The Unity Centennial has long since passed. More than a hundred and
thirty years have gone by since Ware and Carter tramped through the
forest and began their little settlement. The forests have gone, few
traces are left of the rude beginnings from which our town was shaped,
the twentieth century is all around us.
A stranger passing through our town sees everywhere evidences of skill
and prosperity, fine farm buildings, carefully cultivated acres,
up-to-date machinery, good roads. Everything is well kept. It speaks
of New England order and thrift. It suggests wholesome, wide-awake men
and women. In the village a broad, level, straight street, shaded by
noble trees, extends the entire length. The streets are lighted with
electricity, there are telephones and electricity within the homes. Old
homes are here, built nearly a hundred years ago, with broad fronts
and colonial doorways, suggestive of early days when the home was the
center of all social life; trim, modern homes are found, too, better
suited to the needs of the modern family. Within the limits of the
village are twelve stores, a church, high school building, bank, hotel,
central telephone station, two public garages, blacksmith, tin and
shoe shops, two steam mills, two creameries, corn factory, grist mill,
and two large public halls. Property values have increased rapidly in
the last few years. Many strangers have found homes among us and have
received a genuine welcome. They have found our people honest, upright
and industrious.
Transportation and mail service is no longer a problem. The rural free
delivery visits all parts of the town. Automobiles for business or
pleasure are at one’s call. The railroad affords quick transportation
for all products with three daily trains to Boston. This is the Unity
of 1916.
Our town has an honorable past, a prosperous present, its future will
be as broad and worthy as the vision of its citizens permits.