Papers of John Keller Ames (1834-1901), Lumberman of Machias, Maine

 

Invoices and letters associated with John Keller Ames (1834-1901), lumberman of Machias, Maine, whose Christmas card is shown above.  His middle name variants are Kelloch, Keeler, etc.

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Invoices, Letters, in alphabetical order:

Adriance, Platt & Co. of Portland, Maine (Poughkeepsie, New York), Manufacturers of Mowers, Reapers, Binders - invoice of July 24, 1896

Adriance, Platt & Co. of Portland, Maine (Poughkeepsie, New York), Manufacturers of Mowers, Reapers, Binders - invoice of July 27, 1896

Bearce, Murphy & Co. of Portland, Maine, Notions, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, Eye Glasses - invoice of June 15, 1888

A. H. Berry Shoe Company, Manufacturers and Jobbers, of Portland, Maine - invoice of September 14, 1892

John Bird Company, Wholesale Grocers, of Rockland, Maine - invoice of July 6, 1896

W. L. Blake & Co. of Portland, Maine - Fine Engine Va;ve & Cylinder Oils and Portland Lubricating Greases - invoice of March 16, 1891

Cobb, Wight & Co., Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Ship Chandlers, Rockland, Maine - invoice of September 29, 1891

Emerson & Stevens Manufacturing Company, Oakland, Maine - Scythes and Axes - invoice of September 9, 1892

C. R. Gardner of Pembroke, Maine, Manufacturer of Brick, Dealer in Mowing Machines & Farming Implements - letter of July 15, 1889

Hill, Pike & Co. of Calais, Maine, Molasses, Tea, Jobbers of Flour - invoice of March 26, 1896

M. A. Jewell & Company of Portland, Maine, Teas, Tobacco, Cigars, Molasses, Vinegar, Pickles - invoice of July 31, 1886

J. L. Keith & Son of Old Town, Maine, Custom Boots and Shoes - invoice of April 9, 1888

J. L. Keith & Son of Old Town, Maine, Custom Boots and Shoes - invoice of April 12, 1888

I. P. Longfellow of Machias, Maine, Broken Egg, Stove and Mixed Coals - invoice of August 4, 1882

Loring, Short & Harmon of Portland, Maine, Books, Stationery & Paper Hangings - invoice of May 27, 1881

McLellan, Mosher & Co. of Portland, Maine, Blank Book Manufacturers, Stationers, Lithographers, Law Booksellers - invoice of June 10, 1889

Monson Refrigerator Co. of Monson, Maine, Arctic Slate Lined Butter Boxes - invoice of September 9, 1887

Portland Rubber Company of Portland, Maine, Rubber Goods of Every Description - invoice of March 30, 1896

John F. Rand of Portland, Maine, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Underwear & Notions - invoice of September 15, 1893

John F. Rand of Portland, Maine, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Underwear & Notions - invoice of October 24, 1893

Byron Stevens of Brunswick, Maine, Bookseller & Stationer - invoice of March 20, 1889

Widber & Bacon of Portland, Maine, Building Lumber, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Black Walnut, Cherry, White Wood, Mahogany, Ash, Etc., Brownville and Monson Slate - invoice of October 24, 1881

William Anson Wood Mower & Reaper Co. of Portland, Maine, Mowers, Reapers, Self and Hand Dump Hay Rakes, Harvester and Twine Binder - letter of January 23, 1884

William Anson Wood Mower & Reaper Co. of Portland, Maine, Mowers, Reapers, Self and Hand Dump Hay Rakes, Harvester and Twine Binder - invoice of July 9, 1886

F. C. Young of Winterport, Maine, Harnesses, Trunks, Bags and Robes - invoice of August 12, 1889

1889 Letter from Calvin Rubin Gardner (abt 1834-1909) of Pembroke, Maine, to John Keller Ames (1834-1901) of Machias, Maine; re: Bricks

July 15, 1889 letter from Calvin Rubin Gardner (abt 1834-1909) to lumberman John Keller Ames (1834-1901) in Machias, Maine, regarding Gardner's delivery of bricks to Ames.

According to the letterhead, Gardner was a manufacturer of bricks, a dealer in mowing machines and farming implements and the proprietor of the Gardner House lodging establishment.  

This auction site features a postcard of the Gardner House, although the house depicted may have been a private home.

Gardner mentions delivering bricks to Ames via the Schooner Osias. I wasn't able to find information about a schooner named Osias (Ozias or Osiris ?). Interestingly, there were several people named Ozias in the area. Hopefully a reader will weigh in.

Perhaps the current-day Brickyard Road (map below) was named for Gardner's brickyard, which, if so, was presumably located along it, perhaps close to a wharf.  

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CDV of a Man IDed as Eugene C. Drisko; by the Vose studio of Machias, Maine

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Carte de Visite of a man identified on the reverse as Eugene C. Drisko; by the Vose studio of Machias, Maine.

His given name starts with "Eug" and then fades but is presumably Eugene.  

If so, he was likely Eugene Cyrus Drisko (1853-1943) of Jonesboro, Maine, son of Joseph Whitney Drisko and Isabel Frances (Farnsworth) Drisko.

Eugene married:

1. Asenath Ingersoll Barton (1852-1876), with whom he had a daughter Mabel Drisko,
2. Arathusa B. Smith (abt 1861-1933), with whom he had two children, a daughter Mina Eva Drisko and a son Joseph Whitney Drisko, with the latter dying in infancy.

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1838 Receipt for 1837 Taxes of Gen. J. Cooper, Relayed by R. K. Porter to Washington County Treasurer George S. Smith in Machias, Maine

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1838 document where Washington County, Maine, Treasurer George S. Smith at Machias, Maine, acknowledges receipt of the payment of 1837 taxes paid by R. K. Porter on behalf of General J. Cooper.

Mentioned:

• George Samuel Smith (1787-1853), Washington County, Maine, Treasurer
• R. K. Porter - presumably Rufus King Porter (1796-1858)
• General J. Cooper - presumably General John Cooper (1765-1845) for whom Cooper, Maine, halfway between Calais, Maine, and Machias, Maine, is named.

