Union church was built in the village in 1840-41. It was built by
Hale Parkhurst, Rufus Burnham, M. D., and Samuel Kelley, for the
Universalist Society. Failing to receive the necessary support, it
was sold by them to whomsoever wished to own a pew, regardless of the
religious society to which they belonged; neither did it matter if
they did not belong to any. The name was changed to Union church. The
steeple was put in place by Jacob Taber, Jefferson Bartlett, Hezekiah
Rackliff and Noah Linscott. In the sixties it was repaired and a bell
purchased. Nelson Dingley, Jr., presented the present pulpit, Sprague
and James Adams of Bangor the chandelier. Within a few years the
building has been shingled and a weather vane has been placed upon the
spire. It has been painted inside and out, a furnace has been placed in
the basement, seats furnished with new cushions, floors carpeted, and
several memorial windows added. These improvements have largely been
accomplished by the efforts of the Ladies’ Aid Society, to whom the
credit should be given.
Unity, Me., Oct. 5, 1900.
_To Paul F. Foss, a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County of Waldo, State of Maine_:
The undersigned, who are all of lawful age and owners of pews in Union
church, in Unity village, being desirous of calling a legal meeting of
said owners, in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Statutes,
Chap. 12, Sec. 34, request you to issue your warrant to one of them,
directing him to notify the other applicants to meet at some proper
place, to be expressed in said warrant, on the 27th day of October,
1900, for the purpose of reorganizing said Union church, by choosing a
clerk and other needful parish officers, and performing any business
that may lawfully come before said meeting.
Signed by Charles Taylor, H. B. Rice, J. R. Taber, C. E. Mitchell, A.
R. Myrick, W. H. Rolfe, and J. E. Cook, M. D.
State of Maine, Waldo Co., S.S. L.S.
_W. H. ROLFE_, GREETING:
Pursuant to the foregoing application, you are hereby directed in the
name of the State of Maine to notify the persons whose names appear
thereon as applicants to meet at the said Union church in Unity, in
said county of Waldo, on the 27th day of October, A. D. 1900, at ten
o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose mentioned, made a part of this
warrant, on the outer door of said Union church, and in the postoffice
in said Unity, and to publish in some newspaper published in said
county of Waldo, three weeks at least before said meeting. Hereof, fail
not and make your return of your doing thereon. Given under my hand and
seal this 5th day of October, 1900.
PAUL F. FOSS, _Justice of the Peace_.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of application, warrant,
and notice of said meeting is hereby given.