedition against that place ln which the Generals Wolfe and Mortcalm were killed He was a great admirer of General Wolfe and named his second son James after him After the termination of the French and Indian war he continued to go to sea as master of different vessels sailing to Halifax Louis burg and in the wlnter to the West Indies About the year 1772 he moved from York to Sullivan then New Bristol Maine and settled on what IS known as the Falls Polnt where he bullt a dwelling a store and saw mill He constructed several vessels 1n which he often made voyages to sea but he devoted most of his time to tradlng and manufacturing lumber Late ln life he became almost totally bllnd J oslah born at York and died there aged about 11 years DTQVIOUS to his fathers removal to Sullivan Joanna born 1761 died at Sullivan Sept 1825 James born about 1761 1762 died Aug 13 1836 John born Dec 7 1763 died Nov 20 1798 Prudence dled young un marrled Anna born Nov 21 1771 died Nov 15 1828 Josiah born about 1773-4 died April 1833 Samuel Simpson son of Samuel and Joanna CWebsterJ Simpson of York was born March 11 1734 and married Sarah Beal Feb 28 1765 They came to Sullivan about the year 1772 They had only one child who died young Paul Snmpson brother of Samuel was born Sept 11 1740 He married Sarah Donnell and reslded at York He subsequently mowed to Sullivan where he dled For many years he was a shlpmaster His children were Paul bom July 6 1716 died Sept 5 1845 Marlan born Ixov 29 1179 married Robert Gordon and died Jan 28 1832 John dled unmamed 8 1 9 - 7 , , . 1.. , I . 7 , n , f' P' , - 7 7 - r' , ' ' rr - y - 7 7 7 ' , L ' . 7 7 7 ' 7 v - . -7 7 7 7 ' . , . , , ' . - '7 ' 7 7 , , , 7 . - 7 ' 7 7 '7 7 7 ' . , , . - 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 7 7 7 - ' , 7 ' as ' 77 ' '7 7 7 1 , . , . ' -7 ' 7 7 ' 7 . ., . , 3 . 7 ' ' 12. Eben B., born April 5, 1813g died May He died about the year 1800. His children were: y ' 7 Y 7 n . . . , ' '7 ' 7 7 7 ' 7 ' Y 7 7 7 7 7 a ' 7 7 ' U7 . ,. . 9 0 . 7 7 7 ' 7 7 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 7 ' 7 7 ' ' 7 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 7 7 7 . . . . 7 . 7 7 ' 7 7 3 7 ' 7 7 ' 7 7 - 7 ' , . I 7 7 ' 7 7 7 1 , c - 0 , l 7 7 ' 7 ' Y . , . 7 7 I ' 2 7 ,, . ,. . . . ' ' y 7 7 Y ' 7 7 7 Y H V - - S - ' - 7 7 7 7 v ' 7 7 7 THE HARBOR BEACON! Susan dled unmarrled Joanna d1ed young Jabez Slmpson son of Joseph Slmpson of York and Mary daughter of Stephen Webster of Newbury Mass was born May 17 1740 He marrled Marlan daughter of Danlel Slmp son Esq Aug 1771 and moved to Sulhvan where he dled Jan 1 1796 Chlldren were Jabez born Jan 17 1775 dled Feb 8 1852 Jemlna born Aprll 23 1773 Mlrlam bom June 7 1777 Ollve born July 8 1779 Joseph born June 1 1783 James S1mpson son of Joslah and Prudence QBragdonD Slmpson was born ln 1761 He marrled Ehzabeth daughter of Joseph Bragdon Aug 25 1785 She was born ln 1766 and dled ln 1806 James Sxmpson was a seaman and rraster marlner ln hlS youth and afterwards a farmer and lumberman He settled ln Sulllvan at the Falls Vlllage Hls chlldren by h1s first Wlfe were James born Aug 15 1786 dled Oct 21 1863 Samuel born June 8 1779 dled Feb 1870 Rlchard bom Sept 10 1795 Aaron born Sept 8 1800 lost at sea ln 1824 from the schooner Mars Joseph born Sept 3 1804 lost at sea Aug 26 1830 from the schooner AF1Stld9S of whxch he was mate Chlldren by second wlfe Mrs Jane Bragdon whom he marrled Jan 7 1807 were Jane M born Oct 23 1807 dled Nov 19 1877 Amos B born Sept 12 1809 dled Feb 4 1869 Wllllam M born March 15 1812 dled 1842 Ambrose born Dec 28 1814 Prudence born Feb 5 1819 John Sxmpson son of Joslah and Prudence CBragdonJ Snrpson was born Dec 7 1763 ln York He moved wlth his father to Sulllvan but returned to York to attend school remain mg there several years On returmng to Sulh van he became a seaman and at an early age became captam of one of h1s father s shlps He bu1lt a store and several mxlls engaglng ln busmess and the manufacture of lumber and shlps and was one of the leadmg cltlzens of Sulllwan He married Rachel daughter f Damel Sulllvan Feb 12 1789 She dled Aug 10 1806 In 1796 or 1797 Capt Sunpson bullt a schoon er which he named Rachel ln h1s wlfes honor Joslah Slmpson Jr was placed ln command and made a voyage ln the vessel to the West Indies 1n 1797 In November of the followlng year Capt Slmpson loaded the schooner wlth lumber and salled for Salem Mass Vllth hlm were Paul Dudley Sargent passenger Wllllam Abbott mate and James Sprlnger seaman They salled from Sulhvan accompanled by the schooner Dlana Capt Jos ah Slmpson Jr ln command On the 18th of November the weather bemg threatemng the Dlana put ln for a harbor at Herrlng Gut St George Malne The Rachel contlnued on her course and was wrecked on Cape Cod ln the terr1ble snow storm whlch began Nov 20th and con tlnued a week All on board the vessel were where 1n Sept 1878 a handsome tablet of Itahan marble set ln a base of Sulhvan granlte was erected to the1r memory The chlldren of John and Rachel Sulllvan were Prudence born Feb 4 1790 dled June 18 1812 Ablgall born July 18 1791 dled March 17 1809 RachelS born Apr1l22 1793 dled Sept 2 1844 Mary A born Nov 22 1794 dled March 16 1897 Joan bornJuly7 1796 dled May 4 1851 Mary born March 6 1798 dled Aprll 18 1868 Joslah Slmpson Jr son of Joslah and Pru dence QBragdonJ Slmpson was bom in Sulllvan about 1774 He married Mary daughter of Danlel Sulln an 1n 1792 He was a promlnent shlp master for many years sa1l1ng from Cas t1ne Sulllvan and Belfast He made h1s last voyage 1n 1831 Capt Slmpson ln the last two years of h1s l1fe was llght keeper on Petxt Menan Island where he dled 1n Aprll 1833 Hls body was brought to Sulllvan for burlal Hls w1fe dled ln Belfast Aprll 28 1857 at the age 85 I 9 9 . 9 9 ' Y ' ' Y . O 9 9 9 9 9 , . , . 9 '9 9 ' ' ' U U 0 ' ' ll YY ' ' ' Y , - 9 -9 - 9 9 ' 1 'Y . Y D Y Y . , . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 ' 9 9 ' 9 9 9 9 7 ' 9 9 9 9 9 9 . 7. . Y Y Y ' Y Y Y Y Y ' Y Y ' Y Y ' ' KK ' YY .1 ' . , . , , . . , ., . . , - - - F - ' u ' 99 1 9 9 9 - 9 Cl ' YY ' lf 77 ' : 9 ' 9 9 ' 9 9 9 ' 9 9 ' 9 9 ' born Jan. 3, 1791, died July 11, 18585 Eliza, lost. They were burled at North Truro, Mass., ' Y Y Y ' Y Y ' Y . U H. . . . . Y 1 Y Y ' Y Y ' I ' u - ' YY ' ' ' 9 : 9 ' 9 9 u Y ' Y Y Y Y Y Y . . I . ' Y Y ' 'Y Y Y 'Y Y Y ' Y Y ' Y Y ' Y Y 'Y Y Y -9 - 9 9 - 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 'Y Y Y Y Y I Y Y Y Y Y ' Y Y Y Y Y ' o , . , ., ' 9 9 1 9 - 9 ' 9 . . . . . Y . . . , , . 9 ' 9 ' . ' , . F . . . . . . . , . . . . . . Y Y Y ' . . . . . Y Y Y 10 THE HARBOR BEACON years Thelr chlldren were Esther born Feb 20 1493 dled March 1 1862 Hannah born lfeb 21 1495 dled May 21 1868 John born Sept 13 1796 d1edApr1l 2 1860 Joslah born May 1 1798 dled Sept 23 1863 Danlel S born May 4 1800 dled Nov 1 1826 un marrxed Mary S born Aug 13 1802 James born Feb 29 1804 dled ln 1855 near New Orleans master of Shlp Castxne Joanna born May 14 1806 marrled Vtllllam Chase dled 1n Eau Claire WIS Franklln B born Ap11l22 1808 Hlram E born Aug 22 1810 dled May 3 1816 Ellsha born Nov 15 1811 dled May 17 1813 EbenB born Apr1l4 1813 dled May 1 1841 Greenleaf P born Oct 16 1815 dled Feb 14 1823 Paul Slmpson son of Paul and Susan CDon nelly Slmpson of York and Sulhvan was born July 6 1776 dled Sept 5 1845 marrled Han nah daughter of Dan1elSull1van who was born publlshed Feb 19 1803 reslded ln Sulhvan Thelr chlldren were Susan born Dec 27 1806 dled Aug 28 1870 Paul born Aug 16 1809 dled Aug 8 1849 Jabez Slmpson son of Jabez and Marlam QSIIHDSODD Slmpson was born Jan 17 1775 dled Feb 8 1852 mamed Polly Stevens marrled second wlfe Prudence Downmg Jan 30 1809 reslded ln Sulhvan H1s chlldren by first Wlfe were Jabez born Nov 2 1803 dled Nov 20 1888 Chlldren by second wlfe were George S born Aug 2 1810 dled May 18 1870 Polly born Aug 15 1812 dled Nov 1885 unmarrled Simon born Jan 25 1815 dled July 12 1876 Downlng born Feb 23 1819 dled March 26 1885 Joan born March 16 1822 Carollne H bom Sept 11 1824 dled Oct 15 1850 Prudence born July 30 1827 Gllbert born Aug 19 1831 Joseph Slmpson youngest son of Jabez and Marlam CS1mpsonJ Slmpson was born ID Sulh van July 1 1483 He marrled Olne Preble Oct 24 1811 and reslded ln York He dled May 4 1862 Hls chlldren were Marlam born Jan 9 1820 dled Feb 15 1859 unmar rued Harrlet M born June4 1822 dled 1859 mamed Vtllllam Seavey June 1846 three chlldren JosephJ born May 17 1824 Daniel W born Sept 12 1827 d1ed IH the army at Polnt of Rocks Vlrgmla 1863 Carollne born Apr1l12 1831 Ebenezer Bean was one of the Bean famlly whlch came to Sulhvan wlth Danlel Sulhvan the Prebles Slmpsons and others He was born Oct 1 1760 and marrxed June 6 1191 Anna daughter of Joslah Slmpson who was born Nov 21 1771 and dled Nov 15 1828 Ebenezer Bean dled Sept 28 1825 Ebenezer Bean s chlldren were Theodore born Jan3 1792 dled Jan 19 1881 Eben born Nov 24 1795 dled about 1828 MaryA born Apr1l24 1791 dled young John S born Sept 24 1800 dled young Abltha born Aprll 8 1803 Sylvester born Feb 21 1806 dled 1834 S born June 25 1810 dled Feb 6 1886 Josxah S born Nov 18 1813 Robert Gordon was one of the Gordon famlly of Sulhvan He marrled Marlam daughter of Paul Slmpson born Nov 29 1779 dled Jan 28 1832 They were publlshed Dec 12 1801 and reslded ln Sulhvan HIS chlldren were Robert bom June 14 1806 dled May 17 1882 marrled Theresa Dyer Joan born May 31 1800 dled Feb 4 1840 marrled Edward Dunn Ellzabeth born May 15 1812 dled Sept 2 1851 ln San Franclsco Calxf Charlotte born Nov 30 1814 marrled a Mr Brownell John born Jan 20 1818 dled June 6 1875 marrled Mlranda Gordon Paul S born Jan 17 1821 dled May 1887 1nS1lverC1ty Idaho Augustus born Aprll 15 1826 dled Oct 20 1871 marrled Sarah Gordon After the death of Danxel Sulhvan June 21 1785 the town was confirmed to the settlers upon thelr payment of 1 205 pounds sterling consolldated notes lnto the treasury a small portion of the temtory mne thousand acres belng reserx ed ln 1800 when the Leglslature v 4 . . . D . F - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1' ' . . ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1- 1 . ' , 7' ' , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 r, . . ,. . . l . 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y . H . ,,. . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . ,. . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . ,. 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' . 7 ' . 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 11 . . . ,. . . 1 1 1 1 11 H 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . I . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 March 4, 1770, dled July 24, 1849. They were Rachel S., born Nov. 9, 1808, dled young 5 John 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . L . , . . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , , , . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 . . . . . 1. . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o u ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ,.. . . Y - . 1 1 1 1 1 ,.. . