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

 - Class of 1917

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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 , .. Y . . . 1 - 1 u ' 11 ' , - 1 A.. ' . . . - f . . D . 1 1 ' , 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 . A , , - - 1 . 1 ., . - S4 21 . . , 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 S ' A - Q .

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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 '



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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 . . . H . . ,, , . . D V I I U - 1 1 - ,.,L.,..i.. . . . , . , . . . , , . . . . . . r 1 . . . .L . 1 . 1 ' 1 - 1 17 I , . . F. . . a CL , . . . . . . . . n . co, , . . 1 . . . Y . 9 ,. . . . . . . . . . H . ' 1 ' 11 1 ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 , ' 1 - ' - xc 1 . . . . . ,, , . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , . . H , . . 1 1 1 . . , 1 . ,, . . . . . . . H . . . ,, 1 1 - 1 . . . . -1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . 0 ' . . .

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