Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-23

Hancock, announce the engagement of
their daughter Rena Elizabeth to Harry
Elwood Rollins, OF Bangor.
Francis Pettengill is home from Wes-
leyan university, Middletown, Conn, to
spend the holidays with his parents,
Elmer +. Pettengll and wife.
c. NJ. Holloway, of Brockton, Mass, has
joined Mrs. Holloway here for the holi-
days. Mrs. Holloway will return to
Brockton with him for the winter.
Mrs. R. F. Barrett left Monday to join
Mr.. Barrett and her father, A. s. Treat,
for a few weeks in Philadelphia, after
which they will go West for the winter.
Miss Christine Simonson, who was
student at the Ellsworth high school for
two years, and now at the Higgins insti-
tute, Charleston. is spending the Christ
mas recess with friends in Ellsworth.
William Fl. Fl. Rice post, G. A R., and
the woman's relief corps have recently re-
ceived generous cash contributions from
Charles III. Haynes and Mrs. Haynes re-
spectively, for which the two org aniza-
tions are extremely grateful.
The musical program for next Sunday
morning at the Congregational church is
as follows: Prelude, ''At Twilight"
Frysinger; anthem, "God is Love-"
Shelley; offertory, Cantilene, Dubois;
postlude, March in F, Steane.
Next Monday evening the "wayback
ball" will be given at Hancock hall. The
sway back fellers" have made this ball an
annual feature for several years past, and
never fail to afford merry evening for
spectators and participants alike.
The subject OF Rev. j. w. Tickle's SER
mon at the Unitarian church next Sunday
morning will be ''Hast Thou Entered into
the Pleasures of the Snow?" The subject
to be taken up By the adult bible class
will be ''The Greatest American Edu
Gator.
Following the usual custom the Burrill
national bank and the Union Trust
Co. have procured some new currency
for Christmas, denominations one, two
and five, and also gold, for the benefit
of those desiring new currency or gold for
Christmas presents.
Rev. Horace B. Haskell, of Ellsworth,
whose return to Jerusalem, where he is
director OF Newman biblical institute,
has been delayed on account of the war,
has been assigned to the pastorate of the
Methodist church at Dexter, of which
he was pastor several years ago.
Capt. A. j. Gott, who died at his home
in Bar Harbor Sunday morning, was well
known to the Older residents of Els
worth. He was for many years one OF the
firm of Gott & Moore, who kept the fish
market at the end OF the bridge. He re-
tired from business on account of failing
health about twenty years ago, and had
been an invalid most of the time since.
He was nearly seventy-seven years old.
The tug Little Round Top, which was
| badly damaged by fire on September IA
| last, and was at first supposed to be be-
yond repair, has been thoroughly repaired
at the yard of the Ellsworth Foundry &
Machine Works, and will go into com =
| mission at the opening of navigation in
| the spring, in condition for service many
more years. The engine, which has been
taken apart and overha uled, was not seri-
ousiy damaged by the fire.
| The State department o; agriculture an
| nounces the full list OF premiums awarded
| at the annual meeting of the Maine Seed
| Improvement association in Bangor De-
cember to II. The special prize OF $40
| offered by the Union Trust Co., Of Ellis
! worth, for best exhibit of white dent corn
| from seed from Minnesota, furnished by
| the trust company, was won by Herb Z.
Shute, of Ellsworth. Mr.. Shute also won
the second premium for best ten ears OF
white dent corn in the general contest.
The regular meeting of Lejok lodge, l.
o. o. F., for Friday, Dec. Is, will be
omitted, and a special annual meeting for
all business will be held Tuesday evening
Dec. 20. Reports for the year and COM
plete financial statement will be rendered
A full attendance is desired, especially OF
all members of the first degree team, as
practice work will follow the business
| meeting. Wivurna encampment will hold
| its annual meeting Monday evening, Dec
| IS, and Nokomis Rebekah lodge will bold
it's annual meeting Thursday evening
| Dec. 81.
| Wellington j. Curtis, brother of A. w
Curtis, of this city, died last Wednesday
at his home in East brook, aged nearly
/ seventy nine years. Mr.. Curtis was born
in Ellsworth, but most of his early life
was spent in Hancock. About 1868 he
moved to East brook, where he married
and had since resided, engaged in farm
ing and numbering. His wife died about
| ten years ago, and the last of his two
daughters died less than year ago. He
is survived by one brother and two sis
| ters-A. w. Curtis and Mrs. Maria Dur
| gan, of Ellsworth, and Mrs. Daniel Grim
| min, of Hallowell.
Clarence Stanley johnson, son of Mrs
| Ada johnson, Of Ellsworth, and Miss
Vivienne Serena Graves, OF Saco, were
married Thursday of last week at Saco, by
Rev. WiiliamR. Wood. After the ceremony,
| the bride and groom left for short we'd