WORDS TO LIVE BY
The William Nickerson memorial in Chatham, Massachusetts, has the
following words inscribed:
He who has no feelings of veneration for his predecessors
should expect none from those who follow him.
The 120th annual reunion will be held Saturday,
August 22, at noon, at Beaver Lodge in Union, Maine. Although several of
us agree that we should look for a new spot, this is the same place we have
been for the past several years. Again, bring your own food and one
thing to share. There is a large porch and swimming facilities for those
who wish.
Last year’s reunion [the 119th] was sparsely attended. There seems to be all manner
of reasons given for poor attendance - perhaps one is the comparative
difficulty in finding Beaver Lodge. It was an overcast day but we did feel
that the 35 people who attended represented quality even if we did not
represent quantity. Our oldest was Harold Kalloch, age 92, and our
youngest was William Edward Morgan, 2½. Dorothy Pearson traveled the longest -
from Florida; Glennys and Floyd Gross were married longest - 57 years. The
coffeepot yielded $167. The officers are: Dean Mayhew, President; Eleanor
Johnson, Vice President; Donna Perry, Secretary; Hazel Hills, Assistant
Secretary; Paul Merriam, Treasurer; Doris Merriam, Chaplain; and Peter
Richardson, Historian.
A suggestion was made that we include information on accommodations in the
area. I did this several years ago and got no response but thanks to
Hazel Hills I am again giving a list of suggestions. BUT you must REMEMBER
that August is prime tourist time in Maine and you have to PLAN AHEAD.
Bed and
Breakfast |
Motels |
Hamilton
Homestead |
Yankee Traveler
Motel |
Camden’s Quarters |
Camden Hills
Motor Lodge |
Old Granite inn |
The Ledges |
American Bed &
Breakfast |
Trade Winds Motor
Inn |
Camping |
Inns |
Mic Mac Cove |
The East Wind |
Rockland Area
Chamber of Commerce |
100 YEARS AGO
The 1887 reunion was held at Mclntire’s Grove, Rockport, presided over by Pres. B. K. Kalloch. Remarks were made by the Rev. Mr. Leach, H. Ingraham, G.W. Kalloch, J.L. Kalloch, F.S. Kalloch. They voted to hold the next reunion at Crescent Beach in South Thomaston and ended saying, “all agreed that this, gathering though not so large as some had been a pleasant one.”
TREASURER’S REPORT (Paul Merriam, 72 Mechanic Street, Rockland 04841)
Receipts from Coffeepot,
Newsletter Donations, and Interest and Balance: |
$813.79 |
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$89.12 |
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267.12 |
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Balance |
$546.67 |
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Historian Account: |
$244.61 |
Contributors since 1986: |
Raymond Oxton |
Mitchell Kalloch |
SAM KALLOCH MEMORIAL FUND UPDATE
After discussion at the reunion it was voted to give accumulated interest each
year from our account and donations given in memory of Sam Kalloch to a
deserving graduate of the high school in Thomaston, preferably someone
connected to the Kalloch family. Since the summer we have also received
a donation from Sam’s daughter, Joan Freeze, and will be able to give at least
$60. Charlene Black and Paul Merriam will be contacting the school for a
suitable recipient.
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OBITUARIES Stanley Kalloch died September 18, 1986, in Port St.
Lucie, Florida. He was the son
of Arthur and Dora Kalloch and a longtime resident of Thomaston, having
retired
from the Armour Meat Company in 1969. I met Stanley for the first time
when
began coming to reunions some ten years ago and discovered that Alexander
Kalloch was our immediate ancestor, so we were quite close cousins. I had
missed
him at recent reunions and extend sympathy to Mrs. Kalloch and his family.
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NOTEWORTHY
Donna Perry writes that her cousin, Aaron E. Kalloch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kalloch
of Machias, has been accepted to West Point after an outstanding career as a
scholar and athlete at Machias Memorial High School. I am only about an
hour’s drive from West Point and hope that Aaron will want a visit from a
shirt-tail relative, as I would love a tour with a cadet! West Point is
situated in a spectacular setting on the Hudson River; not too long ago I went
on a quest to find Custer’s burial spot in the West Point cemetery after
reading a book about him.
