Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-10-06
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Inc man ouDPeCteO OF t0kH1uK tue uom0
Of h. w. Dunn, Of this city, to checks
stolen from his check book, who was re-
Gently arrested for forgery at Manchester,
N. H., has been sentenced to from three to
i've years in the New Hampshire state
prison. Tho mans real name is said to be
Ralph Blades, and he formerly lived in
Augusta.
Nanamissie court, l. o. r., will give Z
benefit ball at Odd Fellows hall Wednes-
day evening, Oct. 20. Music will be fur
nished by Sinclair's orchestra. Dancing
will begin at 8 o'clock. Refreshments
are famous for their good times, and this
ball, coming early in the fall season, will
be welcomed BY dance-lovers.
The Bangor All Star minstrels, an anna
teur organization recently formed, gave
their first performances At Hancock hall
Monday evening. There are fifteen in the
company, including Chester Nichols, the
boy singer. Music was furnished by
Canty's orchestra, OF Bangor. dance
followed. Quite . party from Bangor
came over to give the company an encour-
aging hand. The company returned to
Bangor by automobiles After the per-
Torrance.
The annual meeting Of the Unitarian
club was held last evening with Miss
Helen Adams. About thirty members
were present, and the meeting was most
enjoyable one. A delicious supper was
served by the hostess. The election of
officers resulted ss follows: Roy G. Haines,
president; Miss Annie r. Stock bridge,
vice. president; Mrs. Z. H. Leland, secre-
tary; Miss Mabel Lord, treasurer. The
club will give its annual Halloween party
1t Hancock hall Friday evening, Oct. %.
For the winter work the club will take up
the study Of parliamentary law.
The handsome eighty foot gasoline
cruising yacht Eaglet, which has been
hauled out at the yards Of the Ellsworth
Foundry & Machine Works the past two
years, has recently been purchased from
the Blair estate by F. L. Budlong, Of
Providence, r. l. The yacht has been
overhauled and fitted cut here, and went
into commission to- day. Mr.. Budlong
and wife, who have been in Ellsworth
while the yacht was being overhauled,
will sail for Providence on her. From
Providence the yacht will sail soon for
Miami, Fla, and will cruise in southern
waters this winter.
A new serial, ssThe Broken Coin," will
begin at the Strand next Monday evening.
The Pathe news feature at the Stran
has been changed to Monday evening.
Nat 0~turdov ovap;pu tho Hrof ~ The
seasons dances will be given, with music
by Sinclair's orchestra. The Holcomb &
Hoke "Butter Kist' corn pepper recently
| installed at the Strand, attracted much at
| tention at the Methodist fair last week.
| This is one Of the finest corn peppers
made. It is operated electrically, and the
whole operation OF popping and buttering
the corn. sorting out the "old maids" or
ssold bachelors'', as;you prefer to call the
unpopped kernels, 10 automatic.
The congregation Of the Unitarian
church had pleasant surprise last Sun
day morning, when DR.. Samuel A. Eliot,
president OF the American Unitarian as
sociation, appeared in the pulpit. DR..
| Eliot, who had run down to close his SUM
mer home at Northeast Harbor, found an
untitled Sunday on his hands, aud his
| thoughts turned to the church in Els
worth in which he has always shown "a
| kindly an interest. A note to the pastor,
Rev. J. W. Tickle, told Of his coming,
and this Of course meant that Mr.. Tickle
| deferred his own sermon ~ announced to
give the people an opportunity to again
hear DIR. Eliot. DR.. Eliot recalled the
| flftieth anniversary of the Ellsworth
church, the observance OF which he was
unable to attend this summer, and his
| sermon was something the nature Of an
| anniversary sermon.
Nokomis Rsbekah lodge entertained the
assembly president, Mrs. Virginia Hol-
brook, of Bangor, last evening, with
members OF the Southwest Harbor, Bal
Harbor and Bluehil lodges. About
eighty were present from out t-of-town.
Several members OF the Southwest Harbor
degree team, which was to have exempli-
fed the work, were prevented from COM
ing by the storm, so that this feature ol
the evening was omitted. Supper wal
served at $50. This was followed BY .
social time, during which there were
speeches, singing by Miss Erva Giles and
music by Harold e. Higgins and Mrs
George E. Sinclair. The noble grand Of
the Ellsworth lodge, on behalf of the
| lodge, presented q pin to the assembly
president. An invitation from Mrs. Pet
tingill, of the Strand, to witness the pic
lures as her guest, was accepted, after
| which the Rebekahs returned to to lodge
| room, where refreshments were served be-
fore the guests departed for their homes
Roy c. Haines, manager of the Ellis
| worth food fair for February 1919, 1916, i.
already busy with plans for new features
He aims to make the fair the biggest
success ever. He has decided upon q
decorative scheme by which all the booths
will Be uniform, and will be sold decor
ated. A feature which promises to be OF
unusual interest will be the agricultural
show In the lower hall, which will b. in
charge OF the county farm demonstrator,
George N. Worden. Exhibits from the
demonstration farms of the county will