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1861 Letter from William W. Bradbury, "Willie", in Machias, Maine, to his brother James True Bradbury, serving in Company A at Fort Sullivan, Maine; Effigy of Jefferson Davis

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June 7, 1861 letter from William Wyer Bradbury (1843-1901), "Willie", in Machias, Maine, to his brother James True Bradbury (1840-1863), serving in Company A at Fort Sullivan in Eastport, Maine.

The letter features a sketch by Willie of Jefferson Davis hanging in effigy. The letter was written after the attack of April 1861 on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, and contains the implication that James would be leaving Fort Sullivan, presumably for war. 

Sadly, James did not survive the war; he died in the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station in Virginia, in November of 1863.

Mentioned in the letter:

• James True Bradbury (1840-1863)
• William Wyer Bradbury (1843-1901), "Willie"
• Hen's cap - perhaps the brothers' infant brother Henry W. Bradbury (1860-1862) or a soldier serving with James
• Ike - perhaps Isaac Snow Bradbury (1840-1866), lost at sea while in the U.S. Navy
• George Allen - he may have been George H. Allen (abt 1842-1915), who also served in the Civil War and was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia
• Mother - presumably Eliza (Webber) Bradbury (1810-1893)
• Father - Wyer Bradbury (1814-1882)

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Despite the map below, bear in mind that travel between Machias and Eastport was just as likely to have occurred by sea.

2 1835 or 1855 Letters from J. ? B. traveling in Boston, Massachusetts, to Lizzie back home, presumably Machias, Maine area

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Two letters, either from 1835 or 1855, from J.? B., possibly J. V. B., traveling in Boston, Massachusetts, to Lizzie, his wife, sweetheart or sister back home, presumably in the Machias, Maine, area.

Transcriptions of both letters appear at the end of this post.

Clues:

• letter writer - J.? B., possibly J.V. B., on a trip to Boston, Massachusetts
• letter recipient - Lizzie, presumably in Machias, Maine, or the immediate area, and presumably the wife, sweetheart or dear friend of the letter writer
• J. ? B.'s uncle - who lives in Boston, Massachusetts, or environs
• William Train of Roxbury, Massachusetts
• Cohassett [sic] - has a connection to both the letter writer and to Joseph, perhaps Lizzie's brother
• Lizzie's Mother - apparently has family living in Boston, Massachusetts
• Mother, Sarah & Jos. or Joe - presumably Lizzie's family

The letter at top is dated February 15, 1835 [or 1855]. There's nothing written on the reverse.

The letter below is dated either July 1835, or 1855, or January 1835, or 1855.

This letter has Lizzie written on the reverse.

If you have a theory as to the identity of J. ? B. who had a habit of traveling to Boston, Massachusetts from the Machias, Maine, area, and had a Lizzie in his life, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Transcriptions - please leave a comment with any corrections and/or additions

February letter

Boston February 15, 1835 [or 1855]

My dear Lizzie,

I made my calculations to be at home Saturday night, but it has rained all day & I have not been able to settle all up - I shall get through tomorrow & at present I intend to go to Bangor on Saturday & get to Machias on Monday. I am getting quite homesick. In fact, I have had rather a dull time & shall be glad when I get through with it. I have been to E. Boston any number of times. The Henry has become quite familiar to me. Machias is gayety itself to Boston. Everyone seems poor and wears a long face.

I have seen none of your acquaintance. I went to the Museum one eve, which is the extent of my amusements. I have not received a word from Machias since I left. 

It is now raining torrents & a deluge threatens the city. Fifteen inches of snow in the streets to melt besides any quantity sliding from the roofs of buildings .

I took tea last evening at my uncle's. I have been busy during the day time, therefore the old clothes have had to go it.

Yours truly,

J. ? B.

July or January letter

Boston July 22, 1833 [or July 1833 or January 1835 or January 1855]

Dear Lizzie

I got here very comfortably on Friday as per arrangements & as usual I found myself at the American. Eastern people are very scarce. I have hardly seen an Eastern countenance. I must make one exception. This morning at breakfast I met Lieut. Stevens of the U.S.N., his bride formerly known & some what distinguished as "Mary Mae" [or "Mary Mac"]. They arrived here yesterday in the Eastport boat & are bound I don't know where. Mary looked very well, but does not look much like Mary Mae of old.

I have received a note inviting me to dine at the house of William Train in Roxbury this day. But I think it doubtful if I am able to go. I looks to me as if it would warm this afternoon & if so (tell Joe) I may go to Cohassett.

I delivered your Mother's package as per orders & received for an answer "all right". Shall probably return Tuesday evening via Rockland. Remember me to your Mother, Sarah & Jos.

Yours truly.

J.? B.

The map below shows the inland route from Machias to Boston, but in the 1830s or 1850s the letter writer would have traveled by sea, or, in the case of Bangor, by the Penobscot River.

1824 Letter Attesting to Outcome of Vote for County Treasurer: George S. Smith, Peter Goulding, Nathaniel Stoddar(d), Timothy Stickney

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1824, Perry Maine: Selectmen Peter Goulding and Nathaniel Stoddar and Town Clerk Timothy Stickney attest to the result of the qualified town inhabitants' vote on September 13, 1824 to elect County Treasurer.  24 votes for George S. Smith.

The count was postmarked at Eastport, Maine and directed to the Justice(s) of the Court of Assessors of Washington County, presumably at the county seat in Machias, Maine.

