Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-06-17

September.
At convention of the Ellsworth class
towns held in Ellsworth yesterday, the
progressives nominated Charles l.. Mo-
rang, OF Ellsworth, for representative to
the Legislature.
Mrs. Nettie Fullerton, OF this city, and
Mrs. Julia A. Chatto, OF East Surry, are
in Augusta this week attending confer
ence called by the State board of charities
and correction.
Bryant Moore, ho has been appointed
to West Point military academy and
passed the required examination, left for
West Point last Friday, being ordered to
report Monday.
Prof. M. s. Slaughter, wife and
daughter, OF Wisconsin university, are
guests of ex-Chief Justice l.. A. Emery.
Miss Susanne Allinson, OF Providence,
r. l., is also at "Firlands'.
Irene Chapter, o. e. s., will have an
apron sale and supper Friday afternoon
and evening. The men will serve a supper
to bring cake. A regular meeting will
| follow the supper.
Announcements have been received in
| Ellsworth of the marriage at Dorchester,
Mass, on Monday, June 10, of Miss Ruth
Evelyn Whitaker to William James Will
son. The bride is the daughter of John
B. Whitaker and vile, formerly OF Els
worth.
Ellsworth friends of Frank M. Smit h
and wife, of Portsmouth, extend con-
| gratulations on the birth OF ten-pound
boy-Frank NJ, jr.-who arrived Saturday,
Mrs. Annie M. Smith, OF this city, is war
rant officer at Portsmouth navy yard.
Fifteen members of Blanquefort COM
mandery, K. T., went to Biuehill last
Thursday to conduct the Knights Templar
service at the funeral of William M.
Howard, who was member of this COM
mandery. Eminent Commander j. A.
Haynes and Prelate L. e. Hale otficiated.
Rev. P. A. A. Killam will leave the last
OF this week for Boston, to attend meet
| ings OF the Northern Baptist convention.
He will be away over two Sundays. Dur
ing his absence there will be no preaching
| services at the Baptist church, but ses-
| sions of the Sunday school will be held as
| usual.
Andrew j. Falls died yesterday at his
home on the Surry road, after short ILL
ness OF pneumonia. He was in the
fortieth year Of his age. Mr.. Falls was a
man OF excellent character, and worthy
| na
ter-Mrs. Wilbur Smith. The funeral
will be held at the home to-morrow after
noon.
At meeting of the stockholders of the
Blood Knitting Mills last Saturday after
noon, 1t was unanimously voted to recon-
mend the appointment of a receiver,
Henry M. Hall being named, to wind up
the affairs of the corporation or dispose OF
it to other individuals or a stock company
formed for the continuation Of the busi-
ness here.
At the Unitarian church next Sunday
morning Rev. j. w. Tickle will deliver
the third in his series of sermons on .sThe
Temptations of Jesus" In the Sunday
school last Sunday the adult class dis
cussed the proposition to change the name
Of the Unitarian denomination, and
adopted resolution opposing The change.
Next Sunday afternoon, at 2.30, Mr.. Tickle
will preach at Lamoine.
Miss Ella F. Jordan, of Bowditch Street
school, Jamaica Plain, with Principal
E. w. Schnerck and three other teachers
OF the same school, and fourteen others,
will sail next Tuesday on the Cunard line
steamship Laconia, to spend the summer
abroad. The party will tour the con-
tinent, but as Miss Jordan was over the
same ground two years ago, she will spend
the summer with friends in the British
Isles, returning with the party in Septem-
ber.
At a meeting of the Ellsworth high
school athletic association last Friday
afternoon, officers were elected as follows
President, Robert Haynes; vice-president,
John j. Whitney; members of council,
Charles Haynes, Muriel Byard, Harry
Parker; manager of basket ball team,
Robert Haynes; manager Of base ball team,
John j. Whitney; manager track
team, James Dorgan. Letters were
awarded for track team work to Clifford
Carter, Lawrence Bresnahan, Morton
Whitcomb and Harold Treworgy.
An interested visitor in Ellsworth this
week is Rev. Cyrus L. Murch, of Boston, a
native of Oak Point, who spent his boy
hood days in Ellsworth, but who has not
lived here since the war. Perhaps no one
was more pleased to see him than ID. L.
Fields, who served with him through three
years OF the Civil war in Co. B. of the
Sixth Maine, and afterward in the navy.
These old comrades had not seen each
other for forty years. Mr.. Murch is ac-
companied by his wife, and is considering
making Ellsworth his home for the last
years of his life.
Monday Of last week Deacon and Mrs.
Isaac Jordan, Of Beechland, celebrated
the sixty-third anniversary OF their we'd
ding. 1t is rare thing for couple to