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 THE HARBOR BEACON modlfied 1ts grant to Bowdoln and W1ll13.mS Colleges Before the Revolutlon there were forty famllles w1th1n the llmlts of the town of Sulllvan At the close of the Revolutxonary war the number of famllxes wlthln its l1m1ts had been reduced to twenty Besldes belng represented IH the wars of the R6V0lUt10H the vlllage of Sulllvan was also strongly represented ln the C1Vll War No sectlon of Mame responded more qulckly or loyally to Presldent Llncoln s calls for volun teers than dld many of the cltlzens of thls vlllage Many cltlzens of thls town rendered valiant S8I'V1C9 to the Unlon cause In the army and navy and there has been recorded many acts of herolsm on the southern battlefields durmg the entlre four years of confhct The natlon w1ll never forget the soldlers of Malne and the part they played ln the great struggle Late 1n the s1xt1es mmlsters and students from Massachusetts found thelr way to our town for thelr vacatxon Among the first were Rev Henry Foote Charles F Dole and Rev Francis Pe body who held SBTVICQS ln the hall and open an' servlces for the workmen at the quarrles These meetmgs were well attended In 1876 when the Waukeag House was open for summer vlsltors ltS spaclous parlors were open for rehglous S6I'VlC9 and many speakers of note have spoken there lncludlng Samuel Long fellow Rev Charles C Everett and Francls Peabody In 1889 Rev Frederlck Glll oran lzed the Llberal Chrlstlan soclety and untll the present tlme S9I'VlC9S were held each summer and lay SSFVICCS throughout the year Slnce 1889 these servlces have been held at the church of Our Father Among those who have spoken and worked well wlth us xn ald of the soclety speclal mentlon should be made of Rev Frederlck Glll Rev H H Saunderson and Rev Roger S Forbes The M6thOd1StS untll 1884 carrled on thelr work at Sulllvan 1n connectlon wlth Franklm and Gouldsboro The followmg IS a partlal l1st of the Metlsodlst preachers who have labored at Sulln an John Batchelder 1833 B F H1lIfOD 1843 Hlram Chase 18456 IsaacW Moore 1847 8 Harry VI Latham 1849 50 Jesse Hamman 1852 Lev1C Dunn 1853 Oran Strout 1854 Soloman S Gloss 18:19 Wllllam B Fenlason 1860 Benjamln C Blackwood 18612 B F Stlnson 1864 Wllllam Reed 18656 J A Plumer 1867 8 James A Morelen 1869 70 Otls R Vhlson 1872 Wllllam B Fenlason 1873 J B B an 1874 Selden Wentworth 18757 R M W1lklHS 1878 P J Robmson 1879 James Alexander 1880 1 J H Bennet 1882 3311 est Sulllvan Wlmfred Baldwin 1881 2 East Sulllvan C L Banghart 1884 5 C A Maln 1886 P D Nolan 1887 C C Phelan 1896 8 Frank H Osgood 1899 B W Russell 1900-2 O G Barnard 19035 N R Pear son 19067 C A Purdy 19089 Cllnton E Bromley 1910 Clinton Cook 1911 E F Wood 1912 Frank Prestldge 1913 Rxchard H Moyle 1914 17 BAPTIST CHUPCH HISTORY As early as 1799 Elder Isaac Case mlsslonary for the Massachusetts Baptlst soclety after wards of 11131119 Mlsslonary soclety v1s1ted Sulhvan and preached at Salt Water Falls He found there a few establlshed Chrlstlans In 1810 Elder Case agaln vlslted Sulllvan and found the communlty ln a state of revlval under Elder Job Cushman Elder Case had the prlvllege of baptlzlng the converts and on March 21st 1810 organlzed a Baptlst church with twelve members Elder Damel McMaster recelved a call to become pastor of the church and was ordalned May 16 1810 For slx years the church pros pered under h1s leadershxp In 1816 about twenty souls were added as the fI'l1ltS of a revlval At this tlme owmg to a mlsunderstandmg a dlvlslon was caused whlch resulted ln the orgamzlng of a mlnorlty 1nto a L. II 11 . . . ,. . . ' A . ' 'f 2 1 1 ' ' 1 I I I P' 0 l - 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . . . . . . f - . . - 1 1 1 - I - 1 1 1 I u I J I P' u . 7 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' , ' ' l .. . , ' . . ' . . ' , 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' l U ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 . . , ' r' . ' ' - - 1 1 ' 1 . . . . . Q . 1 ' ' N' 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' . . , . . , ' ' ' ' l i 1 ' 1 - - 1 , ' 1 7 1 1 ' 1 ' . . , ' . . n n u . . . , 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1888-90g J. A. Weed, 1891-53 J. T. Moore, . , ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 n u n 1 n ' Q . - , . . , , . . 1 ,, . . . ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' . 71 1 1 1 ' ' . 4 , 4- . 1 1 1 ' . a , . . , - l . . V 1 I ' ' l a 1 u l n u Y - s u 1 I , - u 11 ,. . - a 1 n . , , . . . . . , . . . . . . Y , . . . . . 1 ' I ' I , I . . . . . . . . . . l . . , . ' ' 7 7 I a I C I Q l ' ' ' . n , 1 Q u I l . THE HARBOR BEACON! separate church Elder McMaster resigned IH 1822 Having no settled pastjr they secured the partial services of Elder William Johnson for three Q33 or four C43 years In 1826 Elder Benjamln Buck became pastor and served for three or four years In this year the church united with others and erected a house of wor ship An extensive revival took place In 1831 under the ass stance of Elder Jededlah Darling Elder Richard Y Watson became pastor of the church In 1834 and remained IH charge until 1866 During his pastorate there was general prosperity and many revlvals There seems to have been no pastor from 1866 to 1873 but Elder Vtatson preached In Hancock and sup plied this church occasionally In 1873 J C Sawyer supplied In connection with his labors at Gouldsboro and preached also In 1874 In until 1882 This church furnished one of its members Rev John Johnson for the ministry and Oflgl nated by dlSII11SSlOI'1 In 1824 the churches at Hancock and at Franklin Rev J R Bowler organized a church of twelve members at West Sullivan In 1889 and preached there about two years Rev E E Morse of Franklin and others supplied until 1896 the church having at the time about forty five 1453 members The military history of this town during the Revolutionary War centers largely around Daniel Sullivan one of the founders of the town named for him who raised a company of militia during the early part of the War and had them stationed at VS aukeag Point where he lived for the defence of that section In 1779 Captain Sullivan was In command of his company at the siege of Bagaduce Cnow Castinej remaining until after the defeat there of the American forces under the command of Lovell and Salstonstall when he returned home He remained In command of his men acting under Capt John Allan of Machias until he was taken prisoner by the British Feb 24 1181 In Col Allan s report at Machias where he commanded a Revolutionarv force mention IS rrade of Captain Sulllvans coming from Frenchmans Bay Sept 13 1117 with drafted mllltla for service there and of his coming again Nov 13 1777 During the time Capt Sullivan was at Wau keag Point Know Sorrentob he kept his men In readiness for service and Infllcted several heat y blows on the Brltxsh The English and Tories made several at tempts to capture Capt Sullivan attempts which the vigilance of the patriots rendered ineffectual Thomas C Armory In his Life of Gen John Sullivan speaks as follows of the capture of Daniel Sullivan Feb 24 1781 One stormy night In February 1781 a British War vessel the Alegiance commanded by anchored below the town and l nded a large force of sailors and marlnes The house was silently lHV9St8d and Capt Sullivan aroused from his slumbers to find his bed surrounded by armed men He was hurried to the boat and his dwelling fired so suddenly that the children were with difficulty rescued by their mother and a hired man who hved In the family Taken to Castlne his liberty and further protection from harm was tendered him on condition he took the oath of allegiance to the king Re Jectlng these proposals he was carried prisoner to Halifax and thence sent to New York where he was put on board that vessel of Infamous memory the Jersey hulk where he remained SIX months Exchanged he took passage for home but died on the Sound not wlthout sus pxclon of having been poisoned though probab ly like many others he was the victim of the barbarlties of the British Provost who either of his own accord or by Instruction subJected his prisoner to unparalleled privations WEST SULLIVAN IN PIONEER DAYS When we think of what heroes our fore 12 . . . . . , . , . , . . . , . 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Y 4 , - THE HA RBOR BEACON fathers were the followmg sketch of this history of the town will be especially lnterestxng to Old as well as young There were four people who came here of different names and settled on the sunny slde of this beautiful river soon after the Mayfiower came over in 1620 Some landed on Cape Cod others at York while George Gordon Rufas G Jonfs William Blaisdell and Paul Simpson located in this town Years later John Gordon came and built a house near where the K of P hall now IS thls location then was known as Capt Paul Gor don s field He was the grandfather of Mrs Lucretia Adams Next was Miller s house situated near Moose hill cove in what is now William Goodwln s lower field the old cellar can now be seen there Next was the Abner Blais dell house situated in the field above the present stone wh rves Old apple trees cellar and grave stones can now be seen there Later years P ul Simpson built a house near Havey now stands He married Miss Hannah Sullivan a daughter of Daniel Sullivan John Gordon Csecondj married Betsey Urann of Franklm In 1800 he built a stone house where Capt Gardiner D Blake s now stands This land above the rlvcr was covered with a dense forest where these four pioneers settled here For years no roads were known all convey ance being by water in small home made boats to Sorrento Hancock Barren Island and Franklm at Thomas brann s point James Miller built a house where Orville Gordon s now stands and his widowed sister the mother of Ambrose Simpson kept house for him Moose deer bears foxes beavers otters and many native wild animals shared the habitation of these woods and waters Abner Blalsdell always lived in his first house and brought up a large family they ln turn becommg the ancestors of all the present day Blalsdells ln Sulhvan and Franklm Abners son Paul Blaisdell mamed Margaret Miller sister of Capt VN llllam and James Miller Paul Blaisdell built a house where the late Hopewell quarry boardlng house was Revenue from the Hopewell quarry turned in to him a lot of money He afterward built near where the Franklm town line is now near the home stead of Arno Wooster OUR GRANITE INDUSTRY The first granite quarried to be shipped from this town was for a contract taken by William G Mosely to build a Jail at St Andrews N B about the gear 1830 The stone was quarrled from a tract of land known as the College land a quarry owned and operated by Dunbar Bros It was a new start out for Mr Mosley and he never worked any more at the business The next venture was about 1831 when Edward Rouse of Augusta bought the Paul Blalsdell farm and built the first wharf used to contract for hiartucket and cut and furnished stone for buildings in Bangor This property was organized as a stock company as the Hopewell Granite Co and owned by Charles Porter a wealthy New Yorker who let it for short Jobs A New York man named Spies got large columns and stone for the Tombs The Mosley Job was shipped from the cove above the Falls Isaac Allard of Belfast noticed a stone there and later bought the 7 300 acre College lot for S2800 He sold off stump age and small lots one to John S Ayes who opened a store in 1833 and got stone for a monument in Belfast harbor In 1835 a Bangor party bonded the College lot for S16 500 and sold the lot to Boston parties for S40 000 In 1896 little was done Later three local stone cutters Paul Simpson Nelson Abbott and Smith Warren took the Job for the stone buildings in Ellsworth now opposite the Union Trust Company About 1837 a Mr Sanborn and Russell . . 13 . 