• Peter Goulding (abt 1785-1839), Selectman of Town of Perry, Maine; also Maine's agent to the Passamaquoddy Tribe; more information here 
• Nathaniel Stoddar - Selectman of Town of Perry, Maine; Nathaniel Stoddar(d) (1758-1828); more information here
• Timothy Stickney (1776-1851); more information here
• George S. Smith, Candidate for Treasurer of Washington County, Maine - presumably George Samuel Smith (1787-1853); more information here

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Perry qualified to vote for County Treasurer holden in said town on Monday the 13th of said month they give in the votes which were ___ [viewed ?]  by the Selectmen & counted by them in accord thereof made by the town clerk & declared in open town meeting & were as follows

For George S. Smith Twenty four 

Attested by Peter Goulding and Nathan Stoddar, Selectmen of Perry, and Timothy Stickney, Town Clerk

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Although the map below shows the land route between Perry and Machias, the more likely route was from Perry, Maine, to the nearby port of Eastport, Maine, and then by sea to Machias.

1885 letter from L. F. Lambert & Co. Clothiers, Gent's Furnishing Goods, in Calais, Maine to George D. Perry & Co. in Machias, Maine

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September 22, 1885 letter from L. F. Lambert & Co. Clothiers, Gent's Furnishing Goods, in Calais, Maine to George D. Perry & Co. in Machias, Maine.

The letter concerns the receipt of a suit in the wrong color and the non receipt of other items.  Transcription at the end of this post.

L. F. Lambert - Loring F. Lambert (abt 1850-1900)

George D. Perry - presumably George D. Perry (1862-1943), whose mother's maiden name was Dudley - George's middle name may have been Dudley.

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Vintage Ticket to the Washington County, Maine, Agricultural Fair at Machias, Maine

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Ticket to the Washington County Agricultural Fair at Machias, Maine, undated.

There was a Washington County Agricultural Fair in the 1950s and 1960s; this ticket was perhaps from that era or a previous one.

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1837 [?] Letter from Daniel Tristram Granger in Eastport, Maine, to Aaron L. Raymond, Esq. in Machias, Maine

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December 30, 1837 letter from Daniel Tristram Granger in Eastport, Maine, to Aaron L. Raymond, Esq., Clerk of Courts for Washington County, in Machias, Maine.  Court matter regarding Mason vs. Kilby.  

Although the year appears to be 1817, Granger was not born until about 1807, so 1827 or 1837 is more likely.

• Daniel Tristram Granger (1807-1854) of Eastport, Maine
• Aaron L. Raymond, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for Washington County, Maine
• Capt. Leavitt, possibly Benjamin Brackett Leavitt (1798-1881), whose photograph is shown here.
• Mason v. Kilby

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Transcription - please leave a comment if you can fill in the blanks

Eastport Dec 30, 18x7

A. L. Raymond Esq

Dr Sr

Capt. Leavitt handed me yours of 28th. I am inclined to think it may be for my interest to have attendance taxed in the ___[case ?] Mason vs. Kilby. 

Shall I trouble you to send me a certificate similar to that which you have furnished, & a taxation including attendance at the ___ ___. [same time ?]

Yours truly

Daniel T. Granger

Since this letter was in response to one brought from Raymond to Granger by Capt. Leavitt, the likely route was by sea, rather than the inland routes shown on the map below.

1861 Letter from Lewis W. Campbell, Student at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine, to Friend James in Company C, 6th Maine Infantry

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June 2, 1861 letter from Lewis W. Campbell (1841-1926), a student at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine, to his friend James, serving with the 6th Maine Infantry in the Civil War.  

Like untold other Mainers, Lewis would move to Minneapolis and become an influential citizen there.

The letter mentions:

• James, the recipient of the letter - there were several men named James in the area who enlisted in Company C, 6th Maine Infantry
• Machias, the next town over, where I believe Lewis W. Campbell's family lived
• Isaac - is he married yet or not - could not find a record; perhaps Isaac is a middle name or he married later on
• the Captain of the 6th, looking for more men
• Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine
• Eastport, Maine - perhaps the recruits shipped out of there
• Henry Leighton - also presumably serving with the 6th - perhaps Henry Hudson Leighton (1840-1916), who enlisted into Company C, 6th Maine Infantry
• a young lady who sends her regards
• Clark Hughs - perhaps Clark Perry Hughes (1839-1862), who enlisted on 15 July 1861 into Company C, 6th Maine Infantry. He was discharged for disease in September of 1861 and died in January 1862. 
• Mr. Coffin, sick with the measles
• Mr. Sanborn preached - perhaps New Hampshire native John L. Sanborn (1813-1895), Baptist clergyman, who was living in East Machias, Maine, at the time of the enumeration of the 1860 Federal Census.

A transcription appears at the end of this post.

Lewis himself would enlist, on 11 August 1862, into Company B, 11th Regiment, Infantry, as a private and was eventually promoted to sergeant. He was wounded in 1864 at Deep Bottom Run in Virginia, but he survived the war, rising to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant at Appomatox.

See a CDV of Lewis W. Campbell, in uniform, taken about 1864 - on the Maine Memory Network.  Read a letter Campbell wrote in 1864.

Lewis W. Campbell moved to Minneapolis and became a miller and a citizen of note, such that his biography is included on page 267 in A Half Century of Minneapolis, published by Horace Bushnell Hudson in 1908.

From this biography, which includes an engraving of Campbell, we learn that he was born in Harrington, Maine, the son of Dennison Campbell. Lewis' grandfather was a signer to the Constitution of Maine, and his great grandfather a colonel in the 6th Massachusetts during the American Revolution.  Lewis' mother was (Martha Wakefield) Campbell, according to his Minnesota death record.

Lewis married New Hampshire native Sarah G. Fisk in Minnesota in 1871. They had at least two children, both daughters.

