JACKMAN'S, Somerset Co., Maine LIVE BUSINESS MEN Vol. 3 page 73 Sprague's Journal of Maine History (1915) Courtesy of David C. Young (c) 1998 by David C. Young Jackman's Live Business Men When an opportunity presents itself to give worthy publicity to a town by printer's ink its most enterprising and public spirited business men are always alert to aid it and their own individual enterprises at the same time by their advertisements. This was the case at Jackman when this special issue of the journal was sug- gested to them. Following is a list of those who have been benefited by availing themselves of this and, we can avouch for their integ- rity and square business dealings, and certify that they are THE hustling, enterprising, and REAL LIVE WIRES in the business affairs of Jackman: Nelson W. Bartley, Hotel. Dennystown Company, Groceries, etc. E. A. Piper, Real Estate. F. A. Dion, Druggist and Sporting Goods. 0. S. Patterson, Insurance. D. Hancox, Clothing and Dry Goods. Fred Pierce, jeweler. W. S. Moore, Furniture and Undertaker. A. G. Crawford, Day and Night Restaurant. Albert Loubier, Restaurant. Joseph J. Nichols, jeweler. Medie Rancout, Barber Shop. D. C. Pierce, Deputy Sheriff. Arthur Rodrique, Photographer. W. L. Anderson, Lawyer. C. H. Mills, Lawyer. W. F. Jude, Lawyer. Arthur Cathcart, Autos. Harry Stillwell, Harnesses and Picture House. J. A. Bulmer, Garage. Thomas Vintinner, General Store. Edlord Fournier, Fruit Stand and Picture I-louse. J. S. Williams, Blacksmith and Cant Dogs. L. R. Moore, Restaurat James Sands, Restaurant and Dealer in Furs. T. A. Murtha, Hotel. George Blais, Barber Shop. Fred Henderson, Heald Pond Camps. Harry A. Young, Carpenter and 'Contractor. E. A. Henderson, Wood Pond Camps. Henry P. McKenney, Lake Parlin Hotel and Camps. The Catholic Church and Its Schools At the Jackman Station Village are St. Anthony's church, the Sacred Heart Convent and the St. Anthony Parochial School, the result of the zealous and indefatigable labors of its pastor the Rev. Joseph V. Forest, P. P., who came here in 1892. Rev. Father Forest is a native of Canada and was educated in the Assumption College at Montreal. Prior to his coming here the Catholics had only received occasional visits from Canadian priests. In the first years his pastorate duties extended over a very large territory embracing all of northern Somerset, Greenville and the entire region to the Canada line. The church was built in 1893. The Convent, which is a magnificent granite building of four stories 65 feet on the street and 55 feet back, was built in 1907. The parochial school building of three stories, sixty feet in width and seventy-eight feet in length, was completed in 1912 and an annex for boys to it in 1914. Two hundred and fifty scholars are in regular attendance, some of them from many parts of Maine, and one hundred and twenty-five them board at the Convent. At the Convent are sixteen sisters presided over by Mother Superior Mary Phillippine from the St. Joseph Sisters of Lyons, France, who are the teachers in the school, In the parish comprising Jackman and the surrounding plantations and settlements about 175 families are communicants of the St. Anthony church. ABRAM NEWTON 75 Abram Newton was born October 10 1863, at Dennystown Plantation, and was the eldest son of Horatio and Luretta Newton. His early life was passed on the farm, with school privilege of only a very few weeks each year, the nearest schoolhouse being about five miles away. At fourteen years of age he secured his first employment as a "swamper" in the lumber woods and for several succeeding winters followed the different occupations incident to the logging operations, and in the Spring and Summer was engaged in driving the logs down the different streams and rivers in northern Maine. When nineteen years old he became foreman in the woods and also on the drive. For a period of nine years he was a foreman, being employed by the late Omer Clark and Ed. P. Page in that capacity. He shortly afterward entered into a contract to cut and haul logs for Brown & Allen of Greenville, Maine, having associated himself as a partner, with Henry L. Colby of Jackman, Me. For the succeeding period of eleven years the firm engaged in lumber operating for Lawrence Brothers of South Gardiner; the South Gardiner Lumber Co., the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co. and others. In 1897 Mr. Newton was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs under President McKinley and held the position until his resignation in, 1914. In addition to his duties as Customs Collector, 'he was actively engaged as a lumber operator, having several important contracts with the Great Northern Paper Company, covering a period of several years. Mr. Newton's marked ability as a timber estimator has been recognized by many important timberland owners for several years and he has been a member of commissions at different times whose duty it was to determine the value and quantities of available timber on many large tracts, not only in Maine but in several of the Southern and Middle western states. He is now the owner of large interests and holdings in both Maine and. Canadian timberlands. He has always had the best interests of Jackman at heart and has been honored many times by its citizens who recognize his ability and sound business judgment. In politics he has always been a Republican and would doubtless have been elected a member of the last Legislature from this class, but business matters prevented him from becoming a candidate. Mr. Newton is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Guilford Trust Company and has been such ever since the Greenville branch was established. In September of last year he entered upon his duties as General Manager of the woods department for the Jackman Lumber Company and occupies that position at the present time. ************ For images of people that go with the above story see: Courtesy of David C. Young and the Androscoggin Historical Society (c)1998 * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. 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