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U ' ' 7 7 7 D Y . . . . , THE HARBOR BEACOY YK ooster stone cutters bonded of Joseph Blals dell the Porcuplne quarry wlth a half acre shore front and rxght of way to same The Panlc of 1837 fimsheo them after they had Shlpped one cargo Soon George Hlnman and Samuel Donnell bought the property then Hlnman bought Donnell out He sublet lt to dlfferent partles for local use Wllham K Weston of Augusta ln 1838 leased the Hopewell for a New York llghthouse Job Whlle gettmg the Job the foundatlon gave way ln a gale and the contract belng cancelled Weston falled and left town Elght years later one John Duff of New York rented Hopewell for Cormlchal Sz Co to do a Brooklyn dry dock Job uslng the hghthouse stone and makmg a two years Job for a large crew wlth stone at Hopewell and Hmman quarrles Charles and Edward Leonard of New York managers for B H Sage Kr Co d1d the next let of the dock Job leasmg a quarry from the wharf and rallroad and dld a b1g busmess for two years lncludlng a large engine house for the Navy Yard E H Sz H S Dyer local storekeepers ven tured ln 1851 by leaslng the Hlnman property domg about all the stone busmess for four or five years They furmshed gramte for the Ph1ladelph1a Navy Yard and other places also the stone for the Sulhvan Hancock brldge a proJect of Col Paul D Sargent who and the xce sunk 2520 OOO The Dyers went out West In 1857 A B Sz A Slmpson got the stone bee mto thelr heads and leased a quarry and wharf of Joseph Blaxsdell engaglng Alblon Sherman as foreman to get stone for Bluehlll partles to go to Fort Carroll Baltlmore Md In Sept 1857 Lemuel Crabtree bought a small quarry of Joseph Blalsdell later he bought a large quarry of Joseph M Bragdon dolng an edgestone busmess about ten years About 1869 Peltlah Moore went lnto busmess Shipping edgestone mostly and after a few 3 ears sold to Alfred Crabtree At thls tlme Lemuel Crabtree and Vhlham H Clapham were ln company and for many years dld a large buslness In 1872 pax mg came lnto general use after sex eral years of test agamst wood lron asphalt etc Thls gate Sulllx an a new llfe lease In May 1873 the Sulhvan Quarry C0 ac qulred control of the Hopewell College land Crabtree Clapham lease of John V Gordon and the Sulhvan Granlte Co but soon pulled out Then about 1875 John and Henry Slmpson of Rockport Mass came here Soon John bought out the others and thls closes thls epoch and opens a new The firm of Crabtree 8: Havey who have the largest quarrylng business ln town has suc ceeded to the buslness begun by Mr Crabtree s father Thelr speclalty has been edge stone Among the other firms that have been engaged ln the gramte lndustry here have been Dunbar Company whose quarrles formed the nucleus of the granlte buslness at West Sull1van the Stlmpson Gramte Company Wakefield 8z Orcutt Sherman Bunker Hooper Havey Sr Company Alonzo Abbott Rovertson Kr Havey Arno Wooster Alex Taylor W T Havey Jr Blalsdell Sr Abbott Joseph Cameron Charles Hanna ln company wlth Dunbar Bros and the Benvenue Granlte Co Those now ln buslness are Crabtree Sr Havey Hooper Havey Sz Co Harvey E Robertson Arno Wooster and Dunbar Bros Several of the gramte shlppers have made fortunes out of the stone and the stores oper ated 1n connectlon wlth the DUSIDGSS Several of the quarrles are owned by Capt Van Gordon who has leased them to the several firms en gaged IH the lndustry The gramte out of WhlCh new edge stone and pax mg blocks are the prlnclpal product has been the most potent factor 1n the prosperlty of thxs w lllage 14 1 , , D , . - . . 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THE HARBOR BEACON SULLIVAN S ERA OF SHIPBUILDING In the early days of this town the prlnclpal lndustry except farming fishing and the manu facture of lumber ln saw mills which have al ways afforded employment was the building and Salllng of shlps The Simpsons were among the earliest shlpbullders J oslah Slmp son one of the first of the family to settle here built several vessels ln which he himself oc caslonally made voyages to sea John Slmp son his son built the Rachel whlch was lost on Cape Cod ln the severe snowstorm of No vember 1798 Many of the Simpsons were well known as sea captains among them Josiah Simpson Jr who sailed from Castlne Sullivan and Belfast Amos B Slmpson son of James and Jare Slmpson who commanded more vessels probably than any other man ln Sullivan About thirty five years ago a great mlnlng boom ln Sullivan brought a perlod of great prosperity Valuable plants were erected shafts were sunk and prospectors from all over the country rushed here Among the lmportant mlnes ln town were the Fanuel Hall 8L Sulll van Waukeav Sullivan Pine Tree Milton Richmond Salem Sullivan Boss of the Bay and Golden Circle mlnes which were owned by the Copperopolls Huronlan Milton Starr Richmond Pine Tree and Sullivan mlnlng com pames The following note on Mllton the largest of these silver mlres was publlshed IH the Sulll van Weekly Bulletm Sept 11 1880 Milton Notwithstanding the very hard nature of the rock encountered ln runmng the cross cut whlch IS characteristic and peculiar to the country rock just before reachlng the ore channel whlch constitutes the Sulllvan lode the cross cut was advanced eight feet during the present Week Since last Wednesday the Burleigh drill has been runmng steadily day and night without any interruption the ground IS getting somewhat easier and lt IS expected that ex en better progress wlll be made the com mg week There IS hardly any doubt what ey er but that the outer veln lf no unfortunate accidents should occur wlll be reached IH a very few weeks We put a great deal of stress and Importance on the coming event because we can foresee the Important bearlng the antlclpated strike ln the Milton wlll have on the whole mining lndustry of the state lt wlll not only recompense the present owners of the property who have shown great perseverance and confidence ln their erterprlse ln erecting the best and most modern mining works ln the Unlted States but It wlll go far to show that when mlnlng IS conducted legitimately and intelligently and with practlc l experience the rlsk of mlnlng IS not any greater than farming or any other legitimately conducted enterprise Shaft Ixo 1 IS still tllrberlng ard on completion of WhlCh the required depth shall have been attalned a cross cut will be started for the purpose of reaching the lnner or quatzlte vein The saw mlll starts on Monday next The mlnes doubtless contalned deposlts of silver as well as some copper and gold but It was found to be too expensive to work them and the mlnlng boom untlmately ran the course of the majority of such booms in the East Two or three important efforts have been made to make Sullivan a great summer resort The first was soon after 1876 when Asa D Newton and Stillman Whlte erected the ma Jestlc Waukeag House on Beacon Hill at Sulll van Harbor The hotel was successful and popular for many seasons but untlmately It fell lnto the hands of a land company and later of Mr Frank Jones who sold lt to the Dunbars who tore It down In 1888 Mr Clyde Hunt and a party of capitalists bought about five hundred acres of land here and lald lt out ln lots a few of which were sold The project falled and the property passed into the posslon of the mortgagee Mr ll 15 , v . c Q a . o I ' ' . . . 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I . , . . 1 , ' . , . . . 5 . . 3 1 ' THE HA RBOR BEACON Dw1ght Braman There are many summer resldents ev ery season at Sulllvan Harbor how ex er and m other parts of the town There are few spots more beautiful than the Harbor Indeed the entlre shore front of Sulllw an affords cottage sltes CADDITIONAL FACTS OF EARLY SETTLERSJ Lawrence Doyle was one of the early resl derts of Sulllvan He was born m Ireland IH 1798 and came to Mame when a young man He marrled Lormda Abbott of Franklin and took up a clalm ID No 7 settllng rear Tunk Pond F1ve chlldren were born to Mr and Mrs Doyle Mary marrled Asa W hlte of Sulllvan James marrled Mary Welch settled ln Sulllvan but spent many years lr Cahforma John married Carollne Thompson of West Sulllvan went to Cahforma John H marrled marrled Arvllla Wllbur of Franklln went to Callforma as teacher and settled there Law renee Doyle dled m 1838 The Ash famlly were early settlers here The Ash famllles of Sullxvan were connected w1th those of that name ln Gouldsboro Thomas and Robert Ash settled at East Sullivan The latter was a shoemaker Thomas had three sons Joslah Ash trader and harness maker marrled Clarlssa Pettee Ellzabeth Ash mar rled Glbson Howe of Cherryfleld Her slster Charlotte marrled Joseph Wllkmson of Sull1 van and lived for some tlme at Gouldsboro later she was marrled to Ellsha Sargent George Washmgton Ash was born at Sulhvan and spent hls early years ln Rockland He marrled Sarah Roblnson of Appleton returned to Sullxx an and went lnto the meat buslness He had a general store IH East Sulllvan for twenty QZOJ years He dled m 1899 Olne Ash marrled Barney Bunker and lned ln East Sullivan Thomas Ash went to New York 1n hls youth and resxded there actmg as warden m Smg Slng prlson Among the early Hlll famlhes of Sulllwan were Samuel Hlll who marrled MITIHIH dauvh ter of Jabez Snnpson Thelr chlldren were Rebecca S Carolme and Samuel Jr Eroeh Hill marrled Olne daughter of J bez Simpson Thomas Marlam chlldren had one son Enoch H111 Johnson a sea captaln He dled ln Austraha Col Paul Dudley Sargent was a son of Col Epes Sargent of Gloucester Mass hls mother was a daughter of John Wlnthrop F R S her mother was Ann Dudley granddaughter of Gov Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts John Wmthrop F R S was a son of V alt Stlll Vkmthrop of Connectlcut and great grandson of Gov Vhnthrop of Massachusetts Bay the first Governor of the Colonles Col Paul IH 1806 'lhelr chlldren were L res ded ln Sullnan no chlluren rrarrled Capt lsalah VN ooster no OllN6 marrled Joshua Johnson They daughter of Thomas Saunders of Salem a patrlotlc and dlstmguxshed member of the Councll of Massachusetts durmg the dispute wlth the mother country Col Sargent had command of one of the n1neteen reglments whlch constltuted C en Vtashlngton s camp at Cambrldge ln July 17 r5 and at tli'I19S shared wlth the young Marquls de Lafayette the honor of ald de cazrp to the General RPQIHIGIILS IH those days were not up to the regul t on num ber and Col Sargent s Cnot the leastj numbered 192 men to these he supplled shoes and other garments at hls own expense and after serv mg honorably for more than three years retlred from the army having sacrlficed nearly all of hls pm ate fortune IH the cause of the Young Repubhc He was largely lnterested ln shlp pxng IH the East Indxa trade some of whlch were taken by Engllsh prlvateers when nearly ln port whlch so exhausted his resources that he was mduced at the age of forty four to make for hlmself and famlly a home at Sulllvan Whele he lned to the age of 61 fhtx three The old homestead a Luge square house wlth a flat 16 ' 1 -Y . 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J 2, . 4. - . 1 1 1 1 V ,N I Y I ' I THE HARBOR BEACON roof and a SDHCIOUS hall runmng through from front to rear was sltuated at Sull1van Harbor The Thorn famlly were early settlers ln thls village Joseph I Thorn the first of the family ln Sulhvan was born ln Standlsh Malne He marrled Martha M Stevens of Macadavy N S and came to Sulhvan about 1830 settllng on what IS now the J R White place The chxl dren of Joseph and Martha Thorn were Abljah llved near Sulhvan Falls Hannah marrled Moon of Hancock lived on road be tween Waukeag and Mount Desert Ferry Martha marrled Cl rk reslded ln Franklm Elmlra m rrled Lancaster llved at Sulhvan Harbor Susan marrxed Whlte llV9d at East Sulhvan Thursa marrled Merchant llved ln Hancock Marla married Leighton llved ln Mllbrldge Sarah marrled Merchant llved at East Sulhvan Mary marrled Whlte reslded at Bar Harbor Lucy marrled Whlte reslded East Sullivan CThe C1Vll War Soldlers who so nobly repre sented our village and ln fact thls whole sec tlon of our country J C1861J 13th Infantry James C Chllcott Augustus E Perry Edward Preble Wllllam H Sprmger Corp Joseph Storer Newton C Whlte H8625 11th Infantry James R Ash Peter D Hagan Jos1ahF Stover Freder1ckT Mason 18th Infantry Moses N H Baker Daniel S Bunker Franc1s G Caln Dan1elW1lk1nson 26th Infantry M6IT1ll M Bean Clxfford E Bragdon James E Conners 2nd Lleut Co E James N Demey Joslah A Hanna Alford L Heagan E G Ingalls Capt Co E Abnerl Pettee Nathan W Pettee Glpson Robmson Joseph Robmson George F Slmpson Edward H Smlth George H Sperry Ransom Sperry Stephen Trxpp Watson C E Whlte Glpson H Robertson Co E 28th Infantry J B Johnson Capt Co C H8635 B F Cousms Augustus D Hoyt Otis B Patterson Les1M Read James Yeaton C1864J 6th Battery Clxfford E Braffdon James N Derney Nathamel Mltchell Augustus E Perry John L Perry George H Sperry George G Stover Coast Guards Otls Downlng Sherman DOWHIHQ John B Preble Stephen B Preble Davld A Sperry Stephen Trlpp Watson C E Whlte Glpson H Robertson Co E 13th Infantry Edward Preble 31st Infantry James E Conners Navy Owen F Bumpus George Haven JamesP Loring Phllllp Lynch Joseph Fenton Alexander Seymour 118657 14th Infantry Frank G Ingalls Havey Sldney T Preble Hen1'y J Slmpson Marcus M Urann Navy Joseph Manuel Henry MCGIHIHS W1ll Slple James Ash was wounded at Straw berry Plams July 26 64 R H Blaxsdell enl Franklm Andrew Doran enl Portland Co D 18th Infantry E H Young enl Gouldsboro Co I 2nd Infantry In closlng I w1ll say that I hope thls hlstory of our vlllage Wlll be found lnterestlng to all who may read It It no doubt appears to be an easy matter to get together materlal for a sketch of thls klnd but I assure you lt has taken no llttle effort on my part to be able to present to you thls lnformatlon gathered from many fragmentary but authentlc sources the most complete ever complled Those who wlsh COpl9S of the The Harbor Beacon contalnmg the hlstory of Sulhvan should make apphcatlon at once ln order to secure them I 17 , . . 7 . 