Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-09

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Ellsworth high overwhelmed Southwest
Harbor high basketb ball team at Hancock
hall last Friday evening. Score, s4-6.
The Kenelm club basket ball team, of
Bangor, will meet the Ellsworth A. A.
dance will follow the game. Sinclair's or
| chest-a.
| Cards have been received announcing
the birth of a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoyt H. Austin, OF Augusta. Mr. Austin
is an Ellsworth young man. Friends here
extend congratulations.
| A party OF Ellsworth Rebekahs were
guests of Unison Rebekah lodge at Bar
Harbor last Thursday evening. They re-
turned home in the early hours OF Friday
morning, without getting lost. They re-
port fine time.
Following is the musical program for
next Sunday morning at the Congrega-
tional church: Prelude, offertoire in A
| fiat, Read; anthem, "Hast Thou Not
Known?" Pfueger; offertory. "Berceuse,"
Frysinger; postlude, "March in G."
Smart.
Roy Goodwin and family, who have
been living for the last few months at the
Goodwin homestead, assisting in the care
of Madam Goodwin in her last illness,
have returned to their home on Elm
street. Miss Ruth Goodwin will make
her home with them for the present.
One OF the representatives-elect to the
next Maine legislature who is we'll known
in Ellsworth, is William L. Bonney, re
publican, of Bowdoinham. Mr.. Bonney
has been visiting Ellsworth regularly for
several years as representative Of a school
book publishing house.
home of Roy G. Haines last Friday even
ing, for the benefit of the Unitarian
church fund. Miss Sophie Walker was
soloist, with Miss Erva Giles as accom-
panist. An artistically selected program
| on the Victrola completed the evenings
entertainment.
| There will be a concert at the high
school building next Friday evening, the
proceeds to be devoted to the purchase OF
additional equipment for the school. An
| interesting program of declamations, vocal
| and instrumental music by pupils of the
school and outside friends, will be pre-
sented.
| The regular literary meeting of the Uni
tartan Woman's Alliance will be held
Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 16, in the
vestry. Afternoon tea will be served. All
| who are interested in the work of the alli-
ance are very cordially invited. The
"mother's meeting", announced for this
date, will be held later in the winter.
Irene chapter, o. E. S., elected officers
last Friday evening as follows: Mrs.
Margaret Jordan, worthy matron; H. W.
Dunn, worthy patron; Mrs. Nellie Ler-
mond, associate matron; Miss Mabel Lord,
| secretary; Mrs. Ada Lord, treasurer; Mrs.
Cora Welch, conductress; Mrs. Nina Cot
tie, associate conductress.
| Mrs. Louise Rogers Hibbard (born
Grant), formerly of Bucksport, and widow
OF Col. AFRO z. Hibbard, of Roxbury,
Mass, passed away Dec. 4. She is sur
| vived by one brother, George H. Grant, Of
Sorrento, formerly of Ellsworth. The re-
mains will be brought to Lewiston for in
terment by the side Of her late husband.
A specia service will be held in the Uni
tartan church next Sunday morning
Rev. Louis G. Cornish, of bingham, Mass,
will deliver a sermon on "The Duty OF the
Unitarian Churches in the Present Relig
ious Crisis. The preacher is sent by the
| American Unitarian association, under the
auspices of the Billings lecture fund. The
adult class will discuss the "Hague Con-
| ference.
Redmen of Hancock county are plan
ming for a big pow WOW to be held in
Ellsworth Friday, Jan. 1, with afternoon
and evening sessions. An attendance of
200 to 800 out-of-town Redmen is looked
for. Inthe evening Omaha tribe, OF Han
cock, will work the adoption degree,
Cherokee tribe, of Bar Harbor, the war
rior degree, and Snyctic tribe, of Frank
lin, the chiefs degree.
The Ellsworth dramatic club, under the
direction of Fred E. Cooke, will present
"Fanchon the Cricket" at Hancock hall
ON New Years eve, Thursday, Dec. 81.
Miss Christina Doyle will play "Fan-
chon', and Daniel Ashley, manager of the
| Colby college dramatic club, will take the
| leading mans part. This is the most pre-
} tentious play ever put on by amateurs in
Ellsworth, Mr.. Cooke says. There is a
cast of eighteen characters. The piece
will be well staged, with new scene ry and
electric light effects. The proceeds will
| be for stage improvements in Hancock
hall.
Last Thursday was grangers' day in
Ellsworth. The annual meeting of Green
Mountain Pomona grange was held here
on that day. In spite of the threatening
weather of the early morning, some 2O(
grangers were in attendance, and were
rewarded by clearing weather and an in
teresting grange meeting. The Ellsworth
Merchants ASSOCIATION furnished a din
ner for the grangers. John II. Leland was
the caterer. The grange sessions were
held in Odd Fellows hail. A list of the
officers elected appears in the grange