Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-04-23

Tapley and wife went to Brighton to at
tend the funeral. Mr.. Tapiey returned
home last week, Mrs. Tapley remaining
| for while with Mrs. Dana.
City-clerk Hale is now issuing dog
licenses, which were due and payable
April 1. The first of May a dog constable
will be appointed, with instructions to
seize all unlicensed dogs.
Rev. II. w. Conley has been taking the
school census. Indications are that there
will be a slight falling off from last year
in the number OF children OF school age
five to twenty-one years.
A crew of gypsy moth hunters has been
| securing Ellsworth and vicinity, but as
yet no gypsy moths have been found. The
brown-tail moth is here in goodly num-
bers, but apparently not so many as last
year.
Charles w. Hurley and Eugene Carlisle
left last Saturday for Montreal, to report
at the office OF the Ambursen Hydraulic
Construction Co. They did not know
when they left on what job they would be
placed.
| There will be no services and no Sunday
Sunday. 1t is expected that the pastor to
be appointed at the conference now in
session in Bucksport will be here by the
Sunday following.
Miss Margaret Fl. Hayes, who has been
visiting in Springfield, Mass, for the
past three months, is home. She was ac-
complained by her cousin, Mrs. 7. ]. Null
len (born Helen Donovan), who will re-
main here for some time.
| The May party to be given at Odd Fell
lows hall Thursday evening Of next week,
| by Nokomis Rebekah lodge, promises to
be one of the prettiest parties of the
| season. A feature will be a maypole dance
| by sixteen little girls. Dancing and sup
| per will follow. Odd Fellows are especi-
ally invited.
| The service next Sunday evening at the
Baptist church will be biographical SER
| vice, arranged similar to the Livingstone
| centennial service which was celebrated
| on Easter Sunday. The meeting will be
held in the auditorium, and special music
| will be rendered by the combined choirs
OF the church. The subject OF the service
| will be General Booth; the founder of the
Salvation Army.
A. z. Moore has moved his dry goods
and millinery business from the store he
has occupied for seme years at the corner
of Main and franklin streets to the store
next above Austin FL. joys grocery store
the store formerly occupied by Marks
Hertz The building MIR Moore has
vacated is being repaired and remodeled by
August Holz, who will move his bakery
from its present location on Water street as
soon as the building is ready.
Class parts for the commencement exer-
cises of the Ellsworth high school have
been assigned as follows: Valedictory,
Annie Treworgy; salutatory, Euialie
Finn; prophecy, Geneva Stinson; history,
Alice Clough; presentation OF gifts,
Marion Bellatty; address to undergradu-
ates, Wesley Moore. The vaiedictory and
salutatory are assigned according to rank
for the four years of the high school
course, the other parts being assigned by
election.
Next Saturday, April 26, will be ceIe-
brated throughout the country as the
one hundredth anniversary OF the found
ing OF the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows. On Sunday Lejok lodge, of this
city, and the Daughters of Rebekah will
attend the Congregational church in a
body, and a sermon appropriate to the
occasion will be delivered by the pastor,
Rev. r. b. Mathews. Members OF both
orders are requested to meet at Odd Fell
lows hall at $50 a. m. A double quartet
| will sing.
The Literature club met last Monday
evening with Miss Mary H. Black. Miss
Annie Stock bridge read paper by Miss
M; A: Greedy, who was not pres
Scarlet Letter'". At this meeting the
officers for 1912 were reelected as follows
President, Miss Mary A. Gaynor; secre-
tary, Miss Catherine Hurley; treasurer,
Mrs. II. e. Rowe; executive committee,
Miss Annie Stock bridge, chairman; Mrs.
E. j. Collins, Mrs. F. w. Rollins. The
next meeting, the last for the season,
will be held May with Mrs. Collins.
At q special meeting OF the city govern
ment Saturday, with the full board pres
ent, City-cierk T. E. Hale, was, on recon-
mendation Of Assessor Hoyt E. Austin,
appointed to ssrve as clerk Of the board Of
assessors in the absence of Mr.. Austin.
The city government also empowered
Mayor Cunningham and Aldermen Moor
and Heath, as q special committee, to have
a street plan OF the city drawn, for the
purpose Of systematically numbering resi-
dences and places OF business, as required
by the government before free mail
carrier service will be esta blished. The
new enameled street signs-white letters
ON blue ground - have already been re-
ceived, and will be put up soon; there are
14S of them.
There was fair attendance at the in
stitute in the Baptist church last Friday
afternoon. The service was in the inter-
est OF the Sunday school, and was led by
DR.. Mower, State secretary OF the Maine
| Baptist convention. After words of greet
ing, he introduced Rev. ii. r. Whitelock,
Sunday school field-worker, who spoke
briefly of the new secret-service league for
boys. Rev. w. B. Chalmers, educational
secretary OF the Baptist publication soci-
| ETY., was the next speaker, his address be-
| ing the star feature of the afternoon. He
was followed by I'll. V. Meyer, manager OF
the Boston branch of the society. Then
the meeting resolved itself into forum,
and many of those present were partici-