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

Ivory F. Butler and wife left for Oak
land Thursday.
The ladies' aid society will have an Ice
cream sale Saturday evening.
II. B, Bragdon and Pastor Brown were
business visitors in Bangor Saturday.
Gerald Bunker and family left Saturday
for Presqne Isle, where they viii live
Miss Rena Barton, of Bangor, has been
the guest OF Miss Ellen Bragdon few
days.
Miss Edith Bragdon, of Portland, was
weekend guest OF her parents, w. h.
Bragdon and wife.
Mrs. Murchie A. Gordon is up from
Jacksonville for vislt OF several days at
her former home here.
Frank Workman and wife, of Bangor,
were weekend guests OF Mrs. Workman's
parents, Eben Smith and wife.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gates and daughter
Edna. of CastiDe. we're recent guests OF
her parents, John ID. Perkins and wife.
Edward Brsgdon and Maynard fernsld
are home from Whitinsville, Mass, where
they have been at work for several
months.
Stanley LAwrie and Miss Lillian Hsrri-
man were married at the Baptist parsonage
Saturday evening. Their friends extend
congratulations
"A fQmE0N, IL ne EtOIFEliEuA " ~
soon to be given at the town ball under
the cspa BILE management of Mrs. l.. i.
Bunker. Misses Lola Dyer, Bernice Dunn
and Julia Macomber with Harold Clifford,
Lysie Smith, Decatur French and Norman
Dyer are in the cast. II is hoped q full
house will greet the company.
April q. b.
Rev. Carl e. Peterson, = former Metho-
dist pastor here. has been indicted by the
federal grand jury for fraudulent use OF
the mails, and is confined in the Jail at
Portland in default OF 1000 bail. Peter
son IL charged with advertising to sell
seeds, and making no returns for money
sent him.
OBITUARY.
With the passing away Of Mrs. Sarah
Ann Bunker on April IL, Franklin loses
one OF its oldest and most respected towns
women She was born on what Is now
the Eldridge place, March is. ISL. the
daughter OF Arthur and Amelia (Urann)
French. She was united in marriage TO
Roland Bunker. of Gouidsboro, and they
made their home until bis death In 1880
on the Ryefield road.
Eight children blessed their union, all
OF whom are living except one son, who
died in childhood.
Mrs. Bunker was q woman OF sterling
character, kind and charitable to all,
loyal to her own and with great love for
her hume town and its people. In her
later years, when falling health came up.
on her, she was tendefiy cared for by her
children in their several homes.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. Roscoe Gay, Rev. q. Mayo otticiat-
ing, Many beautiful flowers expressed
the respect and sympathy OF friends. In
terment was In Bay View cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss four sons
Francis A., OF Howard, X. l.; sherman III
of South Gouldsboro; Arthur W.. OF
franklin, and Charles H., OF Someryiiie,
Mass, and three daug hters- Mrs. William
A. Crabtree. OF Hancock Point; Mrs.
Joseph II. Cole, Of Dorchester, Mass. and
Mrs. Roscoe Gay, OF Franklin; also fourteen
grandchildren, seventeen grest-grand-
children and one great-great- grRndchild;
also two brothers and two sisters.
A. shock Of corn fully ripe, the Reaper
has gathered her home, but the memory
of her long and useful life remains to
bless all who knew her.
April 10. NJ. Nj. B.