Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-11-22


Our Government" by Miss NJ. A. Clark,
and 1.-THE Place Of Poetry in Life" by |
Miss Carrie Harrington.
Goods Everlasting Purpose" will be the |
subject Of the sermon at the Unitarian |
church next Sunday morning. Mr.. Tickle
will speak to the adult class on "a Prayer |
OF National Thanksgiving" A cordial |
invitation is extended to everybody to at
tend the vesper services from to 8
o'clock. There will be special music. The
minister will deliver . short address on
"Reason in Religion"
Miss Doris Halman, of the advanced
course in playwriting at Harvsri, has
written q one-act fantasy when viii be
presented by the class ct the Agassiz
House December 8 and 9. The class plans
this year to produce only plays OF marked
originality. 1t is thought that by staging
such works the authors will obtain prac-
tical knowledge of how their productions
| will be received by critical audience.
At the annual meeting Of the Els
worth festival chorus last Thursday even
ing, officers were elected as follows: John
o. Whitney, president; Mrs. H. e. Rowe,
ice-president; Miss Agnes A. Lord,
secretary treasurer; Mrs. J. A. Peters,
Mrs. H. e. Rowe and o. w. Tapley, ex-
Iecutive COMMITTEES; Harry L. Crabtree,
conductor. The new music has arrived.
1t is hoped there will be a large attend
snce at the rehearsal at Society hail to-
morrow evening.
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this forenoon at the home OF her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alfred c. Wood, on Birch avenue.
Her death was quite unexpected, and a
shock to her family and friends. She had
been ill of tonsilitis about a week, and
seened this morning slightly improved,
but her heart, always weak, succumbed
this forenoon, and she sank rapidly. Mrs.
Smith for many years lived at North Bend,
Surry, but since the death OF her husband,
some years ago, had made her home the
greater part Of the time with her daughter,
Mrs. Wood, in Ellsworth.
The Davis picture theatre changed hands
this week, when Mrs. Davis sold out the
business to J. A. Emery, OF Bar Harbor,
who took possession Monday. Mr..
Emery is practical picture man, having
made a success OF the Star picture theatre
at Bar Harbor, which he will continue to
run. He has returned to the original
name OF "The Strand" for the Ellsworth h
theatre, wi hich will continue for the pres
ent at Odd Fellows hall. Mr.. Emery, in
hi, initial announcement, states that the
ad dmission for adults will be 10 cents,
"tirst, last and all the time" and cents
at matinees for children under fourteen
years.
4 At the Sunday school meeting at the
, Baptist church last Friday, the workers
re- organized the Ellsworth district, with
the following officers- z. esident, Rev. II.
w. Conley; vice. president, b. B. Whit
comb; secretary-treasnrer, Rev. b H..
johnson. The folio wing Sunday schools
are included in this division of the Han
cock Go. s. S. association: Ellsworth Con-
gregational, EiIs~ orth Methodist, Els
worth Baptist, Uniop Congregational at
} Ellsworth Fails, North Ellsworth, Lake
wood, Trenton Methodist, Trenton Baptist,
Surry and Morgan's Bay. An effort will
be made to increase the efficiency of these
schools by giving attention to home de-
partment, craGls roll, teacher training,
grade lessons, tempersnce,and missionary
instruction. The slogan DIS: "Hancock
county, front line in 1877"
Ellsworth is shipping stockings to the
men in the trenches in France. Last year
Smith & Head, the Ellsworth clothiers,
made large purchase OF heavy wooden
stockings. New York woman spending
the summer in Hancock county happened
into their store few months ago, and
learned of the purchase. She turned out
to be member of a committee doing
relief work in this country for soldiers in
France. A sh0Et time ago Smith 4 Head
received letter asking them to make a
lAuotatiOn on all the stockings of large
eize they would sell. Their quotation
was accepted, ane instructions to ship the
stockings followed. They shipped five
cases last week. Their card was enclosed
with the stockings, and in the course of
time they expect to hear from men in the
trenches whose feeS and hearts are
warmad by stockings fnom Ellsworth.
Ellsworth democrats celebrated the
election OF. Wilson last evening, with a
bonfire in the square, red fire, fireworks,
noise, mnsic, automobile parade, speaking
and dancing. The fun began early in the
evening, when big bonfire vas kindled
in the square. Automobiles then formed
| in line on Water street, and with banners
and flags, torches, horns and COW bells,
made run about the city and up to the
Falls. No one In the line attracted more
attention than E. w. Carter's jackass,
decorated in red, white and blue, and rid
ing in an automobile, living picture OF
the familiar emblem OF democracy. No
man enjoyed the celebration more than
| Capt. Nehemiah H. Means, aged ninety
two years, who rode in the automobile
1 m rade and Lad fhs oral nd march OF Han.