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W a 0 , I n 0 Q THE HARBOR BEACON snaoaacmoscxsaac anocsaacacsneaac aoeaaecs-caaaoacaaneczcsc HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GOULDSBORO BDD5G35D gDDDRH bBQDDBEQQMx ByPSK 17 THE ACT OF INCORPORATION 1789 Commonwealth of Massachusetts In the year of our Lord one thousand sew en hundred and elghty nme an act for Incorporat Ing the Plantatlon of No 3 Gouldsborough so called In the county of Llncoln Into a town by name of Gouldsboro Be It enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentatIves In General Court assembled and by the authorIty of the same that the Plantatlon of Gouldsborough Included w1thIn the boundarIes hereafter de scrlbed begmnmg at Frenchmans Bay at the bound mark between Gouldsborough and Townshlp No 2 and No 7 to Gouldsborough harbor the easterly southerly and westerly by the bay to the bounds begun at Includmg Stave Island Jordan s Island Iron Bound Island Porcupme Islands so called I-Iern Island Wlth the InhabItants thereof be and hereby are Incorporated Into a town by the name of Gouldsboro and the saId IS hereby vested wlth all the powers and pr1vIleges and ImmunItIes Whlch other towns In th1s commonwealth by law do or may en joy and be It further enacted that Alexander Campbell Esq be and he IS hereby empowered to Issue hls warrant dlrected to some prlnclpal Inhabltant of the saId town of Gouldsboro requlrmg hlm to notlfy the Inhabl tants thereof to meet at such tIme and place as he shall thereln appolnt to choose all such oihcers as towns are by law requIred to choose at thelr meetlngs In the month of March or Aprxl annually In the House of Representatlves February 16 1789 ThIs bIll havmg had three sex eral readlngs passed to be enacted WILLIAM HEATH Speaker P T In Senate February 16 1789 Thls b1ll haxmg had two several readmgs passed to be enacted SAMUEL PHILLIPS Presldent Approx ed John Hancock A true Copy John Avery Secretary Attest On February 16 1789 the General Court of saId Commonwealth of Mas achusetts formally orgamzed Townshlp 3 or plantatIon of Goulds boro as a town In the County of Lmcoln fthe county not bearmg General Hancocks name unt1l June 25 17895 whIch took effect May 1 1790 MaIne not becomxng a state unt1l March 15 1820 1789 LINCOLN Ss To MR THOMAS HILL OF GOULDSBOROUGH IN SAID COUNTY YEOMAIN GREETILG In pursuance and agreeable to the foregolng act you are hereby authorlzed and requzred In the name of the Commonwealth of Massa chusetts to notlfy and warn all the freeholders and other Inhabxtants Wlthlh saId Town of Gouldsborouvh quallfied to vote In town affaIrs as the law dIrects that they assemble and meet together at the house of Capt Samuel LIbby In saId town on Thursday the 23rd day Inst Apr1l at 10 o clock In the forenoon then and there to vote and act on the followmg partIculars namely lst To choose a ModeIator to regulate Silld meetmg 2nd To choose a Clerk 3rd To choose a Treasurer 4th To choose all other town officers as the law dIrects 18 ,I E 7 . , I . 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THE HARBOP BEACONT GIven under my hand and seal at No 4 2nd of Aprll A DommI 1789 ALEX CAMPBELL J Peace By vIrtue of the foregomg warrant to me dlrected the InhabItants of the Town of Gouldsborough are notlfied to meet at the tlme and place for the purpose thereIn mentloned Gouldsborough 4th AprIl 1789 THos HILL Agreeable to the foregomg order the town met at the tIme and place and made cholce of the followmg ofncers Nathan Jones Esq Mod erator Vhlham Shaw Clerk Dr BenJ AllIne Treasurer Thomas Hlll Samuel LIbby E11 Forbes Selectmen and Assessors Thomas HIll Constable and Collector for year ensumg Nathan Jones S muel Llbby Benj Godfrey Surveyors of Roads Thos Hlll WIllIam Shaw Sargent Jones Clement Furnald Jr Fence VIewers Benjamm Ash John Gubtall Jr Deer Reever Dr Bemamm AllIne sealer of W6lghlZS and measures Peter Godfrey sealer of leather Voted That there be fifty pounds ralsed to be worked out on the hlghways Voted That the selectmen are dlrected Im medIately to assess the county tax for Slx Pounds Two Shllhngs Voted That Twenty Pounds be granted to defray the necessary expenses of the town for the ensumg year Voted That the meetmg be dxssolved A true copy WILLIAM SHAW T Clerk The officers chosen at the foregomg meetmg were legally notlfied and took then' oaths for the faIthful performance of theIr several trusts A county tax for the sum of SIX Pounds Two ShIllIngs also a town tax of Twenty Pounds also a HIghway Tax for Flfty Pounds were assessed and the bIll dehvered to Thomas HIll to collect a copy of wh1ch IS on file Valuatlon 4400 Pounds Agreeable to warrant the lheeholder and other InhabItants met at the house of John Gubtall on Monday the 5th day of March 1790 for the purpose of chooslng Governor LIeut Gov and Senator Upon countmg the assorted votes It appears that John Hancock for Governor had 21 votes Samuel Adams for Lt Gov had 18 votes Alex Campbell for Senator had 27 votes Meetlng dlssolved The first town meetmg was held May 31st 1793 of Wl1lCl1 there IS the followmg record At a legal meetlng on the 31st day of May 1793 Voted that four school houses should be bullt wIth1n the town Voted that there should be a commlttee of four to see that Sald school should be bullt v1z Thomas HIll for the western ward Thomas Gubtall for the center ward Samuel Joy for the eastern ward Abuah Cole for the southern ward Voted that the commIttee take work or materIal from the InhabItants wh1ch shall be allowed them IH thelr tax to be ralsed for buIld Ing the shool houses Voted that the commlttee shall have power to determlne where the houses shall be bullt If the dlfferent wards do not agree Voted that the selectmen are empowered to lay out any necessary road wIthIn the town IH addIt1on to the one voted In Aprll from Pros pect Meetmg dlSS0lV9d A true record of the proceedmgs Attest A W KIDSTON CThe road mentloned was from Prospect Harbor to the County Road J In June 1794 the town extended a vote of thanks to Mr Thomas Holland for h1S faIthful attentIon to the Instructlon and moral of the youth wh1ch have been commltted to hlS care November 5 1795 the tax IS first recorded In dollars and cents It IS learned that In June 14 1794 there were 66 polls GEOGRAPHY Gouldsboro IS twenty one mlles east of Ells t I 19 , . , . . - - 1 r . , . . , . 7 7 ' . . 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' ! , . 9 20 THE HARBOR BEACON? worth and IS on the Shore stage llne The area IS about 30 000 acres Forbes and Jones ponds are the chlef b0dl9S of water and Mt Cromer the prlnclpal mountaln The surface of the town IS much broken cllffs of granlte penetrated by VGIHS of galena zlnc and copper abound At Grlndstore Polnt lmmense deposlts of metanlorphlc slate hate been found Lumberlng and fishlng are the prlnclpal lndustrles although farming lS grow lng to be an lmportant lndustry Shlpbulldlng was at one tlme an lmportant lndustry EARLY SETTLERS The Oflglnal grant of Townshlp 3 CGoulds boroj was made by the General Court of Massa chusetts to Messrs Nathan Jones Francis Shaw and Robert Gould ln 1764 It IS stated that John Lane Esq a London merchant furnlshed money to Robert Gould who was surveyor The latter s earnest effort to pro cure settlers for the town caused the townshlp to be named for hlm prletors was a Boston merchant He was born March 29 1721 marrled lwov 3 1744 L5 dla D1CkIHaH of Boston who dled Dec 26 1746 He marrled Sept 22 1747 Sarah Burt All h1S chlldren were born ln Boston Nathan Jones one of the orlglnal proprletors of Gouldsborough was born ln Weston Mass Sept 29 1734 He marrled October 12 1756 Sarah Stevens who was born ln Weston May 5 1734 Colonel Nathan Jones was one of the first settlers ln Gouldsboro comlng from Vies ton Mass about 1765 He owned the north western quarter SQCLIOH of the townshlp a mlll and wharves IH the Morancy sectlon of Sulllvan Jones Lake and Cove were named for hlm He dled ln Gouldsboro May 7 1806 Sarah hls wlfe dled March 27 1804 They were burled on the hlllslde above thelr house the S116 of whlch IS near the VS llllam VS ood resldence General Dax ld Cobb one of the early T951 dents of Gouldsboro and for years one of the most promlnent and lnfluentlal men ln Maine was the son of Thomas and Lydla Cobb of Attleboro Mass He was born Sept 14 1448 He prepared for college ln Joseph Marsh Jr s prlvate school at Bralntree graduatlng ln 1166 from Harx ard and studled mGd1C1H9 wlth Dr Perklns He was engaged actlx ely ln practlce at the outbreak of the Revolutlonary war havlng marrled Eleanor Bradlsh of Cambridge Mass and havlng settlf d at 'l aunton He was a representatlve to the General Court ln 1774 as acolleague of hls brother ln law Robert Treat Palne one of the SIPHGFS of the Declaration of Independence In 1777 Dr Cobb entered the Amerlcan Army as lleutenant colonel of the Slxteenth Mass Reglment General Cobb hoped to found a clty at Gouldsboro He con structed roads bullt wharves storehouses saw mllls and ShlpS and shipped large quantltles of lumber to the VK est Indles He was elected to offices ln Malne servlng as Chlef Justlce of the Court of Common Pleas for Hancock County and was an executlve councllor for many years among them that of Master of Arts from Brown Unlverslty ln 1790 He founded Taunton Academy and w s ore of the founders of the Mass General Hospltal ln 1820 the manage ment of the Blngham estate was given to h1S son ln law Col Black of Ellsworth Gen Cobb having returned ln feeble health to Taunton Jan 8 1808 Gen Cobb dled Aprll 17 1830 at the Mass Hospltal General and Mrs Cobb had eleven chlldren one of whom Mrs Betsey Smlth llved ln Gouldsboro as her father s house keeper Thomas Hlll was an early settler at West Gouldsboro He was a native of NN eston Mass where he marrled Rebecca daughter of Samuel Traln 'lhe Hllls came first to Sl llllngs rlver lt IS b9l16X0d and afterwards to Viest Goulds boro Mr Hlll bullt the first tannery run by horse power ln the town He bullt shlps was a Justlce of the peace first postmaster m Gouldsboro and was a deacon of the Baptlst A ' - 9 7 ' . - - , 1 r' , 1 . . , - . . . , . . . . . p ,N ' , 7 7 . . . g. . ,. 9 ! . , 7 f . . . . 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Y .- . . . 7 , 7 7 D I THE HAPBOR BEACONI church He was one of the leadlng cltxzers of the town The flrst settler at Ash s Polnt IS Sald to have been a Mr Bxckford In the Pond D1StF1Ct John Leeson who came about 1820 was the first settler He bullt a log house and barn Samuel Tracy came m 1826 and erected a log house near the present Rolfe resldence At South Gouldsboro Isaac Bunker was an early settler He came to thls town about 1801 and dled here about 1825 or 1828 THE FIRST GOULDSBORO TOWN HOUSE The date of erectron of the first town house m5555C E5553 IS unknown For years thlss quare weather stamed bulldmg was the scene of publlc gather lngs The pews on elther slde were closed wlth a hlgh door as entrance and fortunate the ch1ld whose fathers pew h d a wlndow one of the mne 7 X 9 avenues of hght The center of the house contamed a double row of pme pews nature s tmt In front was the pulplt slx feet from the floor where the choxr leader stood w1th hls p1tch plpe and began the hymns Thls bulldxng not only served as church but as a place for busmess and soclal functlons as well It was burned September 23 1883 555555555555555555i 5555556 HISTORY OF HANCOCK 555555C 2555Bk55555Cm5553 l5555SE55C?5C55CXXXX The first permanent settlment ln the VlC11'1llZy of Skllllngs Rlver Cnamed after a rlver ln Swlt zerlandj was made by Captaln Agreen Crabtree Ph1l1p and Shlmuel Hodgkms Captam Crabtree bu1lt hls cabln on a polnt of land known as Crabtrees Polnt On the Phlhp Hodgkms Thls pomt IS known as Flsh Pomt whxle Shxmuel Hodgkxns settled on what IS now known as Pettmglll s Pomt The father of the latt r settled on a more southerly polnt These four f31 'lll19S were the first that came up Skllllngs rlver 1n the year 1764 The object of these settlers dld not seem to be to take up a locatlon for farmlng but for the purpose of securing the huge prne trees called Pumpkln Pme whlch grew along the coast These settlers came from the western part of the Dlstrlct of Malne The Crabtrees came from Portland whlle Hodgkms came from the Kennebec Valley The chlef lndustrles of the early settlers were lumberlng shrpbulldlnff Grand Bank fishlng and operatmg grlst and saw mxlls but today the chlef lndu try ISf2.I'I1'111'1g and lt IS sald that Hancock has a larger proportlon of arable land than any other town 1n Hancock county About thlrty five years ago a mlnmg company started to operate mmes for sllw er ore The productlon was small so the mmes were abandoned al they could be worked wnth a profit 'l he first settlers lxved close to the shores and dld not have any roads The river was thelr hwlcway Then houses were small and usually COl1t2.lI19d large famlhes The shlngles and clapboards were hand made and thelr weather mg qualltle exceed those of today The furnl ture was scarce and rudely made by an axe and saw For cookmg utensxls the first settlers used the rumpus pot and cooked out of doors but later the brxck oy ens came lnto use and may stlll be seen ln some old houses The early clothmff was all hand made the ladles cloth was called llnse woolsey whlle the men s cloth was knosm as sat1nette The boots were made of COWl1ld8 and possessed excellent wearlng quahtles possxblg, from the fact that the ch1l x Q . . . . A . h I . , - . . . . , . . . , 3 . 