Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-12-11

Mrs. Howard Hooper left Monday night
for ST. Peters ourg, Fla, for the winter.
Station Agent e. d. Wiggin, who has
been seriously i'll of pneumonia, is now
improving.
| Fred Goggins, who has been at home on
a ten days vacation, returned to New
| York Saturday.
| Mrs. William Brooks, who has been
| visiting her parents, Charles Brown and
wife, returned to Auburn Monday.
| Mrs. Arthur Howard, with her two
children, of Dover, is spending a week
| with her mother, Mrs. Ella G. Nash.
DR.. Edward Ii Baker, who is now visit
ing in Philadelphia, expects to return
home next week, and spend the winter in
Ellsworth.
Harold Moore OF llsworth is critically
i'll of pneumonia, following infiuenza, at
he hospital in Bar Harbor. Report as to
his condition late this forenoon was not
| encouraging.
Sympathy of their many friends is
extended to Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin B.
| Whitcomb in the death of their daugh-
ter, Madeline, yesterday, at the age of
one year and four months.
Mrs. Ethel Whitaker Meader, formerly
OF Lamoine, and Ernest Walker of San
Francisco, were married at San Francisco
Nov. 90. They will reside at 473 Four
teenth street, San Francisco.
Members OF VIM. II. II. Rice post are
noon at 2, at their room in Hancock hall.
Officers will be elected at this meeting
and large attendance is desired.
The committee appointed by the
woman's club f)r benevolent work in the
city at Christmas time, has arranged to
the courthouse, in charge of Miss Agnes
Lord, on or before Monday, Dec. %.
Usual services will be held at the
Baptist church next Sunday. Miss M. F.
Utecht viii preach in the morning and
evening. The evening service will be
opened with a service of song, with
violin accompaniment by Miss Utecht.
The schooner Mary B. Wellington,
formerly owned by Capt. John G. Martin
and others of Hancock and Boston, but
hailing from Ellsworth, is reported as
having foundered recently in storm off
the Braz ilian coast The vessel was sold
over year ago by the Hancock owners.
Banks have been notified by the govern
ment to refuse gold coins for gift purpos-
es. Gold is needed for international trans
actions more than ever before, and con-
servstion is desirable at this time. 1t is
suggested that liberty bonds and war
savings stamps will be good substitute
this year for gold.
Progress is being made by Bandmaster
Perry toward the organization of a band
in Ellsworth. Twenty seven would be
members have already appeared, and
eighteen OF these have instruments.
meeting for practice has been called tor
Friday evening of Dext week, if arrange
ments for suitable practice hall can be
| made.
The Ellsworth schools have been inter-
| rupted the past week by the illness OF
several teachers. Principal Stevens OF the
| high school, just elected superintendent
| of schools, is quite i'll, as well as other
teachers OF The school, and this school is
| closed entirely. Several rooms IN the
graded schools have been closed from time
to time during the past week, owing to
Illness of teachers, but no building has
been closed entirely. The school board
hopes that all the schools will be running
next week.
William NJ. Brown, formerly of Els
| worth, died Saturday at Dedhsm, where
he had been living the past two years.
MIR. Brown was born in England, but
came to this country young man. tie
came to Ellsworth when he MI. Desert
branch OF the railroad was built, heing
employed on the road, aud made this his