Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-12-29
Monday evening. The score was 29-16
against the Ellsworth team.

Monday evening. The score was 29-10
against the Ellsworth team.
Rev. P. A. A. Killam, OF the Baptist
church, will be out of town next Sunday.
In his absence the pulpit will be supplied
by student from the Bangor theological
school.
Frank H. Bonsey is spending the holi-
days with his parents, Capt. Roland c.
Bonsey and wife. He expects to return
next Monday to Springfield, Mass, where
he is employed.
The several masonic bodies will elect
officers next week Blanquefort COM
mandery on Monday evening, Acadia
chapter Tuesday evening and Lygonia
lodge Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deniel J. Doherty, Of
Melrose, Mass, spent Christmas with Mrs.
Doherty's parents, c. E. Monaghan and
wife. Mr.. Doherty returned home Mon
| day, Mrs. Doherty remaining for short
visit.
| Miss Carolyn Smith, of Salt Lake City,
sends THE AEER1cAN a copy OF a special
| CoAtlOn VI LuC 1/CoCSCs 4vcUog VI tAdt city .
which pictures attractively the natural
and commercial resources OF Utah and its
bustling cities.
During the short bat severe blizzard
Sunday evening, the electric light wires
| became burdened with snow and several
were broken or burned off, leaving many
homes in darkness. The company quickly
| repaired the damage, and Monday even
| ing all wires were in service.
The Ellsworth .woman's club will meet
next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Fred L..
Mason on Beal avenue, instead OF with
| Mrs. r. E. Mason, as first announced. 1t
| is expected that this will be work meet
| ing, sewing for the soldiers in Europe,
| and the ladies are requested to bring
needles, thimbles, etc.
Mrs. Pettengill announces that the
Strand will be open on New Years day.
She has obtained the great nine-reel
feature, 1.-The Spoilers" originally booked
for this house for Christmas. There will
be afternoon and evening performances.
William Farnum and Catherine Williams
| udfc tuO lCduiuk IOACo Ill tuiS kEcdt pic
ture.
Among Ellsworth people who attended
the dedication exercises Of the new Odd
Fellows building at Bar Harbor were
Sheriff F. U. Silsby and wife, Charles w.
Joy and wife, Harold Higgins and wife,
l.. w. Jordan, Edgar A Mitchell, H. F.
Wescott, c. l. Staples, J. H. Leland, Fred
Hunton and l.. M. Bellatty.
Arthur B. Mitchell received this morn
ing from the Pacific coast a Christmas
present in the shape OF a twenty pound
Puget Sound salmon. The fish was sent
him by Robert Gerry, Of Seattle, WASH,
q former Ellsworth man. The fish, kept
freshly packed in ice by the express COM
panies on it's long trip across the country,
arrived in perfect condition.
At the Methodist church next Sunday
morning there will be a concert, with
illustrated sermon. In the evening, motion
pictures in three parts, 1.-THE Life OF
Dante" In the Sunday school at 11.45
the subject Of the lesson in the boys de-
partment will be sThe Sower", illustrated
by lantern slides and one reel OF motion
pictures. There will be special music al
all the services. Prayer meeting Thurs.
day night at 7.3O.
The schools OF Ellsworth will reopen
for the winter term next Monday. There
have been few changes in teachers. Miss
Annie Scott has been elected assistant al
the School street school in place of Miss
Martha Milliken, resigned; Miss Margare,
Hurley has been elected assistant at the
West Side grammar school, which hal
heretofore been without an assistant, anc
Miss LYDIA True has been elected teacher
OF the Water street school in place OF Misi
Annie R. stockbridge, resigned.
News has been received by relatives il
Ellsworth of the sudden death from hear
trouble OF Mrs. Fannie s. Black, at hel
home in Elgin, Ill. Mrs. Black was tn,
widow OF William II. Black, jr., who dice
in February. 1903. She was Massachu
setts woman, and had visited here severa
times. She leaves no near relatives
Three sisters of her late husband liv
bere-Mrs. Maria Perry, Mrs. Harvard
Greedy and Miss Mary H. Black and an
other sister, Mrs. Celia Dickey, lives il
Green, Me.
Six Ellsworth merchants have en-
tered into a voting contest to ruI
through the first six. months o
the new year. A prize Of $5 in golt
will be awarded each month, as fol
lows: First month, most popular schoo
girl; second, most poplar school boy
third, most populsr boy b by; fourth
most popular girl baby; fifth, most popu
lar unmarried woman; sixth, mos
ttsemfnts.