Transcription

East Machias, June 2d, 61

Friend James

I receive your letter of May the 29 last Wednesday & I was glad to hear from you to hear that you were well & in good spirites. I should have written before but I wanted to go to Machias first to see what was going on over there. I was over yesterday. I am well and hope that these few lines will find you the same. I think judging from your letter that you are truly Patriotic and I hope that you will ever feel so until the glorious Flag of our Union shall wave again over ever nook and corner of the 34 states. You do not know how bad I feel to think I am not with you but you know the reason that I did not go and so all I can do is to bid you success. Bear in mind that you are engaged in a good cause - engaged in a cause which every true Son of America should be engage in and is it not expected that you will prevail over your foes. Of course you will for I believe that the right will always prevail. I told you I was over to Machias yesterday but I do not know of any news there. Now probably you here of all that is transpiring there before I do because there are so many writing there so often. Whether Isaac is married yet or not I do not know. I heard last week that he was & then I heard that he was to be married tonight. It appears to me as if he is in a ____ but then he might as well enjoy himself while he can. I did not see anyone to inquire how the Division is a getting along. Bye the way do you have a chance to go out evenings & do you go to the Division there. I hope that you all do who belong to this Division. I saw your Capt. here the other day. I heard that he was after more men. I am getting along quite well with my studies and have quite a good time. I am not so lonesome since I got acquainted with some of the folks. The School went to walk last Thursday afternoon about 25 or so with our Preceptor to lead us. We we went about 6 miles & back & had a good time as our Precepter approved of that and so does the scholars. I can not think of any more news to write you this time although I am assured by what I have heard the people here say that your company ____ there. Best wishes & your company got some good compliment the day that you past through here on our way to Eastport.  Give my best respects to all of the boys. I can not mention any in particular for it would take me to long to name them all. Tell Henry Leighton that I should be glad to here from him as soon as he can find time to write. & also all of the rest of the boys. There is a young ladie here in town that that I told I was writing to you today & she sends you her love & best wishes for your success. Chark Hughs told me to send you & all the rest of the boys his best respects & wanted me to tell you & them to write as soon as they could. By the way, I forgot to tell you that Mr. Coffin has been sick with the measels. He has got better so he has been out 2 or 3 days. I have been to Church all day. Mr. Sanborn preached over here today. I do not think of any thing more at present. You must excuse bad writing & spelling for I have been in an awful hurry for I did not have much time.

Write to me as often as you can & tell me all about the boys & what your prospects are. I must close by saying good bye.

Yours truly

From your friend

Lewis W. Campbell

Washington Academy

East Machias

Maine

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1876 Invoice from The Princeton Woolen Mills in Princeton, Maine, to Messrs S. W. Pope of "Machias"

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Invoice dated 19 September 1876 from the Princeton Woolen Mills in Princeton, Maine, to Messrs S. W. Pope in "Machias", Maine.

The reverse features the name Leonard Peabody (1821-1886), a New Hampshire native, who built The Princeton Woolen Mills in 1863. 

Leonard's parents, Stephen Peabody, Jr., (1773-1851) and Nancy Leonard (Smith) Peabody (1785-1856) had moved to Bucksport, Maine by 1810; moved briefly to New Hampshire, where Leonard was born; and then moved permanently to Bucksport.

In 1852, Leonard Peabody married Mary Hill Todd, daughter of the influential William Todd, Jr. (1803-1873) and Clarissa (Hill) Todd (1806-1861).

S. W. Pope was a lumbering firm that had started out as William Pope & Sons, founded by William Pope (1787-1864); then became S. W. Pope, presumably for Samuel Warren Pope (1815-1862); and, finally, J. O. Pope & Company, presumably for James Otis Pope (1822-1893).  Samuel Warren Pope married Betsey Jones Talbot, from another influential lumbering family in the area.

Read about the Pope family in A History of the Dorchester Pope Family, 1634-1888, With Sketches of Other Popes in England and America, and Notes Upon Several Intermarrying Families, published in 1888 by Charles Henry Pope. 

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1910-1920 Decennial Catalog of Washington State Normal School at Machias, Maine

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Decennial Catalog, Washington State Normal School, Machias, Maine, 1910-1920. The school is now known as the University of Maine at Machias.

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W. L. Powers, Principal

"The Washington Normal School opened its doors in the year 1910.  In June 1920, it will have completed the first decade of its existence.  This special catalog is issued to furnish the names of all of our graduates and the positions they are now holding."

If you wish to see a slideshow of the booklet in its entirety of over 42 pages, click here and stop the motion on pages you want to read more thoroughly, or see the pages in their entirety at the end of this post.

Below, the pages that contain names of people and portions of two pages that give a history of Machias, Maine.

Normal School Trustees
Dr. Augustus O. Thomas, Ex Officio
Fred W. Thurlow, Cutler
William Lyons, Westbrook
Charles P. Allen, Presque Isle
Carlton P. Merrill, Skowhegan

Faculty
Principal
William L. Powers
A. B., Bates College, 1888; Ped. D., Bates College, 1917; Principal High School, Fort Fairfield, 1888-1892; Principal High School, Gardiner, 1892-1908; Superintendent Of Schools, Fort Fairfield-Easton District, 1908-1910; Lecturer on Nature Study for ten years in the Maine Summer Schools.
Psychology, Pedagogy, School Management, History and Civics

Assistant Principal
Earle D. Merrill
A.B. Bates College, 1912; Certificate from Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915; War Work Diploma from Springfield Y.M.C.A. College, 1917. Courses in Demolition and Camouflage at Angers, France, with the 116th Engineers A. E. F., 1918; Bates College Summer School, 1919.

Agriculture, French, Mathematics
Frank Kilburn
A.B. Cornell University, 1915. Assistant in Westfield, N. Y., High School, 1915-1916; principal High School, Portage, 1916-1917; assistant in Fort Fairfield High School 1917-1918; Summer Course, at University of Maine, 1914.
Nature Study, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Botany and Free Hand Drawing

Director of Training
Carrie M. Wight
Gorham Normal School; Summer Courses at a Hyannis Normal and Harvard College.

Dean and Matron
Estella M. Daniels
A.B. University of Chicago

Assistants
Martha M. Tobey
Farmington Normal School; Summer Course, N. E. Conservatory of Music; Summer Session at State Normal College, Greensboro, N.C.
On leave of absence for one year; now studying at the Colorado State Teachers’ College

Ethel I. Duffy
Provincial Normal School, Fredericton, N. B.; MacDonald Training School, Truro, N. S.; Mt. Allison Ladies’ College, Sackville, N. B.; Special Course at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Summer Course at Columbia Teacher’s College

Manual Training and Drawing
Ethel G. Chamberlain
A.B. Colby College, 1915. Assistant in Fort Fairfield High School, 1915-1917; Summer Work at Frances Willard Settlement House, Boston, Mass.; Summer Course at Columbia Teachers’ College.

