Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-24

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attract especially many OF the elderly
morning OF evening meeting.
In making up the list Of social COM
mittees of the Congregational society the
following names were inadvertently
omitted by the committee in charge:
From the February committee, Mrs.
Harry L. Crabtree; from the March COM
mittee, Miss Annie e. Kingsbury; from
the April committee, Mrs. Maria L. Bart
lett.
Chief-Justice L. A. Emery and wife
left yesterday for Providence, r. T., to
spend Thanksgiving with their children
Prof. Harry G. Emery and Mrs. F. @. Al
linEon. Mrs. Emery will remain in Provi-
dencs several weeks, returning to Ellis
worth for the Christmas holidays. JUS
tice Emery will also be away until then,
in Portland, Augusta and Bangor.
A piece Of exasperating vandalism was
the recent break make at the old Cush-
man camp off the Surry road which has
been used for year or more by Rev. r. B.
Mathews. The raseals who are RESPONSE
BILE seemed more bent on destructiveness
than theft; a sample o. this was the TAX
ing from the camp OF Rochester hanging
lamp, setting it up for target and shoot
ing it full Of holes.
A rummage sale under the auspices OF the
Oak Park Lincoln street branch OF the
Village improvement society will open in
the room on the second floor Of the Greedy
building adjoining the First National
bank building, Thursday OF next week,
and continue through Friday and Sat-
urday. Contributions for the sale are
solicited; the rooms will be OPEN to re-
ceive them on Wednesday afternoon pre-
ceding the sale.
An interesting recital was given last
Monday evening at Mrs. H. G. Hatheway's
rooms at F. H. Osgood's with the follow
ing program: Talk on Germany, Miss
Elizabeth A. Silsby; piano solo, Miss
Charlotte Hopkins, of Bangor; recitations
in German, Margaret Hall, Hazel Giles,
Helen Shute, Norris Hodgkins; piano
solo, Sara Osgood; piano solo, Hazel
Holmes; duet, Mrs. Hathaway and Muriel
Byard; piano duet, Miss Hopkins and
Mrs. Hathaway.
The social and sale Of the Thursday club
at the vestry of the Congregational church
last evening was success socially and fl
nancially. The following ladies presided:
| At the candy table-Mrs. FL. l.. Crabtree,
Misses Annie l.. Lord, Ruth Goodwin; !;
| apron table Miss Eva Aiken, Mrs. H. F.
| Whitcomb; fancy table-Mrs. o. w. Tap
| ley, Mrs. H. NJ. Hall; cooked food table
Mrs. P. j. Phillips, Mrs. Roy G. Goodwin,
Mrs. F. O. Silsby, Mrs. F. III. Mcfarland.
| Refres Aineus committee: Mrs. 4. Monroe
Dorr, Mrs. NJ. Y. McGown, Mrs. G. H.
Vose. Miss Mary Holmes. Mrs. R. B.
Mathews, collector. F. Carroll Burrill
sold at auction several pound pack
ages, which caused much amusement.
During the evening there was music by
Misses Hazel Giles, Annie l.. Lord and
Bernice Dorr.
County Supply Co.'s store one day re-
Gently, T.. F. Giles found an old e fiat
horn on which was engraved; "Made by
Graves & Co., of Boston, for the Ellsworth
Brass Band" C. E. Monaghan identified
it as the horn which Col. John T. Whit
comb used to play in the Ellsworth band
before the Civil war. The horn was
returned to Col. Whitcomb, VINO had
years ago given it up as lost, and he
treasures it now as rare end. Among
the other players in the famous old Ellis
worth band who still preserve their in
struments are Edmund Boasey, E. k.
Hopkins and Henry L. Moor. This band
was famous throughout the State in its
day The Instruments bought when
the band was organized cost St,145,
and the money for them was raised by
subscriptions in a few hours among the
business men of the city.