Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-09-27
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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perfect weather bringing out . large at
tendance. The meetings, to.all Of which
the public 10 invited, will continue this
evening and tomorrow forenoon and
afternoon. The program was printed In
full In THE AMERICAN last week.
Benjamin y. whitcomh, deputy col
lector Of customs ct Ellsworth and In
charge Of the Ellsworth Office, has sent
his resignation to the department, to take
effect October 6. Mr.. Whitcomb has COM
pleted eighteen years OF efficient and con-
scientious service for the department, and
10 understood that for the present, Henry
A. Ball, deputy collector at Mt. Desert
Ferry, will be in charge OF the Ellsworth
office.
The meeting last Thursday evening at
the board Of trade room to discuss some
plan to provide q better high school
building for Ellsworth, resulted in the
appointment Of q committee to act as q
medium between the city government and
the high school alumni association. The
members OF this committee are Henry II.
Higgins, w. H. Patten, w. e. Whiting
and Herbert X. Foster. The alumni Of
the school have taken the initiative in
this matter, and it 10 proposed first to
raise fund by subscription from the
alumni, before soliciting subscriptions
from the citizens generally. It is hoped
that responses to this appeal to be made to
all graduates Of the school who can be
reached, will be generous, and that the
alumni committee may then 20 before the
citizens with q proposition and a fund
which will have hearty support. While
definite plans have not been made, it is
proposed to remodel the present build
ings, preserving as much as possible their
architecture. Mr.. Foster has already
made some measurements and rough
drawings, and has gone over the needs OF
the school with Supt. patten and Prin-
cipal Stoddard. He will later submit q
plan for the approval Of the city and
alumni.
The annual agricultural and domestic
fair OF the Methodist society will be held
at Hancock hall Tuesday, Wednesday and
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served each day-a chicken dinner Tues
day, fish dinner Wednesday and baked
beans and SALAD dinner Wednesday.
There will be special entertainment
features each day, and moving pictures
each evening. An agricultural ex hibition
and demonstration will be given each
day. Mr.. Clark, representative OF the
MaXaM Advertising Co., will speak each
day on home advertising. special feat
ure for Tuesday afternoon will be a baby
parade, for q solid silver cup. given by
Mayor Hagerthy. Wednesday forenoon
there will be canning demonstration.
At o'clock there will be lecture and
| by represe NATIVE from the University
| OF Maine, and at 8 o'clock q lecture by
| County Farm Agent g. N. Worden, on
''Small Plots OF Land, )" followed by DEM
| onstration of proper methods OF preparing
poultry for market. Thursday forenoon
there will be a bread and cake contest.
In the afternoon there will be q plant
show. and in the evening q spelling
| match. In addition to the agricultural
exhibits and the special features, there
will be the usual booths. Thomas A.
Edison's wonderful invention, 1.-THE Dia-
! mond Disc" recreation Of music, will be
exhibited by the local agent. The Eastern
Furnishing Co., OF Bangor, will give fne
range 10 the church, social or fraternal
society getting the largest number OF
votes. One vote will be given for every
admission to the hall, one for every Is cent
purchase, and three for every meal ticket.