Expression, Calisthenics, Folk Dancing, English
Lillian H. Gates
B.S. Simmons College, 1918

Cooking and Sewing
Grace A. Rogers
Piano and Theory at New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; Summer School in Public School Music, Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Mass.; Graduate “New School of Methods in Public
School Music” (3 yrs. course); Graduate Summer School of Music New York University (five yrs. course).  Public School Music, piano, and orchestral instruments.

Critic Teachers
Florence M. Mealy
Washington Normal School, 1915.
Grades 7 and 8

Mildred G. Drisko
Washington Normal School, 1919.
Grades 5 and 6

Grace O'Donnell
Washington Normal School, 1915.
Grades 3 and 4

Louise W. Vose
Washington Normal School, 1918.
Grades 1 and 2

Secretary
Marion B. Longfellow

Janitor
George F. Grafton

WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
MACHIAS, MAINE
ANNOUNCEMENT

The act of legislature establishing normal schools in the State of Maine was approved March 25, 1863, and declares:

1. “They shall be thoroughly devoted to the work of training teachers for their professional labors.”

2. “The course of study shall include the common English branches in thorough reviews, and such of the higher branches as are especially adapted. to prepare teachers to conduct the mental, moral and physical education of their pupils.”

3. “The art of school management, including the best methods of government and instruction, shall have a prominent place in the daily exercises of said schools.”

4. “Said Normal Schools, while teaching the fundamental truths of Christianity and the great principle of morality recognized by statute, shall be free from all denominational teachings, and open to persons of different religious connections on terms of entire equality.”

LOCATION

Machias, the shire town of Washington county, is situated on the river of the same name, at the head of navigation. The town occupies both sides of the river, and is practically in the middle of
the county, being thirty-f1ve miles from its western border, and forty-five miles from Calais and Eastport on its eastern border.

The town was founded in 1763, When sixteen settlers came from Scarborough (Maine) attracted by the heavy wooded tracts of land and water-power in the neighborhood. Mills were erected and the village was in a flourishing condition when the first mutterings of the Revolutionary War were heard.

Being the easternmost settlement in the colonies, it attracted the attention of the Loyalist party of Nova Scotia, and was, during most of the war, an object of attack.

The first actual encounter occurred on June 12, 1775, two months after Lexington and Concord, and a week before Bunker Hill. The British sloop-of-war, Margaretta, which was engaged in convoying two vessels, for the purpose of loading lumber for the use in the British barracks in Boston, was overhauled and captured in Machias Bay. The attack was made by a band from the town armed with pitchforks, scythes and a few muskets, and the British commander and seven of his men were killed.

Machias portion continued

This encounter, the first marine conflict of the war, called by Cooper, the “Lexington of the Sea” has been officially recognized A by Congress, in the naming of a gunboat “Machias” and a torpedo
boat destroyer “O’Brien,” for the town, and the heroic leader of the expedition, respectively.

The train service is excellent, allowing travel to all points on the railroad and making Machias easily accessible from any part of the state.

The town has four churches, each having a regular pastor, housed in substantial church edifices as follows: Congregational, Methodist Episcopal, Universalist and Roman Catholic.

The educational advantages of Machias are second to none in eastern Maine. There is a complete system of graded schools, occupying eight school buildings: and a well appointed High School
with English, Commercial and Classical courses of four years.

The town has an excellent Public Library, housed in a fine granite building, the gift of a former resident, Henry H. Porter, Esq., of Chicago. Normal School students are always Welcome.

Students in Attendance at 1919 Summer School

Ruby Antone, Pembroke                Doris Kelley, Dennysville

Marguerite Bartlett, Bangor            Eloise Lewis, Machias

Edith Beckett, Calais                      Ruth MacDonald, Bangor

Agnes Berry, Jacksonville              Virginia Maker, East Jonesport

Evelyn Carter, West Pembroke      Nora Malkson, Waite 

Helen Crowley, Lubec                   Laura Mann, Shapleigh 

Helen L. Crowley, Wytopitlock      Helen McAdam, Calais 

Arnald Day, Wesley                      Gertrude McGuire, Machias 

Lucetta Doore, Bradford                Florence McLain, Milltown

Mattie Dorr, Columbia Falls       Gertrude McKinney, Fort Fairfield

Lena Dwelley, East Machias          Florence Nash, Winter Harbor

Ellen Dyer, Eastbrook                    Florence Nash, Machias

Lola Dyer, Franklin                       Hulda Parsons, Bangor

Carolyn Erskine, Bangor               Sherman Phinney, Calais

Alice Faulkingham, W. Jonesport        Lena Shaw, Harrington

Ethel Friend, Etna                          Velma Shea, Cherryfield

Adelaide Fryer, Cooper                  Benjamin Smith, Calais

Leonice Gooch, Jacksonville           Donald Smith, Calais

Hattie Gordon, East Franklin           Irma Smith, Dennysville

Doreen Gregory, Calais                  Louise Smith, Dennysville 

Clara Guptill, Machiasport              Marian Smith, Dennysville

Anna Guptill, Addison                    Lula Spurling, Gouldsboro

Blanche Hallowell, Dennysville      Anna Swett, Machias

Helena Hallowell, Dennysville        Edna Sylvia, Dennysville

Marjorie Harvell, Robbinston          Leitha Temple, Birch Harbor

Vivian Hasty, Machias                   Helen Wass, Harrington 

Doris Hatch, East Sullivan              Julia Wass, Harrington

Eva Hockenhull, Fort Fairfield          Bertha Wheeler, Etna

Gladys Holmes, East Machias         Ottillie Wilkinson, Gouldsboro

Helena Hopkins, West Jonesport    Elizabeth Fisher, Fort Fairfield

Lena Hopkinson, Fort Fairfield       Elizabeth Campbell, Cherryfield

Edna Joy, Gouldsboro                   Mabel Dennett, Bangor 

Julia Joy, Addison                         Lelia Guptill, Machiasport

Leola Joy, Addison                        Vivian Kyle, Mattawamkeag

Officers of the Alumni Association

President, Raymond Nass, 1918, Columbia Falls

Vice-President, Leon Rockwell, 1919, Columbia Falls

Sec’y-Treas., Florence Mealy, 1919, Machias

Historian, Emily Longfellow Heaton, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts

