Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-08-02
COUNTY NEWS.
HANCOCK POINT.

Miss Carrie Lee 10 visiting Miss Louise
Hamlin.
Miss Grace Thomas, Bangor, is visiting
Mrs. John Mason.
Miss LYDIA Baker, Boston, is the guest OF
Miss Dorrice Robinson.
| Prof. and Mrs. L. Van Hook, New York,
are at the Crocker house.
DIR. and Mrs. Daniel Robinson, Bangor,
are back after short trip to Bangor.
Miss Jessie Morang, Ellsworth, was the
guest Of the Misses Young last week.
Harold Sampson, Washington, went
home Monday. after two months here.
H. c. Emery, Of Washington, is visiting
his parents, Judge and Mrs. L. A. Emery.
Charles Guild, Bangor, after spending a
week at the Croker house, returned home
Sunday.
| Hon. Parker sponord, Bucksport, and
Daniel Barnes, New York, are at the
| Croker house.
Miss McGlinchy, Calais, who has spent
q month at the Croker house, returned
home Tuesday.
| 0tClarence Crosby, Dexter, who has been
visiting the Eobinsons, Of Bangor, re-
turned home Friday.
Prof. and Mrs. Ross, Exeter, are here.
They will occupy the Phillips Exeter sum-
mer camp for the season.
| Little Miss Catherine Rose, OF Princeton,
who has been a guest at the Maxwell cot
| toca refurued home last week
| Misses Margaret Hall, Ellsworth, and
Anna Cushman, Bangor, spent Saturday
with the Misses Young at the Birds Nest
cottage.
Church service was held in the chapel
Sunday at 1890 as usual. Rev. J. d.
Lathrop preached fine sermon to large
audience.
Allan Clark, Boston, who has been the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Clifford, will
spend the remainder OF the summer in the
Maine woods.
| Two auto loads from the Maxwell cot
tage went last Friday to Grand Lake
Stream to spend q few days at the Maxwell
camp there. Included in the party were
the Keeneys, of Saugerties, N. ", who are
guests OF the Maxwells. The party re-
turned Monday,
A baseball game was scheduled to take
place Saturday between Mt Desert Ferry
and Hancock Point, but it was postponed
on account Of the storm. A game between
two teams picked from local talent was
substituted. The batteries were Robinson
and Nichols; Jennings and Gallison. Rob-
inson's team won easily, 10 to 8.
Iate.arrivals at the Tarratine are: Mrs.
Frank W. Upnam, Miss Frances Upham,
Holiiston, Mass. MIR. and Mrs. Henry
Bartlett,i Boston; Harriet Bartlett; Miss
Helen MacCoy, Philadelphia; Miss Kath-
arine Patten, Miss Maud Z. Derickson,
Miss Harriet f. Howe, Minneapolis;
Annie A. Nunns, Madison, Wis; Lucy E.
Hardy, Hampden.
| An informal dance was held at the Tar
ratine Saturday evening from to 10.
Music was furnished by Mrs. b. l.. Bry-
ant and Miss Emile Young. Among those
present were: Miss Bertha Godfrey, Miss
Elizabeth Thelberg, Miss Dorrice Robin
son, Miss Helen MacCoy, Miss Margaret
Wood, Misses: Eulalie, Emile and Natalie
Young, Miss Margaret Hall, Miss Anna
Cushman, Mrs. B. L. Bryant, Harold
Sampson, Harrison Robinson, Morrill, and
Robert Burr, Oscar Pierson, Dudley Bald
win, Drummond and Jack Freese.
Last Friday night heavy rain fell here
which appeared to be much worse than it
was, because Of the terrific wind. Trees
| were uprooted, screens and hammocks
were tossedlabout, ana two yachts, which
were anchored labout 100 yards from the
wharf, were. ldriven ashore. The yachts
were the Sunshine, belonging to Henry c.
Emery, Ellsworth, and the Val Kyr,
owned by Ia. d. +. Hamlin, New York.
The Sunshine luckily was cast up on
comparatively lsmooth strip OF shore d.
rectly between two lodges. She had
small hole or two knocked in one side.
Saturday she was foated OF and taken to
Sorrento for repairs. The Val Kyr, how
ever, Jared worse. She Was hurled on Q
rocky ledge and Iseveral large holes were
knocked into her side. She was also bad
ly cut and gashed. The holes were
patched with canvas and abe was fioated
Saturday night. She is now tied up at
the wharf awaiting repairs. A steady
stream Of spectators journeyed to the east
ern shore Saturday to zee the havoc
wrought by the storm.
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