Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-03-28

Tickle will review "Mr. Britling Sees 1t
Through"
Mrs. A. /. Richardson and little daugh-
ter Frances, who have spent the winter
in Bridgeport, Conn.,, where Mr.. Richard
son 10 employed, arrived home yesterday.
Walter Smith, who 10 employed as pur-
ser on the steamship Msssach usetts, rum
ing between Boston and New York, 10
home for 4 few weeks on account Of ILL
n ,ss.
Maynard e. Strout went to Bangor
Monday to take an examination for the
station agency 1t Nicolin, which he sue
cessfully passed. He began work yester-
day. His many friends wish him success.
David e. Linnehan returned this morn
| ing from q visit in Boston and Portsmouth, !,
N. H. He also visited his brother Frank,
who is in sahatorium In East Parsons
field, and found him in greatly improved
health.
| Among the college boys who are home
| for the Easter vacation are Robert Haynes,
/ Eben Whitcomb and John Whitney from
/ Bowdoin; Reuel Whitcomb and Charles
Haynes from the U. of NJ; Charles vose
from Hebron academy, and Harvard Moor
from Colby.
| A good number gathered in the Metbo-
dist vestry last Thur lay evening, and all
expressed themselves will pleased with
ssThe Scarlet Bonnet" Willis Pratt en-
I oix,ad hofxr he q
with humorous selection, and received a
hearty encore.
Sleghing may be said to have ended in
| Ellsworth Saturday, though there is still
better sleighing than wheeling on some
OF the roads out OF town, and good sled
! ding in the woods. Saturday was the
133d consecutive day of sleighing in Els
worth this winter.
| Congressman. Peters will leave Friday
1 for Washington to ttend the extra ses-
sion of Congress. Mrs. Peters, who. with
| her mother, Mrs. Cushman, arrived home
| from Boston Saturday, will return to
| Washington with him. Mrs. Cushman
will remain in Ellsworth.
| Miss Alice Adams of Newtonville, Mass,
spent few days last week with her
| parents, Capt John q. Adams and wife.
| Miss Adams was recently admitted to full
| partnership in the dry goods firm of d. b.
Needham & Co., Newtonviiie, where she
has been employed some years.
| Tuesday evening, April 3, at-6-15, the
/ ladies of the Methodist society viii give
public supper at the parsonage on
/ franklin street As this is the last supper
| before conference, it is hoped many will
attend II Tuesday is stormy, the supper
/ will be given Wednesday evening.
/ The Junior class OF f. II. s. will present
the three-act farce, professor Pepp," at
! Hancock hall about the middle of April.
iThe play will be staged under the direc-
tion OF Principal 5toddard. The class has
been fortunate in securing Lleweliyn G..
Fortier, W ho plays the character of an old
man effectively, for the title role.
The program FOR the week at the Bijou
| is as follows: Wednesday, tive-act play,
.'Bobbie OF the Ballot" Thursday, no
show; Friday, Lionel barrymore in The
Quitter," Saturday, Mae Murray in 'rhe
/ Dream Girl" Monday, Vitagraph feature; !;
/ Tuesday, Hazel Dawn, in "Under Cover"
I There will be matinee every day.
| The April term OF the supreme judicial
court for Hancock county will conveue
I Tuesday, April 10, at 10 a. M, Associate
/ Justice Hanson presiding. The grand
! Of hot The
I traverse jurors will report Thursday
1 morning at 10 o'clock. Naturalization
/ cases will be heard Wednesday morning.
Frank NJ. Smith, U. S. ~, an Ellsworth
boy, arrived in Ellsworth yesterday. Mr..
/ Smith is engaged in inspecting and listing
motor boats for the coast patrol service.
| He will visit the coast towns of eastern
| Maine. He inspected the boats at the
| yards of the Ellsworth Foundry & Ma
/ chine Works yesterday. Most OF the pleas
ure boats are of too light construction for
/ the mounting of the. necessary guns.
I Susan A., wife of Heroert w. Hart,
| died Wednesday night at her home on
Church street, after an illness of two
weeks OF pneumonia. Mrs. Hart was
/ sixty-three years of age. She was born
at Bayside, the daughter OF the late Moses
1 Hodgkins and wife. She was married to
/ MIR. Hart forty years ago, her death cc-
/ curing on the iortieth anniversary OF
! their marriage, All her married life had
1 been spent in Ellsworth. She leaves,
Z besides her hus sband, one son, Arthur C.,