Graduates of the Washington State Normal School, Machias, Maine

Class of 1912.  First Class

• Harriet Boles, married Eugene W. Hume. Teaching in Junior High School, Calais. Home address, Calais.
• Annie Burns, Government Clerk, Washington, D. C. Home address, Machias.
• Belle Dennison, Teaching in Skowhegan. Home address, Cutler.
• Ethel Frost, Teaching in Perry. Home address, Perry.
• Helen Hannah, married Ralph W. Emerson, two children.  Home address, Jonesport.
• Foster L. Higgins, married Ada Moan of class of 1912, twin sons. Supt. of Schools, Mars Hill, Blaine and Bridgewater District. Home address, Mars Hill.
• Ethel B. Holway, Teaching in Brewer. Home address, Machiasport
• Adelaide MacEacharn, Teaching in Lincoln. Home address, Machias.
• Ruth Marston, married Vaughn E. Roney, three sons. Home address, Ashland.
• Lottie McDevitt, married David C. Monohon. Teaching in Cherryfield. Home address, Cherryfield.
• Bessie McElwee, married George Bowles, two children. Home address, Calais.
• Sarah McFarland, Teaching in Milltown. Home address, Milltown.
• Elsie Means, married Carroll C. Gardner. Home address, Eastport.
• Ada Moan, married Foster L. Higgins of class of 1912, twin sons. sHome address, Mars Hill.
• Katherine Morang, married George F. Kelley, Jr., three sons. Home address, Boston, Massachusetts
• Catherine Morrison, married William Bishop. Home address, Presque Isle.
• Florence Phelan, Having a year’s rest. Home address, Calais.
• Mina Roberts, married Walter Bishop, two children. Home address, Caribou.
• Hattie Snell, married Dr. W. J. Gilbert. Home address, Calais.
• Susie Stevens, married John J. Rouke. Home address, Montpelier, Vermont.
• Florence K. Vose, Teaching in Machias. Home address, Machias.

• Martha Whelan, married Aubrey Gould, one child. Home address, Lake View.
• John White, Teaching High School in Addison. Home address, Jonesport, R. F. D. 

Class of 1913. Second Class.

• Ruth Bridgham, married Hazen R. Libby, one daughter. Home address, Bangor.
• Hugh Drisko, Columbia Falls. Deceased.
• Minnie Gillis, Principal Junior High School in Woodland. Home address, Calais.
• Lulu Hall, Machias, deceased.
• Raymond Hall, Lumbering, Whiting. Home address, Whiting.
• Mildred Harvey, married Harold Roney. Home address, Cottage Farms, Cape Elizabeth.
• Ephraim Johnson, Machias. Deceased.
• Edna Leighton, married Maurice E. Worcester. Teaching in Harrington. Home address, Columbia.
• Hazel Mahar, Teaching in Lubec. Home address, Lubec.
• [Printer missed the name and part of the employer's name] & Shoe Co., Bangor. Home address, Brewer.
• Lizzie McGuire, Teaching in Machias, Home address, Machias.
• Neil Maclauchlan, married Eleanor Walker. Teaching in Cranberry Isle. Home address, Machias.
• Ethel McPherson, Teaching in Jonesport. Home address, Calais.
• Dwight Meserve, Machias. Deceased.
• Anna Murphy, Teaching in Eastport. Home address, Eastport.
• Lucy Nash, Teaching in Columbia. Home address, Addison.
• Genevieve O’Donnell, Teaching in Machias. Home address, Machias.
• Roberta Puffer, Teaching in Hopedale, Massachusetts. Home address, Columbia.
• Mildred Ramsdell, widow of Wilson Fernald, one son. Teaching in Columbia. Home address, Columbia.
• Mertie Ramsdell, married Milton P. Frye. Home address, Harrintgon.
• Lillian Reynolds, Teaching in North Lubec. Home address, Lubec.
• Willie Rockwell, married Maude E. Coffin, Teaching Government School at Fort McKinley. Home address, Portland. 
• Ethel Rollins, married Howard R. Houston, one daughter. Home address, North Jay.
• Emily Searway, married Nelson A. Remick. Home address, Reading, Massachusetts.
• Marcia Small, Bucks Harbor, deceased.

• Lucy Thompson, married Richard Dodge, one son. Home address, Orono.

Class of 1914.  Third Class.

• Elizabeth Albee, Having a year’s rest. Home address, East Machias.
• Frances Atwater, Teaching in Bangor. Home address, Jonesport.
• Verna Brown, Teaching in Wilmington, Delaware. Home address, not known.
• Minerva E. Davis, Teaching in Cutler. Home address, Cutler.
• Lucy Guptill, married Hammond Flynn, one son. Home address, Machias.
• Grace Hobart, married Caleb T. Tracey, one son. Home address, Mt. Desert.
• Harriette Holway, Clerk in American Express Office, Bath. Home address, Machias.
• Esther Kilby, Teaching in Milton, Massachusetts. Home address, Dennysville.
• Vera Loring, Teaching in Cutler. Home address, Perry.
• Clara McEacharn, Teaching in Bangor. Home address, Machias.
• Emma S. Perry, married William. G. Means, Jr. Home address, Machias.
• Nora Plummer, Government Clerk, Washington, D. C. Home address, Harrington.
• Iva Ramsdell, Principal Junior High School, Georgetown, Connecticut.  Home address, Lubec.
• Statira Roberts married Reynold Thompson. Home address, Dexter.
• Harold Roney, married Mildred Harvey. In iron and steel business. Home address, Cape Elizabeth.
• Mary Vose, Teaching in Bangor. Home address, Bangor.
• Blanche Whitney, Teaching in Hopedale Massachusetts. Home address, Jonesboro.
• Hazel Wilson, Teaching in Deblois. Home address, Deblois.