7 7 I , . . . . , 1 , . . ' Y 7 I ' r . , . E ,. . . . . . . S . . , . . . 7 . , Y . 1 r ' , ' l , . , , - point south of the above mentioned, settled though with the present methods of mining, 1 y s n , n a n s D . . .a 1 L - . O . . . . Y C ll - - 17 ' ' n I7 7 ' ! v . A . . - . i. , 7 5 7 K6 ' - 77 ' ! . . A . X . . . y . . . C, . . y , x . I 1 Y ' 22 THE HARBOR BEACOIN dren carrled then' boots and stocklngs ln then' hands whlle on thelr way to meetlng unt1l they were near the church and then put them on The chlef amusements were husklng bees and frollcs The Frst church was built at South Hancock on the slte of the present church the denomma tlon belng Baptlst lt was bullt bv the old settlers and used untll 1867 when lt was re placed by a new bulldlng Wh1Ch IS stlll ln good condltlon The people of Hancock Corner and North Hancock wantmg a nearer church bullt the one that IS at Hancock Corner Thls IS a Unlon church There IS also a Free Baptlst church on the ea tern sxde of H ncock Neck Before any church was erected the meetlngs were often held IH barns many of the S9I'V1C6S lastlng all day the congregation often brmglng lunches especlally those who hved a great way from the place of worshlp There were no muslcal lnstruments the muslc belng wholly vocal and led by the cholr master who used a tunlng fork from whlch he got the pltch of the song to be sung The town charter of lncorporatlon was re cexved February 21 1828 The contents are as follows Sectlon 1 Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatlves ln Leglslature as sembled That such parts of the towns of Sulh van and Trenton and Plantatlon numbered elght as l1e w1th1n the followlng l1nes vlz Beglnnmg at the present northwest corner of the town of Trenton thence north by the east llne of the town of Ellsworth to the north llne of the French grant or grant to De Gregolre and wlfe thence on the saxd l1ne of the French grant to the west llne of the town of Franklm thence south by sald lme to the southeast comer of the town of Franklm thence east on Sald hne and southerly through the mlddle of Thornton Bay to Frenchmans Bay thence westerly up French mans Bay to the southeast corner of the town of Trenton thence northerly on the east lme of Trenton to a polnt one mlle south of the present northwest corner of the town of Sulh Ran thence from sald polnt west and parallel to the present north llne of Trenton to the easterly hne of the town of Ellsworth thence by the hne of the town of Ellsworth north twenty five degrees east to the place of beglnnlng wlth the lnhabxtants thereon be and hereby are ln corporated 1nto a town by the name of Han cock and vested wlth all the powers and prlvlleges and subject to the dutles of other towns Provlded all the Inhabitants thus ln corporated shall be holden to pay all assess ments due and remalnlng unpald prlor to the passlng of thls act Sectlon 2 Be It further enacted That one thlrd of the State valuatlon of the town of Sulllvan one n1nth of Sald valuatlon of the town of Trenton and three fifths of the valua tlon of Plantatlon numbered elght be taken from the valuatlon of sald towns and planta tlons and set to the town of Hancock Sectlon 3 Be It further enacted That the lnhabltants of that part of the town of Trenton hereby set off shall be holden to pay thelr proportxon for the support of the paupers now chargeable to the town of Trenton so long as they shall be supported by sald town Sectlon 4 Be It further enacted That the lnhabltants of that part of the town of Trenton Sulllvan and Plantatlon numbered elght thus set off shall be and contlnue a part of the towns and plantatlons to whlch they now respectlvely belong for the purpose of votlng for Governor Senators Representatxves Reglster of Deeds and County Treasurer untll the State shall be dlstrlcted anew for the cholce of Representa tives Approved by the Governor Feb 21 1828 Skxllmgs Neck whlch IS now Hancock Corner South Hancock and Hancock Pomt were sur veyed mto one hundred acre lots each by order of the General Court of Massachusetts ln 1803 These lots were glven to those who were actually on them before the explratlon of a certam date Y , .. 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THE HARBOP BEACON In some cases they recelved these lots by pay ment of five dollars and sometlmes by bulldmg new roads The number of one hundred acre lots thus surveyed was tlurty To thrs day may be seen some of the works of these ploneers Among them are the grlst and saw mlll dams whlch they bullt to furnxsh power as the txde rushed through the slu1ce On the farm on Crabtree s Pomt where Capt Agreen Crabtree llved may st1ll be seen the rums of the walls of a fort on whxch he mounted guns to plotect h1s farm from the forages of the rebels The oldest house IH the northern part of the town was buzlt xn 1814 and IS now occupied It 1S an old landmark and IS situated on Mc F arland s H111 Many f mlhes beheved IH wltches and falrles and several old women were sa1d to be W1tCh9S One old lady used to show a small whlte stone whlch she sald was dropped lnto her pall by one or the fa1r1es whlle she was mllklng her cow Another old lady was much annoyed by the mlschlevous pranks of a falry who had h1s resl dence ln a large beer Jug Wh1Ch stood ln the pantry The old lady declded to drlve out the Splrlt by the bomlmg process so heatmg the buck oven she placed the Jug corked tlght Wlth about a p1nt of water rn lt on the hot br1cks Soon the expanslve force of the gener ated steam blew out the cork wlth a loud report hxttmg her falr between the eyes It set her head whlrllng somewhat but when she got calmed down she saxd I m glad to get rld of the falry but the llttle cuss needn t be so sp1teful The agxhty and endurance of a certam early settler IS shown ln the followlng account RlSlHg before daylight he made a palr of shoes then Went lnto the woods and manufactured three bunches of shaved shmgles carrled them home on h1s shoulder and naxled them on h1s bulldmg the same day At another tlme he chopped five cords and two feet of wood ln one day Thls last statement may be somewhere near the truth as It IS an undrsputed fact that the Pumpkm Plre that grew along the coast were often ewhty feet between the butt and the lowest hmb RAYMOND HODGKINS 17 The Orngm of the American Flag There s a httle old house on a brlsk busy street Wlth hlgh dormar wmdows and gable roof neat A quamt llttle parlor Wlhh fireplace and tlles Where every brlght mornmg the sun peeps and smxles For there long ago on a joyous June morn Our beautlful banner Old Glory was born In thls qu mt llttle house llved Betsy Ross who first made the Amerlcan Flag When our thlrteen or1g1nal states first felt the pressure of the rule of Great Brltaln they formed a flag on vs h1Ch they placed a rattl snake cut ln thlrteen pleces Wlth the motto, Jom or Dxe VN hen the Brxtxsh became more cruel the pos1t1on of the rattlesnake was changed the parts bemg Jomed and placed as lf ready to sprlng and the motto also changed to Don t tread on me' But the Amerlcan flag was first ralsed at Cambrldge January 2 1776 by WaSh1HgtOH It was at th1s tlme made to th1rteen red and whlte strlpes and on a blue field was placed two crosses The flag was carrxed ln thxs form by a fleet commanded by Commander Hopklns On June 14 1777 the Contlnental Congress resolved that the Hag should be changed and that there should be thlrteen red and whxte strlpes and on the blue field ln place of the crosses there should be thirteen stars for the Th1rteen Oflglllal States These stars were placed ln a clrcle It IS not known by whom the xdea of the stars was suggested but John Adams was glven the credlt by some while others clalmed that xt was borrowed from the coat of arms of the Washmg ton famlly The fll st dlsplay of the flag ln thls form was . 23 . . . 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H . . . ,, 1 1 - 1 . . . . -1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . 0 ' . . . 24 THE HARBOR BEACONI at Fort Schuyler This fort was being be sleged and the forces were without a flag so they cut a sheet to make the white strlpes and some scarlet cloth for the red and the blue field was made from a blue coat which belonged to one of the captains Paul J ones was the first to display the American Flag on a naval vessel It was first carrled to foreign ground by an American warsh1p Providence to the Ba hama Islands An American painter claimed that he first carried the flag to Great Britain on the day when the United States gained her Independ ence carry ing it ln the form of a painting One of the captains of a whaling vessel of Nantucket IS elven the honor of first carrying the stars and st ipes to a Br1t1sh port On January 13 1794 by another act of the Continental Congress the flag was again changed from thlrteen to fifteen stars and from thirteen to fifteen stripes Vermont and Ken tucky having been added to the orlglnal states It had been decided to add a stripe for the ad misslon of a new state to the umon It was then thought that ln time the flag would become very clumsy so on July 4 1818 the flag was agaln changed havmg th1S tlme the thirteen red and white stripes and adding a star for the admlsslon of each state This remalns the form of the Amerlcan Flag to thls day D S M 19 Our New Possesslons On January 17 1917 with the formal ex change of ratlfications of the treaty of purchase between Secretary Lansing and the Dutch Mlmster Constantine Brun the Danish West Indies ceased to exist While on this date legal soverelgnty over the Isles became ours the United States did not enter into actual possession On March 31 1917 the Danlsh West Indies were transferred to the United States but be fore this country came into full possession of the islands Mlnlster Brun recelved from the United States Treasury a warrant for twenty five milllon dollars At eleven o clock on the above date Com mander Polluck the United States Chlef naval oflicer of the lslands was ordered by wlreless to take full possesslon in the name of the Lnlted States and at the same time the name of the islands was changed to Vlfgln Islands It IS lnterestmg to note that several names were suggested and each received more or less cr1t1c1sm American Vl est Indles Dewey Is lands and Lincoln Islands were among the names suggested As American West Indles would include Porto RICO that was reyected Devs ey havlng won his fame half a world s dist nce that also was dis carded Were one of our presidents to be honored Wilson who fostered thelr becoming ours should have the honor For this reason the name Lincoln s Islands was discarded These Islands having become a possession of the United States we should know something of their geographical and commercial resources and fac1l1t1es The Virgin Islands conslst of three lslands of importance namely St Thomas St Johns and St Crolx These islands are a main elevation of which Cuba J amalca and Porto Rico are the chlef representatlves They Iorm the connectlng l1nk between the Gre ter and Lesser Antilles St Thomas which IS the best known of the group hes thlrty-eight mlles due east of the northeast extension of Porto Rico St Johns hes twelve miles east of St Thomas while St Croix lies about fifty mlles south of St Johns and St Thomas and sixty miles southeast of the southeast point of Porto Rico These islands as a whole are small and with comparatively small productive capacity but they are of vast lmportance due to the fact that they hay e several fine harbors which offer value for strategic as well as general commercial points These island harbors can easily be put into condition for naval bases as well as supply stations The largest of the group St Croix IS about seventy miles long and from one to five miles L . - - , . . . , 7 Y Q 7 7 1 1 . . . ,. , , . . 