Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-29

Fullerton, Frank Mccartney, Arthur Ash
| more and Arthur Keefe. The flag was pre-.
sented to the church by the Methodist
club.
The bodies OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Emer-
son, formerly of Ellsworth, who died in
Bangor last winter, were brought here
| to-day for interment at Woodbine ceme-
terry. There were prayers at the grave,
by Rev. j. w. Tickle. Four members OF
Lygonia lodge, F. and A. M, acted as
bearers.
W. e. Clark OF Ellsworth, who has been
| superintendent OF schools OF the Castine,
Brooksville and Penobscot district, was
recently reelected for another year, with
| Islesboro added to the class, but has
| resigned to accept better position as
superintendent OF the Southwest Harbor
| district.
Another Ellsworth boy in the service
| has just been beard from. Edwin w.
| Austin, son of Milo Austin, is now at the
New Hampshire State college, at Durham,
N. H., taking special course in mechan-
| ical engineering, one of $40 selected men.
He writes that they expect to move in
about six weeks, probably for overseas.
A free dance was given at Hancock hall
| Monday night by the Soldier Boys club
as compliment to the draftees who left
Tuesday. Sinclair's orchestra gratu-
itously furnished the music, assisted by
Misses Christina Doyle and Hazel Giles,
| and Richard Harvey. Refreshments were
served. The club has adopted one of the
French war orphans.
The feature OF the week at the Bijou will
be the Aircraft production, ''The Little
American" with everybody's favorite,
Mary Pickford, on Thursday, Memorial
day. There will be special matinee at
2.30. The members of the Grand
Army and the boys fife and drum corps
will be guests of the Bijou management
at The evening performance, marching to
the theatre at 7.30 o'clock.
The Ellsworth fife and drum corps made
its first public appearance yesterday, act
ing as escort to the drafted men leaving
for Camp Devens. The boys made a fine
played we'll. Alderman William Small
was the proudest man in town yesterday
as he heard the compliments showered
on the boys, and received the congratu-
lations OF those who knew that to him be-
longed the full credit for the organization
OF the corps.
Former Chief-Justice l.. A. Emery last
evening received a most encouraging tele-
gram from Congressman John A. Peters,
who has been keeping things stirring in
his efforts to secure the release by Ger
many OF Harry c. Emery. The telegram
is as follows: "The State department has
a cable from Morris at Stockholm to the
effect that the Finnish legation there in
forms him they have just heard from the
Finnish legation at Berlin that Harry is
now free to go W here he likes in Germany,
and they hope soon to be able to inform
us that be can leave Germany. Looks
very encouraging"
Harry l.. Crabtree was last week
nominated by Governor MIlliken as judge
of the Ellsworth municipal court to sue
Mr.. Crabtree is a native OF Franklin, and
was educated in the schools of Frank
lin, Bangor and Ellsworth, being
graduated from the Ellsworth high school
in 1896. He read law in the office of l..
+. Giles in Ellsworth, ana while teaching
in Aroostook county, was admitted
to the Hancock county bar in 1900. He
has since been practicing in Ellsworth,
except for three years, 1925, in New
York, and is at present associated with
Congressman Peters under the firm name
of Peters & Crabtree. He has been ad-
mitted to practice in the u. S. district
court for Maine, the supreme court OF
New York state, and the U. s. district
courts for the southern and eastern
districts OF New York.