Class of 1915. Fourth Class

• Isabelle Abernethy, married Verner T. Brown, one son. Home address, West Pembroke.
• Gladys L. Allan, Teaching in Presque Isle. Home address, Columbia.
• Mildred Babb, married George F. Marston. Home address Jonesboro.
• Genesta Beal, Teaching in Addison. Home address, Jonesport.

• Carrie Bell, Helping teacher in Marion. Home address, Edmunds.
• Ava Davis, married Stillman Ray. Home address, South Boston, Massachusetts.
• Ethel Dorr, Teaching in Clifton. Home address, Columbia Falls.
• Ralph Foss, Postal Employee, Machias. Home address, Machias.
• Alta Grant, married James. G. Sproul, one daughter. Home address, Cherryfield.
• Grace Harmon, Teaching in Greenville Junction. Home address, Machias.
• Mildred Huntley, Teaching in Georgetown, Connecticut. Home address, Machias.
• Carolyn Leighton, married Gordon McCabe. Home address, Machias.
• Emily Longfellow, married Isaac Heaton, Jr. Home address, Machias.
• Gertrude McGuire, Teaching in Machias. Home address, Machias.
• Arden McEacharn, married Marion Rogers. Teaching in Machias High School. Home address, Machias.
• Edith McRae, married Ralph C. Hobart. Home address, Dennysville.
• Florence M. Mealy, Teaching in Model School, Machias. Home address, Machias.
• Doris Moore, married Harold E. Dennison. Home address, Trescott. 
• Grace Morrison, married Warren M. Hill. Home address, Machias.
• Merle Norton, Teaching in Deblois. Home address, Deblois.
• Ira Noyes, Employed in Hopedale, Massachusetts. Home address, Jonesboro.
• Lena Oakes, married Clayton E. Lorrey, two children. Home address, Deblois.
• Grace O’Donnell, Teaching in Model School, Machias. Home address, Machias.
• Alma Parker, Eastport, deceased.
• Ida Peterson, Teaching in Patten. Home address, Columbia Falls.
• Grace Reed, Teaching in Bangor. Home address, Bangor.
• Adelaide Sargent, Teaching in Augusta. Home address Machias.
• Hazel Tracy, Teaching in Dexter. Home address, Cherryfield.
• Merle Trecartin, married Clarence Kelley. Home address, Lubec.

Class of 1916. Fifth Class

• Lena Beverly, married Robert L. McCammon, one daughter. Home address, Rutland, Vermont.

• Winnifred Beverly, married Frank W. Haines. Home address, Dexter.
• Kathryn Black married Roland E. Stevens, one son. Home address, Ellsworth.
• Vena Burritt, married Harold O. Plummer, one daughter. Home address, Harrington.
• Alice Clark
• Laura Colwell, Teaching in Skowhegan. Home address, Princeton.
• Doris Damon, married C. M. Morgan, one daughter. Home address, Caribou.
• Verna Lingley, Married Pearl Robertson, two children. Home address, Bangor.
• Helen MacDonald, married Walter H. Godsoe. Home address, Milo.
• Elizabeth Macomber, Teaching in Skowhegan. Home address, Seal Harbor.
• Blanche Mallar, Teaching in Lincoln. Home address, Machias.
• Ena Myers, married Noel D. Godfrey. Home address, New London, Connecticut.
• Pearl Olsen, Teaching in Troy, New Hampshire.  Home address, East Machias.
• Nettie Perry, Teaching in Brewer. Home address, Machias.
• Jeanie Sanborn. Home address, Machias.
• Ralph White, married Christine A. Beal, one son. Teaching in Milbridge. Home address, Jonesboro.
• Holt Whitney, Salesman for American Clothing Co., Portland. Home address, Jonesboro.

Class of 1917. 6th Class

• Lida Armstrong, Teaching in East Machias. Home address, Machias.
• Jessie Ayer, Teaching in Lee. Home address, Charlotte.
• Agnes Boyd, married Daniel A. Burns. Home address, Lubec.
• Louise Buckman, Teaching in Presque Isle. Home address, Eastport.
• Lewis Carter, Teaching in S. Gardiner. Home address, Pembroke.
• Arnold Day, Teaching in Monticello. Home address, Wesley.
• Gertrude Driscoll, married Earl L. Ormsby, one child. Home address Brunswick.
• Celia Emerson, married Elton Small. Home address, Bucks Harbor.
• Lelia Emerson, Teaching in Woodland. Home address, Bucks Harbor.
• Florence Gardner, Clerking in Machias. Home address, Machias.

• Horace Grant, married Elizabeth Dalby, Teaching in Hartford,Connecticut. Home address, Hartford, Connecticut.
• Frederick W. Hayford, Principal, “Parting Ways School”, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Home address, Milbridge.
• Ivan C. Huntley, Teaching in Madawaska Training School, Fort Kent. Home address, Machias.
• Chester Love, Teaching in Milltown Grammar School. Home address, Red Beach.
• Verna McCann, Helping Teacher in Princeton Union. Home address, Princeton.
• Vivian Moholland, married Joseph A. White. Teaching in Brewer. Home address, Bangor.
• Nona Myers, Teaching in Lubec. Home address, Lubec.
• Charles Norton, Asst. Manager Shoe Department, Sawyer Boot
• Lawrence Norton, Principal High School at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.  Home address, Jonesport.
• Phebe Norton, Jonesport, deceased.
• Augustine O’Donnell, Teaching in Madawaska Training School, Fort Kent. Home address, Machias.
• Evelyn Parker, Teaching in Augusta. Home address, Gardiner.
• Edith Poore, Teaching in Livermore Falls. Home address, Robbinston.
• Helen Sprague, Teaching in Woodland. Home Address, Woodland.
• Fred A. Tarbox, Teaching in Higgins Classical Institute, Charleston. Home address, Calais.
• Annie Topolosky, Teaching in Woodland. Home address, Woodland.
• Homer Worcester, Just released from Navy. Home address, Columbia.

