Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-01-04

OF Bar Harbor, were guests Of Mrs. e. j.
Walsh last week. They came up to attend
the party given by the Village improve
ment society last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Amos Blackington and son, Of At
tleboro, Mass, were New Years guests Of
Assistant Postmaster L. F. Higgins and
wife. They arrived Saturday and re-
turned Monday.
Officers OF Acadia Royal Arch chapter
have been elected as follows: G. B..
Stuart, H. p; w. T. Doyle, king; J. A.
Haynes, scribe; F. c. Burrill, treasul er; H.
E. Rowe, secretary; Harvard Z. Jordan, @.
of H.; Thomas e. Hale, P. s.; II. A. Ashe,
R. A. c.; F. c. Burrill, trustee OF masonic
hall.
The Thursday club will meet at the
home Of Mrs. g. F. Newman Thursday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock, to elect new officers
and plan work for the coming year. The
ladies of the sewing circle and all ladies Of
the Congregational parish are invited to
attend the meeting.
Officers OF Blanquefort commandery, z.
r., have been elected as follows: John o.
Whitney, E. c.; John A. Haynes, g.; Har-
ward G. Jordan, c. g.; W. B. Pierce, 9. w.;
Edgar ]. Trussell, J. W.; T. e. Hale, pre-
late; E. F. Robinson, treasurer; H. e.
Rowe, recorder; Arno W. King, trustee Of
masonic hall.
The week Of prayer is being observed by
the Ellsworth churches. This evening
and to- morrow evening the service will be
ct the vestry OF the Congregational
church; Friday and Sunday evenings at
the Methodist church. The meetings last
Sunday evening and last evening were at
the Baptist church.
Mrs. Ida Jenness Monlton, of Beverly,
Mass, impersonatW and musical enter
tainer, will make her third appearance
in Ellsworth Wednesday evening, Jan. II,
at the Methodist church, under the
auspices Of Mrs. Pomeroy's Sunday school
\ class. Mrs. Mouiton pleased all who
| heard her on her previous engagements
here. Her program is new and varied
containing original monologues, unique
musical recitations, and dramatic selec-
tions.
Iron fre-escapes hsve been placed or
the School street and Pine street school.
houses, in compliance with the law passed
by the last legislature, which requires
fire-escapes on all two-story school build
| ings which have but one stairway. The
two fire-escapes will cost the city about
$3.50. Frank r. Moore has done the work
All the schoolhouses of the city are now
properly equipped under this law. The
school at Ellsworth Falls has two stair
ways, so that an outside fre-escape wal
not necessary. The only other two story
schoolhouse in the city-the west side
school-has no fire escape, but the upper
| floor is not used.
The dancing party given last Thursday
evening at Odd Fellows hall under the
auspices of the VilIage improvement So
ciety was a very pretty affair. The ar
rangements were in charge of the Decem-
ber social committee, composed Of F. NJ
| Gaynor and wife, F. l.. Mason and wife
and F. c. Burriil and wife, Mrs. Gaynol
being chairman. A short musical pro-
gram preceded the dancing, which in
cluded vocal solos by Mrs. E. J. Walsh
and Frank j. Dunleavey, piano solos by
| Miss Erva Giles, and selections By the
| orchestra = piano, violin and cornet :
| under the direction OF Albert H. Hopkins
of Bangor. Punch and cake were served.