Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-05-28

last Monday evening. There will be
social evening next Wednesday at the
vestry. No admission will he charged,
and the new society invites a large at
| tendance.
Last Saturday the East Side youngsters
wolioped the West Siders at baseball by
score OF 10 to II. The winning battery
was; Falvey, catcher; McGown and
| Austin, pitchers; the losing battery: Har-
rington, catcher; Bresnahan and Dori-
gan, pitchers.
| reading and game-room for boys will
| be established in the Methodist vestry in
the near future; also society of ''Knights
of King Arthur" will be organized. Boys
| who wish to join either or both societies
are requested to see the pastor, who
hopes for the hearty cooperation of
parents in this movement.
The woman's relief corps will meet at
Grand Army hall tomorrow afternoon to
make wreaths for Memorial day. All
| members are requested to be present. A
| special invitation is extended to the ladies
of the city interested in this work to
| assist. Friday, members OF the relief
| corps are expected to furnish cake for
refreshments to be served after the
exercises.
Sidney X. Bonsey, who has been in the
Northern Maine junction and Searsport
| run as mail clerk for nearly six years, has
been transferred to the Bangor and Van
Buren route, and will begin upon his new
run next Saturday. Mr.. Bonsey was given
| surprise party at the home of Mrs. e. c.
Pike at Searsport last Friday evening, and
presented with beautiful signet-ring by
his friends.
Interesting union memorial services
were held at Hancock hall Sunday even
ing. Members OF VIM. II. II. Rice post
assembled at Grand Army hall, and
marched to Hancock hall. Rev. Z. s.
Ross, pastor OF the Methodist church, de-
livered the sermon, stirring appeal for
| religious awakening in Ellsworth. Revs.
P. A. A. Killam, X. B. Mathews and o. J.
Guptill assisted in the service. There
was singing by the Ellsworth male quar-
| tet.
Harry l.. Crabtree expects to leave
| Ellsworth next Saturday for New York.
| For the past fifteen years Mr.. Crabtree
| has been the secretary and treasurer of
! the Ellsworth festival chorus, and as a
token of its appreciation of his service the
| chorus has presented him with a hand
some gold mounted fountain pen; on it
is inscribed: II. l.. G. from E. f. :. The
| presentation address was made by j. o.
| Whitney, president OF the chorus. MIR.
| Crabtree feelingly expressed his appre-
citation of the gift.
| Rev. A. II. Coar, of Holyoke, Mass, a
| former pastor OF the Unitarian church in
| Ellsworth, has been assigned by the
| American Unitarian association for special
work in Hancock county during the
coming summer. Arrangements will
| probably be made for the reopening of
| the Unitarian church in Ellsworth at
least during July and August, when some
| OF the foremost Unitarian ministers Of
the country, who spend their summers
| in this vicinity will be heard, among them
Van Ness, Hudson, Saunderson, Hawes
and Wilson.
Friday, Memorial day, will be observed
| by VIM. II. H. Rice post. G. A. R., in the
| usual manner. The full program for the
exercises OF the day was printed in THE
AMERICAN last week. Details from the
| post will visit the various cemeteries in he
city in the morning to decorate the graves
| OF soldiers. The members of the post
will meet at Grand Army hall at o'clock.
| AT this time vote will be taken as to
services at the soldiers, monument. In
recent years this service has been
omitted, as the march up Bridge hill aud
back is a hard one for many of the
veterans. At O'Clock the Memorial day
exercises will take place at Hancock hall.
DR.. \. e. King, of Ellsworth, will deliver
the address.
Street Commissioner Marden has fin
ished rock crushing in the Hagerthy
field on Bridge hill for the present. The
crusher and bins are to remain where they
are, but the boiler has been moved back
to the old crusher on Townhouse hill,
and from there stone will be used on the
piece of State road to be built north from
that point. Crushed rock has been laid
on the Bucksport road from the junction
of the Surry road up to the Capt ), A.
Goodwin house. The ledge in front of
the Goodwin house, which narrowed and
sloped the street at that point, has been
blown out, making a much needed inn
provement. All the wooden sidewalk on
this street has been removed and replaced
with crushed rock this, too, is a much
needed improvement.