Class of 1918 7th Class

• Lucia E. Crane, married John R. Salter. Home address, Cambridge, Massachusetts. One daughter.
• Ruth Davis, Teaching in Augusta. Home address, Cutler.
• Ada Elsemore, married Carroll B. Mayhew. Home address, East Machias.
• Genevieve Healy, Teaching in Eastport. Home address, Eastport.
• Everett S. Higgins, married L. Grace Trecartin, one daughter. Principal, Academy at Bridgewater. Home address, Bridgewater.
• Charles Hulbert, married Vincie Bunker, three children, Supt. of Schools in Upton District. Home address Upton.
• Carrie M. Longfellow, Teaching in Franklin. Home address, Machias.
• Vivian A. Look, Teaching in Ellsworth, Home address, Jonesboro.
• Emma H. Mallar, Teaching in Augusta, Home address, Machias.

• Myra Morris, married Clarence Drisko, Home address, Machias
• Edith Perry, Teaching in Brewer. Home address, Machias.
• Leah Ramsdell, Attending U. of M., Home address, Lubec.
• Celia Small, Teaching in Sullivan, Home address, Milbridge.
• Mabel Small, Attending U. of M., Home address, Milbridge.
• Louise Vose, Teaching in Model School, Machias, Home address, Machias.
• Raymond Wass, Attending U. of M., Home address, Columbia Falls.

Class of 1919. 8th Class

• Carolyn Allen, Teaching in Greenville, Home address, Columbia Falls.
• Carrie Bangs, Teaching in Woodland. Home address, Lubec.
• Esther Bowker, Teaching in Marshfield, Home address, Marshfield.
• Muriel Cleland, Teaching in Augusta, Home address, Robbinston.
• Sara Cooper, Teaching in Caribou. Home address, Machiasport.
• Mildred Drisko, Teaching in Model School, Machias. Home address, Columbia Falls.
• Mae Fanning, Teaching in Veazie. Home address, Lubec.
• Elizabeth Gillis, Teaching in Cherryfield, Home address, Calais.
• Pearl Graves, Teaching in Cherryfield. Home address, Princeton.
• Marguerite Hogan, Teaching in Eastport, Home address, Eastport.
• Mildred Lake, Teaching in Lubec, Home address, Lubec.
• Lucy Lindsey, Teaching in Steuben, Home address, East Machias
• Gertude Mahan, married Stanley N. Holbrook, Home address, Whitman, Massachusetts.
• Althea McBride, Teaching in Milo, Home address, Lubec.
• Juanita Noyes, married Alfred Bridgham, Home address, Jonesboro.
• Verner Robinson, Teaching Grammar School in Robinson, Home address, West Pembroke. [I'd think this was a typo for Robbinston, but there is a Robinson in Aroostook County, so it could well be Robinson.]
• Leon Rockwell, Principal of Winter Harbor Junior High School. Home address, Columbia Falls.
• Jessie Sadler, Teaching in Eastport, Home address, Eastport.
• Annie Small, Teaching in Lubec, Home address, Lubec.
• Leah Smith, Teaching in Westfield. Home address, Jonesport.
• Marion Stanley, Teaching in Brownville, Home address, Centerville.
• Evelyn Stevenson, Teaching in Rumford, Home address, Eastport
• Fannie Towse, Teaching in Alexander, Home address, Lubec.
• Caroline Whitten, Steuben, deceased.

Students in Attendance, 1919-1920
Celia Ackley, Cutler                      Audrey Jones, Lubec
Hazel Armstrong, Machias            Millicent Larrabee, Machias
Winnifred Bates, Princeton           Jeannette MacCarlie, Dennysville
Winnifred Beal, Jonesport             Marie Mahar, Dennysville
Mary Bray, Cherryfield                 Arline Marston, Machias
Mona Buzzell, Machias                 Florence Maynard, Machias
Edwina Cambridge, Edmunds        Helen McAdam, Calais
Thelma Clark, Pembroke               Ella Mitchell, Eastport
Alice Clarke, Machias                    Virginia Morrison, Princeton
Faye Cook, Lubec                          Anne Mowry, Lubec
Ella Cox, West Lubec                     Edith Mowry, Lubec
Emma Davis, Lubec                        Jotham Reynolds, Lubec
Anna Dresser, Milbridge                  Roswell Palmer, Jacksonville
George Drisko, Columbia Falls         Elizabeth Powers, Lubec
Iona Drisko, Addison                      Helen Ryan, Baileyville
Amy Dudley, Dennysville                Ronald Sinclair, Columbia Falls
Dorothy Dwelley, East Machias       Verniece Sinclair, Edmunds
Maude Gooch, Jacksonville              Christine Smith, Lubec
Arthur Grant, Cherryfield                 Emily Smith, Jonesboro
Marcia Grover, Crawford                 Louise Smith, Pembroke
Erma Hall, Machias                         Violet Smith, Machias
Blanche Hallowell, Edmunds            Irene Somes, Mt. Desert
Helena Hallowell, Edmunds              Gertrude Spires, Calais
Corice Harmon, East Machias           Angela Thayer, Lubec
Frances Harmon, Jonesport              Ethel Towse, Lubec
Vivian Hastey, East Machias             Verna Wallace, Crawford
Eva Higgins, Dennysville                   Lillian Walling, Machias
Gladys Holmes, East Machias           Helen Wass, Machias
Doris Hinckley, Milbridge                 Mary Wass, Machias
Helena Hinckley, Milbridge              P. Blanche Weed, Wesley
Kenneth Huckins, Lubec                  Winnifred Whalen, Eastport
Florence Hudson, Machias               Harriet Whitney, Jonesboro.
Mary Huntley, Harrington

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