Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-03-04
ELLSWORTH REUNION.
Large Attendance and Usual Good
Time.

| A<uh ssC anu usual NIOOu
| Time.
Boston, March 3 Especially = According
to the count Of tickets, SIC representatives
| OF Ellsworth and other Hancock county
| towns gathered in Paul Revere hall last
| Friday evening for the ninth annual Ellis
worth reunion. In every respect the
ninth reunion was a success.
| These reunions have come to be so much
alike that the chief news feature is always
to be found in the list OF those who at
tended. Owing to the fact that seventy
five tickets bore no names and addresses
the list is not so complete this year as it
usually is. Many OF these tickets were
bought at the entrance to the hall, and in
haste to join the crowd the ticket buyers
did not stop to fill in the blank forms.
Everybody was delighted to greet the
| oldest resident Of Ellsworth, a lively and
happy man, in his ninetieth year.
| Captain N. H. Means was undoubtedly the
| most sought-after man in the hall. He
seemed to be as glad to be at the reunion
as all we're to see him there.
William Doyle and William Dodge re-
newed their friendship after forty-seven
years. John Wyman and Linwood Mitch
ell met for the first time in thirty years.
Friendly reunions began early in the
evening. Many Of the guests stayed until
midnight.
Poole's orchestra gave concert from
until 8, when, after grand march partici-
psted in by at least 200 couples, there
came several hours of dancing. The old
fashioned dances were the only ones per-
mitted. policeman stopped couple
who couldn't resist the temptation OF the
tango music, but OF course no arrests were
made. DIR. George R. Caldwell, champion
ing the modern dances, and George P.
Woodward, who declares that they are not
fit to be seen, had brilliant argument
over the incident, greatly to the enter
tainment of the gathering in the smoking
room.
At the head OF the grand march were
the presidents of the Ellsworth reunion
association in the order of their service:
Mrs. Clough came first on the arm Of her
husband; Mrs. Billiard followed with E.
F. Redman; Mrs. Leighton with Mr..
Leighton; Mrs. Kendrick and F. S. Twiss,
and Mrs. Trip, the present president,
with Mr.. Trip.
Howard II. Adams, the floor director,
was as efficient as ever. He received the
finest of CO operation from Mrs. Billiard,
Mrs. Lyman l.. Lord, Mrs. Fred Ii. Ken
drick, Miss Marion l.. Bartlett, Miss Ella
f. Jordan and Lyman l.. Lord, Walter l..
Smith, George P. Woodward and Oliver L.
Anderson, his aids.
During the intermission and earlier in
the evening punch was served, and ice
cream, cake and coffee were enjoyed in the
dining-room.
Mrs. Morey Trip, the president OF the
association, has done great deal OF work,
and has been handicapped by bad weather
this winter. The attendance was so large,
however, that all expenses were paid and
every detail of the arrangements was
perfectly handled. Her fellow officers
this year were; Vice. presidents, Mrs. Ly-
man l.. Lord and Miss Marion l.. Bartlett;
secretary, Miss Ella F. Jordan, and treas
urer, Stetson Foster.
A meeting of the committee has been
called for next Monday evening at the
home of the president in Somerville.
A list of those present will be printed in
THE AMERICAN next week.