WESTBROOK COLLEGE UPDATE
Before the reunion Charlene Black and I went to visit Dorothy Healy, the
curator of the Maine Women Writers’ Collection at Westbrook College in
Portland, to discuss the possibility of placing our Kalloch record book in the
collection. Since Edna St. Vincent Millay was of the Kalloch clan and
certainly one of the best-known Maine women writers, they would be willing to
give a spot to the record book for safekeeping. However, at the reunion
we came to the conclusion that it was not wise for future genealogical seekers
to have one book at the college and everything else with Peter Richardson, so
we are not going to give the book to the library. It was, however,
pleasant and interesting to meet with Ms. Healy. It is of interest also
that Peter was contacted by a New York City lawyer when Norma Millay Ellis
died; the lawyer was seeking information on family. I wonder how he
found Peter? Perhaps he came across one of our newsletters which were sent
yearly to Norma.
CORRESPONDENCE
Thelma Kalloch Bennett wrote me a nice note from Florida thanking me and
my cousin, Elaine Stewart, for the newsletter and reporting that Augusta
Kalloch Christie had been a good friend of hers.
Dottie Blackman responded to an earlier request for family information with
the following: John Blackman’s son, David, married Ruth Elizabeth Putney (b.
8/30/58) in Syracuse, NY on June 13, 1981. First child: Christina Dawn
Blackman, was born.
Flora Kalloch Peavey wrote that last July she won the Silver Poet Award and
was presented with an award at a gala in Orlando, Florida. She included a “30
Years Ago’ article from the “Fort Fairfield Review” of July 9, 1986: Mrs.
Walter Christie, president of Maine WCTU announced her organization in
cooperation with the Governor’s Committee on Highway Safety was sponsoring
safe driving week and adopting the slogan - Arrive Alive: Don’t Drink and
Drive. (Ed. Note: Wasn’t she ahead of her time?) The local senior citizens
publication featured Flora and her diary, which she has kept since age 15 and
noted that she is in the Senior Hall of Fame in Everett, Washington for saving
the lives of a woman and little boy and helping to pay bills for those less
fortunate.
Mary Crocker Leno of Yucca Valley, CA sent me a list of Kallochs who have been
meeting at their own reunion for years. Mary is the great granddaughter
of Amariah Kalloch and is in contact with a bevy of Kallochs on the West Coast
who are now on our mailing list.
Margaret Bentley of Canada, first cousin to Winston Kellock, is looking for
information on her great grandfather Kellock’s brothers who went to Cushore,
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania and then to California. She has lists of
over 500 descendants of Robert Kellock (1797-1876) and Mary Ann Mackay Kellock
(1805-1874). The people she is looking for are: William (b. 1820 and went to
PA); Andrew (b. 1828); Margaret (b. 1829); Robert (b. 1830 and went to PA);
George (b. 1833); Jane (b. 1834); Julia (Bapt. 1842); Alexander (b. 1846 went
to PA); Daniel MacKay (h. 1846); Thomas (b. 1847); John Mackay (Bapt. 1840). If you have info or want to correspond with Margaret: 5527 Carriageway Ores.,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B 3K 5K 4.