3 ' rc 1 11 ', 1 1 ' U l Q - 1 o 7. . . . . 7 . 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' . 1 1 7 1 . 1 Y . 1 1 A 1 1 , 1 ' - . . . , . 1 ' 1 . .. . ,. . . 1 THE HARBOR BEACON? 20 wlde w1th an area of e1ghty square mlles and a populatlon of nearly tw nty mxlhons St Crolx IS not only the largest 1n SIZQ and popula tlon but It IS the rlchest and most productlve A conslderable area IS devoted to agrlculture and the proouctxon of sugar cane and troplcal frults There are two towns on the lsland worthy of note Frederlcksted and Chrlstaxnsted These towns are bus1ness centres and very lmportant for thelr productlon of sugar St Thomas whlch hes nearest Porto R100 IS by far the most Important of the lslands for lts harbor fHClllt16S Charlott Amalle IS the most lmportant harbor of the whole group of lslands For years past It has been the centre of com merce and furnlshes a coallng statlon It also shelters many shlps from the hurrlcanes that frequent th s coast It has as a consequence nearly the whole of the populatlon of the Island centered about lt Over ten thousand of the twelve thousand of populatlon l1ve ln or near Amalle and over two thousand are engaged 1n agrlculture St Johns the smallest of the islands has an rea of nearly twenty one square miles and a population of about one thousand It dlffers from 1ts sisters ln that It has no facllxtx s for agrlculture and IS valuable only for ltS harbors The harbor IH Coral Bay IS sald to be one of the finest natural harbors 1n the lslands but It IS httle used at the present ture The lsl nds have all of the modern machlnery necessary for manufacturing and agrlcultural purposes The greater part of the populatlon IS negroes descendants of slaves freed ln elghteen hundred forty elght who speak the Ergllsh language I he natlves wear llttle ClOth1Hg as the cllmate IS troprcal throughout the year The fact that the lslands do a busxness much greater than one would suppose la shown ln the exports ard lmports The exports of St Thomas amourted to approximately twenty five thousand dollars and those of St Crolx to two hundred seventy five thousand dollars These conslsted chlefly of sugar troplcal frults wmes and tobacco The lslands are now flylng the Stars and Strmes and are under the rule of the Unlted States got erned at the present trme by James Oln er W R B 17 The Coward It was a tremendously hot afternoon ln the month of July when Kall Benson an overgrown freckle faced boy of slxt en sneaked down to the swlmmwng pool namely Trlanffle Creek and pe red thru the bushes S emg no one there he quickly strlpped off h1S clothes and runnlnfr out on th end of the plank made a perfect somersault dlve No sooner had he come to the surface than his arms shot out and he gllded ov er the water Wlth the grace and ease of an expert For about five mmutes he swam the plank for another d1ve But Just then somethlng happ ned for he stood as st1ll and alert as a fox when hldlng from the huntsman As the sound of shoutlng and laughlng reach ed hlm he sprang back from the plank pulled on hls clothes wlth the exception of h1s shoes and stocklngs whlch he took ln his hand and bounded back thru the bushes and out mto the open As he dashed across a nearby field great shouts arose from the boys who were Just start mg down over the bank There goes the yaller mutt shouted one who seemed to be leader and wlth that rocks and stlcks were drrected at th tleelng boy who was now runrnng wlth shoes and stocklngs In hand as tho l1fe depended upon hls gettmg away He soon reached home and golng 31 ourd the back way went up to hls room There he sat down to get hls breath and thlnk Yes he was a coward and he couldn t help It In splte of all the resolutlons he had made he could not over come that lmpulse to turn and ,. - L 2 1 ' - Lf 4 n , , A G - n , - D , . , 7 . 9 l V a . 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L - . y . ,' L - ' ' - 1 ' 7 26 THE HARBOR BEACON! run when a boy ex en smaller than he wanted to fight Such thots as these made hlm feel ashamed but rnoeed they were true He had eaten no supper but decided to go out As rt was after dusk he was able to sneak down the back way and go uptown where he followed th crowd to the new reservoir whrch was berng burlt The cement dam which was berng put across here was only about half completed The water rushing between the farther end of thrs structure and the shore dashed up rn spray as rt washed down between the Juttrng rocks Two days before a boat breakrng loose from rts mooring had dashed down over thrs torrent struck the Juttrng rocks and been broken rnto thousands of preces before rt reached the water below Karl walked out on the dam and sat down behind a corl of rope that hrd hrm completely from the crowd which was about a hundred The moon m de everything almost as clear as rn the daytrme Karl looklng out from behrnd the rope was watching to see rf Brll Simmons and hrs gang were about when hrs eye fell on Judge Adams s daughter paddling a canoe Well out rn the stream Soon she headed her canoe down and was pulled rnto the current She tried to turn back but rt was too late The canoe was traveling at a swrft rate toward the falls Her cries for help reached the ears of the helpless crowd upstream 'Women went into hysterrcs and men raced frantlcally tow rd the dam altho they knew rt to be useless Of all the hundreds of people no one notrced the crouching figure far out on the dam except the grrl rn the canoe When that canoe was about thrrty yards from the falls a vorce called out from above the roaring of the water and the shoutrng of the crowd Jump No sooner was thrs sard than the grrl leaped from the canoe and the boy with one end of the rope about hrs body and the other end tred to a tree on the shore was seen to Jump from the dam and swim with all hrs might up to meet the girl who was now berng swept down stream wrth great speed Two seconds more and he had grasped her Then the struggle beffan Karl felt himself berng pulled down by the suction but strll he kept up bravely grasprng with all hrs mrfrht the unconscious grrl They were almost to the dam and Karl knew rf he could only hold out untrl some one got hold of the rope he and the grrl would be saved He fought bravely but was slowly swept toward the falls Iyow he was wrthrn a few feet of death-everything grew dark he open ed hrs eyes and Instead of berng at the foot of the falls he was lyrng comfortably rn bed at Judge Adams s wrth two of the best doctors rn town bending over him The first thrng he asked rf Mrss Adams was all right On learning that she was he closed hrs eyes and fell asleep Three days later Karl was srttrng on the prazza rn a big Morrrs charr when he saw ten boys coming up th drive It was no other than Brll Srmmors crowd Comrng up to hrrn each boy took off' hrs hat and Brll acting aS spokesman said Karl we all want to apologrze to you and want you to Jorn our gang A happier boy never lived and Karl was new er again called yaller H P 18 A Dog s Oprnron of Cats By D W 20 I am only a dog but I have my oprnrons and my oprnron of cats rs not what you d call com plrmentary My mrstress had had me about a year before she decided she wanted a cat Up to thrs trme I had always had loads of fun chasing them Very few cats came to our place after a whrle but those that drd got a good chasrng and maybe lost a lrttle fur I had got so from practice that I could tell by a glance whether a cat was gorng to run at once or try to scratch my eyes out first so I had xery few accidents Well as , Y , . . . .C , . 1 1 5 n . . g . ' 1 v 7 A . . . . . . c . O . ! . ' 7 7 . . . , . . . . . , . . . . , . . . V . Q . yards up the stream. It was a bright evening. ' e ' . a . . . A , I . . , - . . .y . . . G I 7 l - - - - n , . . . , . Y - ' as D 77 , . 1 7 . , . I -i s . . , . I ' 1 , . . , . . a , ' ' - , . . u . ' . . , V . . . I ' ll 77 ' ' , . . , , Y , ' 5 ' ' . , THE HARBOR BEACON I was saying, my mistress thought she wanted a catg though why, when she had a good dog, I can't understand. One day she shut me in the stable and went away Now if I wasn t a disgusted dog never you mind' My mistress seldom left me and when she dld I usually had some one to play with I explored the stable though I knew every nook and cranny of it then I sat down and howled my self hoarse At last It seemed a week my mistress came home and let me out Oh' But I was glad to see her' I forgot the mischief I had been planning up all the after noon I was so glad to get out of that old stable I raced into the house ahead of her and started to Jump lnto my chair I didn t' I stopped in mid air and fell to the floor There IH my chair on my cushion was a cat' The biggest ugliest lazlest ir-ost dlsreputable looking cat I had ever seen in my life I backed off and prepared for a running Jump on top of that cat My mis tress saw me and got hold of my collar and tied me Now to me tying is a horrld disgrace But worse than that my mistress took that good for nothing cat in her lap where I be longed petting it just as she pets me I was so angry I thought to goodness I should burst a blood vessel Just to see that cat in my mistress lap I thought of what I d do to that cat when I got loose and felt better Finally she put that cat down took me in her lap and gave me a good lecture on cats ln general and this one ln particular I didnt understand all of it but I did learn that the cat was going to ln e wlth us that I must be good to It and that it had a long name pedigree they call it ln dogs and that I had one I don t remember the cat s name but It was some kind of a coon Id heard of coon dogs that chase coons up trees and bark for some one to come and kill them I thought I d like to be a coon dog My mistress also told me that I was a selfish Jealous dog and she was ashamed of me That made me angry and I decided she could have her old cat, but she needn't expect me to look after it. My mistress still keeps her cat. The cat and I don t bother each other much Once in a while I tease It a little but we don t fight I think It s what men would call armed neu trahty D W 20 mQQGQC 5 3EQQQ3gQDDC5C lnzals EBEMEDQBBEDQBQCEQDCXXKDQQDBKQQDM Sullivan High School began their soclal functions for the year on Nov 23rd with a Senior social held at the High School building There was a large attendance and everyone enjoyed the program also the candy which was on sale Games were played until a late hour About eight dollars were realized Shortly after this another social was held A farce The Mlrth Provoklng School Poom was presented This was not very successful financially On March 16th the operetta The Isle of Chance was pres nted by the school under the direction of M1 s Jones It was a great success Following IS the cast Greed King of the Isle of Chance Morton Havey Captain of the Good ship Ease Ronald Tracy Subjects of lung Greed FIFSC Folly Agnes Hglt Second Folly Helen Springer Third Folly Daisy Mllne On a Crouch a derellct of the Isle Kennard Haskell Despair his shadow Ma ,fnard Watson Survivors of Good ship Ease Lord M hat the use Wilton Hanna Lady F rlvolous Hope Perklns Slrnpellta Marjorie Springer XX ho Cares Hugh Pettee 1 . , . . . . , - 1 , . . . . ., H ' - 11 1 - 1 . . 1 - 1 , . 1 1 . . . . , . 