Ellsworth American., 1912-11-27


sheriff-elect F. o. Silsby was in Ellis
worth Friday.
Arthur Parcher is expected home to-
night to spend Thanksgiving.
Arthur Phillips, of Livermore, is vis-
iting his brother, H. c. Phillips.
Miss Harriet Rollins is home from Lake.
wood, N. j., where she has been for the
past month.
F. L. Mason, who has had severe at
tack of grip, was at his Office yesterday for
| the first time in three weeks.
F. &. Burrill and wife are here from
Portland to spend Thanksgiving. Mrs.
Burrill will remain here for some weeks.
Misses Mary Fernald and Ella NJ.
Hawkes. will leave soon for Portland to
enter a hospital for training course as
nurses.
Mrs. E. e. Springer entertained last
Saturday evening in honor of her sister
in-law, Mrs, l. e. Ralph, OF Northeast
Harbor.
Harold F. Hawkes., who has been teach
ing the 5urry road school, has gone to Is
land Pond, VT, where he has accepted q
position with numbering concern.
Leroy Webber, OF Greenwich, Conn,
| formerly Of this city, is spending this
| week with his parents, Horace Webber
and wife. He is accompanied by his wife.
A meeting of the Ellsworth festival
chorus for organization will be held this
evening at Society hall. Members are re-
quested to bring their copies Of yerdi's
| "Requiem'.
| p. E. Kearns has moved into his hand
some new house on Court street. When
the grading is completed, this house and its
grounds will make one OF the most pic
turesque places in town.
Tue j. w. class OF the Methodist
| Sunday school will have social in the
| vestry Monday evening, Dec. 2. There
will be an interesting program and games.
Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. II. c. Hathaway leaves Saturday for
New York, whence she will sail Tuesday
for Rotterdam, Holland. She expects to
return in March, spending the interven-
ing time in Germany and France.
Mrs. F. H. Macomber, OF Seal Harbor,
who has spent the fall in Boston, arrived
in Ellsworth Monday, going from here to
Lamoine, where she was called by the
critical illness Of her father, A. r. Deve-
| reux, who died this morning.
The literature club met Monday even
ing with Miss Carrie Harrington. Mrs.
E. K. Hopkins read paper on "American
Forestry, and Miss Harrington one on
! "Bret Harte"; both were interesting and
instructive. The next meeting will be on
| Dec. 9, with Miss Mary F. Hopkins.
| Ellsworth friends OF Mrs John Hard
| wick, of Montreal, who was operated upon
| two weeks ago for appendicitis, are pleased
| to know that she is making satisfactory
| Improvement. She was able to leave the
| hospital for her home Saturday. Her
mother, Mrs. Austin M. Foster, of this
city, is with her.
Preceding the service at the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning, the
organist, Mr.. Hopkins, will play the full
score of Rossini's "Stabat Mater, a
| is OF some length, MIR. Hopkins will begin
at 1920. All interested to hear the piece
in its entirety are reminded to bear in
mind the hour of beginning.
All the rural schools will open for the
winter term Dec. 2, excepting Beechiand
;ol. nil
Dec. 9. The teachers will be the same as
last term, except at No. 2, where Martin A.
Garland will succeed Lena Hoyt, resigned,
for the winter term, and at No. 8 (Surry
road), where Nellie Treworgy will succeed
Harold F. Hawkes., resigned.
The committee to which was referred
the question of a celebration in commemo-
ration OF the 150th anniversary of Ellis
worth, met Monday afternoon, and drew
up program which will be submitted to
mass meeting OF the citizens of Ellis
worth at the board of trade rooms in Han
cock hall next Monday evening. A full
attendance at that meeting is desired.
A mask ball will be given by ten young
ladies OF Ellsworth at Hancock hall
Thanksgiving night. Music will be by
the E. M. G. orchestra. Maskers are all
requested to assemble at the board of
trade rooms in the lower hall previous to
entering the main hall. All must have
tickets before entering the dance hall.
The opening march will be formed at s.15.
The postoffice is gradually utilizing the
additional room provided by the annex,
though the improvements are not yet
completed. The working-room has been
thrown open to the new part, and some OF
the distributing racks have been moved
there. Postmaster Nealley is now occu-
pying temporary office quarters there
while his offices in the old annex are be-
ing remodeled. The new money order de-