ON THE TRAIL OF A KALLOCH
Another interesting story has evolved as the result of my Kalloch
newsletter. A long-time friend of mine retired when I did over a year
ago and returned to California, where he has been housesitting. Last
October he wrote me the following saga:
“Yesterday I drove into the Red Dog Cemetery (Nevada City, CA) to get the newspapers. There in front of me was ONE grave in the old and very rundown section with the name: Eunice B. Kalloch 1861-1890 - no other inscriptions and no other Kallochs. I got on the phone immediately and called the cemetery and she had me call the Nevada County Historical Society, who in turn had me call a Mr. Ed. Tyson of the Searls Library. He found her name and directed me to the County Clerk and her name was in Book 1, page 179, in the Deceased Books, recorded Nov. 1, 1890 and stating that she was a native of Pennsylvania with cause of death “Phttrisio.” (Note: The lady who helped him out had read about us in the “Yankee” Magazine.) It indicated that when she died she was 29 years, 4 months, and 21 days old, (thus having been born in 1861). This is the obituary he copied from the Nevada Daily Transcript, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1890. Mrs. Kalloch, who came here three months ago from San Francisco for the benefit of her health, and after living awhile at C.A. Pare’s house removed to the house of Mrs. Ludby on Sacramento Street, died Monday morning of consumption. She was the wife of Dr. Kalloch of the Marine Hospital at San Francisco, and he will arrive here Tuesday.
(continued)
My friend did not stop there but went to
several hotels and the historical society and the one hotel that still exists
from that date: The National Hotel. He found that the records for those
years were in storage and promised to look for them (that is a record of Dr.
Kalloch having possibly stayed there) but never got back to him, If anyone
wishes to pursue this further to find out more about Dr. Kalloch, they could
write Mr. T. Coleman, Mgr., The National Hotel1 211 Broad Street, Nevada City,
CA 95959. My friend wondered whether or not the husband (Dr. Kalloch)
could be Isaac’s son Milton. The story of Milton attacking Isaac’s
adversary Dr. Young is recorded on p. 76 of “The Townsmen,” the Time Life
series on The Old West.
Then on March 1, 1987, the San Francisco Examiner put out a Centennial edition
with pictures of past Mayors. Isaac Smith Kalloch, December 1, 1879, is listed
as the 16th Mayor of San Francisco, with a picture -- which I know can be
found in the San Francisco Library as well.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
I am personally pushing to return the reunion to the Coast of Maine, which
I find to be much more accessible and beautiful. I think the old St.
George Grange is still very suitable. We left there several years back
because it is not as large and because we were hoping people would take up the
idea of camping. Well, no one camps so I do not see why we have to go to
Beaver Lodge. Leola Robinson told me last summer that there is now a
path from the Grange down to the St. George River so children could have some
activity (if we provide a sitter); and it is near the historical First Baptist
Church of St. George, several Kalloch homesites and an historical cemetery.
Joseph Kalloch served two terms as pastor of that church. The Craignair
Inn (10 minutes away) could provide us with a buffet lunch for 80 people or a
sitdown lunch for 50 -- in either case for under $10 per person. We
could then motor back to the Grange for the meeting.
DIRECTIONS to Beaver Lodge. From the North and the Down East area
via Rt. 1, come into Belfast, take Rt. 3 exit toward Augusta (heading West). Follow At. 3 for 4 or 5 miles to Rt. 131 on the left. Take this down through
Searsmont and Appleton to At. 17 in Union. Turn left on At. 17 by the
Exxon Station. Stay on Rt. 17 for about 21/2 miles, then take the 5th
left-hand turn onto At. 235. (Kalloch signs hopefully will be placed at Rt.
235 and At. 17 Junction). Go 1½ to 2 miles on Rt. 235. As you start up a hill,
the entrance road to Beaver Lodge will be on your right -- a dirt road by a
sign that reads either “Beaver Lodge” or “Knox County Fish and Game
Association.” Continue for about a mile and you should be at Beaver Lodge.
This all may seem complicated, but It really isn’t. From the Augusta
area, take Rt. 17 and follow directions from the Rt. 131 intersection by the
Exxon Station as you enter Union. From the South, via Rt. 1 and Rt. 235,
take Rt. 236 straight through Union Common to the blinker at Rt. 17 (at
Elmer’s Restaurant), then go right on Rt. 17 and follow above directions,
except it will be the 4th left-hand turn onto Rt. 235. From the Rockland
area via Rt. 17 heading toward Union and Augusta, look for Fuller’s Trading
Post in South Hope (a general store on your right). Take the 3rd
right-hand turn after this store onto Rt. 235 and follow above directions.
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