Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-10-19
FROM BAR HARBoR.
Y. w. G. A. Organized Choral Society
Elects Officers Late Iocals

| association. The officers are: Mrs. Har
riet II Jordan, president; Mrs. b. c.
Langstroth, treasurer; Harriet Il. Jordan,
Lena III. Lyman, Sarah Richards, Emma
II. Kingsley, Eta Roberts, Kate B Smith,
Harriette B. III den. p. Evangeline Cheney,
Bertha G. Langstroth, directors.
board of trustees wss elected as fol-
lows: b. l.. Hsdiey, William Jay
Sehieffeiin, Judge B. e. Clerk, Alexander
Maitland, Harriet E Jordan.
The association has leased for one year
the cottage of Samuel j. Clement on
| Main street, and the work OF the winter
| will be taken up at once. Miss Book
waiter, the general secretary of the 1880
citation, has arrived aud has begun her
| duties.
TIE work OF the new association will be
along the general lines OF the Young
Mems Christian association. One after
noon aud evening OF each week the gym
nssium OF the Y. NJ. z. A. Will be reserved
for the use of the young women.
The regular annual meeting of the Bar
Bsrbor choral society was held at the
high school room on Wednesday evening
of last week. Mrs. b. Z. Reynolds, one
OF the vice presidents, presided in the alb
sence OF the president, Frank f. Whit
more.
The following officers we're elected !:
Frank e. whitmore, president; Mrs.
b. G. Reynolds, first vice president;
Mrs. Edward ). Clark, second vice presi
dent; Mits Ole ~. Ash, secretary; G..
Prescott Cleaves, treasurer; NJ & Runsey,
conductor; Miss Adeliue NJ. Bunker,
librarian. Tbs above named officers and
Harry Nj. Corners and Mrs. Charles Green
directors.
Miss Madeline Tompklns and Miss
Frances Moran we're elected to member
regular weekly reheRrsals OF the soc lei y
Wednesday evening, Oct. 10, by which
time 1t Is expected toat the new music
will arrive.
This year 1t Is planned to give concert
| during the winter, probably In January or
February. instead OF late In the spring as
| has been the custom In past years.
The concert given last August was so
successful hat mid summer concert will
be given again next year. II is expected
that several members OF the society will
attend the concert to be giyen at Bangor,
Thursday evening OF this week.
The funera, services OF Edgar l.. Rob-
erts were held at the Congregational
church last Wednesday afternoon, Rev.
Angus MscDonsId officiating. The service
was In charge OF Bar Hsrbor lodge F. and
A. M, OF which Mr.. Roberts was a mem
bee. Tue deceased WAS slso an Odd Fell
low and member of James NJ. Parker
post. G. A. Il.
The bearers were from the masonic fra.
ternity aud were; b. s. Higgins, ID. A.
Bunker, Charles E. Southland, B. E. Whit
ney, George w. Austin.
Music was rendered by a quartette
composed OF Mrs. ID. Wellington Bunker,
Miss Cisrice Getehell, Richard II. Kidder
and G. Prescott Cleaves.
The masonic service for the burial OF
the dead was conducted at the grave.
| The interment was at the new Ledgelawn
cemetery.
court, listened to an assault and battery
case last Thursday brought by William
L. Warren against Augustus Small, both
of Otter Creek.
The assault complained Of took place In
the main road in Otter Creek, and while
the evidence was very conflicting, the
! judge held that Small was guilty, and
fined him e and costs.
Bar Harbor people are expecting to see g
good foot ball game Saturday afternoon
when the local Y. NJ. G. A. team lines ur
against the Old Tt wn high school eleven
| Rev. Stephen II. Green, rector OF ST.
Saviour's Episcopal church, is in Boston
church. On Wednesday Mr. Green, ac-
compsnied by his two daughters, Misses
Charlotte and Faith Green, sail for Eng
land for short stay.
Mrs. Smith, accompanied by her two
children, has arrived in Bar Harbor from
the Philippines where her husband Is in
the employ of the government. Mrs
Smith Is visiting her parents, A. L. Zig
gins and wife.
MAINE CENTRAL BUYS DOCKS
Acquires Important Terminal Facili'
ties at Bucksport.
An important real estate deal was CLOSED
at Bucksport last Saturday. the Maine
Central railroad buying of Hon. Parker
Spofford, the steamboat wharf property
SO called, at that port. This sale includes
the wharf, dock-shed, storehouses anc
considerable adjoining land now LEASED
by the Eastern Steamship Co., and uset
by it as landing, as it has been To-
some twenty years past.
This is the principal dock property a
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