Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-03-18

Carthy, ward 2, Frank NJ. Moore, ward 4,
and John n. Bresnahan, ward 5.
The progressigcs Of Ellsworth will hold
. csncus at Hancock hall next Friday
evening st O'Clock to choose delegates to
the progressive State and district conven-
tions 10 be held In Bangor next Tuesday.
A regular meeting of the merchants
association was held Monday evening.
Minor matters of business were disposed
ot. II was voted to send delegates to the
meeting Of the State board OF trade
March "a.
Tbe democratic city committee has or
ganized by the election of Charles II. Le-
land, chairman, aud Fred p. Haynes, sec
rctary, The other members of the com
mittee are John A. Cunningham, Herbert
A. Ash and Alvin Maidoeks.
Ira n. Shaw died yesterday at his home
on Water street after a weeks Illness OF
typhoid fever. lie was the only child OF
Charles Shaw, " no moved here from Sulli-
van about a year ago. tie was in his
seventeenth year. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2.
Ellsworth friends learned with regret of
the death last Thursday Of William Henry
silsby, of Amherst, father OF Sheriff f. o.
Silsby. During Sheriff 5ilsby's first term,
his father spent much Of bis time here,
and made many friends. He had been
falling in health all the winter.
"Down by the Sea- will be presented at
Hancock hall Friday evening, April 3,
under the auspices Of the Methodist So
ciety. This is a pleasing play, and is un-
der the direction Of Mrs. T. $. Bridges,
who has had much experience in putting
on plays.
Prof. Henry Crosby Emery, Of Yale,
Bowdoin g2, spoke at Memorial hail, Bow
doin college, last Friday evening on "The
Tariff and the Ultimate Consumer" After
the lecture Kappa chapter OF the Psi
Upsilon fraternity at Bowdoiu, TO which
Prof. Emery belongs, gave an informal re-
ception at the chapter house in hts honor
The Ellsworth school board met Mon
day afternoon, the two new members
taking their seats. The board is now
composed of T. K. Hopkins, II. {. Jordan
and L. f. Small. Mr. Small was elected
chairman for the year. The board talked
over school matters in general, but took
recess to March q without balloting
for superintendent of schools. Mrs. Hop
kins, the present superintendent, will OF
course remain in Office as superintendent
of schools and clerk OF the board until her
successor is elected.
Rev. Horace b. Haskell, director of the
Newman Biblical institute in Jerusalem,
will spend the summer in Maine. His
family will accompany him, sailing from
Jerusalem via Jaffa, Alexandria and
Naples, by steamship Cincinnati, due in
New York April 9. They will spend the
principal part of the summer in Stoning-
ton. DIR. Haskell writes THE AMERICAN
"We close our institute with the assembly
lectures, ending March 4, enabling our
early departure for the home land. The
school year has been in every sense a
complete success" While DIR. Haskell
does not say so, it is understood he will
return to Jerusalem in the fall.
Prentiss Mellen JOY, one of Ellsworth's
Oldest citizens and lifelong resident OF
the city, died to-day at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. p. Allon Royal. Mr.. JOY
was grandson of Benjamin JOY, sr., one
of the original settlers of Ellsworth. He
was the second of seven children OF Ben
jamin Joy, jr., only one OF whom survives
Lewis A. Joy, of Ellsworth. He leaves
two daughters - Mrs. Royal and Mrs
Pearl Joy, of Boston. Mr.. Joy was a mill
all q h tsyra
life was employed by the Halls, being for
many years their head man at the steam
mill on Water street. He was in the
eighty second year of his age.