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THE HARBOP BEACON Sallors from the good Ship Ease Few Cares Irvlgn Gordon Wo Cares Shirley Clemens Chorus of Follies Chorus of Shadows Shadows of the Sprlng Splrlts The big event of the year came April 19th when the High School held lts annual fair The Semors had the lce cream booth the Juniors candy the Sophomores the grab bag whlle the Freshmen had the fancy work In the evenmg the two act drama Mr Bob was presented Followmg IS the cast Phxlxp Royson Hugh Pettee Robert Brown clerk of Benson and Benson Morton Havey J enkins Mlss Rebecca s Butler Rupert Stratton Rebecca Luke a malden lady Daisy Milne Katherme Rogers her niece Marjorie Springer MBPIOH Bryant Katherine s friend Hope Perkins Patty Mlss Rebecca s mald Agnes Holt After the play the operetta was agam pre sented and proved as great a success this time as before Over sixty dollars were taken DDQDEDIEDDDQDC Qtbleturs 5955561 The first baseball game for the season of 1916 was played at Sullivan wlth Ellsworth High Owmg to a high wlnd qulte a large score was run up on both Sld6S However thls game was sharply contested as an extra lnnmg had to be played to break the tied whlch the v1s1t1ng team succeeded ln domg The score R H E H S 3011032201 13 11 3 S H S 1020321120 12 10 4 Batterles Eaton and Clement VS arren and Blalsdel That this game had Its humorous slde as well as excltlng can be readlly seen from the fact that much time was consumed 1n searchlng for balls that had been lost ln the nelghborlng swamps and that at one period of the game the v1s1t1ng teams centre fields had to be rescued from our pet frog pond The second game one Whlch wlll be long re membered by us all due to the snappy breeze whlch played wlth our craft maklng us look as well as feel rather queer on crossmg the bay was play ed at Bar Harbor This game gave as much lf not more excite ment to the onlookers as that played the week before wlth Ellsworth for along 1n the first of the thlrd lnnlng we discarded our sea legs and woke up and soon placed to our credit 10 scores agalnst the Bar Harbor boys SIX After our opponents however had finlshed we discovered to our dismay that on account of our loose fielding they had tled the score In our half of the elghth we did work which was a credit to all but could not get by thud base When the Bar Harbor boys came IH for their smash they succeeded a little bett r gettmg another run maklng the standing now 11 to 10 IH their favor We came in in the ninth determmed to even things up but our sea legs or somethmg Slnlllal' took a hold on us with an lron grasp and then the game ended 11 to 10 in favor of B H H S Special mention should be made of 'W hlte whose work ln the box was excellent The score R H E B H H S 210120410-11 9 2 S H S 002331100 10 7 3 Batterles Gushee and Karst Whlte and Blalsdell The followmg Saturday Bar Harbor came over to play the return game Thls game was not only filled with much excltement caused by the work on the diamond but also by thrlllmg scenes along the side llnes but IH the end turned out to be a victory for the Bar Harbor boys by another close score of 15 to 12 'N A? . . .............. . . - 1 .............. . .. 1 . 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' ' , D I 1'-i 1 'i T , ' . . 7 ' ' 1 THE HARBOR BEACONT It IS necessary we thmk to add that we were rather handlcapped at th1s tlme owlng to the fact that sew eral of our best players had fallen mto the hands of Old Man Mumps and our team was mostly made up of second strmg men The score R H E B H H S 031211421 15-12 2 S H S 023022120 12 11 2 Batterles Gushee and Karst Warren and Blalsdell On June thlrd with our team all ln condltlon once more and followed by a great crowd of rooters we took the 10 30 tram for Ellsworth Trask who had been playmg 2nd base and Blalsdell who had been holdlng down the back stop posltlon exchanged places whlch turned out to be a great step for the team Warren our twlrler was 1n h1s best form and could not have asked for better backlng Our fielders were all over the outfield and handled wlth great ease the few balls comlng thelr way As for the lnfield It was a sure death to flys llners grounders and all other balls ln the shape of baseballs But the feature of thls game was the way the S H S er s walloped the p1ll Cracker and bangs' Two baggers and three baggers' These thlngs happened nearly every time Sulllvan came 1n for a bat At last how ever this game was finlshed and accompanled by our noble rooters the glrls we marched down to the statlon and took the old Choo' Choo' for Sulhvan to the tune of a 16 to4 vlctory The score R H E S 120 2211 13 E H S 100210000 4 3 2 Batterles Warren and Trask Phllllps and Clement The Athletlc Assoclatxon of S H S held a meetlng approxunately ln the mlddle of the fall term for the purpose of organlzlng Ken nard Haskell was elected presldent w1th Ray mond Hodgkms secretary and treasurer The basketball manager was elected at thxs tlme and plans were made for ralslng money etc A few weeks later a game of basketball was played with Vllnter Harbor H S ln whlch S H S met defeat by the score of 11 to 6 The loss of thls game was due ln a great measure to the lack of basket shootlng practice Pettee playmg center showed up especlally well cag mg all 3 baskets at the same tlme holdlng h1s opponent to 1 basket Followlng IS the line up W H H S S H S Hamllton lf lf Gerrlsh lf Stratton Sumner rf 2 rf Ober Wescott c 1 c Pettee 3 Hanna lb lb V Blalsdell rb Tracy Referee Trask Tlme two 20 mlnute perlods Owlng to the condltlon of the roads and lack of funds thls concluded the basketball games for the season of 1916 17 The prospects for thls sprlng s baseball team are excellent Altho very few veterans are left the raw materlal lS showmg up well and w1ll soon be on a par wlth last years team dolng work whlch means a sure success lf kept up Wlth Pettee for captam and Prln Havey for coach we surely ought to make good progress S H S Schedue 11917 May 12 Bar Harbor at Bar Harbor Cpost ponedb May 19 Columbla Falls at Sullivan May 26 Bar Harbor at Sulllvan May 28 Franklln High at Franklxn June 1 Old Town Hlgh at Sulhvan June 2 Harrlngton Hlgh at Sullivan June 9 Columbia Falls at Columbla Falls The Harbor Beacon IS publlshed by the students of Sulhvan Hlgh School 1 29 . 1 - , O . . , . ' KK 77 . . . .- - - - r . . i , ' . . V I r ' , , . . . . f I r . 4 Q w I : ' ' ' ' ' A J l L n l 0 0 I Y Q , ' - Q39 ,.... ............... Y , h .................... i ' ' Sargent rb 1 .............. rb C. Blaisdell IK ' 7, ' ' Y I . 1 n ' . 1 ' 1 7 ' ' v ll 77 . - I Y Y Y 7 ' ' 7 l 1 - ' 1 . . . . ,, . ,, . . . S , . , . ' 1 ' , u c u . y . . Y I ' KI H . . . . . S. H. .- 34 16- -0 - ' . : I . . - . . . , . 7 ' ' THE HARBOR BEACON IDBDDBCPQQQQQC Personals I-DQDDQCDQGCXDDC Mr Havey In what direction does the earth move? Mr Pettee The earth moves around the sun ln the milky Way Mr Hooper to Mr Brlnton May I borrow your Engllsh book on American Literature? Mr Havey W hy do telephone wires sag? Mr Gordon Because the air IS heaxler on top and bears down on them causing them to sa Hem y s niece Mr Tracy complained in Algebra of not hav mg enough paper on which to work an example in dn 1s1on Mr Havey How much IS sex en times zero? Mr Stratton Seven times zero equals seven Mr Haskell in scanning a poem said it was an 1amb1c hexagon Miss Ross What happened at Artemis1um MISS Hanna Cmeeklyb He died Miss Leighton in an argument on the present war was heard to remark that the Allies were using submarines on the western frontier Mr Havey What Juice does the stomach secrete to aid in digestion? Mr Tracy Hydrauhc Heard in French Il rouvit Copenedj les yeux Miss Merchant He rolled his eyes Rosa Legere Chghtj comme un olseau Mr Davis Rosa than as a bird Nous prendrons une glace au cafe fan ice cream at a restaurant 7 Mr Clemons pronunciation of iussi fgguicyj Mr G6I'I'lSh We will take a glass of coffee If Caesar had looked more to the future And not so much to the past I who live in the present VS ould not be the fool of the class B M H An original comparison heard ln Sophomore English ill sicker slckest Valuable information recently secured from an examination paper on Ancient History Specimen of Hellenistic Art The Dying Gaul Qusually called the Dylng Gabrlel J Watson readmg in French She wore a cap Miss Ross IS somewhat puzzled as to which meaning to select from the following theatre castle Jail all given in Ancient History as definitions of mausoleum Mr Hay ey What is the meamng of heretic? Miss Perkins Lunatlc Did you ever see Leighton when she wasn t kicking? Joy sober? Klngsley when she wasn t studying? Haskell excited? F Gerrish when he wasn t chewing gum? W Brlnton without his QHatj hat? C Blalsdell working? R Stratton when he had had enough to eat? Wesley Brlnton Eleanor Clark RaymonD Hodgklns Hollls Reed Selena Havey Abbie Clark Pauline K1nGsley Ruth Leighton FrancEs Joy KEnnard Haskell 30 -' ' H- ' g. . . -,, Miss Leighton in Eng. History-Stephen was adorned with a triple row of teeth Qlacej. u- - .rr , , V, , . . 5 . . . F. ' - F- - l P. ' ' ' . u l - K. . . THE HARBOR BEACONI 97 STAT ST CS OF THE SEN OR CLASS OF W deo ack o s eep ea ng hurry ng spoon ng udy OVEI' S be ng good smok ng Wo hyo Be ng nspec a post office S- a schoo marm an opera s nger a baseba s ar 3 PTO 9550! Q2 oman suffrage U A Y nd B Sunday Zi SCCO On ghes Amb o earn French o ge marr ed o be a armer s OJ o be short o get ore o N Cho dauqhters S o go o Harvard o go o war e Pull me Favor hang ng around he orner Conner go ng o E swor h wash ng d shes pckngdases ryngtoge agr s udy ng an hrs 30 U8 nde Favor e Fx press on You poor fish Oh Gosh Oh Gee ook wou dn 00 DUTTIBYOUS 0 O u2,U 5' ea 305 dear de Known us Brn E eanor Abb Hash S r ngBean Poy We gh gh er bs 10 R5 C .C s knows Ho no one knows one ong on 2000 grams 99 n her Z Age Name xpusy Wes ey Br n on d 0 5. NU I: E eanor C arke swer, 16 Abb e C ark DCICBSCS an Kennard Haske Z Raymond Hodgk ns as o d as Pro Cl' U 'UQ OU Frances I oy she han e ok 0 nqs ey e gh on a eK RuhL Un P C Q3 .M 0 Reed S Ho 55DDB3 ZQDQQC 555555: Qlumm auh Qlumnae EQDQ3 5 5QQDB6C2 EQEQ3 Where the Alumnl and Alumnae May be Found 1909 Vera Smlth fJelllsonp IS llvlng at Hancock Ruth Allen IS teachlng at Watervllle Florlce Clark CLrannJ IS ln West Derby Vt ernlce Mlller CWebbJ IS llvlng at North Sulllvan Ina 11 llley CKenreyj IS llvlng at Bangor James Haw ey has employment at Plnehurst, 1910 Florence Havey IS llwlng at North Sulllvan Irene Conners IS attendlng the UHIX erslty of Malne Marlon Mattocks IS attendlng Castlne Nor mal School Seth Johnson has employment at Gardlner MHFCIH Havey CGuptlllj IS llvlng at Tunk Pond Armand Joy IS at home at West Sulllvan Fremont Bragdon IS llvlng at Loveland, Mlnn Roscoe Iwoyes lS employed at Hartford, Conn 1911 Lllllan Robertson IS at home at North ulllvan Harry Merchant IS ln the D S Army, Panama Rosa Havey CBagleyj IS llvlng at Seal Harbor rnest Haskell 1S teachlng at Steuben Elwood Mllbur IS on patrol duty Dorls Hooper f 113111115 IS llvlng ln Bangor Wallace Clark has employment ln New Jersey 1912 Douglas Mllne IS attendlng Lnlx erslty of Maryland Vera Gordon IS teachlng at St Albans, Me Lawrence Orcutt lS teachlng af Mlnturn . 31 'L' 3 3 f 3 4: 2 -1 Ig 5 : -... 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E -' 0 32 THE HARBOR BEACON Earl Hal ey IS at home at North Sulllvan hollls Bragdon IS at home at Sorrento Ruth Bragdon QBartlettJ IS llvlng at Sorrento Lawrence Bunker IS at Sutton s Island Mary Mllne CCouslnsb llves at Fort Kent J ustln Johnson IS attendlng Colby College Alton Robertson has employment at Green xllle Junctlon 1913 Blanche Klngsl y IS teachlng at East Sulllx an Abble Bragdon CStanleyJ IS llxlng at Swan s Island Vllla Orcutt IS teachlng at East Sulllvan lxora VK hlte IS teachlng at Greenfield Rosa Bowden has employment at Camden Ellen Hall QHaveyJ IS at home at North Sulllvan Lela Gordon IS beachlng at Eastbrook Earl JGIIISOH has employment at WhltlDgS vllle Mass 1914 Sldney Osborne IS attendlng Colby College Wlllle Dow has employment at Northern Malne J unctlon Sara Bunker IS teachlng at Exeter Mona Gordon IS teachlng at Eastbrook Dorothy Merchant IS attendlng Smlth College Dorls Hatch has employment at Bar Harbor Harvard Blalsdell 1S attendlng the Unlverslty of Malne Ray Partrldge IS on patrol duty 1915 Leon Orcutt IS attendlng the Lnlverslty of Malne BQSSIG Carleton CNealj IS llvlng at Walte Frederlck Lounder IS employed by the M C R R at Waslllngton Junctlon Fred Grant IS at home at Mt Desert Ferry Annle Chamberlam IS teachlng at Stonlngton Ethel Hodgklns IS attendlng Gordon Blble Tralnlng School Boston Stanwood Boyllton IS attendlng Bryant Sz Stratton BLSIHQSS College 1916 Arthur Lrann IS teachlng at Llsbon Falls Dorls Lelghton l Mllne! IS at home at Sulllvan Gladys Rolfe IS teachlng at Forest J unctlon Leonard Foss IS at home at Hancock Gertrude Joy IS ln Vllnter Harbor Vt alter Hay ey has employment ln Rhode Island V lfgll Blalsdell IS at home at North Sulllvan Lura Hooper IS employ ed as telephone oper ator at West Sullll an LeRoy Tracy has employment at Ashvllle Lura Andrews IS teachlng at Franklln Maurlce Bragdon IS at home at East Sulllvan Walter Hanna IS attendlng the Unlverslty of Plttsburg Angus Mllne IS llvlng at Sulllvan QDECDQQC 5DQQQB Qlixcllanges 5QBQB3 EQQB3E mQDBQC5QC3QB3 Exchanges to date have been few but we hope to TGCCIVC many commencement numbers It IS wlth pleasure that we acknowledge the followlng exchanges The Argonant Islesboro Malne The Pythla Vl lnter Harbor Malne The VOICQ Franklln Malne The Comet 1916 Orono Malne We are much pleased to recelve the O H S Comet We find lt an lnterestlng and Wlde awake paper The Pythla could be lmproved by a fevl cuts The Islander from B H H S IS an lnter estlng school paper It has an unusually flne llterary department ll e hope to have a more lntcrestlng Exchange Column ln our next lssue Y ' ' Y n . - ' 7 . . . I . . . . ' . ' 7. ' - 7 , ' . Q . . . Y l . Y - . . . Y. , . V , . ' ! ' - The Islander ............ Bar Harbor, Maine. . . 1 . . I . . . . . . . . y I n ' . n T: n . . .......,.... , . ..f--..-...,.... 7 , ..........., , u u ' ' 1 I Y , . Y . . . THE HARBOR BEACON 33 NiCKCfS0Il, Sllfillf 8: GICCICY C0. EllSWlllllll FOUNDRYK MACHINE WORKS Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hay, Straw Grain Mill Feed Kerosene Nl rineR ilwayforhaulingout and Winter Storage Ol' and Flour Nl xnuf cturcrs of Gasohne lzngrnes Niarme d S Ni ll M h Rye Straw always rn stock an deslnpmzfl mary Choice Clipped Oats a Specialty FLILY EOUIPPFD GARAGE 47 WEST STREET BAR HARBOR ME Bar Harbor and Ellsworth, Malne FRED L MASON W P BLAISDELL Attorney at Law Attorney at Law ELLSNNORTH MAINE NORTH SULLIVAN MAINE 999' 5x00 eoevv fv VOQQQQO OQOOOOO 5090900 f '9'6f FIR T ATIONAL BANK 0694 P c QOOOQ OQQ CQAE X9 0 QNQOQQ 0 604666 0 Q0 DQDNQO J 5093 0 DQOOQ QJQQQO yew VGOQOQQQ 3 Q Q O Q? Q 0 Q O 0 Q 9 9 Q 0 Q Q Q7 Q Q Q Q Q 0 Q O E Q 0 9 9 0 o 0 Q 6 Q 9 o Q O 0 Q 0 0 0 0 6 O 'O o 5 O Q 0 O Q CHFOKING AOCOLNTS max be opened by any reputlble person tllell' funds being Eub1ect. to order or demand SAVINGS DEPOSITS A llberal rate of lnterest pud on DHVIDUB Accounts com pounded ever5 snr months anclSt,ockl1olde1s Illllllltj 21l'I10llIltlIl0' to more than 5110 000 O00 second bs the vor5 careful laws and ex rmlmtlons whlch are exercmsed ox er thrs bank by the Lnlted bt-rtes Government 'md thud by the new CUIFCDLX lm nhlch aflords the means of obtammo' mones ln tlmes of dlstress and DHDIC BANKING BX NI -UL Vl e mrke a speclaltg of this department It IS xerg eflsg to do 5ourbank1n0' busmess wlthout Vl mnv the bank at all Come IH and let us explaln QQ A S RODICE Presldent THONIXQSEKRIS bashler G F BERRY, Vxce Presrdent H F CMTER Asst Cashlen R I I 1 . . 2 2 A I , 9 , . A. . . , A . Y , , . , . , . 1 ' ' 1 r ' ' 9906 f' QQ-to N4 Ifewfwof Q f Q' of AL Cteeefuswfgl-' If We 6fL OMQ?'f66'fWf ,, ,T 19 0 Q , . Y. U r 1 1 rv , Y i ' W ' Q fl, J A A . 1 1 'O , . Q 0 4 L -' L D ' 9 y , . J o Q ' 1 W Y ' ' ' Y , . . ' ' ' . .. . 1 ' 0 SELLRITX IS what you rush for ,your Eavlngs. W e offer lt, first by our Lapltal, burplus, I , 1 , . . . . .1 , Y 'x . . . 1 . . , . . , 4, Q l 11 s T ' sf .1 1 M a . ,Q ' ' -' ' 2 xz . I . .' u f ' - ' ' f' E , v n l n V 1 p v 5 v v ' , - Q L A 7 K 7 K L I Q' D 1 ff I v v v Y ' ' Y ' ' Y V N v A A A A A A T 1 . 1 ' ' A C, ' r s 1, . .' . 'Q Q , - 1 w - fe 6 - - 9 - fu - 1 0 Q ' ' 1 U w, .s ' . f , . . . . . . , . G 9 19' .,AM,uA , A ,A A, A, ,A , If Q, Q Afgk. MO-Q 3,9 X ' ,img Q QN'eqQ.,V Q -'66Q6e,.f 19 THE HAPBOR BEACONI PERFECT WORK UNDER SANITARY CONDITIONS BAR HARBOR STEAM LAUNDRY ESTABLISHED 1888 I H dgk M S A y INCORPORATED 1907 Hand Ironed Shlrts Lace Curtalns and Wool Blankets a Specialty as ss WEST STREET HOOPER HAVEY mu. R HAXEY 0 Dealers m Gramte and General Merchandise Pianos 8a C O Organs and White Sewing Machines a Specialty Tlph 183 WEST SULLIVAN MAINE B E CLARK ATTORNEY A BAR HARBOR MANE C W 8tFLMason T LAW General Insurance 6NQ f H C AUSTIN 81 CO The Quality Store FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING AGENTS FOR Hoosler Kxtchen Cablnets Columbla Phonographs ELLSWORTH MAINE Tel phon Dayo Nght B K JOY General Blacksrmthlng Special attention to lame and mterfermg horses HORSES TEETH FLOATED WEST SULLIVAN MAINE OLD STANBY SI c 1873 ths good old stanby of a ba k has sa e gua ded ill ons fdolla sfor y u I t a d f d Put your trust and funds In xt now Hancock County Savmgs Bank ELLSWORTH MAINE DR GEO A PHILLIPS DENTIST Stetson Building 31 Central Street BANGOR MAINE T 1 ph 1962 M 34 I I H. . o ins, President . . re ,Treasurer . . . 9 , l ' . ' , WNER AND PROPRIETOR a . 0 . , , . . ee one - , I O O O , 03 , A ELLSWORTH, MAINE I O 0 I 0 u ' Y' O I 0 0 0 . . s ' i-1 e e r i , 66 99 O O O n e i n V - r m i o r o rreaives n rien s. lil! llli 9 . 1 , ee one - THE HARBOR BEACONI THE BEST PLACE IN ELLSWORTH TO BUY SHOES IS AT THE Century Shoe Shop Crossett Queen Qualxty and Royal Arch supporters fitted l t tt H E VOSE P p T l ph 165-2 C E WHITMORE JEWELER BAR HARBOR MAINE 69 Mam Street SMITH 8: HEAD Hart Schaffner 8: Marx Leopold Morse Clothes Mens Furnish I-hgh Grade Merchandise at the old prices Telephone 6 ll ELLSWORTH MAINE FIFIELD 81 JOY Publlc Yacht Landlng Meats Standard Pollshes Groceries 1 O1 s Provlslons Gasolme Waste 17 WEST STREET Telephone 351 BAR HARBOR ME The readers of the Harbor Beacon are es peclally mvlted to call at C H Lelands Store when nn Ellsworth you wlll find a choice line of Fruits Confectionery Tobacco and Cigars Ice Cream and Soda MORRISON JOY CO S t M J y8:C HARDWARE Iron Steel Carr1ageStock Exploslves Blacksmith Supplies Dynamite Pa1ntsandO1ls Farmers Insectlcldes ELLSWORTH MAINE DR JOHN B ELLS DENTIST OVER KEUCHER S DRUG STORE BAR HARBOR MAINE FRED A GONYA REXALL STORE BAR HARBOR MAINE Prescrlptlons a Speclalty A 35 O O , . Y Specia attention to customers wi h foo rouble. . . . , ro . ee one O I 7 , I , 1 Q ings, Hats, Caps, Shoes and . O1 .l ' 9 1 ' 9 O l . , . . . , . , , 9 0 uccessors o orrison, o o. ' 1 Q . 9 9 . . , . Q I , O I 7 , m-. 7 THE HARBOP BEACON OOOOOOOQOOOOOQOOOCOQOQQOOOOOOOAA0Qe A009003 O O O 0 5 Q O O 9 O O O O O O 0 O 0 Q O O O 0 O Q 0 Q O Q O Q 0 O Q 6 O O O Q Q 2 O OOOOQOQOOOQQOOO 0906090 OOQOJQQOOOQC Q00 6 A great many people hesrtate about openmg a Bank Account because they regard thelr knowledge of bankmg as hmlted posslbly they consnder the amount of money they have to de poslt too small lt IS a very easy matter to open an account here Just deposrt your money srgn your name and recerve your bank book We cordnally Invlte you to open an account Wlfh us sublect to check and wIll be pleased at all tlmes to ex plam any detalls In regard to Hnancnal matters O 0 Capltal SIOO 000 Surplus and Profits Sl 25 000 UNION TRUST COMPANY OF ELLSWQRTI-1 OQOQQOQOOOOO900000000000QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQGQ C9009OQOQOOQOOOOOOQOOOOOOQQOO J H SAWYER CHARLES C LADD HIGH CLASS Optlclan FOOTWEAR 98 Maln Street Bar Harbor Malne Evenlng Sllppers and all klnds of Shoes for everyone PARCHER s PHARMACY Rubber Goods Old Reliable Drug Store 84 Main Street Bar Harbor Maine ESTABLISHED 1834 T l ph Co ll i Watch Maker, Jeweler and ELLSWORTH, MAINE C. L. MORANG AUSTIN H. JOY Department Store 00RN, fl0UR, GRUCERIES, PROVISl0NS, HC. awww Tel 162 2 ELLSWORTH, MAINE ELLSWORTH, MAINE 0 o 0 J 9 Q ' 5499 1 I OD O5 69 . ' - CD ' cow 'Q . - n . . I ' l 9 , . , I3 I Q 3 -D - . O O ul ' a . 0 . C 5 . H 6 Q QD I., : I - ' . UQ . C o f 5 5 . Y co 1 o 197 9 Q as ve . - Q Q 5 Q - Q . . 9 Q ' CD Q . Q 'U . Q I o . ' o U D - o I I H V ' G Q ' CD Q, l to o 6 o 'o f o og- 6 QQ- QI ThE HAPBOP BE ACON 4f6!g34Q9QoQ6 o QQQQVQQQXQQQ4 Q yo o 99090 o QQQQQEQOQ f Bar Harbor Bankmg 8: Trust Co Bar Harbor Mame f Capltal Stock Pald ln, 3 50 000 00 L1ab1hty of Stockholders, 50 000 00 Assets 2 282 369 80 Q 0 500 0494900 0 GQEQDQQQQQOKGQQQQDQQQQQQ4 49049450499 9 M S ADAMS Dry Goods and DR A E SMALL L d F n1sh1n s H a les urGC g Eye Ear Nose and Throat T ff H k h ,mt BANGOR MAINE th Ma M PERLINSKY JULIUS KURSON Up to Date Mens and G Dry aniiggg, Gods Boys Clothler Bar Harbor, Maine Bar Harbor, Maine ' . r . - ' 37 . y ox Q ,fx fl, X SIXNXNZN fxfx ,if-'fo 'fslfo jg e X!! V ef' Rv? V , . X, J xv X. X ' Rf Rf, N vj x!! Rf '-.' J, J, Nz' NJ? xi gf 49 Q - W 45 0 Q Q 65 . Q5 ff, ' Q 7 -b-M f 9 92 ag, Q Q Q O I , 4 rg, . Q, Earned Surplus, 200,000.00 Q Q 59 0 r o Q 4? , . Q a 2 - Q C Q X f l R JAN, X MX, X! v' X, X J' X N J N7 X, X, O O O , I I Agen or Warner's, Nemo, C-B and R. . orsets ' ' u ose and Ber s ire Underwear Chic and Domestic Muslin Underwear Gloves an o ions ' Main Street Ellswor 1 ine O 7 , W d , . 38 THE HARBOR BEACON 60009 40 QOOOOQOOQQQQQQQOQQQQOQOQQOOQOQAQ OQOOGSOOQOG CQOOOQQOOQQQOOOOO HARVEY E ROBERTSON SULLIVAN GRANITE 600000 O OOO 0009000060 C066 OOCQQ GFOCCIICS, Meats, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes OOQOOOQOQOOQWOOOOQAOQOOQ OOOOO0OOOOO09GO0OOA660OQ CORNED BEEF A SPECIALTY Hathaways Bread and Cakes Rogers Ready Mlxed Pamts Everythmg kept ln a first class store Best quahty wlth the lowest prlces Prompt dehvery NORTH SULLIVAN TELHTHONE MAINE QQOOOOOGQQO sooooooooooosooosooooooocsees eooooscwooosoooooossooo oovseooo CHARLES B PINEO Send your Laundry by Parcel Post TO THE ATTORNEY AT LAW Euswolml STEAM LAUNDRY H B ESTFH Proprletor BAR HARBOR, MAINE ELLSWORTH, MAINE R O B E R T P K I N G JOHN A PETERS HARRY L CRABTREE Peters 81 Crabtree ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Cou nsellors-at-Law ELLSWORTH, MAINE ELLSWORTH, MAINE 0 0 w H1 I t O C1 A E' ? C1 . . FU , s IP l-I 0 Z . , C1 Q . ' H1 'A M . m I 1 A U THE HARBOR BE AEON 09006060006 6666 99000 OOCOQO QOOOOOOQOOOOOOOQ 54966 0000000909 S L KINGSLEY 81 CO RealEstate Flre Marlne Insurance YACHT BROKERS El fBy r It O-OOO 009000 9660 OOO O x I I 3 I gg 19 06096 Q 5 'S' W3 so WN 4: our en 'Um Q E.:-v fv mm . C'-un . Q5 EJ-,., . OU , nm 52 no-'U ' PLE' - Q 'QS IQ Q 5'-73 an OP ' 529. 'E fl T 52 91 - uv-1 5' ,.,c Um :J-5' Q. 0 Q 10 9-'gg W 2 ' O F' Q5 020 ' I So ,O ' DE of! w 2-3 'Q Q w- : I E-O . Q7 5... G 9. -1' hw ws Q gg I Rm . 'D Q, mn, go ...S H. 30 'Z ffl? -un. -. N :D 0 ml 3 . ' Q. ' 'Um o 5.2. 53 ' . 0 Q 005' . gm ' Q5 '53 r 3 E5 ' 5- -4 QI KDE O 9- N0 A I Q95 55 . O- L ' U U Q 'US fo 3 :'o O Q5 1 E' O 2? 0 16 Q -1 w 4 -Q -. ' oo 0 5 DQ Q 1 fs' Q' .. Iv . .. -553 'UQ Q 0 :N Q' . ga an' 5. O P5 o ' Q :D - 'Z 3 co 2 Q 004900 0 QQ LD 6 OO Mam Street Lyford Woodward Block Tel 271 ll Bar Harbor Mame oooooe eo 04,000 ooo Ocoee owoooowwoooeo Q eo owne ooefo eooofe SELLING DRUGS MOORE BROTHERS IS OUR BUSINESS And lt IS Constantly Growmg General Merchandise 1 Od P KNOX ENGINE and Keucher, THE DRUGGIST ENGINE SUPPLIES BAR HARROR MAINE PROSPECT HARBOR MAINE SMITH at HAVEY P E WALKER CONTRACTORS GENERAL MERCHANDISE WEST SULLIVAN MAINE HANCOCK MAINE D E HURLEY H A BROWN F U R N I T U RE ATTORNEY AT-LAW ww 43 Cottage Street ELLSWORTH, MAINE BAR HARBOR, - MAINE THE H APBOR BL ACON INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Adams 'XI L Austln H C' ls. C o Black R A Brown H A Bl usdell VK B Burrlll Charlts C 8. Sons B r Harbor Bankmg Ka Trust Co Bar Harbor Steam Laundry Clark Coal Co Crabtree SL Hax ey Clark B E Century Shoe Shop Coleman s Barber Shop Deasy Xt Lynam Ells Dr J B Ellsworth Foundry Lllsworth Steam Laundry Flrst Natlonal Bank If lfitld Sz Joy Gerrlsh R F Gonya Fred A Graham Nursery Co C ranmte Hotel Hancock County Savlngs Hagerthy C1 S Haxcw VN 1ll B Hax ew Andrew P Hooper Hax ey Sz C0 Hurlev D E Bank Joi d tn H C Jo B lx Jow Austln H Kurson Jullus heucher DTLlgglSt Km slew S L SLCO kmg Robert P Leland C H Laflin Dr F P Ladd Charles C Moore Brothers Morrlson Joy Co Mason C W XL F L Morang C L Ixlckerson Spratt Sz Greeley Plneo Charles B Ph1ll1ps Dr Ceorge A Peters XL Crabtree Parehers Pharmacy Perlmsky M Robertson Harx ey E Smlth Sz Havey Smlth 8a Head Small Dr A E Sawyer J H Sherman F E Lmon 'lrust Co VR alker P F 3 VK hrtmore C, E 40 - C S. -' .. :,1.. ..,,,.......,.l,...,..... 37 'z, .'. ..l.. ..', l' '. ..........,..,...,,. 34 y, ..r..., ,.. ...............,...,...... 1 j, ' , .. ...... .,,............,..r 3 9 . , ' ...., :I -, V.. .... ..........,.....l.. 3 3 ' , ' ...... 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