Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-01-31

The Thursday club will meet this week
with Mrs. q. F. Newman.
Ex- Sheriff F. o. Silsby of Amherst was
in Ellsworth Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Grace Royal left last week for q
visit with relatives in Boston and vicinity.
Irene chapter, o. E. s., will have regu-
lar meeting Friday evening, with circle
supper at $50.
The Symbolic Value of the Life OF Jacob"
will be the subject OF Rev. J. W. Tickle's
sermon next Sunday morning.
The Woman's Alliance OF the Unitarian
church will have q cooked food sale at the
vestry next Saturday afternoon at 2.30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Werner Begley of Golden
Prairie, Saskatchewan, we're guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Martin l.. Adams few days the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Il. Smith are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth, last
Thursday, OF daughter, weight ten and
one half pounds.
The Unitarian club will hold s'surprise
social" next Monday evening at the home
OF MIR. and Mrs. G. H. Leland. Meeting
commences at Z 80.
Tomorrow evening, from to O'Clock,
the men OF the Baptist congregation will
hold banquet, with short addresses on
the toast: 1.-THE man for to-day"
The 'old folks party" which was
planned for last week, will be given FRI
day evening, at 8 O'Clock, in the Congrega-
tional vestry. The public is cordially in
vited.
There will be q lecture at the Baptist
church tomorrow evening at O'Clock;
''Here and There in Japan" by long
time resident of Morioka, Fred w. Stead
man. Offering will be taken.
Sunday morning at the Baptist church
il the junior congregation service, with
sermon by the pastor on: ''Soldiers of the
Prince OF Yesterday" Evening topic:
'Dwelling in Tent, Looking for City,"
There will be rehearsal OF the Els
worth festival chorus tomorrow even
ing. Owing to the absence from town the
past few weeks of the conductor, Harry L.
Crabtree, there has been no rehearsal for
several weeks. 1t is hoped there will be Q
full attendance Tomorrow. evening.
Blanquefort commandery, <. T., held
special conclsve Monday evening, when
EN-. Sir w F. Dorman, grand captain
general, and Adjutant-General George
Mel. Presson, State military inspector,
paid an official visit of inspection.
A banquet at $50 was followed by work IN
the order of the temple.
The local office OF the Western Union
telegraph company has been moved to it's
new location in the First National bank
building. The Office will be entirely
refitted with new furniture and appar-
atus. Mrs. E. g. Nash, manager of the
local office, is at present on a vacation,
Hutson Duffee substituting for her.
The Revers, picked-up team OF basket.
ball players, partly from the disbanded
high school team and partly from town
teams, roved down into Washington
county last week. At Cherryfield they
met defeat by a score Of 55-15; at Mil
bridge the score was 108 20 against them.
The rowing days OF the Rovers are over.
The removal yesterday OF an old land
mark, the pole in front OF the old Western
Union telegraph Office on Main street,
leaves glaring vacancy. 1t is surprising
that a single pole should fill SO large a
place. There has been pole at the same
location for some fifty-eight years, or
ever since the telegraph Office was es-
ia blished in that building. Its removal
takes the last pole from Main street